“I know that the Hockey Federation and Roman Rotenberg are very seriously involved in the coaching staff. If such a decision is made, then I support it. For 10 years, Bragin headed the youth team, saw so many players, they went through it. We all started with a youth and youth team, ”Sport24 quotes Bure.

He noted that Bragin is very familiar with all the players of the current generation, since they all went through the “youth team”, which he led.

Bragin succeeded Alexei Kudashov as head coach of the Russian national team. 

Earlier, the first vice president of the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR) Roman Rotenberg explained why Kudashov left the post of head coach of the Russian national hockey team.