Reduce the time of changes and play more aggressively": Oleksandr Bobkin - on the debut at the head of the Ukrainian national team and a new model of the game.
The national hockey team of Ukraine under the leadership of the new coach Oleksandr Bobkin won all three games in the first stage of the European Cup of Nations. The tournament was the debut of the new coaching staff led by Bobkin, who replaced Dmytro Hristich in the offseason.
"I didn't think at all about the outcome of the tournament. It was important for me to get to know the boys. To get to know them as the players of the national team," said Bobkin in response to Suspilana Sport.
"It was important to me how they would perceive the fact that we are slightly changing hockey, the very model of the game. Work a little more on the court, reduce the time of each shift on the court and play a little more aggressively. I won't go into details, but, of course, there are many of them: in every area, in every part of the playground."
Read Bobkin's full response on the Suspilne Sport website.