Honored Ice Hockey Coach of Russia Yuri Novikov, Russian players of the National Hockey League (NHL) club Nashville Predators Egor Afanasyev and Yakov Trenin commented on their participation in the LGBT action.
The action took place before the regular season game (3:2) against the Vegas Golden Knights. All the hockey players of the team went to the match before the match wearing jerseys with LGBT symbols.
“There is a wonderful saying that describes this situation perfectly: “Don’t judge, you won’t be judged.” A person makes this or that decision without offending anyone. This is his choice.
We recall that Provorov refused to participate in the action. Yakov and Egor decided not to refuse. I couldn’t blame them in any way for that. They did as they saw fit.
We can be sure that these men are real men. They play hockey in the NHL and they prove it every game. They weren’t wearing skirts and dancing on the ice. This should be taken calmly, this is an element of the social process in another country, ”says the expert quotes RT.
Earlier it was reported that the Russian forward “Montreal Canadiens” Denis Guryanov. refused Attending a rally in support of LGBT people before a Washington Capitals game.