“Each violation of the rules should be considered separately. If this is a blow to the arm, then we are talking about indiscipline, if the delay is a means of positional inaccuracy. Ejection of the puck indicates negligence. When there is a principle game, deletions are inevitable. But in this case, this was not, therefore, there was a psychological factor associated with the start of the championship. The presence of some excitement is inevitable, ”said the specialist in an interview with RT.

Valery Bragin's wards earned a total of 13 deletions in two matches of the World Youth Championship in Canada.

Earlier, Nikolishin shared his opinion on the performance of the Russian national team.