St. PETERSBURG, Aug 27, Dmitry Edigarev. The goal of the SKA hockey club is to win the Gagarin Cup in the coming season, said the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller.
On Sunday in St. Petersburg, the presentation of the SKA for the season 2023/24. In the last Gagarin Cup, the team reached the finals of the Western Conference, where they lost in the series to CSKA Moscow.
«»Today is an important event of the new season — the presentation of the updated team. SKA is one of the symbols of St. Petersburg, a city that knows how to keep and increase traditions. One of these traditions is to set ambitious goals. This season, SKA has an ambitious goal — to win the Gagarin Cup. The right goal is half the success. The second half is to believe that youth and experience, the professionalism of the coaches, the eyes of the guys will allow you to achieve the goal. We will see a bright, powerful, productive game of the team. The army team from the Neva is only forward. And Gazprom «Always there! Let's go,» Miller said on stage.
Chairman of the board of directors of the hockey club Alexander Medvedev noted that he was glad to return to the club, and added that SKA would become a three-time winner of the Gagarin Cup in the spring.
“Yesterday SKA not only won the Puchkov tournament, but also the women's team won, Zenit defeated Ural and the basketball players scored 98 points. There is a winning wave in the city. It is important to pick it up and move it forward. deal with the SKA club in the 2006/07 season, but I'm happy, as Schwarzenegger said, I'm back,» Medvedev said.
SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg said that the club managed to assemble the strongest team in the KHL today.