Rotenberg offered to play hockey in Africa, Prokhorkin left SKA. Results of the day in hockey
Denis Lutchenko Aug 2, 2023 22:00 UTC Audio Version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Now the club and the agent are looking for the best option to continue the career of the Gagarin Cup winner and Olympic champion.
We present a summary of the main events in the world of hockey for August 2, 2023.
Rotenberg proposed to hold a match between the KHL and the NHL in Africa
At a press conference on the eve of the pre-season tournament in Sochi, SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg suggested holding a match between the KHL and NHL teams in Cape Town, the capital of the Republic of South Africa.
“At the club level, nothing prohibits the holding of international matches. Such competitions can be held in South Africa, in India. Why not hold matches between the KHL and the NHL in Cape Town, between the champions of the leagues? There are no obstacles, it’s just a matter of economics”, transmits the correspondent of Championat Elena Kuznetsova in the words of Rotenberg.
Recall that there were three matches between the KHL and NHL clubs. In 2008, Metallurg Magnitogorsk lost 3-4 to the New York Rangers in Bern in the Victoria Cup. The next two matches took place in 2010. Dynamo Riga lost 1:3 to Phoenix Coyotes at home, while SKA defeated Carolina Hurricanes 5:3 at home.
Vityaz explained the change of head coach after the best season in the club’s history in the KHL
Vityaz general manager Igor Varitsky explained why the club did not renew the contract with Vyacheslav Butsaev after last season, in which the team from the Moscow region lost 1-4 to Lokomotiv in the first round of the Gagarin Cup.
“Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butsaev’s contract expired after the end of the last season and was not extended. We just decided to go this route. From our side, an offer was made to Alexander Vasilievich Zavyalov. We were impressed with how he worked as an assistant. And the club’s management decided to give him the opportunity to prove himself as the head coach. We have chosen this path and we believe that it is the correct one. Time will tell if that will be the case.
We would like to see more fun and modern hockey. The entire team building process is based on this now. It’s no secret that we need spectacular, watchable hockey. Alexander Vasilyevich is an experienced coach who has worked with very good mentors for many years. He helped Peteris Skudra on Torpedo, worked with Zinetula Khaidyarovich Bilyaletdinov on Ak Bars. Therefore, he has a lot of experience and is already ripe to work as a head coach, ”Varitsky said in an exclusive interview with Sergey Emelyanov, the columnist for the Championship.
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Roman Rotenberg confirms Prokhorkin’s departure from SKA
SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg at a press conference on the eve of the tournament in Sochi said that Nikolai Prokhorkin had left the army club.
“There is also a lineup change. We want to thank Nikolai Prokhorkin for all these years, we won the Gagarin Cup with him, he was at the Korean Olympics. Then we go without Nikolai, together with the agent and Nikolai, we are looking for the best options to continue his career, ”the championship correspondent Elena Kuznetsova broadcasts in the words of Rotenberg.
In 2017 Nikolai won the Gagarin Cup with SKA. He missed most of last season due to injury. In the 2022/2023 regular season, 29-year-old Prokhorkin has just three games and one assist with a +1 utility indicator. In the playoffs he has seven games in which the forward scored 4 (1 + 3) points. Also in the KHL, the Russian played for CSKA, Salavat Yulaev, Metallurg and Avangard. He played in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings, who were drafted 121st overall in 2012. In 2018, as part of the Russian national team, Prokhorkin won gold medals.
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Zukhra Urazbakhtina became the new host of SKA TV
Zuhra Urazbakhtina became the new host of SKA TV. The girl is known for her work in the Russian national hockey team, in the Avangard and Ak Bars hockey teams, as well as in the CSKA football club. “We present to you our new presenter, although she needs no introduction. Meet Zuhra Urazbakhtin! Now in the channel 78 studio and on SKA TV. There is even more beauty in St. Petersburg, ”the press service of the St. Petersburg club said in a statement.
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Ovechkin is in the top 3 NHL players fans would like to have dinner with
Portal The Athletic conducted a fan poll on the topic: “If you could have lunch or drinks with any current NHL player, other than your favorite team, who would it be?” In third place is the captain of the Washington Capitals, Alexander Ovechkin.
“Alex Ovechkin’s personality doesn’t come through as often as it used to, but no one can forget how much fun he brought to the game early in his career and when the Capitals won the Cup in 2018,” the article reads.
The top 5 players in the survey above look like this:
1. Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins, 20.2% of the vote); 2. Marc-Andre Fleury (Minnesota Wild, 19.3%); 3. Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals, 14.3%); 4. Matthew Tkachuk (Florida Panthers, 10.1%); 5. Brad Marchand (Boston Bruins, 5.6%)
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