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Never a dull moment in the KHL, it seems.
During the seventh playoff game between Jaromir Jagr's Avangard Omsk and Sergei Fedorov's Metallurg Magnitogorsk, which Metallurg won to advance to the next round to play Alexander Radulov's Salavat Yulaev, the news surfaced that Avangard fired their coach before the second period of that Game 7.
Avangard claimed that this was not the case and that Raimo Summanen, the coach, was heaving "health issues" before the game. The team said he was not fired at all, but sent to Finland for medical check ups.
NHL fans may remember Summanen from his days in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers. Summanen has a 1984 Stanley Cup ring and can actually be seen on the first Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup winning picture, even though his name was not engraved on the Cup because he did not officially qualify, having played only two regular season and five playoff games for the Oilers.
Now, after his departure, Avangard players shed some light on...
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