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New coaches at THK Tver

Alexei Zhdakhin is the new coach of VHL THK Tver. Vladimir Koltsov and Kiril Pafifov will be the assistants. Zhdakhin coached Yermak Angarsk in last 3 seasons. Koltsov was Tver head coach until last February when he was fired

THK Tver fires coach

THK Tver fires coach Vladimir Koltsov with the team in 21th place after 17 victories and 27 defeats in its first season in VHL. GM Yuri Rychkov, former women youth national team coach, will act as new headcoach.
"A series of defeats a bad game against Izhevsk influenced management's decision to fire the coach. We are trying to rectify the situation and lift the team" said Rychkov

CSKA Moscow signs farm team agreement with THK Tver

THK Tver, debuting this season in VHL, will be the farm team for CSKA Moscow, as announced by CSKA GM Sergei Fedorov: "Team Tver and the city pay great attention to hockey. And they conveniently monitor our kids, that is we are looking for." said Fedorov. The agreement is for a year

Four new teams in VHL

The General Meeting of members of the VHL helding in Sochi discussed the admission of new members to the VHL.
After the voting, the new members officially admitted are: Buran Voronezh, THK Tver, Kuban Krasnodar and Kazakh Sary-Arka Karaganda.
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, as a separate team from the main one, was confirmed in the League and Chelmet Chelyabinsk enters as successor of folded Mechel.