Beijing, February 9, Andrey Senchenko. Forward of the Russian national hockey team Anton Slepyshev admitted that he apologized to the team for the four-minute suspension received at the end of the match with Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The meeting ended with a score of 1:0 in favor of the Russians. Slepyshev became the author of the winning goal. “I don’t want to talk about the removal, how it all happened. I hope this situation will become an example for me and the whole team. You can’t do this. In the locker room, none of the teammates said anything, but I apologized to them and thanked for the quality game in the minority. They are handsome, «Slepyshev told reporters. The forward also expressed the opinion that the experience gained in the meeting with the Swiss should help Russia in the next meetings at the Olympic tournament. «The goal attack turned out to be accidental. I just picked puck and a few seconds before the siren threw it on the spot. It was lucky that there was a rebound into the goal. For us, this match was the first in the tournament. It can be seen that there were a lot of newcomers, there was no normal game practice. Few thoughts, games. There was more struggle. We are glad to finally feel the spirit of competition, and not games between ourselves in training. I think we will continue to play better, «added Slepyshev. In the next games at the Olympic hockey tournament, the national team Russia will meet with the teams of Denmark (February 11) and the Czech Republic (February 12).
