Hockey|Rotenberg sent bitter greetings to the KHL decision-makers.
Ice hockey The head coach of SKA St. Petersburg, which plays in the KHL Roman Rotenberg opened at the press conference after the match against Yaroslavl Lokomotiv on Monday night.
Rotenberg, 43, was annoyed that the KHL management did not congratulate him, even though the KHL considered the Yaroslavl superstar during the match Alexander Radulovinwho has scored 250 goals in the series.
Rotenberg coached his 200th league match at SKA and would have liked recognition for reaching the milestone. However, congratulations were not seen or heard in the match or on the series’ website, for example.
“Perhaps we should contact the league’s decision-makers so that the coaches are also respected. Everything should be fair and honest,” Rotenberg said Match TV website by.
“I want to send a message to the league’s decision-makers: discrimination based on nationality should not occur! I hope this will not happen in the future.”
Rotenberg is a citizen of Finland and Russia. He is on the US sanctions list because of the war in Ukraine. His family includes the president Vladimir Putin close circle.
Rotenberg is also jointly owned by an oligarch Gennadi Timchenko with the Helsinki Hall, i.e. the former Hartwall Arena in Pasila, Helsinki.
The stalemate in the arena has been prolonged because Timchenko and Rotenberg have not given a sales license in any direction. For example, a group of Finnish investors has been trying to negotiate the purchase of the arena for more than a year.
Rotenberg was also in the headlines at the end of September. That’s when he lost his nerve to the reporter’s question about the salary cap problems.
“What doubts do you have? Do you read Soviet newspapers or are you from abroad? Will there also be questions about the salary floor?” Rotenberg roared Sport-Express by.