MOSCOW, February 2 Member of the Sibir coaching staff Alexander Zavyalov received a broken nose as a result of being hit by a puck during a KHL regular season match against Khabarovsk Amur, said the acting head coach of the Novosibirsk team Sergei Krivokrasov.
The meeting took place in Novosibirsk on Friday and ended in a victory for the hosts with a score of 4:3 (by shootout). The puck hit Zavyalov in the face in the third period of the match. The assistant coach was forced to leave the bench and go to the locker room, accompanied by a doctor.
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"Zavyalov bled, gave all his strength, with a broken nose now. Even he suffered today for success. This victory was achieved with a lot of blood,” Krivokrasov said at a press conference, the video of which was published on the Siberia YouTube channel.