MOSCOW, 11 Aug. The head coach of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) club Sochi Dmitry Kokorev said that striker Matvey Michkov did not want to continue his career in the team due to the death of his father.
In April, Andrei Michkov was found dead in a pond on federal territory Sirius.
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«We knew that Matvey would return to SKA. Anyway, that's the rule. But everyone knows what events happened in his family in the spring. Matthew's father passed away. Before that, he expressed a desire to play for Sochi, he would love to stay with us, ”Kokorev told Sport24.
According to the coach, it was hard for Michkov to play in Sochi.
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"He said that everything here reminds of this. If he is psychologically ready to live and play in Sochi, I'm sure our leadership will enter into appropriate negotiations,» the coach said.
Michkov is 18 years old. In the 2022/23 season, the striker played on loan at Sochi. In total, he played 43 games in the KHL in his career and scored 25 points (11 goals and 14 assists).