Executive Vice President and General Manager Kunlun Red Star Nikolai Feoktistov said that the problem with the attendance of home matches is that in Mytishchi they do not perceive the Chinese club as a local club.
Last season in the FONBET KHL Championship, Kunlun finished ninth in the Western Conference and failed to reach the playoffs.
— We can admit that media work is not our strong point. But since the club is constantly visiting, we are not quite able to do what we want. But last year, our backbone began to form; before that, it was difficult, because Mytishchi still did not consider us a local team. Someone here dreams of the return of Atlant, but these are completely different stories.
There are some difficulties that do not depend on us; many things are dictated by the modern agenda. There is one fact: we will spend this year here. We want to attract fans to the matches with our game. Last year, there were more of them precisely because the team began to play more brilliantly. This year, we plan to make a big step forward both in results and in the game. And it will be more interesting for the fans, and their base will certainly expand. We will plan activities with them. We would like to attract people to the stands and become part of the everyday life of Mytishchi. There will definitely be something new this season.
Kunlun is a unique organization; we don’t have many people working here. But all those who work are not indifferent to the club, to hockey. This is a big plus for them, I hope it will continue. But there are some peculiarities, because the club cannot fully develop here and sets itself the task of establishing itself in China. We cannot implement here everything we want, “the correspondent reports, based on Feoktistov’s words.
The new season of the FONBET KHL Championship starts on September 3.
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