Athletistic / Hockey. Two-time Olympic hockey champion Alexander Kozhevnikov has named teams that could become the main discoveries of the new KHL season.
“Among Russian clubs, the wild cards for me in the new season will be Vityaz and Siberia in recent months, nothing has been written about the club from the Moscow region, but for my part I noted the selection of this team. almost the first to take advantage of the new limit of five foreign players. Here I recognize the hand of manager Varitsky, who knows how to find strong foreigners. In addition, the team already has a group of young people, who were trained last season by Dmitry Ryabykin. Now, in terms of composition, Vityaz is one of the main contenders for seventh place in the Western Conference. The same “Spartak” has about the same composition, not to mention the less strong “Kunlun”. “Sochi,” Kozhevnikov reportedly said in an interview with Russia-Hockey.ru.
In the 2023/2024 season, Vityaz and Sibir failed to qualify for the Gagarin Cup. The Moscow region club took the last, 11th place in the Western Conference, and the Novosibirsk club finished 10th in the East. It is worth noting that during the regular season, “Siberia” was penalized four points due to a violation of the rules when registering foreign players.
Source: Sport
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