Former head coachLocomotive » Peter Vorobiev told that Metallurg Magnitogorsk can rightfully be called the best hockey club in Russia.
On Wednesday, Metallurg defeated Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (2:1) in the fourth match of the final playoff series of the Fonbet KHL Championship and won the Gagarin Cup. The series ended with a crushing score of 4-0.
— If a club wins the Gagarin Cup, it means that it is the best in the country. Look at Ilya Nabokov. He’s only 21, but how he plays in the frame! The coaches put a lot of effort into making him a professional. The club management made targeted improvements and the coaches gave the youngsters a chance. Everything was organized seriously and forcefully. “Metallurg did everything to win the Gagarin Cup and can rightly be called the best club in Russia,” Vorobiev told .
Metallurg became three times winner of the Gagarin Cup. Previously, the Magnitogorsk club won in the 2013/14 and 2015/16 seasons. In terms of the number of trophies, Metallurg is equal to Ak Bars (2009, 2010, 2018) and CSKA (2019, 2022, 2023).
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