MOSCOW, 11 Jan, Semyon Galkevich. Meetings of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) may be held during a pause for the matches of the Olympic tournament, KHL President Alexei Morozov told reporters. The Olympic Games will be held on February 4-20 in Beijing. «We do not want to allow the epidemic to spread to all clubs,» Morozov said. I have to go to Beijing soon. This is their dream — to play for the country. Taking this into account, we have to cancel the matches. The Russian Ice Hockey Federation allowed us to hold matches during the Olympic break without the participation of national teams. We want the championship to be finished, we will do everything for this. » The KHL release notes that matches during the Olympics can be held at the mutual desire of the clubs. «(Coach of the Russian national team) Alexei Zhamnov received all the information from me. Yesterday and the day before yesterday I spoke with him, as well as with Ilya Kovalchuk. We are now waiting for the roster Russian national team, uh then it will facilitate our work in terms of drawing up a calendar and possible postponements of games, «added the head of the league. Since the beginning of the season, the KHL has postponed 15 matches, 14 of them since the beginning of January. Avtomobilist (Yekaterinburg), Salavat Yulaev (Ufa), Dynamo (Riga), CSKA and Torpedo (Nizhny Novgorod) have quarantined.
