St. Petersburg, April 22, Sergey Yaremenko. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl is preparing for the fact that next season there will be no foreign players in the team, club president Yuri Yakovlev said. The Russian Ministry of Sports on Tuesday announced that it would consider a proposal from the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (FHR) to reduce the number of foreign players in clubs Continental Hockey League (KHL) and Major Hockey League (VHL). According to the FHR proposal, the total number of legionnaires declared by a KHL or VHL club for a match should be no more than three, including one goalkeeper, and in the championship of the Major Hockey League (the third most powerful division in the Russian hockey system) – no more than three, but not one goalkeeper. “The decision (to reduce the number of foreigners in the KHL) is easy to make. It is unlikely that someone will recruit a large number of foreigners. A normal decision. We are ready for the fact that there will be no foreigners. If we suddenly find a suitable foreigner, we will look. Now we are preparing for season without legionnaires. Most likely, we will part with the foreigners who were last season. With the rest of the guys we are in negotiations and discussions. It’s too early to talk about something specific, “Yakovlev said at a press conference. “We are looking for newcomers for everything Igor Valeryevich (Nikitin) with his assistants is a fully qualified and powerful coaching team, which is able to solve high good tasks,” Yakovlev noted.
