Former head coach of the Russian national hockey team Vladimir Krikunov, St. Petersburg SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg supported the decision to remove striker Nikita Gusev from the squad due to alcohol problems.
“Of course, Rotenberg did the right thing: if you’ve already been drinking, do your best in the game and try to fix the situation. And if he’s still not pulling the game, there’s nothing to drink. The team will need Gusev in the coming games,” he said. Metaratings.ru.
Match TV previously reported that the striker was removed from the main team due to a certain addiction to beer drinking. In the future, the hockey player will return to the squad, and the team will provide him with all kinds of help and support.
After four games between SKA and CSKA Moscow in the Western Conference final series of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), the score is tied – 2:2. The fifth match will be played on April 10 in St. It will be played in St. Petersburg and will start at 19:30 Moscow time.
Formerly Kazan “White Bars” to win Omsk “Avangard” and CSKA Moscow and SKA St. Petersburg to the Gagarin Cup final, where they will face the winner of the Eastern Conference final.