Hockey coach Andrei Nazarov responded to Harri Harkimo, the former owner of the Finnish team “Jokerit”, who said that the club’s entry into the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) was a mistake.Championships”.
“Our great Russian poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin said everything a long time ago. “On the mossy, swampy shores there were black huts here and there, there was a shelter for the miserable Chukhon,” Nazarov said, noting that the Finns played in the KHL, learned from experience, earned money and now regrets everything.
Jokerit and Dinamo Riga left the Kontinental Hockey League at the end of February 2022 due to the situation in Ukraine. Due to the Finns’ withdrawal from the league, their rivals Moscow’s Spartak automatically advanced to the semi-finals of the Gagarin Cup.
The Finns have twice reached the quarter-finals of the Gagarin Cup.
Due to the situation in Ukraine, many legionnaires left Russia. Some federations objected to the performance of hockey players in the KHL. So, Latvia passed a law banning local athletes and coaches from participating in competitions in Russia and Belarus.
Previously “Jokerit” criticized It is similar to Russian due to symbolism.