Kamensky about the Olympics : When the Russian hockey team started at the home stage of the Eurotour, the 2022 Olympics without NHL players were not as real as they are now. Now, after three victories in a row and a lost overtime (and against the background of a bold experiment with playing without a goalkeeper) at the Moscow tournament, it turned out that players from the main league of the world would hardly go to Beijing, and we can calmly look into the Bezenkhalov Olympic future …
“We are at the headquarters of the national team and are waiting for an official decision ourselves,” Valery Kamensky, advisor to the head coach of the national team, president of the Moscow Region Ice Hockey Federation and, by the way, a member of the “Triple Golden Club” (world champion, Olympic champion and more Stanley Cup winner). “But at the same time I would like to note that we are ready for any development of events.”
In any case, as it became known to “MK”, quite a lot of hockey players from the roster that played confidently at the home stage of the Eurotour should be included in the Beijing application. “The general mood is positive,” Kamensky confirmed. – Of course, I would prefer to do without names, as did the coaching staff, but many of the young people made me happy, and the veterans too. We also tried a variety of tactical practices. I don’t want to single out someone. But on the whole, the guys showed: the prospects are good. “
4 games in 5 days is certainly not easy. And this, of course, affected when on Sunday our team played the final match, and even passed into overtime.
“Yes, I agree with you, – we will again give the floor to Kamensky. – Naturally, you need to practice together in order to feel each other, develop connections, and better understand the requirements of the coaching staff. But at the same time, in many ways and it is in such games that a team is formed – and many interactions made us happy. “
… Well, there is nothing left before Beijing. And whatever the composition of the Russian squad in the end, the confidence in the positive outcome increased, right?
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