Hartley has announced the possibility of signing newcomers through Avangard ahead of the transfer deadline

Hartley has announced the possibility of signing newcomers through Avangard ahead of the transfer deadline

Avangard Head Coach Bob hartley summed up the results of the match with Metallurg (4: 2) in the regular KHL championship.

“I’m very happy with the game, very happy with the way the guys turned out. We scored well in the second half and neutralized the minority three times in the third. We didn’t allow them to get energy from that majority because sometimes you score, and sometimes it just gives you extra motivation and incentive, but we didn’t let them get it. They not only neutralized the minority well, but also exerted pressure and did not allow the enemy to apply pressure. In addition, we locked them in our own zone, despite the fact that we were following them. Therefore, overall I am very happy with the way we have shown ourselves today.

Absence of Tolchinsky and Semionov in the lineup today? They both got sick. But now at this time of year it’s okay – people in general and gamers are sick.

First impression on Swedberg? And do I ask the management for an additional gain in the days that remain? I think Viktor will fit perfectly into our team: he’s an overall player, he defends well, plays with a lot of confidence – in the playoffs it will be extremely important, it’s the guys in the general classification. Alexey Volkov, like any other general manager of the club, is always looking for ways to improve the team and, probably, everyone has a rule: you try to find options until the deadline.

Will the non-participation of NHL players in the Olympics be a blow to the popularity of hockey, to its development in countries where it is not very popular? From what I’ve read – of course, I don’t have any first-hand information – it’s just related to the coronavirus, and it’s not even about the popularity of a sport. Everything revolves around the pandemic: now in Canada and the United States, the situation is not very good, the hospitals are full, and the well-being of the population becomes much more important than any sporting problem. But the NHL does a great job of popularizing hockey, as well as the KHL here, so I think there shouldn’t be any problems here, ”quotes the Hartley club press service.