“They didn’t give me the contract, he turned around and left.” Bolyakin commented on the naturalization of hockey players to the Kazakhstan national team – Hockey

Head coach Kazakhstan national team Oleg Bolyakin explained why now Kazakhstan they are trying to educate their players, and not recruit foreign players, Sports.kz reports with reference to Championat.com.

On December 15, “Russia 25” beat the team from Kazakhstan (3:1) and won the Channel One Cup.

— What is your position on the naturalization of players for the Kazakhstan national team?
— We understood that this was a short-term path when we naturalized. We need to raise our athletes, there are legionnaires today, but not tomorrow. They didn’t give me a contract, he turned around and left. I think we're going in the right direction with our guys.

— When Russia scored, Kalinka played. And what is the melody on the goals of Kazakhstan?
— Honestly, I don’t remember, we didn’t score that many goals….