RESIGNATION
Head coach of St. Petersburg SKA Boris Mikhailov on the verge of dismissal.
Boris Mikhailov would have been dismissed for a long time, but the fact is that he signed the contract not with the club, but with the general sponsor of the team. This means that the president of SKA cannot get rid of the coach by one order (in other clubs the corresponding vertical line is built), this requires the approval of the owners. This week, the board of directors is finally meeting. He will decide what to do with a famous specialist. Mikhailov, by the way, will not be left in any way in any case. For early termination of the contract, substantial compensation is provided. Having learned to use the benefits of capitalism, Mikhailov-trainer still works in the USSR. He punishes players with two-time training sessions (after which they have no strength left to play), locks them on the base a couple of days before the game, and fines from $ 100 to $ 1,000. At the same time, it’s difficult to discern the coach’s modern tactical ideas. It seems that he is far behind Russian hockey.
Parting
Teams are increasingly satisfied with the cleansing of the compositions. “Chemist” refused Shkotov, “Siberia” - from Weissmann. And Dynamo fell out with Mirnov.
The Chemist near Moscow put forward the forward Alexei Shkotov, who was very sad when his close friend Nikolai Zherdev went to America. Shkotov also wanted to go to the NHL, but the club management did not approve of this desire. As a result, Alex broke and began to violate the regime.
In Dynamo, the head coach Vladimir Krikunov and striker Igor Mirnov quarreled, one of the club’s most stable hockey players. Forward tired of putting up with the dictates of the coach, and he began to look for a new team. Naturally, Mirnov was immediately removed from the squad. True, he played on Sunday, but the question of leaving was not removed from the agenda.
The coaching staff of “Siberia” refused the services of striker Eric Weissmann. The Novosibirsk leadership operates in the best Soviet traditions. Should a player get injured, they are going to be expelled. This is much cheaper than treating a hockey player.
NUMBERS
The organizing committee of the World Cup in Moscow announced the price of tickets.
The arithmetic is impressive. To get to individual games will be problematic - you need to purchase tickets in packages. Their minimum cost is 3000 rubles. But there are packages with prices of 35, 55 thousand ... It must be assumed that the friends of the president of the FHR, Vladislav Tretyak (and this is the whole Duma, plus the assistants of the deputies) will still receive counter-marks. It is hard to imagine how Moscow plans to make money on hockey under such a pricing policy. Indeed, for foreign guests a trip to the championship will cost a pretty penny - hotel prices are also exorbitant. Either the FHR will change its mind, or the tournament matches will be held in semi-empty stands.
THE INTERNET
Finally, online broadcasts of matches began on the FHR website.
In the FHR, they constantly talk about the need to raise the prestige of the national championship, but they earned it online only at the end of the first round. The NHL, of course, is still far away (detailed statistics for each hockey player are promptly issued there), but the shifts for the better are pleasant. True, the website of the World Cup interrupted. He worked for only a week and a half.
FIRST CIRCLE
The teams played 17 matches in the Russian Championship. There are still 34 games left.
Everything is clear with the leader. Kazan “Ak Bars” finished the stage with a margin of 7 points from the nearest pursuer. He is a clear favorite. The club has the best three of the championship Morozov - Zinoviev - Zaripov, and this is enough for leadership. The sensation of the tournament is to recognize Siberia, which is third and beat even Kazan. Novosibirsk fans should thank coach Sergei Kotov, who squeezes the most out of a modest selection of players. And the Ukrainian goalkeeper Alexander Vyukhin is experiencing a second youth.
Moscow Region Chemist, a team with a roster stronger than you will not find in the championship, takes only fifth place. Nothing terrible happens - the club planned to complete the preliminary stage in the first six. But at heart, the leadership probably hoped that the stars would shine brighter.
Everything is clear and with outsiders. Khabarovsk Amur, who did not enter the Super League on a sporting principle, won only two matches, and then the players ran out of strength. After all, now after each game they check for doping, and the usual means of hockey players can not be restored. And constant flights of health do not add. In its place, and “Wings of the Soviets.”
The reasons for the fall of Magnitogorsk Metallurg should be sought in the field of psychology, and not to nod at Malkin and Kaygorodov’s departure overseas. Last year’s failure crippled the team. And, instead of getting together and working further, the leaders for some reason removed the head coach.
And another curious fact. The three best “dry” championship series belong to foreign goalkeepers. In the list of ten most reliable there are only four goalkeepers who have the right to play for the Russian team. Alexey Eremenko heads this register, in second place is Konstantin Barulin. Both are famous masters, but something is not visible with new names.
Curiosity
Hockey club "Spartak" has appointed a CEO, but has not decided on sponsors.
At a meeting of the management of the Spartak hockey club, the club’s director general, Pyotr Chuvilin, introduced the new executive director, Leonid Romanov. In the past, he was a two-time world champion in fencing, and had previously worked as chairman of the Dynamo CA.
The most interesting thing is that the probable sponsors of the club cannot agree in any way. The topics of controversy are the amount of money allocated and the distribution of power. Rumor has it that coach Valery Bragin, who agreed to work at Spartak, already regrets it. He was invited to Novokuznetsk and Khabarovsk, but he did not even begin to negotiate.
Alexey Shevchenko