MOSCOW, April 3, Andrey Senchenko. The general state of health of the Magnitogorsk Metallurg hockey player «Aleksey Maklyukov, who suffered a head injury in a match with Avangard Omsk, has improved, doctors continue to monitor him in the hospital, said Sergey Laskov, first vice-president of Magnitogorsk. «Metallurg» beat Omsk Avangard on March 30 (4:0 ) in the seventh match of the KHL Eastern Conference playoff semi-finals and reached the final. Maklyukov could not continue the game after the puck hit him in the ear. «Alexey feels better. But at the moment there is no question of his discharge from the hospital,» Laskov said. In the Eastern Conference final, Metallurg will play with Chelyabinsk » Tractor.» The first meeting will take place on April 3 in Magnitogorsk.
