Winner of the Gagarin Cup Alexei Tereshchenko admitted to being surprised by the decision “Tractors” not renew the contract with Alexei Zavarukhin .
On Monday, Traktor announced the appointment of Benoit Groux as head coach; the contract with the 56-year-old Canadian specialist is valid for two seasons. In this position he replaced Zavarukhin, who last season led the team to the semi-finals of the Gagarin Cup.
“I don’t even know such a specialist, it’s difficult for me to say anything.” I think it was Alexei Volkov’s initiative. Let’s see what it does with Traktor. I was surprised that the contract with Zavarukhin was not renewed, everything was going in that direction. But management knows better, they know the situation. Many players didn’t want to stay, as far as I know. It is difficult to say how the situation evolved. We need to treat this normally and correctly,” Tereshchenko was quoted as saying by the Championship.
The Chelyabinsk club lost to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the semi-finals of the KHL playoffs with a score of 0-4.
Groux won the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) three times as head coach of the Gatineau Olympics. From 2016 to 2023, he managed the Tampa Bay Lightning farm club in the American Hockey League (AHL) – the Syracuse Crunch. In 2015, he led the Canadian youth team to victory at the World Championship, defeating Russia 5:4 in the final match.
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