“Tractor” under the direction of a new Canadian coach Benoît Grou does not show exclusively North American hockey, said the forward of the Chelyabinsk team Nikita Tertychny .
On Saturday, Traktor beat CSKA (4:0). Nikita Tertyshny scored the winning goal.
— Is Benoit Grou’s work comparable to that of any Russian coach? What’s the difference?
“It’s just that every coach sees the game differently. Someone has worked with someone and they have nuances that they adhere to in every match. By the way, a Canadian and a Russian might have similar views. I won’t say that under Gru we play straight North American hockey. At the beginning, during the pre-season, we tried to work on something. And when the guys already got used to the tactics, they were allowed to do what they knew how to do. That is, Gru will not say: you are doing something wrong, it should be the other way around. You need to perform certain tasks and actions. And if, in addition to that, you know how to do something else, no one will tie your hands.
When you compare a Russian coach and a North American coach, everyone will say that the nationality is different. But I see that, for example, Dmitry Kvartalnov’s Dynamo Minsk plays similar hockey. Direct, somewhat punchy, they work very well. Or CSKA under Ilya Vorobyov plays well under pressure. “Traktor” under Benoit Groux also does it well.
In other words, it depends on the nuances. Take Lokomotiv’s Igor Nikitin for example. With him too, everything is built on nuances. How to use the stick, what position of the skates. The average viewer doesn’t see it, but players and coaches of other teams notice it perfectly and then show it on video.
— “Traktor” this season looks like a team aiming for the Gagarin Cup.
— Of course, we feel that we have improved. This is the second year that we are playing with a new team that has already gotten used to it. There have been targeted reinforcements from the management and support staff, especially as the staff themselves have changed. This is why we have increased. And then you shouldn’t think about what will happen in November or February. Just move, play, enjoy hockey. Wake up every day and do what you know how to do, what you need to do, what is required of you. And this will bring success.
It is clear that there may be holes somewhere. You just need to treat it with understanding and try to get out of it as quickly as possible. Because even the pits can help you somewhere in the future, ”Tertyshny told the correspondent.
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