Before SKA Arseniy Gritsyuk said how Marat Khairoulline , Vasily Glotov And Sergei Tolchinsky helped him show decent results in pre-season testing.
On July 31, SKA signed Gritsyuk to a new one-year deal. Last season, the 23-year-old forward played 60 games for the St. Petersburg military team and scored 44 points (23+21).
— You are in very good shape. They have become one of the best in the Cooper test, when you have to run 3 km faster than 12 minutes. How did you prepare this summer?
– Actually, the Cooper test was the hardest for me in the world, in my life. I have only performed it a few times. Last summer I barely managed it. And this year I ran with Khairula (Marat Khairullin), Glot (Vasily Glotov) and Tolchok (Sergei Tolchinsky). And here I am, I got up at their pace. And it is easy for me to run when the boys are leading, and you run and fight with your head. Because the legs seem to work, breathing is still working. But the leader says: “It is already too hard, let’s stop.” And you told him: “No, the boys are running, and I will run too.”
I ran well, in 11:34 this year. I am happy with my results. And now I want to quickly get on the ice, because SKA is a strong team. I want to start this work in which everyone demands the maximum from themselves and their partners. We have such a team in which you really want to work, “Gritsyuk told .
Last season, SKA took second place in the regular FONBET KHL championship. In the Gagarin Cup playoffs, the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals, losing the series to Avtomobilist 1–4. The new season starts on September 3, SKA will play its first match on the 5th in Magnitogorsk with the current Gagarin Cup holders Metallurg.
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