St. PETERSBURG, Mar 28, Sergey Yaremenko. Former head coach of the national team Russia Vyacheslav Bykov, who won gold medals with her at the 2008 and 2009 World Championships, expressed confidence that Sergei Fedorov, who heads CSKA Moscow, will be able to join the ranks of great Russian coaches. Fedorov became the head coach of CSKA in the summer of 2021. The 52-year-old specialist was part of the headquarters of the Russian team at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, where the national team won silver medals. Under the leadership of Fedorov, the army team reached the final of the Western Conference of the KHL, where they will play with the St. Petersburg SKA. The first two matches of the series will take place on April 2 and 4 in St. Petersburg. «It's great that in the final of the West there will be an army derby again. I hope the teams will please the fans. I'm very happy for Sergei Fedorov, who shows great coaching potential. I'm sure he will be able to stand in a number of great Russian coaches. I would not say that he has little coaching experience — he worked with a large number of excellent specialists and learned a lot from them. Already now, in the game of CSKA in the regular season and the playoffs, his hand is visible, visible potential,» Bykov said.
