
OMSK, Oct 1, Andrey Senchenko. Avangard Omsk striker Arseniy Gritsyuk is worried about his low performance in the 2022/23 season of the regular season of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), said the head coach of the “hawks” Dmitry Ryabykin. In 12 matches of the championship, Gritsyuk scored 4 points (1 goal + 3 assists). «In the NHL there is such a thing as «second season syndrome». Arseniy played great last year, showed good results, won the silver of the Olympics. Now he needs to understand that in sports you need to prove who you are every day, and not rest on your laurels. We are leading with He talks to him, he agrees with everything. It’s just that Arseniy is nervous because he can’t score. Too much attention fell on him too early. Advertising billboards with him all over Omsk. It “nailed” him a little,» Ryabykin told reporters. Also, the Avangard mentor stressed that forward Vladimir Tkachev you need to add in physical form. «You compare the situation of Gritsyuk with Vadim Shipachev, Vladimir Tkachev, but it seems to me that more is expected of them now than they can show at the moment. The same Tkachev had a great pre-season, but now he's a little hooked. He needs to add physically, but when you are constantly on the road, and there is no way to go to the gym, then it's hard. Vova is engaged in extra mode. I would like the hockey players to play at the best level in all matches, but this is impossible. I don’t believe that at least one team is able to play the whole season smoothly,” Ryabykin added.

