HC CSKA announced the change of the head coach.
Lyudmila Bodniyeva, who heads the national team of Russia, became the new head coach of the capital club. She replaced Nadezhda Muravyeva who has held this post since autumn 2024.
Yesterday HC CSKA ceded to HC Chernomorochka in a return quarter-final match of the Cup of Russia and flew out of the tournament.
— CSKA is an ambitious club which always sets itself the most serious tasks. The third place following the results of the preliminary stage is definitely not the result we were counting on. The defeat in the quarter-finals of the Cup of Russia by Chernomorochka also turned out to be painful. CSKA won the tournament three times in a row, targeted to repeat this in this season, but, unfortunately, won’t even participate in the Final Four.
It should be noted that the club had worthy matches, but staff decisions are primarily dictated by the result. In this regard we announce the change of the head coach — we thank Nadezhda Muravyeva for her work and welcome Lyudmila Bodniyeva to the team. She is an experienced specialist, recent achievements are largely related to he work. We hope, that Lyudmila Valerievna will manage to rectify the situation and bring the club back to the leading position in the Super League, — the web site of CSKA quotes the club’s director Mikhail Chipurin’s words.
— It was an interesting period in my coaching activity during which I managed to experience a lot of emotions and bright moments. Criteria for evaluating the work of any coach is always related to the result. I totally understand the feelings of our supporters after the defeat by Chernomorochka. It’s hard to accept when the club wins the Cup of Russia three times and after that doesn’t get into the quartet of the strongest. But it is sport in which there are always beautiful victories and painful defeats. I note that certain family circumstances were also one of the factors of my withdrawal from CSKA. On my side, I thank all the players, coaching and administrative staff, the club’s management and numerous fans of CSKA. I wish the team successful play and new victories, — Muravyeva commented.
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