Karandin about the Channel One Cup: I hope Russia will show attacking and effective hockey.
Karandin about the Channel One Cup: I hope Russia will show attacking and effective hockey.
Judge of the international category Yuri Karandin shared his expectations from the matches of the Russian national team at the Channel One Cup tournament. For the first time in a long time, this tournament will not be part of the Euro Hockey Tour.
“The headquarters of Alexei Zhamnov has assembled a young staff, based on the 2022 Olympic team. It is very interesting to see how young coaches have grown and will grow, whether the Russian team can show more attacking and effective hockey compared to Beijing.
Is it a pity that there will be no European teams? It is known that hockey has gone through a variety of “iron curtains”, so we will go through the current one. It is a pity that there will be no Czechs or Finns in Moscow, but the national teams of Belarus and Kazakhstan are strong teams. The good news is that these opponents play in different styles. The Belarusians are in the attacking Canadian, since a good North American specialist Woodcroft works in their base club Dynamo. The Kazakhs, on the contrary, received from high-quality defense – like all the teams of the coach Skabelka. It is interesting to see how our headquarters dismantled two opponents. In my opinion, these will be completely two different coincidences, ”Russia-Hockey.ru quotes Karandin.
The first match in the tournament of the Russian national team will be held with the national team of Kazakhstan. The match will begin on December 17 at 14:30 Moscow time. In addition to these teams, he will take part in the Belarusian national team in tournaments. Also, within the framework of the First Channel Cup, an international international hockey tournament will be held in the three-on-three format.
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