The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has issued a statement to regarding the refusal of Nizhny Novgorod’s head coach “Torpedo” Igor Larionov communicate with journalists on Zoom.
After the FONBET KHL championship match, which took place on Wednesday in Cherepovets and ended with the hosts’ victory with a score of 5:4, Larionov came to a press conference and told the Severstal press secretary: “I don’t answer questions on Zoom. I don’t know who I’m talking to. People should be there. This is not a pandemic where people can’t come.
— The League has studied the speech of Torpedo head coach Igor Larionov at the press conference following the Severstal – Torpedo match and his refusal to answer questions from accredited media representatives via video link. A warning was issued to the Torpedo hockey club.
The League reminds that clubs are required to hold their press conferences in such a way that accredited media representatives who are not present have the opportunity to connect to the video conference and ask questions. At the same time, media representatives must connect to the conference by indicating their name and turning on the camera, the league’s press service reported to .
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