Avangard General Manager: We are waiting for Hartley, no Kovalchuk, we have reached a compromise with Tolchinsky
MOSCOW, May 13 – RIA Novosti. The general director of the Omsk hockey club “Avangard” Alexey Volkov said that he plans to discuss cooperation options with the former coach of the team, Bob Hartley.
In early April, Hartley announced that he was stepping down as head coach of Avangard, which he had held since May 2018. The Canadian-led Omsk club won the trophy by making it to the final of the Gagarin Cup twice in the 2020/21 season. In the KHL playoffs last season, Avangard reached the Eastern Conference semi-finals, where they lost to Metallurg Magnitogorsk by a 3–4 series score.
“Bob spent four seasons in Russia. As he likes to say, he still has an Avant-garde tattoo on his heart. As soon as Dmitry Ryabykin was appointed, he was satisfied with our choice, he began to advise Dmitry. Some problems, Dmitry seeks advice and I think Bob will join the life of our club, ‘ added Alexander Krylov, chairman of the Avangard board, also present at the press conference.
In May, striker Sergei Tolchinsky extended his contract with Avangard for one year.
Source: Ria
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