Two-time winner of the Gagarin Cup as part of the Moscow team “Dynamo” Sergei Konkov believes that coaching experience Oleg Znarka will help Russian forward Matvey Michkov in his first season in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Znarok had previously joined the Flyers headquarters, serving as a specialist in the development of European hockey players. During the offseason, Michkov left SKA and signed a three-year entry-level contract with Philadelphia.
— Could the appointment of Oleg Znark as European player development specialist be linked to the arrival of Matvey Michkov in Philadelphia?
— Of course, this option should be considered first, because he is a specialist who can not only straighten the mind of a youngster and tell him some mental things, but also tell him more about some tactical things, so I think it is a “This is a good step in the sense that Matvey Michkov will count this season as his trump card,” Konkov was quoted as saying by “Championship”.
Previously, Znarok worked with the national teams of Latvia and Russia, as well as HC MVD, Dynamo Moscow, SKA, Spartak and Ak Bars, and since 2022 he has been without a club. In 2018, with the Russian team, he became the winner of the Olympic Games, and four years earlier, the world champion.
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