Defender of Chelyabinsk “Traktor” Ilya Karpukhin said his team does not pay bonuses for winning a single game.
Tuesday “Tractor” defeated Spartak Moscow (3:2 B) in the FONBET KHL championship match.
— In August, you were late by one minute and head coach Benoit Grou removed you from the match. What is your relationship like with the coach after that?
– Excellent. Ben expressed this during the first meeting upon his arrival. “If you are even a second late somewhere, then don’t be offended, you miss the next game.” And in fact, I took no offense. In general, this story has spread so widely that people talk to me about it, from the youngest to the oldest. Even the governor went under the podium and greeted me: “What, Ilyukha, are you not late anymore? It’s cool that our governor takes care of the team, even for such small things.
— Didn’t the Russian coaches behave so strictly with the players?
– I don’t know, but usually Gru just has this rule. Quite logical and normal. I don’t see anything supernatural here. He expressed it, we were like, “Okay.” It happened – we agreed, and that’s it. It’s just interesting, something unusual.
— Mobile phones are strictly prohibited in the Spartak locker rooms. And you?
– Also prohibited. We had the condition not to disturb them in the locker rooms. But there are still different situations. Maybe my wife called me with some important news. It is better not to use them. But everyone understands that there can be problems on a daily basis. But you shouldn’t sit and watch videos on your phone.
— Do you have bonuses for winning certain clubs?
— We do not have a bonus system for winning a match. In general, I think that little by little all teams will move away from this to the NHL system, where bonuses are paid only for the cup. There are good bonuses. But usually in the regular season, that won’t happen. “I think so,” Karpukhin told .
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