MOSCOW, January 8, Semyon Galkevich. CSKA President Igor Esmantovich said that The Moscow club and the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) will jointly seek an optimal solution to the situation with the postponement of two matches due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Earlier on Saturday, the KHL canceled the upcoming CSKA matches against SKA St. Petersburg and Sochi after 17 cases of the disease were detected in the Moscow club. » After some of our players and coaches had primary positive results before the match with Vityaz, the whole team underwent repeated PCR testing, «said Esmantovich, whose commentary was provided by the club's press service.» As a result, 17 CSKA representatives positive results. We care about the health of our players, coaches and staff. We also understand that we must take all necessary measures to stop the spread of the disease. the decision was made to cancel the next two matches of the team — in St. Petersburg against SKA and at home against Sochi. Together with the league, we will look for an optimal solution to the current situation. At the moment, the next match should take place on January 15 — against “Spartak”. CSKA is third (63 points) in the Western Conference standings.
