Attack CSKA Ruslan Iskhakov told that in Russia, fans have a different attitude towards hockey than in North America, with fans chanting songs that encourage the team.
On Thursday, CSKA lost to Spartak in the FONBET KHL championship match with a score of 2:4. In August, Iskhakov signed a two-year contract with the military club. Previously, he played for the Finnish TPS in 2021, then for the German Adler, and since 2022 he has been part of the system of the NHL club New York Islanders.
— The first game of the season, immediately a game against Spartak. Compare the atmosphere of a derby with that of any NHL or AHL game.
— Of course, there are more fans today than in previous games, the atmosphere was better. If you are wondering if we had derbies in Bridgeport, it was probably with Springfield, where Dima Samorukov played two seasons ago. There was a power play, more or less, a lot of chances, a lot of pucks and shots. Both teams constantly played on the counterattack.
I would say that the atmosphere here is better, because in Russia the fans have a different attitude towards hockey, they cheer differently. All these chants help a lot and make the team move forward.
— Didn’t this happen in the NHL?
— There is such a thing in the NHL, but I only played two games there. There is nothing like that in the AHL.
– Why so?
– Such a mentality. There is such a thing that all the stands shout, sing songs, but such that there are chants, they are chanted by the whole stadium – this is very rare in the AHL. In the NHL, of course, everything is different, “Iskhakov told .
In the next match, CSKA will host Admiral on September 8.
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