Valery Kamensky, vice president of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), believes that CSKA should not allow Sergei Fedorov to leave the structure after his dismissal as the team’s head coach. His words are quoted “Sports Express”.
“Vorobiev is an experienced coach, he has won trophies. CSKA management decided on this and experienced guys are working there. Vorobyov loves to attack hockey, probably that’s why the choice fell on him. However, I do not think that Sergei Viktorovich will leave the CSKA organization, it will help. A person with so much experience and so much coaching baggage cannot be allowed to leave,” Kamensky said.
On March 27, CSKA announced the end of cooperation with Fedorov. His contract expires on April 30. army men appointed For this position, the former coach of the Russian national team Ilya Vorobyov.
Fedorov will take over as head of CSKA in 2021. Under his leadership, the team won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2022 and 2023. He has also been the assistant coach of the Russian national team since 2021.
This season, the team led by Fedorov could not reach the quarter-finals of the Gagarin Cup and lost 1:4 to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the series. CSKA won the first match with a score of 4:0. In the regular championship of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), the army team took fourth place.
Previously reportedHe said that Fedorov will not work in the KHL next season.