Alexander Kozhevnikov, two-time Olympic champion in hockey, said in an interview with socialbites.ca that he is pleased with the successful start of the new season of the capital Spartak of the Continental Hockey League (KHL).
According to him, the red-whites have been building a team that can fight for leadership in the league for a long time.
“The most important thing is to avoid injuries. The team is taking action, God forbid now a few people break down and everything goes wrong. There are young people in the team, they are not bad, they are progressing, this is encouraging,” said Kozhevnikov.
The team, led by Alexey Zhamnov, scored 30 points after 21 games and took first place in the KHL Western Conference standings. Currently, Spartak is on a seven-game winning streak; The red-whites updated their club record by defeating Sochi with a score of 3:1 on October 18.
In the next match, Spartak will play away against Admiral Vladivostok. The match will be played on October 22 at the Fetisov Arena and will start at 10:00 Moscow time.
It was previously known that Spartak caused ahead In the KHL Western Conference table.