Former defender for several Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) clubs Nikita Shchitov believes that striker Alexei Kruchinin could benefit from playing for Severstal Cherepovets.
In June, the 33-year-old striker signed a one-year contract with Severstal.
— It will be interesting to watch Kruchinin. He played very well at Torpedo when the current head coach of Severstal, Andrei Kozyrev, worked there as an assistant. Maybe this had an effect on him in Nizhny. He can find his old self. It is great that everything went well for him at the tournament in Ufa. It is clear that the coach trusts Alexey. God grant that everything goes well for him without injuries, and then Kruchinin will be able to show good hockey, “Shchitov said according to RB Sport.
Kruchinin spent the last two seasons with Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo; last season he played 55 games in the KHL regular season and scored 24 points (14 goals and 10 assists).
Previously, the forward played for SKA Saint Petersburg, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk, Traktor Chelyabinsk, Salavat Yulaev Ufa and Sibir Novosibirsk. In total, the forward has 518 games and 224 points (88+136) in the KHL.
The new season of the FONBET KHL Championship starts on September 3. In the first match, Severstal will play away against Torpedo, the meeting will take place on September 4.
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