Head coach of Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo Igor Larionov said that in the match against Dynamo Moscow he destroyed Nikita’s line Artamonova Maxim Letunov and Vladislav Firstov, so that more ready hockey players could play.
On Monday, in an away match of the KHL regular season, Torpedo defeated Dynamo in a shootout – 5:4. Before this match, the offensive trio Artamonov – Letunov – Firstov led the ranking of the most productive in the regular season (17 goals).
– Why did you abandon the Firstov – Letunov – Artamonov troika? She is still the most productive in the league.
— I talk to the players during matches. It is important for me to understand if everything is okay with them. Letunov told me he was tired. Artamonov choked a bit in the first period. We should have let ready-made hockey players play.
— Your team’s results haven’t been the most stable lately. Why is this happening?
— The essence of our game, the understanding of the team, the standards are stability. There are guys on the team who haven’t won a cup.
I don’t want to go down and up because of emotions. The wavy results are disappointing. We try to instill in the guys the belief that the main thing is not who we play with, but how we play. Matches like this give hope. The stability we want is still far away, but we will get there,” reports the correspondent.
Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo scored 25 points in 23 matches and ranks seventh in the Western Conference standings.
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