Metallurg Magnitogorsk sports director Sergei Gomolyako told that with the forceful techniques used by Neftekhimik defender Roman Abrosimov against forward Daniil Vovchenko, hockey players cause unnecessary injuries to their colleagues.
On Wednesday, in the Ivan Romazan Memorial match, with a score of 2:1 in favor of Metallurg, head coach Andrei Razin led the team to the locker room after Vovchenko was hit by Abrosimov’s powerful move and fell unconscious on the ice. The Metallurg hockey player was carried from the venue on a stretcher in a special fixation device. After watching the video replay, the judges found no rule violations on the part of Abrosimov. Metallurg suffered a technical defeat.
“We are one team and we all supported Andrei Razin’s decision to take the team to the locker room. I will always support him. I think hockey is about goals. Victories are awarded to a team when it scores more goals, not when you perform these scary power moves. I don’t understand the purpose of this force. Abrosimov first pushed Kozlov, picked out the smallest of the team, and then hit Vovchenko.
Yes, maybe the powerful move was performed according to all the rules of hockey, but it was clear that the puck was moving away, and Danya was standing on one leg. Abrosimov could have dodged and not resorted to such force. Hockey players should understand that with such techniques they ruin the lives of their colleagues. Last season, Abrosimov, playing for Avangard, also ran after the guys, fought, tried to hit someone. Why are you doing this? Score a goal, make a good pass. In figure skating, points are awarded for each element. Apparently, Abrosimov wanted to be awarded a strong point, as in figure skating.
Now that pre-season training is underway, all hockey players are stressed, some may still have poor coordination. Why implement such techniques? I just want to find out from Abrosimov the purpose of this technique. Well, he was great, he played beautifully, he tried to intimidate. We have to play hockey and it should not be otherwise. Such techniques do not represent our league, “Gomolyako told .
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