Tretiak Explains What Makes Torpedo's New Arena Unique
Torpedo beat Ak Bars 3:2 in the Volga Arena's KHL debut, and Tretiak says its three rinks — not its looks — set it apart from Bostonor Edmonton.
Torpedo beat Ak Bars 3:2 on Monday in the first KHL Fonbet Championship match at the new Volga Arena in Nizhny Novgorod, watched by 12,350 spectators.
Vladislav Tretiak, president of the Russian Hockey Federation, was asked about the venue after Kevin Hayes compared it to Boston's arena and another player likened it to Edmonton's.
Tretiak said the arena's real distinction is practical rather than visual:. He recalled Chicago, where the team once had to train elsewhere whenever a concert took over the main arena, sometimes only reaching the ice on match day itself. At the Volga Arena, he said, the youth school and the first team can both work even when the main rink is given over to a concert. By his count,
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