Igor Makarov: “I’m not afraid of Kulyash. Let it calm down ”

The young St. Petersburg army player Igor Makarov has distinguished himself today by knocking out Denis Kulyash, the strongest Russian fighter in the country's hockey championship. True, there was no fight. Dynamo suffered a concussion in a tough game collision, was very offended and promised to deal with his opponent at the first meeting. Makarov was surprised to learn about this from a SPORT Today correspondent. But he was not at all afraid.



- Few manage to drop Kulyash at all. And sending him to the knockout seemed almost impossible.

- Thanks for the compliment.

- Have you heard how Denis reacted to this?

- Not. But as?

- He said that you should not go out for the next match against Dynamo. If life is expensive.

- Yes? I think in vain he is. I didn’t specifically hit his head with his shoulder. Although the newspapers wrote as if hit with a club. Nonsense. It was a game moment. And I had a clean power trick against Denis. There was definitely no malicious intent. Such martial arts happen in every match.

- What is Kulyash nervous then?

- It's a shame, I guess. I was angry that a young hockey player played so hard against him.

- If everything was clean, then why did the referee remove you before the end of the match?

- Kulyash lay on the ice for a long time, could not get up. I think the judge pecked at this, wrote out a fine match. By the way, then we watched this episode from the video in the locker room. There was nothing there, the usual moment, the joint according to all the rules.

- However, maybe before the return game you should refer to the injury and beware?

“I am not at all embarrassed by what he says there.”

- But, you must admit, Kulyash is one of the strongest power players who can easily lose gloves and beat an opponent. Are you ready for this?

- Climbing to fight - I will answer. What will I have to do? But I don’t understand what the problem is. Normal gaming moment. Let him calm down.

“Do you personally know?”

- Not. Until this season, they have never met even on ice.

- Do you like to fight on the site?

- In his youth he threw off gloves easily. But after moving to adult hockey, I don’t do it. For example, last year, playing for “Wings of the Soviets”, never fought at all.

The next meeting of St. Petersburg SKA and Moscow Dynamo will be held November 27 in Moscow.

Andrey Shevchenko



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