Bob Hartley Gives Return Timelines for Injured Players

Yaroslavl Lokomotiv defeated Moscow Spartak in a KHL regular season match. The game at Arena-2000 on 4 February ended with a score of 3–1 in favor of the hosts.

After the final buzzer, head coach of the railwaymen Bob Hartley held a press conference. «It was a good team win. Spartak opened the scoring, and one of the key moments was that we managed to equalize immediately. The guys played the third period excellently, they looked great. There were a couple of good moments during the penalty kill. Berezkin played a very good game. Isaev made saves. It was truly a team victory,» the coach emphasized. Answering journalists« questions, Hartley reported on the recovery progress of the team»s injured players. «We hope that Cherepanov will play after the break, and Nikulin is a bit further off. He has started skating, but he has an upper-body injury, so he won«t be ready yet,» he said.

Lokomotiv«s next match will take place on 10 February. The team will play an away game against the Chinese club Dragons. The game has an age restriction of 6+.