SOCHI, August 6, Andrey Senchenko. SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg said reporters that forward Dmitry Yashkin may take part in the next match of the pre-season tournament in Sochi. On Saturday, SKA beat Sochi 3-1. The teams also spent five minutes of extra time and a shootout, in which the teams made two shots. On August 7, SKA will meet with Avangard Omsk. «A tough game for us. The opponent was charged, although our team was too. As for possible provocations from Sochi, we are ready to accept any challenge. We look at the situation. Pedan, Ketov and Yashkin In principle, they can come out in the next match, but we are not rushing things,» Rotenberg told reporters. Yashkin spent the past season at the Arizona Coyotes NHL club, missing most of the championship due to injury. He played 12 matches and made one assist. In the summer, the striker signed a contract with SKA for a period of one season. «We are glad that Damir Zhafyarov plays for SKA. We did a good job in Novogorsk, found combinations. I think that Damir will show more creativity with each match. Dmitry Nikolaev played very worthy. He is our a pupil, has extensive experience playing in the VHL. We are confident in our goalkeeper tandem, the team has competition, which is the engine of progress, «added SKA head coach. Sochi head coach Andrei Nazarov, commenting on the outcome of the meeting, lamented the poor implementation “Third game for the fourth day. I think that the team’s movement was not bad. I liked the team’s game. So, we spent the last month correctly. Today, only the implementation was lame,” said the Sochi coach.
