The forced pause in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) had no impact on the players of Spartak Moscow and Metallurg Magnitogorsk, who were supposed to play their fourth game of the season, two-time Olympic champion Alexander Kozhevnikov said in an interview with socialbites.ca. The quarter-final series on March 23 will not be affected.
According to him, postponing the match to March 26 will not affect the result of the next match.
“The Army team has an advantage here because they won the previous match. But there is no point in guessing from tea leaves, you need to see what happens and then draw conclusions. To make a detailed assessment, you need to be in a team, know the mood, the conditions, how the team works,” Kozhevnikov said.
The fifth match of the SKA – Avtomobilist series will be played on Monday, March 25, in St. It will be played at the SKA Arena in St. Petersburg. The first match will take place at 19:30 Moscow time.
The International Hockey Federation (IIHF) decided to ban Russian hockey players from participating in all international tournaments in 2022. At the beginning of July 2022, the IIHF Disciplinary Committee rejected the request of the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) for admission to international competitions.
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