Head coach of Avtomobilist Nikolai Zavarukhin highlighted the club’s excellent work in selecting players in the last season of the Fonbet KHL Championship.
Earlier on Friday, the Yekaterinburg team announced the contract extension with Zavarukhin. The agreement with the specialist runs until the end of May 2026. The previous one was valid until the end of the 2024/25 season.
– Of course, they hired hard workers, they knew that Lesha Byvaltsev could play both in the majority and in the minority, he is such a versatile player. Two experienced defenders, Vorobyov and Osipov, played their role – they are the best at blocking shots, number one and number two in the playoffs. There were talented guys, they took a player in the position of Alexei Vasilevsky, who played no worse, Zhenya Alikin was invited to the number one position. Everything was done precisely and correctly,” Zavarukhin said, as quoted by Championship.
“Motorist” Last season he took fifth place in the Eastern Conference and for the first time in the club’s history reached the semi-finals of the KHL playoffs, where he lost to Metallurg Magnitogorsk (3-4 ), who ultimately won the Gagarin Cup.
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