We present a summary of the main events in the world of hockey for July 31, 2023.
The passion for Fedotov continues
The National Hockey League and the Philadelphia Flyers want to extend the contract agreement with Russian goalie Ivan Fedotov.
“The NHL and the Philadelphia Flyers believe that Ivan Fedotov’s contract should be extended because he missed last season due to military service in Russia. The IIHF is now reviewing the application,” journalist Darren Draeger wrote on his Twitter.
Russian goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov plans to abide by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) decision on his contract, journalist Darren Draeger reported in a tweet citing agent JP Barry.
A telephone conversation with Fedotov is reported to have taken place on July 30, during which he said that he was ready to accept the IIHF’s decision on the dispute between the Philadelphia Flyers and CSKA regarding his contract. You can tell that the Russian only wants to resume his career.
If Fedotov’s contract with Philadelphia is recognized as valid and binding, then the goalkeeper will play in the NHL.
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Canadian from “Amur” plans to obtain Russian citizenship
Canadian Amur defender Cameron Lee wants to obtain Russian citizenship in the near future.
“I intend to obtain Russian citizenship as soon as possible. I have already discussed with my agent and the club the next steps, exactly how to speed up the process. It can be said that he set out to do it as soon as possible.
Is this a personal decision or did Amur ask to lower the limit load in the future? In general, this is our common decision, but the initiative came from me. I like Russia, I like Khabarovsk, I am completely satisfied with the conditions that are created on the Amur for hockey players, so I would like to become part of the country. Well, and part of his club, of course.
Did you seek advice from Menell, who has already received citizenship? Yes, I spoke with him recently, we have been friends for several years. He told all the details of this process. I don’t think you should have a problem. Has he talked to his family? Naturally discussed. My parents always support me in everything and trust my decisions, so they were not against it,” Match TV quoted Lee as saying.
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The participants of the opening match at Sibir-Arena were announced
On August 13, 2023, the solemn opening ceremony of the Siberia Arena will take place in Novosibirsk, the official website of the FHR reports. As part of the festive events, the Russian Ice Hockey Federation will hold an exhibition match between the youth teams of Russia and Belarus (players under 18 years of age).
“The new ice palace “Siberia-Arena” can accommodate 10,587 spectators and was built according to the most modern requirements and standards. One of the main reasons for its construction was the holding of the 2023 World Youth Championship matches, however, the world championship was moved from Russia. After the inauguration, the arena will become the home of the Sibir hockey club’s matches, the federation said in a statement.
“Kunlun” extended the contract with the best goalkeeper in the club’s history
Goalkeeper Jeremy Smith has signed a new contract with Kunlun Red Star for a period of three seasons, according to the Chinese club’s press service.
“Smith is the number one goalkeeper in our history, with the most games, wins and saves. In clean sheets, he is second, far from the leader in save percentage and reliability coefficient, but that is Smith’s special purpose: with the dream of playing for the national team, he was with us in difficult moments. giving everything to Chinese hockey in the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 seasons,” the club said in a statement.
During his KHL career, the 34-year-old goalkeeper made 110 appearances for Kunlun Red Star, recording 28 wins with a save percentage of 90.9%, a safety factor of 3.20 and five clean sheets. zero.
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Photo: Yuri Kuzmin, photo.khl.ru
Lokomotiv beat Severstal in a test match
In Yaroslavl, at the Lokomotiv stadium, the friendly match of the 2023/2024 preseason ended, in which the local Lokomotiv hosted Cherepovets Severstal. The match ended with the victory of the hosts with a score of 2:1 (2:0, 0:1).
In the 14th minute, Stepan Nikulin opened the scoring with a pass from Denis Alekseev. After 35 seconds, Daniil Tesanov doubled the railway workers’ lead. Points for assists were scored by Alexander Volkov and Martin Gernat. In the 28th minute, Alexander Petunin closed the gap, but Cherepovets did not have enough for more. The striker’s assistants are Nikita Sedov and Timur Mukhanov.
Please note that the match was held in an abbreviated format. The teams played only two full periods, 20 minutes each.
In another match of the day, Minsk “Dynamo” beat “Admiral”.
Kazakhstan spoke about the conflict inside Barys
The reason for the early termination of the contract “Barys” with defender Mikhail Grigoriev became known. It is reported by Shaiba.kz.
“After a series of defeats in January of this year, the head coach of the Astana team, Andrey Skabelka, in a rather rude form, began to curse hockey players, throw mats at them, including the leaders. Perhaps this is a common thing in the hockey locker room, but the situation escalated so much that the experienced Mikhail Grigoriev could not stand it and began to object to the Belarusian specialist, saying that it would be better if he supported the guys and put them up. ready for the game. The incident was confirmed by several of its participants. These people are no longer in the Astana club.
On January 15, Mikhail Grigoriev was removed from the squad. A month later, his contract was terminated ahead of schedule, although there were five games left before the end of the KHL regular season, ”the report says.
