Around 5,000 spectators in Zurich saw CSKA win the Riga Dinamo in the KHL match – KHL News – Hockey

The SKA and CSKA of St. Petersburg have already taken part in such regular championship meetings at the end of October. Then, two army teams in Vienna defeated Slovan Bratislava (9: 0 – CSKA, 7: 0 – SKA). On November 26, SKA defeated Dinamo Riga 3-1 in Zurich.

The CSKA hockey players flew to Zurich on the eve of the match and canceled the evening session. The residents of Riga spent the morning rolling on Tuesday, after which the seven players on the team and head coach Girts Annipans master clbad young hockey players from local academies. With the most interesting and enthusiastic with the children was engaged the defender Matthew Mayone.

"It was great fun, it's always nice to be on the ice with the kids. I already have a similar experience, during hockey practices and workouts, I have acted as a coach. For me, the key is to work and enjoy hockey to get even better, "said Mayone.

Despite the fact that SKA left Zurich and managed to defeat Vityaz (6-0) outside of Moscow, the attributes of the St. Petersburg club were still on sale, while memorabilia with the symbols of CSKA and Dinamo Riga were not for sale. c & # 39; was. Visitors had the opportunity to take pictures with the Gagarin Cup, purchase KHL attributes and match memories at the KHL World Games.

4698 spectators attended the meeting, 4178 people attended the previous match on Monday. Among the fans, there was the swiss hockey fan wearing a CSKA jersey, named after Petrov, and the portrait of a two – time Olympic champion and eleven – time champion. USSR in the framework of CSKA Vladimir Petrov. Unfortunately, the fan refused to contact the TASS correspondent.

This time, the Olympic champion and Stanley Cup winner, KHL vice president for development, Valery Kamensky, two-time world champion, Vladimir, performed a symbolic touch. Yurzinov Sr. vice-president Georgiy Kobylyanskyy KHL Head of Ice Hockey Activities and Head Coach of the Swiss National Hockey Team Patrick Fisher. Local fans greeted the latter with stormy applause. It was he who led the Swiss national team at the 2018 World Cup silver medals. Kamensky also took part in the break autograph session.

Unlike the first match in Zurich with the SKA, the residents of Riga failed to impose the fight on the army team in the capital. The result of the meeting was predetermined at the end of the second period. CSKA opened the scoring at the beginning of Konstantin Okulov's early dvadtsatiminutki efforts, acted with confidence throughout the meeting and won a well-deserved victory.

"Before the match, I approached Kostya Okulov and told her not to sleep today. He has a very good technique, one of the best. Bravo! Pay attention to his great technique, "- said Yurzinov, who watched almost the entire first period, talking to reporters.

"We failed a match. The enemy made a lot of mistakes. It was a very good lesson for our young hockey players, "said Dynamo Ankipans head coach at the end of the match.

After the meeting between Riga Dynamo and SKA Press office The military club handed a postcard of 14-year-old Swiss hockey player Timo to KHL colleagues who took Vladislav Gavrikov from St. Petersburg on the ice. The child wrote in Russian that he was very happy to accompany the Olympic champion Gavrikov. He also congratulated the defender for his good play and wished the best, leaving his contacts.

After the game Press office SKA provided the KHL with a postcard of a boy on which Gavrikov wished good luck to the young hockey player and left his autograph. He also gave his club to the child.

KHL quickly followed Timo. The young hockey player was unable to attend the match between Dynamo Riga and CSKA because he himself played in a different city for the children's team. Gavrikov's club was given to the boy's father.

Timo himself later wrote a letter to Press office KHL in English. "I am impressed by the technique of stick and high speed in the KHL. I wish good luck and thank you, "said the letter.

Immediately after the match between CSKA and Dinamo Riga, the army striker and winner of the final of the 2018 Olympic tournament final, Kirill Kaprizov, presented his stick to the grandson of the famous goalkeeper and champion Soviet Olympic Vladimir Myshkin. The hockey player also talked to the boy and took a picture with him. The child wore the uniform of a team of Russian Olympic athletes.

Despite the low participation in the matches in Zurich, coaches and hockey players unanimously stressed the high organization of matches and the excellent stadium Hallenstadion, which can accommodate more than 11,000 spectators. Hockey players do not hide the fact that they would like to participate in such meetings. Danish CSKA striker Yannick Hansen in an interview Press service The KHL has stated that it would like one of these games to take place in Copenhagen between CSKA and the Finnish Jokerit.

The army coach, Igor Nikitin, is also congratulated on the organization of the meeting. "Everything is excellent, there are no complaints or questions," Nikitin said. – It's good for us to have changed psychologically. There may have been more fans in Vienna, but here too, everything is top. "

He agrees with CSKA's mentor and Riga Dynamo Ankipans head coach. "We are unhappy about losing two games. But everything here was top notch, nice and nice. The only thing we were without glbades, "said the coach.

The matches with the participation of KHL teams have interested many other countries. On Monday, a league board member, Roman Rotenberg, said that London and Paris deserved to accept the match. On Wednesday, the Secretary General of the British Ice Hockey Federation, Andy French, announced an agreement to organize matches in the country in April this year, with the participation of three KHL teams. According to him, one of the meetings will be held in Sheffield.

As French President of the French Hockey Federation Luc Tardif has said, the French side is also busy organizing the KHL match in Paris. "Thanks to the French players of the KHL, namely Stefan da Costa, the French watch your league. Our team is in the elite of world hockey for over 10 years, it's time to move on. We are working on the upcoming organization of a KHL match in Paris, "said Tardif.

Representatives of the French, British and German federations also indicated that they planned to create their own teams in the KHL.