Former coach of the Russian national hockey team, Vladimir Plushev, said that it is impossible to form a team on equal terms in sports. legal betting.
“Why is hockey not of interest to people in Russia? The skill level is no longer the same. The KHL leadership said they wanted to make everyone equal. In sports, teams cannot be established on equal terms. That’s why fans have so many complaints, ”said Plyushchev.
The new season of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) started with the match played between CSKA Moscow and Ak Bars Kazan on 1 September. The club from the capital of Tatarstan won with a score of 5:2.
On August 4, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) sanctioned CSKA with a one-season international transfer ban for breach of contract with the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Philadelphia Flyers team. In addition, according to the decision, Fedotov’s goalkeeper will not be able to play in the Continental Hockey League until 31 December 2023. On August 27, the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR) allowed Fedotov to play from January 1, 2024.
CSKA was supposed to start the new season of the KHL regular season without Fedotov, but the goalkeeper hit the ice in the Ak Bars match.
Formerly known agent declarationthat some IIHF actions are counterintuitive.