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Plyushchev named the KHL club that will be the most interesting to follow next season

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2 years ago

May 24, 2024

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Plyushchev named the KHL club that will be the most interesting to follow next season

“Lokomotiv” – “Metallurg” / Photo: © HC Lokomotiv”

Former head coach of the Russian national hockey team Vladimir Plyushchev said that he would be interested in following Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the next season of the FONBET KHL Championship.

— I wouldn’t say that any club stands out for me in terms of interest before the start of the new season. Now everything is connected with transitions and the transfer market. One gets the feeling that the clubs are racing each other to see who will invite more, who will free up more roster spots.

In my understanding, a club that can show something and claim something is a stable club, this is a team in which the core remains unchanged for at least several seasons. The basis for the club’s subsequent performances should be built on it. And when a team regularly changes its composition, it is very difficult to talk about expectations from the results of this team and from the work of the coaching staff, because such changes indicate that the specialists themselves often do not understand what they are building and how they should solve certain problems .

If there is no such stability, then we will simply have a team of touring players who play one way today, and tomorrow it will be completely different. In such teams, the traditions of the club and its culture are not respected. And it’s very difficult to expect anything from such touring performers.

But if you still choose some of the most interesting teams before the next season, then I would say that it will definitely be interesting to watch Metallurg. Let’s see what the processes that are currently taking place at Magnitogorsk will lead to,” Legalbet quotes Plyushchev.

Last season, Metallurg won the final series with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl with a score of 4–0 and became a three-time winner of the Gagarin Cup. Previously, the Magnitogorsk club won in the 2013/14 and 2015/16 seasons. In terms of the number of trophies, Metallurg is equal to Ak Bars (2009, 2010, 2018) and CSKA (2019, 2022, 2023).

Source: Sportbox

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I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

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NHL record, return to Montreal, victories for Pittsburgh and Toronto

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6 hours ago

December 31, 2025

Robert

NHL record, return to Montreal, victories for Pittsburgh and Toronto

New York Islanders defeated Chicago 3:2 in the NHL regular season match, and Matthew Schaefer, the first overall pick of the 2025 draft, scored a point and broke the League record.

Schaefer became the youngest defenseman in NHL history to reach 25 points. It took the player 40 matches to achieve this; this was the fourth fastest time among defensemen in history.

The Islanders remain in the top 4 in the East.

Champion Florida ends the year with a loss. The Panthers lost to Montreal 2:3 in overtime, but they were two goals ahead at the time of the game. Montreal is in second place in the rankings and Florida is in 4th place.

Toronto is trying to emerge from the crisis. Maple defeated New Jersey 4-0 but still sits in 6th place in the league.

Regular season in NHL

toronto – New Jersey 4:0

Florida -Montreal 2:3 in overtime

pittsburgh – Carolina 5:1

Chicago – New York Islanders 2:3 in shootouts

Vancouver – Philadelphia 3:6

Source: Sport UA

Robert

I have been working as a sports journalist for about 6 years now. I currently work as an author at Sportish, which is a sports news website. I mainly cover sports news and I love writing about all aspects of the sport. I also have experience working as a broadcast journalist, so I have some great insights into how sport is reported and presented.

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Junior World Hockey Championship. The first participant in the fight for survival has been announced

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17 hours ago

December 30, 2025

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Junior World Hockey Championship. The first participant in the fight for survival has been announced

The matches on the fourth day of the U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship have started.

In a brutal match, Switzerland beat Germany 4-0, sending their opponents into a survival game that will pit the Germans against the last team in Group B.

Germany finished without points and advanced to the knockout stages along with Switzerland, Sweden, the USA and Slovakia, although their final group positions will be determined by subsequent matches.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A

Switzerland – Germany 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)

Discs: 11:42 Korbler (Meyer, Blessing) – 1:0, 13:10 Reber (Mudjli, Steiner) – 2:0, 21:08 Korbler – 3:0, 26:10 Johnson (Sansonnes, Mottard) – 4:0

Goalkeepers: Kirsch – Neisse

Source: Sport UA

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OFFICIALLY. The club suspended participation in the Ukrainian Championship

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1 day ago

December 30, 2025

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OFFICIALLY. The club suspended participation in the Ukrainian Championship

Storm hockey club announced its decision to suspend participation in the Ukrainian Championship. The Odessa team had not come to the Krizhinka match before.

At the same time, Storm denied that the issue was related to financial problems and expressed distrust of the Ukrainian Hockey Federation.

Statement from HC Storm

“Due to systematic violation of the principles of equality and justice in competitions, Shtor hockey club expressed its distrust in the leadership of the Ukrainian Hockey Federation and decided to suspend its participation in the Ukrainian Championship.”

There was already a situation this season when Krizhinka suspended its participation in the championship due to referee problems.