Maxim Sokolov: "Ilya Kovalchuk has been excluded from the squad"

SKA coach Maxim Sokolov has spoken about the team's changes:

- Down to a coach's decision, Ilya Kovalchuk has been removed from the squad and has been placed on an individual training programme. Also, Yegor Rykov has returned to SKA-1946, and Dmitry Yudin will play with SKA-Neva.