MOSCOW, July 26, Vasily Bogdanov. Former head coach of the Russian national ice hockey team Vladimir Plushchev, in a conversation with, criticized Dominik Hasek, who called on the Czech authorities to ban local athletes from playing in Russia. Earlier, two-time Stanley Cup winner Hasek said that the performance of his compatriot Dmitry Yashkin in the Continental Hockey League (KHL) is a danger to the Czech Republic and its citizens. Hašek has been spewing all sorts of filth against us for a long time. Although he himself fed decently here and was happy with everything he was given. There have always been those who profit from cheap authority. Maybe Hasek is aiming for politics, there were already leaders of actors in the Czech Republic, now it will be also a goalkeeper with a beaten head, «Plyushchev said. «Will this pressure affect Yashkin? All people are alive, any psychological pressure has an effect. It depends on how Yashkin is adapted and ready for this. Russians. Since he accepted the offer of SKA, it means that he understood what he was getting into. I think the St. Petersburg club made a good transfer, there are not many such forwards in the KHL,» the source added. On Monday, SKA St. Petersburg announced the signing of a contract with 29-year-old Yashkin.
