Vice President of the KHL Valery Kamensky reacted to the head coach’s words SKA Romain Rotenberg who accused the league of discrimination.
On Tuesday, SKA beat Lokomotiv (4:3 OT). Before the match, a ceremony was held in the arena in honor of Yaroslavl forward Alexander Radulov in honor of 250 goals in the KHL. For Rotenberg, it was his 200th game as head coach. After the match, the coach said in a press conference that the KHL did not congratulate him on his 200th game. Rotenberg called on the league management to avoid discrimination based on nationality in the future.
“I don’t understand what national characteristics have to do with it. » Many coaches play 200 games. There may be a slight omission here on the part of the league, but national characteristics have nothing to do with it. Canadians, Americans, Swedes, Finns and Slovaks play here. There is no discrimination. I think 200 is a simple result, it’s not a thousand or five hundred matches. I don’t know why I should pay attention to it. Maybe he was just emotional after the tough game they won.
What level does Rotenberg need to reach for the league to congratulate him? Well, I don’t know, to some sort of record, probably. Many of our coaches play 200 games, so what? I believe that achievements such as the Olympics, the World Championships and the Gagarin Cup should be celebrated. 200 games is not an unattainable feat. If he has a track record, then we, together with the league, will congratulate him,” Kamensky said, as quoted by Soviet Sport.
On Wednesday, the KHL press service on the official website discussed Rotenberg’s 200th game in an article about the last match.
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