Former head coach of the Russian national hockey team Vyacheslav Bykov via I wished health to the attacker who suffered a serious back injury”Salavat Yulaev » Gleb Kuzmin .
Kuzmin, during the FONBET KHL championship match with Avangard, hit his head on the boards after a collision with Omsk defender Darren Dietz, the forward was taken away from the venue on a stretcher. On Thursday, the Ufa club announced that the 27-year-old hockey player would continue his treatment in Moscow. Earlier, Salavat Yulaev general director Rinat Bashirov told that Kuzmin had a compression fracture of the vertebra, but an exact diagnosis had not yet been made.
– God bless you! The main thing is that he recovers so that this injury does not prevent him from living a normal and full life. In hockey, such injuries sometimes happen, unfortunately.
Accidents cause very big tragedies. When I worked at FHR, a lot of attention was paid to player protection.
— Is it difficult to protect a player from such an accidental injury?
– Yes. But it is important that the player who is aiming for the nickel and the defensive player understand the danger of any move that can lead to possible injury. You need to be able to hold your position correctly and regroup when falling. Hockey players need to understand that near the boards they need to be as careful as possible. And there must be respect for each other, the defensive player should not play with the stick holding it with two hands, because with such a push the impact force is much greater than if you hold the stick in one hand, “Bykov told Match. TV.
Kuzmin has scored one goal and provided one assist in five appearances this season.
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