All Foreign Hockey Players Left Salavat Yulaev :: Hockey :: RBC Sport

Dane Philip Larsen, Finns Juha Metsola, Sakari Manninen and Temu Hartikainen decided to leave the Ufa club after Markus Granlund and Jeff Platt

Danish defender Philip Larsen, Finnish goalkeeper Juha Metsola and fellow strikers Sakari Manninen and Temu Hartikainen have decided to leave Salavat Yulaev, according to reports. “Championship” And “TV Match”.

Thus, the Ufa club found itself without legionnaires for the second match of the 1/8 finals of the KHL playoffs with Sibir. Earlier, Finnish striker Markus Granlund and Canadian striker with Belarusian passport Jeff Platt left the team.

Salavat Yulaev’s press service responded to RBC’s request that they could “operate only with confirmed official information”.

The head coach of the Ufa club is also a foreigner, Finn Tomi Lyamsya.

A source from Match TV in the Ufa club said that the foreign players were going to leave the team even before the first playoff game, some of them were persuaded to stay, but then the KHL legionnaires united in chats where they started discussing leaving Russia.

“Everyone left Salavat Yulaev, but now most likely there will be a departure from other clubs. What to do next ‘Salavat Yulaev’? We will play the playoffs with Sibir without foreigners,” the source said.

Manninen has been playing in Ufa since the 2019/20 season, this season he has played 39 games, scored 19 goals and provided 13 assists.

Hartikainen has been playing for Salavat since 2013, this season he has played 42 games and scored 25 points (13+12).

Larsen scored 17 points (4+13) in 37 games. Metsola has played 32 games.

The next match against Sibir will take place on March 4 in Ufa. In the first game, the Ufa team won with the score 2:1.