MOSCOW, August 27, Andrey Senchenko. Head coach of Moscow » Spartak Alexey Zhamnov told reporters that the captain and alternate captains of the Red-Whites will be determined for the first match of the club in the 2023/24 season of the Continental Hockey League (KHL).
Spartak will host the Chinese Kunlun Red Star on September 2.
«We will announce the captain of Spartak before the first game of the season. Whoever enters the first match of the championship with a captain's patch will be the captain. The same with the captain's assistants. Now I will not say who will be the captain,» Zhamnov said.
Spartak won the Moscow Mayor's Cup on Sunday, beating CSKA Moscow (3:1) in the final.
“The entire coaching staff is satisfied with the work of the team at these pre-season training camps. I think the guys should be satisfied too: they understand the game that we want to see. But we have something to work on. Not everything is as smooth as it seems. We are ready to show hockey is even better.Today's match was a good test for us, which showed what we are doing right and what is not.It's nice to beat the reigning champion, but our task is to create a team that develops step by step, not a flash team. «We don't have a hattip, we go through a work cycle. If everyone thinks that everything is smooth and good for us, then it's wrong. We still have a lot of work to do. But we deserved to win the tournament. For the team, this is the confidence that we can play at such a level and against such teams as CSKA. But CSKA is a club with a very balanced squad,» Zhamnov said.
«The fans are waiting for the team to finally fight, not just for reaching the playoffs, but for the ability to move as far as possible. I think the work that the club has done in the transfer market is excellent, thanks to the management. Now «we have players who should strengthen the team not just for one season. From this material we must create a «locomotive» that will go as far as possible. Perhaps the fans are waiting for a miracle and Spartak's reaching the Gagarin Cup final. But I don't «I can predict nothing or state tasks. We will move gradually and, I hope, in the right direction. If we manage to achieve this, then this Spartak will make a very good team,» the head coach of Spartak added.
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