We present a summary of the main events in the world of hockey for March 23, 2024.
Siberia offered Gatiyatulin a two-year contract as head coach
As the “Championship” found out, “Sibir”, which completely changed its management team after a disastrous season and missed the playoffs, offered a two-year contract to the Russian specialist Anvar Gatiyatulin, who was fired from “Traktor” during the last regular season. .
In the near future, the parties should officially announce that an agreement has been reached. Gatiyatulin is inclined to lead the Novosibirsk club.
Recall that on March 22, the chairman of the board of directors of the Sibir hockey club and governor of the Novosibirsk region, Andrei Travnikov, presented the team with a new direction. Kirill Fastovsky was replaced as CEO of Sibir by Lev Krutokhvostov. Until the end of the 2023/2024 regular season, the team’s head coach was Sergei Krivokrasov.
SKA won for the first time in the Gagarin Cup series match against Avtomobilist
The match of the quarterfinal series of the Gagarin Cup 2024 ended in Yekaterinburg, in which the local automobilist played on his ice with SKA. The match ended with a 5:2 victory for the guests.
Vasily Glotov, Alex Galchenyuk, Nikita Kamalov, Marat Khairullin scored goals for Roman Rotenberg’s team (twice empty-handed). Galchenyuk also has an assist. Stefan Da Costa and Alexey Makeev scored for the Yekaterinburg team. The French forward also assisted Makeev’s goal, thus adding two points in the match and 50 points in the Gagarin Cup.
After today’s victory, the series score became 3-1 in favor of Avtomobilist. The teams will return to St. Petersburg for the fifth game of the series.
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The KHL playoff series “Spartak” – “Metallurg”, “Avangard” – “Lokomotiv” will resume on March 26.
The Continental Hockey League approved changes to the schedule for the second round of the playoffs for the 2023/2024 season. This was reported by the league’s official website.
The fourth match of the Spartak – Metallurg series will be played on Tuesday, March 26 in Moscow. The fifth match of the series will take place on Thursday, March 28 in Magnitogorsk. The fifth match of the Avangard – Lokomotiv series will be played on Tuesday, March 26 in Omsk.
The schedule of the SKA – Avtomobilist series remains unchanged: the fifth match will take place on Monday, March 25.
It should be noted that, if necessary, the next matches in the series will be played every other day.
Previously, the Spartak – Metallurg and Avangard – Lokomotiv matches scheduled for March 23 and 24 were postponed due to the tragedy at the Crocus Town Hall.
Rotenberg commented with Avtomobilist on SKA’s first victory in the series
SKA coach Roman Rotenberg spoke about his team’s first victory in the quarterfinal series of the Continental Hockey League against Avtomobilist (5:2, 1-3).
“Glottov? The team won. Teamwork, each player contributed to the victory. Did your opponent make 11 shots from the dime? There is something to improve, first of all we must eliminate deletions. We have eliminated the visual errors, now we eliminate the eliminations and we will play even better.
How did you manage to stay calm at the end? This is hockey, the game is a party for all the players and coaches, what they like most. The love of hockey lifts our spirits, we enjoy the games and see that we can win through our correct team actions. But we can play even better.
Let’s calmly prepare for the next game. How satisfied are you with the team’s performance? The result is on the scoreboard.”
“I will strive for it.” Krikunov spoke about Ovechkin’s pursuit of Gretzky
Former Russian national team coach Vladimir Krikunov shared his opinion on Alexander Ovechkin’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s goal record.
“I think all of Russia is rooting for Ovechkin so he can catch up and surpass Gretzky. Therefore, we will observe, we will encourage. Maybe I’ll catch up, in a couple of years.
Did he score 23 goals this season? He will score a few more this season. Maybe it’s pretty close there. I think he will have to work hard to reach this record,” Krikunov said.
