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Continental Hockey Leagues (KHL) Club Cherepovets ’Severstal“Head coach Andrejs Razins after the game with Riga” Dinamo “, in which the Russian team celebrated the victory with 4: 3 in overtime, shared his thoughts on what he saw in the match and revealed why he had chosen the former Latvian capital team striker Zek Mitchel from the refusal draw.
“The match was very tough,” said the Severstal coach. “We knew Dinamo was playing for the second day in a row, so we tried to be active because we didn’t have the advantage of a home arena.”
“In the second period, there was a bad stage when we scored two goals in the minority, but it is good that we also realized our three majorities,” Razins revealed. “Later we scored in extra time, so congratulations to my guys on an important, necessary victory.”
Razins also commented on the joining of the now “Dinamo” striker Zek Mitchel to the “Severstal” team, which took the “Dinamo” unnecessary striker from the refusal draft.
“In the summer we were already interested in him, but then he was too expensive for us. Now the prices have changed, “said the coach of the Cherepovets unit. “Zek is a sniper with a good throw. In addition, he is a center, and we have problems with the centers because of injuries. ”
Mitchell, taken from the refusal draft, scored six goals in 24 races of the main tournament in the ranks of Riga “Dinamo” in the 2020/2021 season and returned three assists, accumulating a negative utility -7. Prior to his rejection in the draft, Michel was Dinamo’s most productive legionnaire and the third most productive player on the team.
In order to win Mitchell, before the match with the Rigans, “Severstal” broke the contract with the Latvian striker Robert Buchart, who this season stood out in the ranks of the Russian club with four (3 + 1) points, earned two penalty minutes, as well as accumulated a negative utility -5.
Russian clubs are only allowed to enter five foreign players for the game, so without being able to win a stable place in the main team, Bucharest played only 13 out of 31 games. Mitchell has now taken the place of Bucharest legionary in Severstal.
“In general, we replaced the right-handed striker with the right hand grip with the center striker with the same grip. Everything is logical, ”Razins revealed. “We are waiting for him as soon as possible.”
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