CSKA Forward Ruslan Iskhakov told that it was important for the Army team to defeat Salavat Yulaev on the birthday of club veteran Boris Mikhailov.
On Tuesday, CSKA defeated Salavat Yulaev Ufa with a score of 2:0 in the home match of the KHL regular season. Before the match, a ceremony was held in honor of the 80th birthday of CSKA honorary president Boris Mikhailov. CSKA hockey players entered the match in retro uniforms, and Mikhailov made a symbolic throw-in. Also in the central ice circle of the CSKA arena, the organizers placed the inscription “Mikhailov – 80”.
— It was very nice to congratulate Boris Petrovich Mikhailov on his birthday. We lost the last two games, so it was very important to come back and get a win. Now we have a difficult schedule, we will also try to win the next match against Avtomobilist.
— Did Boris Mikhailov’s birthday give special importance to this game?
– Certainly. Mikhailov is a club legend. An example to follow. Boris Petrovich won a large number of cups. And it was very important for us to give him a gift in the form of our victory,” Iskhakov told .
CSKA won after two straight defeats in a row (against Metallurg 0:7 and against Traktor 0:4), with 17 points, Ilya Vorobyov’s team rose to 4th place in the Western Conference.
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