Rotenberg answered the question about the absence of Gusev in the SKA

MOSCOW, April 8, Andrey Senchenko. SKA St. Petersburg head coach Roman Rotenberg refused to comment on the withdrawal of forward Nikita Gusev from the team and said that this issue is an internal matter of the hockey club.
Earlier, «Match TV» reported that Gusev was withdrawn from the SKA due to a violation of sports discipline. In the third match of the final series of the Western Conference playoffs of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) against CSKA (0:4), Gusev missed the entire third period.
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«We are in the playoffs. This question concerns our team. This is our internal kitchen. Therefore, no comment. Regarding a possible return Guseva and Damira Zhafyarova in the squad for the fifth match of the series, then, I repeat, this is our inside information,» Rotenberg told reporters.