Former head coachCupid » Andrei Martemianov told that the reason for the decline in the game of forward Alexander Khokhlachev lies in the psychology of the hockey player.
Khokhlachev joined Amur following a trade with Spartak in the summer of 2023 as a KHL star. This season, the striker has only 3 (1+2) points in 21 regular season matches. On Friday, the 31-year-old hockey player terminated his contract with the Khabarovsk club by agreement of the parties.
— If we talk about individual players, why is Khokhlachev, once the best player in Spartak, deteriorating?
— I didn’t follow his statistics and his status at Spartak before he came to us. I had other worries and troubles, because I had to prepare the team for the new season.
Alexander is a serious player, he has proven it, but now he has to do it again. We must show that we are ready to solve serious problems. Why do you think Khokhlachev is deteriorating? I wouldn’t say it, but now he has to start with the simplest thing: if the pucks aren’t coming, he has to at least benefit his team in some way. Moreover, I think the question of its decline still lies in the field of psychology. I spoke to him several times, I have normal, civil relations with all the guys – I can ask something, call them and talk face to face, because I see who is slacking, who is not playing well, etc. I think it is better to ask him the question of what happened to Alexander himself, he will tell you what is going on in his head. But he is a serious caliber player. I remember very well his matches for Avangard, when he brought great benefits to the team, after which I accepted his invitation to Amur.
You see, he played in comfortable conditions all his life. That is, you have played a match and three hours later you are lying at home in bed, resting and preparing for the next one. We had to go home for ten hours – and strange things can happen to you. These are not empty words, but reality,” Martemianov said in an interview with .
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