Beijing, February 9, Sergey Yaremenko. Head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team Alexei Zhamnov, after the first match of the Olympic tournament, noted that the referees at the Olympics behave more independently than the referees of the games of the Continental Hockey League. On Wednesday, the Russian national hockey team started with a victory over the Swiss in the group stage of the Olympics. The meeting ended with the score 1:0 (1:0, 0:0, 0:0). Anton Slepyshev became the author of the abandoned puck.
"I don't want to comment on refereeing, the rules here are slightly different. Many guys just realized this today. In the KHL, everyone is screaming that there was a removal. Here — at least shout. There are chief judges who make decisions, and not those who shout on the bench that they should be removed. They informed the players that everything is different here, that there are judges who make decisions, and they will not change it. Fighting (Dmitry) Voronkov is a game moment. Well done here — they didn’t give 5 + 20 (penalty minutes. — Approx. ed.), — Zhamnov told reporters.
it's up to the players after the match. We understood that emotions were overflowing, plus there was excitement. We haven't had a single friendly match for a long time, it affected. I want our attackers to concentrate on the throw in the end, and not on finding an extra pass, «added Zhamnov.