MOSCOW, January 19 Andrey Nazarov, head coach of the Sochi hockey club, said , that the team does not see the need to continue the KHL regular season due to the tense situation due to the spread of COVID-19. Earlier, the KHL announced that the meetings scheduled for January 15-21 were postponed due to outbreaks of coronavirus in several teams. The league will offer the option of continuing the season later, but it is possible that the clubs will play the rescheduled games during the Olympic pause. «In the current situation, we see no reason to continue the regular KHL season. It is already obvious that all the matches planned by the calendar will not be able to be played. find an option that would suit all clubs. HC Sochi has an approved budget, beyond which we have no right to go. Match reschedules are additional costs for flights, accommodation, testing of players and staff. For the club, this is millions of rubles» , — said Nazarov, who was quoted by the Sochi official website. “We don’t have extra money, we are used to living within our means. Yes, I can understand the disappointment of the fans who will not be able to see the team and their favorite players. But, unfortunately, the pandemic breaks the usual way of life, not just hockey.I hope that this attack of the coronavirus on humanity will be the last, and next year we will hold a full-fledged regular championship and a full-fledged playoff, where we will definitely get to with our young and ambitious team. And this year it is necessary to say «stop» to the regular season, — Nazarov emphasized.
