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Ilya Petrovich Vorobyov - a hockey player who played as a center forward, Main coach HC Metallurg, which led its team to victory at the Gagarin Cup-2016. In 2018, he was appointed to the position of acting. head coach of the Russian team.

Childhood and youth

Ilya Vorobyov is the eldest son of the famous hockey player Pyotr Ilyich Vorobyov in the USSR. My father played for Dynamo Riga, and in 1980 he switched to coaching. It is not surprising that both of his sons, Ilya and the younger Lesha, were fond of hockey from an early age and devoted all their free time to training.

At the same time, Pyotr Ilyich did not insist on the sports future of his sons and gave them the opportunity to choose their own profession. Alexei eventually became a lawyer, but Ilya followed in his father's footsteps.

Sports career

He started playing as a center forward. youth team Riga Dynamo, where his father worked at that moment. At the age of 18, he left with his father for Germany, where Vorobyov Sr. was offered to coach the Frankfurt Lions team. He introduced his son to the club, in which he played five seasons. Then his father returned to his homeland, and Ilya remained in Germany and moved to Krefeld Penguins.

Three years later he changed the club to Adler Mannheim, but significant success on German ice did not achieve it. In total, the athlete spent ten years in Germany and returned to Russia, to the Togliatti Lada, which by that time was coached by his father.

Two years later, he moved to the Ural Metallurg, in which he played only one season. Having failed to prove himself properly, Ilya changed Magnitogorsk to Khimik near Moscow. Having finished the season, he again went to Germany to end his sports career at the Frankfurt Lions.

Such a leapfrog with frequent team changes was associated with the status of a legionnaire, in which the hockey player was after changing Russian citizenship to German. And since, according to the laws of that time, it was supposed to have no more than three foreign players in the team, this significantly reduced interest in the player. The athlete even thought about returning Russian citizenship, but it turned out to be not such a simple matter, since, according to German laws, he was forced to give up his Russian passport.

During a match with the German Hannover, 34-year-old Ilya received a severe concussion, which not only put an end to his future striker career, but also threatened him with disability and dementia in the future.

coaching activities

Fortunately, the doctors' predictions did not come true, and the athlete managed to avoid the fate of Mohammed Ali. But Ilya could no longer imagine his life without hockey, so he used every opportunity to be “in the know”.

At the 2010 World Cup in Germany, he served the Russian team, performing various administrative functions from a translator to a supplier. In the same year, the athlete returned to his homeland and went to his father in Yaroslavl to help him in coaching with the local Lokomotiv.

But fate unexpectedly presented him with a new test. The entire main team of Lokomotiv, flying to the game in Minsk, died in a plane crash. Father and son Vorobyov had to form from inexperienced juniors new team able to adequately fight in the Major League. They coped with the most difficult task with honor and in the new season the renewed Lokomotiv reached the quarterfinals.

In the spring of 2012, Ilya returned to Metallurg again, this time as a head coach. Three years later he was appointed head coach and in his first season in this position led Metallurg to victory in the Gagarin Cup (in the final the club defeated CSKA with a score of 4:3), but a year later the team lost to SKA under the leadership of

A pupil of the Riga Dynamo, where his father worked.

At the age of 18, he ended up in Germany with his father, played for Frankfurt Lions (1993-1999), Krefeld Penguin (1999-2001), Adler Mannheim (2001-2003). Then he played in Russia for Lada (Togliatti, 2003-2006), Metallurg (Magnitogorsk, 2006-2007), Khimik (Mytishchi, 2007). He ended his playing career with the Frankfurt Lions (2007-2010).

On May 3, 2012, he was appointed to the position of head coach of the Metallurg hockey club (Magnitogorsk). On October 17, 2015, he was appointed head coach of Metallurg. On October 19, the meeting of the club president Viktor Filippovich Rashnikov with the management and coaching staff of the Metallurg team took place. Following the meeting, Ilya Petrovich Vorobyov was appointed head coach of the Metallurg team (Magnitogorsk). On April 19, 2016, he led the team to the Gagarin Cup of the 2015/16 season.

Statistics

			regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	AND	G	A	ABOUT	Str	AND	G	A	ABOUT	Str
1993/94	Frankfurter ESC	2.BL (German)Russian	47	19	28	47	64	-	-	-	-	-
1994/95 (German)Russian	Frankfurt Lions	DEL	18	4	13	17	45	4	1	2	3	4
1995/96 (German)Russian	Frankfurt Lions	DEL	20	4	12	16	49	-	-	-	-	-
1996/97 (German)Russian	Frankfurt Lions	DEL	32	12	13	25	36	-	-	-	-	-
1997/98 (German)Russian	Frankfurt Lions	DEL	47	14	19	33	96	-	-	-	-	-
1998/99 (German)Russian	Frankfurt Lions	DEL	22	6	3	9	49	-	-	-	-	-
1999/00 (German)Russian	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL	56	24	28	52	61	4	0	2	2	12
2000/01 (German)Russian	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL	53	16	15	31	75	-	-	-	-	-
2001/02 (German)Russian	Adler Mannheim	DEL	46	15	17	32	31	12	3	2	5	14
2002/03 (German)Russian	Adler Mannheim	DEL	45	7	14	21	30	5	1	1	2	16
2003/04	Lada	RSL	54	8	14	22	120	6	0	0	0	4
2004/05	Lada	RSL	58	12	15	27	60	10	3	5	8	12
2005/06	Lada	RSL	14	1	5	6	16	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Metallurgist (Mg)	RSL	29	5	7	12	14	11	1	2	3	6
2006/07	Metallurgist (Mg)	RSL	21	2	2	4	24	-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Chemist (Mytishchi)	RSL	28	2	8	10	22	7	0	0	0	22
2007/08 (German)Russian	Frankfurt Lions	DEL	55	13	23	36	66	12	3	6	9	4
2008/09 (German)Russian	Frankfurt Lions	DEL	7	3	1	4	2	5	1	2	3	2
2009/10 (German)Russian	Frankfurt Lions	DEL	2	0	0	0	6	-	-	-	-	-
DEL total			403	118	158	276	546	42	9	15	24	52
RSL total			204	30	51	81	256	27	4	7	11	22

Statistics (head coach)

Team	Tournament and season	regular season								Playoffs
Team	Tournament and season	AND	IN	VO/WB	Software/PB	P	ABOUT	ABOUT%	Result	IN	P	Result
Metallurg Mg	KHL 2015-16	60	25	3/10	0/2	20	103	57,2%	2nd in the East	16	7	Victory in the Gagarin Cup

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Hockey club "Metallurg" Magnitogorsk - current squad
4 Lee 8 Volsky 9 Antipin 10 Mozyakin 13 Kaletnik 16 Zhelezkov 23 Timkin 25 Zaripov 28 Semin 30 Samsonov (V) 39 Platonov 41 Filippi 43 Kovar 48 Biryukov 51 Bereglazov 52 Tereshchenko 67 Dm. Kazionov 68 Kosiv 70 Medvedev 77 Den. Kazionov 78 Khabarov 83 Koshechkin (V) 92 Potekhin Trainer: Ilya Vorobyov

Trainers hockey club "Metallurg" Magnitogorsk
Mirsky (1955-1956) Mordukhovich (1957-1958) (2011) Kanareikin (2011-2012) Maurice (2012-2013) Keenan (2013-2015) Vorobyov(2015-present)

An excerpt characterizing Vorobyov, Ilya Petrovich

That fire, which he had looked at with such indifference the previous evening, increased significantly during the night. Moscow was on fire different parties. Burning at the same time Karetny Ryad, Zamoskvorechye, Gostiny Dvor, Povarskaya, barges on the Moskva River and a wood market near the Dorogomilovsky Bridge.
Pierre's path lay through lanes to Povarskaya and from there to the Arbat, to Nikola Yavlenny, in whose imagination he had long ago determined the place where his deed should be done. Most of the houses had locked gates and shutters. The streets and lanes were deserted. The air smelled of burning and smoke. From time to time there were Russians with uneasily timid faces and Frenchmen with a non-urban, camp look, walking along the middle of the streets. Both of them looked at Pierre with surprise. In addition to his great height and thickness, in addition to the strange gloomy concentrated and suffering expression of his face and whole figure, the Russians looked closely at Pierre, because they did not understand what class this person could belong to. The French followed him with surprise with their eyes, especially because Pierre, disgusted by all other Russians, who looked at the French with fear or curiosity, did not pay any attention to them. At the gates of a house, three Frenchmen, who were explaining something to the Russian people who did not understand them, stopped Pierre, asking if he knew French?
Pierre shook his head negatively and went on. In another alley, a sentry standing at a green box shouted at him, and Pierre only realized at the repeated menacing cry and the sound of a gun taken by the sentry in his hand that he had to go around the other side of the street. He did not hear or see anything around him. He, like something terrible and alien to him, with haste and horror carried his intention within himself, fearing - taught by the experience of last night - somehow lose it. But Pierre was not destined to convey his mood intact to the place where he was heading. In addition, even if he had not been hindered by anything on the way, his intention could not have been fulfilled already because Napoleon had traveled more than four hours ago from the Dorogomilovsky suburb through the Arbat to the Kremlin and was now sitting in the tsar’s office in the gloomiest mood. Kremlin Palace and gave detailed, detailed orders on the measures that should immediately have been taken to extinguish the fire, prevent looting and calm the inhabitants. But Pierre did not know this; he, completely absorbed in what was to come, was tormented, as people are tormented who stubbornly undertook an impossible deed - not because of difficulties, but because of the unusualness of the matter with their nature; he was tormented by the fear that he would weaken at the decisive moment and, as a result, lose respect for himself.
Although he did not see or hear anything around him, he knew the way by instinct and was not mistaken by the lanes that led him to Povarskaya.
As Pierre approached Povarskaya, the smoke grew stronger and stronger, it even became warm from the fire. From time to time, fiery tongues rose from behind the roofs of houses. More people met on the streets, and this people were more anxious. But Pierre, although he felt that something unusual was going on around him, did not realize that he was approaching the fire. Walking along a path that ran along a large undeveloped place, adjacent on one side to Povarskaya, on the other to the gardens of the house of Prince Gruzinsky, Pierre suddenly heard a desperate cry of a woman beside him. He stopped, as if awakening from a dream, and raised his head.
Away from the path, on dried dusty grass, a heap of household belongings were piled up: featherbeds, a samovar, images and chests. On the ground near the chests sat a middle-aged, thin woman, with long protruding upper teeth, dressed in a black cloak and cap. This woman, swaying and saying something, bursting into tears. Two girls, from ten to twelve years old, dressed in dirty short dresses and cloaks, with an expression of bewilderment on their pale, frightened faces, looked at their mother. A younger boy, about seven years old, in a coat and a huge cap that was not his own, was crying in the arms of the old nurse. A dirty, barefooted girl sat on a chest and, having loosened her whitish braid, tugged at her singed hair, sniffing at it. The husband, a short, round-shouldered man in a uniform, with wheel-shaped sideburns and smooth temples that could be seen from under a straight-on cap, with an immovable face, parted chests stacked one on top of the other, and pulled out some kind of robes from under them.
The woman almost threw herself at Pierre's feet when she saw him.
“Dear fathers, Orthodox Christians, save me, help me, my dear! .. someone help me,” she uttered through sobs. - A girl! .. Daughter! .. They left my younger daughter! .. Burned down! Oh oh oh! for that I lele you ... Oh oh oh!
“That’s enough, Marya Nikolaevna,” the husband turned to his wife in a low voice, apparently only to justify himself before a stranger. - The sister must have taken it away, otherwise where else to be? he added.
- An idol! The villain! the woman screamed angrily, suddenly stopping crying. “You don’t have a heart, you don’t feel sorry for your child. Another would have taken it out of the fire. And this is an idol, not a man, not a father. You are a noble person, - the woman turned to Pierre with a patter, sobbing. - It caught fire nearby, - it was thrown towards us. The girl screamed: it's on fire! Rushed to collect. In what they were, they jumped out in that ... That's what they captured ... God's blessing and a dowry bed, otherwise everything was gone. Grab the kids, no Katechki. Oh my God! Ooo! – and again she sobbed. - My dear child, it burned down! burned down!
- Yes, where, where did she stay? Pierre said. From the expression on his animated face, the woman realized that this man could help her.
- Father! Father! she screamed, grabbing his legs. “Benefactor, at least calm my heart ... Aniska, go, vile, see her off,” she shouted at the girl, angrily opening her mouth and showing her long teeth even more with this movement.
“See, see, I ... I ... I will do it,” Pierre said hastily in a breathless voice.
The dirty girl stepped out from behind the trunk, cleaned up her scythe, and, sighing, went forward with her blunt bare feet along the path. Pierre, as it were, suddenly woke up to life after a severe fainting spell. He raised his head higher, his eyes lit up with the brilliance of life, and he quickly followed the girl, overtook her and went out to Povarskaya. The whole street was covered with a cloud of black smoke. Tongues of flame escaped from this cloud in some places. People crowded in front of the fire in a large crowd. In the middle of the street stood a French general and said something to those around him. Pierre, accompanied by a girl, went up to the place where the general was standing; but the French soldiers stopped him.
- On ne passe pas, [They don't pass here,] - a voice shouted to him.
- Over here, uncle! - said the girl. - We will go through the alley, through the Nikulins.
Pierre turned back and walked, occasionally jumping up to keep up with her. The girl ran across the street, turned left into an alley and, after passing through three houses, turned right at the gate.
“Right here now,” said the girl, and, running through the yard, she opened the gate in the boarded fence and, stopping, pointed out to Pierre a small wooden outbuilding that burned brightly and hotly. One side of it collapsed, the other burned, and the flames brightly knocked out from under the openings of the windows and from under the roof.
When Pierre entered the gate, he was overwhelmed with heat, and he involuntarily stopped.

Magnitogorsk "Metallurg" on November 2, after a home defeat from "Lada" with a score of 1: 3, announced the resignation of Ilya Vorobyov. Magnitogorsk have suffered five defeats in their last six matches and are in seventh place in the Eastern Conference.

Vorobyov has been working at Magnitogorsk since 2012: first as an assistant head coach, and in October 2015 he replaced Mike Keenan at the head of the team. The specialist won two Gagarin Cups with Metallurg, the second - as a head coach, and was also a finalist in the 2017 playoffs. In an interview with "Championship" Ilya Petrovich spoke about leaving the Magnitogorsk club and future plans.

"Ready to work in the club, I'm not old enough to take breaks"

Your father, Pyotr Ilyich Vorobyov, after your resignation said: “Ilya is not a boy anymore. There are few coaches who were not filmed.” This is your first resignation. What are the feelings? - When we won the Gagarin Cup, we were a little better.

What did you do the day after you got fired? - What was I supposed to do? Worried, upset.

We could say goodbye to the team. - I said goodbye right after the game.

The fact that this week the break for the national team is already starting, is it a plus? Or is it difficult after such unpleasant news to rebuild for the national team? - I'm already in Moscow, now I'm at the training rink of the national team. I am very glad that I have the opportunity to switch and that there is work in the national team.

Why are you going to the German Cup with the Olympic team, and not with the base on Karjala? - So decided Oleg Valerievich (Znarok). Said I need to look at Olympic team and give your vision, who else can be invited to the base. Now we have two interesting teams recruited.

One of your predecessors, Dave King, said that you have become an excellent coach who could one day lead the Russian national team. Are you ready to work at club level or do you want to take a break until the end of the season and focus solely on preparing for the Olympics? - I'm ready okay. I seem to be not such an adult to take pauses. In general, ready to work in the club.

So you can start working soon? - In the next week - no, the national team, and then - yes. Why not?

“From the start of the season, I knew that there would be difficulties”

The last months of work were the most difficult in your coaching career? - One of the most difficult. But I will say that the last two playoffs in terms of heat were not easier. The result was just different (laughs).

Did you understand from the start of the season that the team would have such difficulties? - I understood it well. What is there not to understand? There were many reasons for the difficulties. I don't want to dig through dirty laundry. There is no one reason, there are many.

What was the most painful defeat this season - 0:4 against Ak Bars or 2:7 against CSKA? - For me personally 1:3 from Lada.

Because after that you were fired? - And so too.

What were your thoughts after the matches with Ak Bars and CSKA? Have you considered resigning? - No, I didn't think so. What are your thoughts? Well, no good.

- Nikita Pivtsakin last year was sitting in the back of CSKA, and in Metallurg he immediately became one of the leading defenders. What else should Nikita add? – He is very good in attack, he needs to improve in the game in defense. It's great that he scored seven goals, but the defense still needs to work.

This season, a young defender Grigory Dronov appeared at the base. What is its potential? - He's developing great, the guy is well done. It is very unfortunate that he was injured. There, at the moment when he got injured, there was a rather borderline situation. He underwent a successful operation, now he has begun to slowly train shoulder girdle does everything he can. I really hope that he will have time to recover and jump into the last car on youth championship world, although for him it will be the second world championship. Dronov is a very talented and interesting guy and really developed a lot this year.

Vasily Koshechkin has less than 50 percent of wins this season, he was changed in key games with CSKA and Salavat. What happens to the once the best goalkeepers leagues? “Don't put the blame on just one person. Metallurg had a complex of problems. Such a snowball effect turned out, which gave such a result.

- "Magnitogorsk" is now ranked seventh in the East. Have you seen ways out of a difficult situation for the team? - Yes, I saw the way, and there was a plan. If Lee and Bereglazov drive up, it will make the situation even easier.

Chris Lee was one of the best in the KHL but couldn't find a job in the NHL. Is there such a gap between the leagues? - Absolutely different hockey, different platforms. Chris is no longer a boy, as far as I know, he had offers from one NHL team in the spring, when our season was already over. He was seen in the squad, but then the coaches and the manager were fired at the club, and everything became more complicated. Will they give chances to a guy born in 1997-98 or Lee, who wants to play for one year? Again, two different hockey games. There are people who play there and would not be able to here, but there are generalists.

Alexey Bereglazov is currently playing in the Rangers farm club and is waiting for a chance in the NHL. However, in your last interview, you said that Magnitogorsk would intensify after Bereglazov's return. Does that mean he's definitely coming back? - Now I'm out of business. But it seems that there was a conversation that Alexei wants to return.

It’s still hard for Viktor Antipin in Buffalo, the coach has little confidence in the Russian. What are the difficulties? - With the difference of sites. He's not the biggest guy, he needs to be faster on the ice. Victor needs to change his game a little. He succeeded in this, when he came to Metallurg six years ago, he then began to use his strengths. I know that Victor is in touch with his father, he is working, but we need to adapt to the North American site and hockey. I hope he succeeds.

Nick Shaus was chosen to replace Chris Lee. Are they different levels of hockey players? - Lee was the best defender in the KHL last season. In principle, it is very difficult for him to find a replacement.

Whose initiative was it to invite Igor Grigorenko? What is Igor's problem? - Grigorenko was taken purely under the first link. Unfortunately, Igor was not so ready, he had an injury, he got in shape for a long time. Apparently, he failed to enter the season.

How did you break up with Gennady Velichkin? - Normally parted, I packed my things and left.

You brought Viktor Kozlov to the coaching staff of Magnitogorsk. Can he succeed as a head coach? - Time will show.

The head coach of Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Ilya Vorobyov, in an interview with the site - about the team's readiness for the start of the championship, trust in everyone with whom it works, new goals, father's pride and underestimated Sergey Mozyakin.

Last year, Vorobyov had to take over the team during the championship and promptly make adjustments to the game. He coped, managed to find a common language with both the stars and the youth. Everyone saw the result in the spring. This season is the first full season for Ilya Petrovich as a head coach. He and the team will have to prove the pattern of last year's success. The composition of Metallurg has not changed much. All the stars that showed the pre-season tournaments are in order. But will this guarantee a successful performance of Magnitogorsk? We'll find out very soon.

Appointment as head coach? I was put in front of a fact

How different was Metallurg's current off-season from the previous one? Then the team was still led by Mike Keenan ...

Basically, nothing special. Some things we have improved. We have been working in the chosen direction for the fifth season, in fact. Something, of course, is adjusted depending on the time, on where hockey is heading. In general, there are no significant changes.

There was no desire, if possible, to repeat everything that happened a year ago in the offseason? Still, then there was a golden championship.

Do you mean fourth place in the Romazan tournament that year? We certainly did not have such a desire.

You said that Keenan's dismissal and your appointment came about unexpectedly. In that situation, could you refuse, or is this an offer from the category of those who do not do it twice?

To be honest, I did not expect that this would happen during that championship. We had a verbal agreement with the club management that I would start working with the team from the 16/17 season. But what happened happened. And when they tell you: “You accept the team from today” ... I think they don’t refuse such offers.

How much time did you have to think?

In fact, I was put before the fact. It took one and a half to two hours to prepare a meeting with the guys, to tell them in brief what we would change in the game, what to work on in the near future in training. In other words, he said that we need to change in order to become better.

You accepted a team that is not in the leader group at all after a home defeat by Salavat Yulaev (4:6). Meanwhile, they perfectly understood that no one canceled the high tasks of the team. Did you already have a plan at that time on how to fix the situation?

That was a little over an hour of time to sketch out the initial plan, where to start work. At the same time, the whole team understood that no one had removed or canceled high tasks and goals for the season. I understood that with these guys we have a chance to achieve the goal. And we did it!

- And what did working with Keenan give you?

I would expand on the question and answer. I am grateful not only to Mike. I was influenced to some extent by all the specialists with whom I had a chance to work. I am grateful to my father, and Paul Maurice, and Tom Barasso, and Mike Keenan, and Michael Pelino. You always take the best from everyone in your work, you try to learn something. And this is some kind of “mix” in coaching work. And we have a very good relationship with Keenan.

The victory in the final over CSKA will be remembered for a lifetime

After the coaching staff was updated, did you have to have individual conversations with the players? How difficult and lengthy were they?

Undoubtedly. This is a constant process in the life of a large team. I won’t say that it was difficult or lengthy - we worked with each hockey player individually: with someone a few words were enough to convey what was required of him on the ice, with someone I had to analyze game moments and conduct video analysis .. .

- Can you single out the most negative and most pleasant moments of the last championship?

As for the negative, these are several games in the regular season that we lost ingloriously. And there were four defeats in a row - an unpleasant series. And you probably already know the most pleasant moment (smiles). This is winning the Gagarin Cup in the hardest final against CSKA! And such moments remain in memory for a lifetime!

- Metallurg has limited transfer activities to a minimum. The club has only a few newcomers, as well as retired players. Are you completely satisfied with the championship line-up?

We returned Dima Kazionov to the team, inviting his brother Denis as well. They took the young Ilya Berestennikov, let's see how he will show himself during the season. And, to be honest, the choice on the transfer market is not great. In addition, one should not forget that a few years ago a vector was set for educating our own personnel and reserves for strengthening the team - from the pupils of the local school. And we hope that the young guys, whom we are attracting and looking at now, will progress. We believe that in a couple of months they will occupy those niches that have been vacated in the team.

Is there in youth team guys who deserve a chance to debut in the main? You must have looked large group players from the "Steel Foxes" ...

I have been watching youth for the fifth year already. We have a training camp for young guys in the club system. They come out to train with us in the summer a little earlier than the whole team, and we see their work, their functional state, their desire. And the question of “finishing” the guys to the main team largely depends on the guys themselves, how ready they are to play at a higher level.

- The championship is long, and there will be games in which you will surely trust the young ...

Even now we gave the guys a lot of chances to prove themselves at the training camp, in control games. We liked someone and stayed in the team, it's too early for someone else to play in the first team. But we will carefully watch the guys, how they will play and develop further.

Despite our experience of victories, during the pre-season in a number of games it was noticeable that we lacked passion on the ice, game emotions. We often talk with the guys on this topic. We need to add in this element. Everyone understands that the post-championship season will be much more difficult, we also went through this experience when we won the Gagarin Cup in 2014.

Do you think I don't want to take the Gagarin Cup again?

- Did you watch any matches of the last season in the summer?

No. To be honest, there was no time. It was a very difficult and difficult season, and our vacation is short.

- Did you take the Gagarin Cup for a couple of days?

No, I didn't. The past season has taken a lot of emotions and strength. You know what the path to the Gagarin Cup was like for us, then another World Cup and work in the national team. I needed to take a break from hockey and be with my family.

When asked about motivation, players most often say standard phrases: play in the KHL, fight for the Gagarin Cup. But what if all this has already been achieved?

You ask everyone who works and plays in the KHL - does he want to win the Gagarin Cup? There is just one trophy, but there are many who want to win - today there are 29 clubs in the league! And it is unlikely that any of the teams will tell you that they do not want to win anything. Another thing is that it is necessary to develop a solitaire of many components and factors within the team. In addition, we mentally look at the goal differently. For example, in the NHL they often say: “you have a chance to win”, while in our country you can hear: “you must win”. But this does not mean that no one wants to win the cup again.

Do you think I don't want to take the Gagarin Cup again? Or the same Danis Zaripov is against winning the bowl for the fifth time? Personal motivation is always there. Another question is that psychologically defending the title is much more difficult than winning it. I read the book of the famous Alex Ferguson "Autobiography". He has an interesting phrase there: “To win something is one thing, but to defend what has been won is another step up.” And I said this to the guys at the first meeting after the vacation.

Today, Metallurg has a lot of titled and experienced masters who have already achieved a lot. Is there any fear that they might become satiated, a decrease in the desire to fight in every match?

I would put a different thought in your question. The fact is that no matter how we talk, no matter how we refer to experience and skill, there is a human factor. After the dream has come true, the goal has been achieved, some devastation sets in. Especially on an emotional level. And, despite our experience of victories, during the pre-season in a number of games it was noticeable that we lacked passion on the ice, game emotions. We often talk with the guys on this topic. We need to add in this element. Everyone understands that the post-championship season will be much more difficult, we also went through this experience when we won the Gagarin Cup in 2014. And I don't think that those who won the Gagarin Cup twice with Metallurg do not want to experience joyful emotions again. But the guys will need some time to “reboot” and start the season with new thoughts.

I think Mozyakin's talent was somewhat underestimated

In a number of pre-season games, it was noticeable that the leaders of Magnitogorsk, led by Mozyakin, continue to pull out matches. Are there candidates for leading roles in the team, and in general, do you see players who are already playing in Metallurg, capable of fully replacing your leaders over time?

There are always candidates. Will they take on this role and be able to be leaders? It's a difficult question. I think that the times when the teams were built on the principle of "Tikhon's" CSKA, where all four links that could decide the outcome of the meeting played, are long gone. In modern conditions, there should be people who score and make the result, as well as players who, as they say, “carry the piano”. Everyone understands this.

Sergey Mozyakin in this championship will surely overtake Boris Mikhailov and become the most productive striker of the country of all time. How does the team plan to celebrate this event? Which of the greatest players do you associate Mozyakin with?

Let's not guess and anticipate the event. But as soon as it happens, we within the team will definitely congratulate Sergey. Of course, this is a significant event in his career. By what he does on the ice, how he trains and with what desire he comes out to play, he speaks of him as grand master. I think that his talent is somewhat underestimated. And Mozyakin, in my opinion, with all his attitude deserved to be among the greatest players in Russian hockey.

Did you have any difficulties in terms of interacting with experienced players? The stars, accomplished players, have their own opinion ...

There is and always will be an opinion. This is a workflow, and so far no difficulties have arisen. If the team leader did not have his own opinion, he would not become what he is.

Do you think I don't want to take the Gagarin Cup again? Or the same Danis Zaripov is against winning the cup for the fifth time? Personal motivation is always there. Another question is that psychologically defending the title is much more difficult than winning it.

Father said that I had surpassed him. laughed

- Having won the cup, have you changed as a person?

I hope no. But it's not for me to judge.

- Did you communicate with your father in the spring, discuss the victory? Is he proud of you?

Of course, he is proud of me and our team. He told me: “I won my first cup at 43, you at 41 - it turns out that you have surpassed me.” Laughed with him.

It is no secret that one of the components of the club's success is management. At Metallurg, you work with Gennady Velichkin, perhaps the most respected manager in Russia. Was it easy for you to work? He used to fire coaches after the championship ...

Normally we worked. In some ways, our opinions and views coincide, in some ways they diverge. But these are working hours. We argue our point of view, listen to each other and work further.

As a result, the coach is always blamed. Do you have confidence that there are people behind you or next to you who will not betray you?

Good question. There is confidence in this. I trust everyone who is now working with me at the headquarters.

The current match with CSKA is a new page in the history of the KHL

– How do you think, how this season will change the circle of contenders for the Gagarin Cup?

I can only speak for the teams that I managed to see live. For example, they played against Omsk at the Romazan tournament, and I liked Avangard. And the organization of the game, and the depth of the composition. I think Omsk citizens can compete for the leading position. As for the other contenders, it will be noticeable by December. But, as a rule, there are always teams that bring surprises. Perhaps this will be the case in the new season.

- How do you like the Chinese KHL project?

I feel great about this project. In my opinion, this is interesting. It's nice that Vladimir Yurzinov Jr., our specialist, will work in the Chinese club. And the fact that the Chinese entrusted us to develop their hockey is also a big plus.

Dmitry Chernyshenko at the celebration of the team said that you attract gold like a magnet. What is the secret of this magnet?

Didn't think about it. Let's not "magnetize" this topic so as not to jinx it.

- What else can surprise you as a coach?

As for surprise, I don't know. I'm just interested in working and noticing everything related to hockey. In what direction is it currently evolving?

- How close is the team that was at the end of the season to the ideal that you would like to see?

At the beginning of the season, it is difficult to bring the team to the form in which it was, say, in the playoffs in the spring. We will reach the peak gradually. It's impossible to play in August the same way as in April - it's just physically unrealistic.

- Did you study your closest rival, CSKA, in the summer?

We watched some of their pre-season matches. They sorted them out. However, like they us. Last spring, we met with Igor Nikitin in the national team and laughed, he says: “I already know you inside and out.” Of course, things have changed in three months. There are nuances.

- Internally for you today's match with CSKA will be a continuation of the spring final or a completely new game?

We won that final fight. This match is a new page in the history of the KHL.

- What result at the end of the next season will suit you?

We haven't had a team meeting before the start yet. But everyone is well aware that Metallurg always has ambitious and lofty goals. What result will suit me? We will try to win as many matches as possible, please our fans and defend what is very dear to us, what we do not want to give away.

Ilya Petrovich VOROBYOV

Player career: Frankfurt Lions - 1993-99, Krefeld Penguin - 1999-01, Adler Mannheim - 2001-03, Lada - 2003-06, Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) - 2006-07 and Khimik - 2007, Frankfurt Lions - 2007-10

Achievements: silver medalist of the World Youth Championship, champion of Russia, silver medalist of the German championship.

coaching career: Loko (Yaroslavl) - 2010-11 - trainer; Lokomotiv (Yaroslavl) - 2011-12, coach; Metallurg (Magnitogorsk) - 2012-15 - senior coach, 2015- present - Main coach.

Since September 2014 - coach of the Russian national team

Achievements: silver and bronze medalist world championship, two-time champion Russia, two-time winner of the Gagarin Cup.

But there is a bronze one, won under King. The only goal in the playoffs of Vorobyov for Metallurg then made a lot of noise. Goal-phantom in the second semi-final match against Avangard allowed Magnitogorsk to level the score in the series. At the 59th minute, the puck really went into the goal, but flew out sharply from there, hitting the frame. Main judge Tsyplakov then returned time back. But, what is most surprising: Ilya Petrovich was listed as a foreigner in King's team. He has always been in the Russian Super League.

Our reference:

Vorobyov Ilya. Position - striker. Born March 16, 1975. Height 184, weight 86. A pupil of the Riga and Moscow Dynamo.

Played in Metallurg from 2005 to 2006. Assistant head coach of Metallurg since the summer of 2012.

In the regular championships of the country for "Metallurg" 50 matches, 7 goals, 9 assists, 38 penalty minutes. In the playoffs 11 games, 1 goal, 3 assists, 6 penalty minutes.

Titles in Metallurg: Bronze medalist of the Russian Championship 2006.

Career: At the age of 18, he ended up in Germany with his father, played for Frankfurt Lions (1993-1999), Krefeld Penguin (1999-2001), Adler Mannheim (2001-2003). Then he played in Russia for Lada (Tolyatti, 2003-2006), Metallurg (Magnitogorsk, 2005-2006), Khimik (Mytishchi, 2007). He ended his playing career with the Frankfurt Lions (2007-2010).

He was involved in the junior and youth teams of Russia to participate in the U18 European Championship (1993) and the U20 World Championship (1995). Silver medalist of the 2001 German Championship with Adler Mannheim; twice participated in the All-Star Game of the German hockey league (1999, 2001).

After completing his playing career, for some time he performed administrative work in the Russian national team. In the 2011/2012 season, he made his debut as a coach in the Loko youth club (Yaroslavl), in which his father was the head coach. In December 2011, he became the coach of the revived Lokomotiv.

In total, there are 403 matches in the German championships, 118 goals, 158 assists, 546 penalty minutes. In the playoffs 42 games, 9 goals, 15 assists, 52 penalty minutes. In the championships of Russia 204 matches, 30 goals, 51 assists, 256 penalty minutes. In the playoffs 27 games, 4 goals, 7 assists, 22 penalty minutes.

Ilya Petrovich, your career as an adult hockey player began in Frankfurt, where your father left to coach in 1993. Then you were only 18 years old, and you ended up in a completely different country, with a different culture. Wouldn't you like to stay here in Russia?
Then? I wanted, and even had such thoughts, to stay in Dynamo Moscow. But the family left, the times in the country were not the best. On some teams They didn't pay salaries for half a year, and the money they received was by no means the same as it is now. Therefore, we decided at the family council that I was going.
Then the German league was somewhat similar to the AHL. There was no limit on foreign players, but at the same time, the German national team did not perform very well at the world championships. How did you play there: was it easy or was there really some kind of challenge in terms of improving professional skills?
In the early 90s, teams were allowed to have two foreigners, then three. Then they began to admit all Europeans, and then, indeed, they opened everything. Yes, the League was something like A HL, only on European sites. Therefore, it was interesting, there was growth both in skill and in character. Most importantly, I think the character was tempered very decently.
Did Pyotr Ilyich manage to achieve high results with Frankfurt?
The first year the team was restored. During this period, she received the right to play in the strongest league. We finished the next championship in the middle of the table. For such a team that we had, it was a good result.
Did you and your younger brother Alexei have no other options besides how to become hockey players?
No, there were options. And even almost in the senior class, or a couple of years before graduation, my father said that we could go to study. But then everything got better and better. Then he went to study. My brother is now studying to be a lawyer.
Pyotr Ilyich is a very strict coach, but as a father, is he also very strict?
When I played under his leadership, all the first "bumps" went to me.
Did he raise you more or your mother?
You know, they were brought up that way then. Athletes spent their entire careers at the base. I saw my dad once a month, and even in the summer on vacation. And once every two hours after the game a week. Therefore, we were raised mainly by our mother.
From what generation do you have a habit of naming children by the names Peter and Ilya by inheritance?
I don’t know how long ago, but my grandfather is Ilya Petrovich. However, now we have changed the tradition a bit. My son's name is Nikita, not Peter.
What was the reaction of grandfather Nikita?
I don't know, I didn't ask.
Is your brother closely connected with hockey now?
Plays at an amateur level. Sport is like a drug. Once I tried it, it's hard to refuse it. Therefore, naturally, he trains several times a week, but the main thing is his studies as a lawyer.
Why did you spend most of your career in the teams coached by Pyotr Ilyich?
Let's count. I wouldn't say most of my career. Of the eighteen years - six years spent under his leadership. At first, there were no other options. Then he invited me to Lada from Germany. And then half a season in Atlanta.
Can we say that the "Frankfurt" in those years was actually the German "Lada"? That is, he played a similar system hockey, which was then shown by the team from Togliatti?
Last season, as you remember, the two most organized teams played in the KHL finals...
Do you remember how you played with Malkin on the same line at Metallurg? What are your impressions?
Very good. Already at that time in the Superleague, he took the puck from behind the gate and, when rolling, in the majority he himself entered the opponent's zone with it. The guy was 18 years old. Now he is different. A lot of positive features were added to it: character, ability to work. Everything is in a positive way. He had already become a man, and when I played with him, he was still a boy. Well done Zhenya! With his talent, he took a huge step forward. He could just be a good player in the NHL, and became a star. And keeps the level. Just well done!
In the last championship season for Magnitogorsk, you left Metallurg in December 2006. Fyodor Kanareikin explained this decision by the fact that you have German citizenship. It is precisely because you are a foreigner that they broke up with you. Did they give you a medal after all?
I didn't see the medal.
However, recently, at a performance in a match between Metallurg and Traktor veterans, you were named the champion of Russia.
I don't call myself that.
And about the reasons for parting with you as a player six years ago. What are the real reasons?
Probably so. King wanted me to be a working player: win face-offs, lay down under the puck. It was in this role that he saw me, and with it I did pretty well. And then the team started to lose, and he was fired. Came new coach- Fedor Leonidovich, who believed that a foreigner should score. Maybe somewhere I had a different role in this team. Maybe, on the other hand, I stopped asking myself. Although what the coach asked me, I did. And he did well, in my opinion. But it happened.
It turns out that you were a legionnaire in Metallurg?
Yes. I was a legionnaire all the time in the Super League. Throughout his career he was - "a friend among strangers, a stranger among his own" (laughs).
During the game, you are located behind the backs of the players with a headset, and Sergey Gomolyako is sitting upstairs with a walkie-talkie. Thanks to these modern technologies Did Metallurg manage to win specific matches?
Won - not won, this is all a common cause, it all adds up to a common piggy bank. It's hard to say exactly, but there are some points. I ask Gomolyako to look at the roll of the team, what can we change in it. After the end of the period, Sergei Yurievich can express his thoughts about the game to me. This is right. Everything is made up of little things.
What interesting things were taken from the work of Maurice?
You know, a lot of interesting things. A slightly different direction than mine. A completely different direction from how we worked with my father last year. A lot of things, now I will not reveal anything specific, but a lot of interesting things.
Colleagues note that you very correctly translate Maurice at press conferences. How do you know and speak English so well?
Thank you. You yourself said that the German championship was open to all foreigners. Managers, coaches, players spoke English. Therefore, I have been communicating in English for a long time in terms of hockey.
Are the coaching staff satisfied with the atmosphere in the locker room?
The atmosphere in the locker room? We are in a rather difficult time right now. The period after the break and now is not very good, so the atmosphere in the dressing room should not be particularly good, it should be working. We will try to change everything after this pause, and not to play too beautifully, but to score points, to bet on the result.
Does Metallurg have this moment players who may leave the team because they do not play as expressively as the coaching staff would like?
In fact, now a lot depends on the things that are happening across the ocean in connection with the lockout in the NHL. If the lockout ends, Metallurg may leave the players we are happy with. Therefore, we will not run ahead of the locomotive, we read the press every day: what will happen there, how everything will develop further. Much will depend on this.
Surely the coaching staff of Metallurg has a kind of plan "B" if the lockout in the NHL does end. How will the Magnitogorsk team play then?
Play will not be as bright as it is now in attack. Let's go back to the schemes that we used at the beginning of the season, when we didn't have these guys. That we had to squeeze every goal and try to concede one less goal if we scored two. We will continue to work, we will have young guys to play.
How unexpected was the invitation to Metallurg last summer for you?
Gennady Ivanovich called and asked if I would like to try myself as a coach here. I immediately agreed, it was very interesting for me to return to Magnitka, because for me it is not just a city, but a station of my life, from which I left good impressions, despite the fact that I left the team in the middle of the season. I really enjoyed playing here.
What did you know about Paul Maurice before you met him in Magnitogorsk?
Knew what he looked like. Prepared for the meeting, read his biography. Then he came here for three days, and all this time we talked about hockey from morning to night.
You played under King, now you work with Maurice: how different people and coaches are they?
They really are different. Judging a coach and a person when you play and he coaches you is one thing. And when you work with him, it's probably different.
You, Barrasso and Maurice are left-handed. Did you pay attention to it?
I was retrained according to the Soviet system, I kept the club in right hand, but in childhood he was still left-handed, as I was told. Yes, we noticed that among us, coaches, there are more right-handers than in the entire team.
Why can't the team win in overtime and in the shootout?
We hope to break this barrier after the pause. I think it's more psychological. We are working on it, hopefully we can fix it. At some point it must break. I remember the match in Omsk. In overtime, we have a "clean" zone, they have a "sunset" zone for all five minutes. We have seven chances, they have one shot, after which the puck hits the stick of our defender and flies to the “nine”. It is difficult to explain, but we will work, try to correct the situation.
What aspects of Metallurg's game need to be strengthened?
We didn't have the most efficient scoring period. We spend a lot of time in the offensive zone. Indeed, we have somewhat moved away from how to painstakingly play defense. During the December break, we are focusing on hard work in defense.
Denis Platonov and Mats Zuccarello can't find their game. What is the reason?
I can't say anything about this because it would be wrong for the players. Everyone has their own opinion, we are trying to bring every hockey player to his best level. We will look to help those who have reduced their turnover. Try to get them to recruit and play better.
There is no right-handed defender in Metallurg. Big problem for the team?
At the moment, when we still have Enkhaelites, judging by our implementation of the majority, this is not a very big problem. Not yet, but it's such a stumbling block that the team needs a right-handed defender.
What position in the team would you like to strengthen? Do Metallurg need Sidney Crosby?
Again, this question is lockout related. If the lockout does not end, then we will look, think about who to strengthen depending on financial capabilities. Depends on the details, as the manager and coaching staff: which position to strengthen. If we are allowed to, we will need to strengthen.
How long was Cal O'Reilly out for?
Cal had surgery, it went well, and we hope that he will play at least in the playoffs this season. This is an optimistic forecast.
Why doesn't Metallurg score so much when playing in equal lineups?
Correct question. We are also working on this. Since the majority of us is pretty good, it seems like it’s no longer necessary to score in equal compositions. Actually, it should. Therefore, we are working on the game in equal compositions in training.

The interview was conducted by Artur IVANNIKOV.