Severstal’s head coach Andrey Razin has criticized federal teams for the low popularity of hockey after losing to CSKA in the first game of the Gagarin Cup playoffs. Transmits words “Sport Express”.
“An interesting playoff should be interesting for the fans. And federal channels should promote it, no matter how you look otherwise: a football. Playoffs start, you watch the news, you turn on the TV, football starts, the 3rd league is already in a mess. And here there are such interesting matches that none of the experts are even invited, ”said Razin.
Severstal lost to CSKA with a score of 2:5. The match took place at the CSKA Arena in Moscow. The second game of this series will be played on March 4 in Moscow. Recall that each series of Gagarin Cup playoffs continues until one of the teams has won four of them.
SKA St. Petersburg won the KHL regular season with 105 points. CSKA 94, Lokomotiv 92 points from Yaroslavl. Kazan “Ak Bars” became the winner of the Eastern Conference with 91 points.
Formerly famous domestic coach Vladimir Plushev spoke About the Gagarin Cup qualifiers, he assesses the teams’ chances of winning the tournament.