MOSCOW, January 23, Semyon Galkevich. General manager of the Russian national team Ilya Kovalchuk said to journalists that they heard obscene chants of Omsk Avangard striker Sergei Tolchinsky addressed to CSKA Moscow, but they did not cause the hockey player to miss the national team for the Olympics. Tolchinsky did not get into the composition of the Russian national team for the Olympics published on Sunday. In April, after Avangard's victory over CSKA in the Gagarin Cup final, a video appeared on the network, in which, after the end of the match, Tolchinsky, a graduate of the army team and the most valuable player in the KHL playoffs, on the street, surrounded by hawk fans, swears at the former club. Kovalchuk played for Avangard with Tolchinsky last season. «Unlike (head coach of the Russian national team Alexei) Zhamnov, I heard Tolchinsky chants about CSKA, but this is not the reason why he did not get into the team,» said Kovalchuk.
