SKA Head Coach Romain Rotenberg told that the army is moving forward Evgeny Kuznetsov performs well in shootouts thanks to his sense of distance.
Friday SKA In the first match of the tournament, Nikolai Puchkov beat Sochi on penalties (2:1). Evgeny Kuznetsov made two attempts and scored the winning shot.
— How did Evgeny Kuznetsov hack hockey with his slow motion shots?
— In general, it is better not to provoke shootouts. But the day before, we trained them. We had a master class and worked on shootouts for two hours. By the way, Kuznetsov did not score his penalty there. That’s how it is. It is difficult to learn, but it is easy to fight. Everything we do goes through training.
There are many details in hockey. One of them is to be a leader, to score goals, to bring victory to the team. It is even possible thanks to shootouts.
— Why is Kuznetsov so successful in this component? He slowly moves towards the goalkeeper.
“The feeling of distance helps him. And the skills of the leader Kuznetsov and our team are sufficient.
— Maybe all your players should switch to “slow mo”?
— With all due respect to hockey players – all good players with their own strengths – there are unique masters, like Kuznetsov. And we are very happy to have such guys who regularly score a lot of shots on goal. At the same time, we want to win in regular time. Moreover, you can win the victory as you see fit. This is our task and we are working on it. Our newborn team is strengthened by victories.
“Our guys were very worried before the match against Sochi, because it was the first match with the new formation. Some played for the first time in St. Petersburg, others have just joined SKA. But the Ice Palace is our home and we are very grateful to our fans who support us so ardently. For them, we must win, and we did it,” Rotenberg told .
During the offseason, Kuznetsov terminated his contract with Carolina and returned to the KHL. The forward signed a four-year contract with SKA.
The new season of the FONBET KHL Championship starts on September 3.
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