Before “Metallurgist » Pavel Akolzin in a conversation with , he named his team’s head coach Andrei Razin an excellent specialist and a wonderful person.
Magnitogorsk Metallurg, under the leadership of Razin, defeated Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (2:1) in the fourth match of the final series of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoffs and won the Gagarin Cup. The series ended with a score of 4-0.
“We believed in victory and we got it. Based on the result, it only seems that the series turned out to be easy. All the matches were close, close, and took place with overtime. All four matches ended with a one goal difference. That says a lot.
— How did Andrei Razin manage to form a championship team so quickly?
“We just came together and walked together towards a dream, which finally came true. This factor probably had a greater influence.
– But Razin is cool?
– Certainly! He’s a great coach, a wonderful person. He came to Metallurg and set up his own gaming system, which we bought into. This led us to success,” Akolzin 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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