Former head coach of the Russian national team Vladimir Pluschev said that the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) should take an example from ballet. He believes that the short pre-season practiced in the National Hockey League (NHL) is not applicable in Russian hockey. Russia-Hockey.ru.
“Do you want to destroy Soviet ballet? Take the ballerina out of the bar and send her to a resort for three months. Fortunately, there are no such hotheads in ballet. But they were found in hockey,” said Plyushchev.
In February 2024, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) extended the suspension of the Russian and Belarusian national teams. The organization reported that the IIHF Council will continue to monitor the situation and will consider the reintegration of the Russian and Belarusian national teams for the 2025/26 season in May 2025.
In the 2023/24 season, Metallurg Magnitogorsk won a crushing victory over Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL playoff finals Gagarin Cup. Metallurg won four games in a row and closed the final series with a score of 4-0.
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Source: Gazeta
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