Here’s a rundown of the top hockey events for August 13, 2024.
Roman Rotenberg received the award “For the development of sport in Moscow”
SKA coach Roman Rotenberg has received the award “For the development of sport in Moscow”. The specialist posted a photo on his social network page accompanied by a poster and a document signed by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.
On January 4, 2022, by decision of the board of directors of the SKA hockey club, in order to improve the management of the venue and the team, Roman Rotenberg was appointed head coach of the St. Petersburg team. He twice led SKA to the finals of the Western Conference of the KHL playoffs. In February 2023, the military team led by Rotenberg won the regular KHL championship ahead of schedule and won the Continental Cup for the third time in the club’s history.
Last season, SKA lost to Ekaterinburg Avtomobilist in the second round of the playoffs in five games.
“St. Louis” made offers to two Edmonton players
Edmonton players Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway received offers from St. Louis.
The Blues made offers to Edmonton for 22-year-old defenceman Philip Broberg and 23-year-old forward Dylan Holloway, both restricted free agents.
St. Louis offered Broberg a two-year contract with a salary of $4.58 million per season. Holloway was offered a two-year contract with a salary of $2.29 million per year.
The Oilers must decide within a week whether to renew the players’ offers. If that doesn’t happen, Broberg and Holloway will move to St. Louis. In that case, Edmonton would receive a second-round pick as compensation for Broberg and a third-round pick for Holloway.
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Interestingly, the league has made its first offer since 2021. Then, forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi received an offer from Carolina for one year and $6.1 million, which Montreal did not repeat.
Even before this, in 2019, forward Sebastian Aho received an offer from Montreal for a five-year contract worth a total of $42.27 million, but the Hurricanes repeated it.
Bilyaletdinov said he no longer plans to work as a head coach.
Honored coach of Russia, three-time winner of the Gagarin Cup Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, said that he no longer plans to work as a head coach.
— Will you be able to work as a head coach in the future? – No, I think I’ve already worked enough. I admit that I can give advice,” TASS quotes Bilyaletdinov as saying.
Recall that Bilyaletdinov spent the last two seasons at Ak Bars. In the 2022/2023 season, the Kazan club, under the guidance of a specialist, reached the final of the Gagarin Cup. In the 2023/2024 season, the club from the capital of Tatarstan was eliminated in the first round of the Gagarin Cup, losing in the series to Avtomobilist from Yekaterinburg (1-4).
Avangard explained what medical examination Reed Boucher must undergo
Avangard announced that the examination of injured forward Reed Boucher will continue tomorrow, August 14. The hockey player must undergo an MRI to determine the extent of the damage sustained during the first half of the friendly match against Dinamo Minsk.
Recall that yesterday, August 12, during a match against Dynamo Minsk, Boucher collided with an opposing player, after which he was able to get up and walk to the bench alone, but did not appear on the ice until the end of the match. His place among the three first-line forwards alongside Linden Vey and Alexander Yaremchuk was taken by Igor Martynov.
Before the start of the pre-season, it was also revealed that another Omsk club striker, Vladimir Tkachev, was injured.
