Former head coach of the Russian national team and SKA Boris Mikhailov never chose expressions if it was necessary to express complaints to hockey players about their actions on the ice, while in ordinary life he always jokes, the world champion told Maxime Sushinski .
On Sunday, Mikhailov turned 80.
— I wish Boris Petrovich good health, I cannot live without him. It’s good to see him healthy and in good spirits on television and in person. He is always with jokes and jokes, with a positive vision of the future.
— As his coach, did you scold him?
“He was a player and a coach, he knows hockey very well, and if he wasn’t happy with a hockey player’s performance, he destroyed them. If you played well, you could often hear praise. He never reached into his pocket to find a word to say about a moment of play.
—Have you ever argued with him?
— I was a player, there were no controversial issues. On the contrary, I listened to it and absorbed it like a sponge, which helped me become better.
— Who was his favorite at SKA?
— It seems to me that such players did not exist. He loves those who devote themselves to hockey, and even if something does not work out, his eyes and heart burn, he always encouraged them, he even made concessions in case of technical errors, “Sushinsky told .
As a hockey player, Mikhailov with the USSR national team became a two-time Olympic champion and an eight-time world champion, and won the USSR championship ten times as a member of CSKA.
Mikhailov began his coaching career in 1981 at SKA. He also worked for the Russian national team, CSKA and Novokuznetsk Metallurg. Under him, the Russian team became world champions for the first time (1993) and won silver medals at the 2002 World Cup.
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