“Amur” wants to appoint a commentator for the match, whom the governor criticized
MOSCOW, September 15 – Khabarovsk “Amur” in the official Telegram channel asked to appoint KHL-TV commentator Artem Bozhko for the match with Beijing “Kunlun RedStar”, which was previously criticized by the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin.
On Thursday, Bozhko worked at the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) match between Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo and Beijing Kunlun Red Star (5:2). After the meeting, Nikitin criticized the commentator on his Telegram channel and asked to use “trained and professional commentators” for Torpedo matches.
Also, the governor did not like the fact that the commentator “openly “suffered” for “Kunlun.” In direct text he called “Torpedo” Volzhans, and not Nizhny Novgorod or “Torpedo people.”
“We will play our first home match with Kunlun Red Star, and therefore we ask KHL-TV to appoint a trained and professional commentator for the match, such as Artem Bozhko. We promise not to take the suffering for Kunlun personally, but for In preparation for the broadcast, we remind you: we are not Amur residents, we are “tigers”, Khabarovsk residents,” says the Amur message.
After the match, Kunlun Red Star in its Telegram channel recognized commentator Bozhko as the best player of the match based on voting among fans.
The KHL regular championship match between Amur and Kunlun Red Star will take place on September 19 in Khabarovsk, the match starts at 12:00 Moscow time.
