The defender of the "Peppers" spoke about the changes in the team in the offseason, and also shared his expectations from the third season of the Armenian Hockey League.
— Tell me what you know about the changes in the team for the third season of the AHL. — We have strengthened well for the new season. The team failed to reach the playoff finals twice, and our task is to play in the Grigory Mkrtchyan Cup series for the first time in history. Yes, we lost Artem Manukyan, who was the leading player of the "Peppers". He left for the CSK VVS team from the VHL, I wish him good luck in his future career. We will try to take the first place in the regular season without him and win the cup. We have a combat-ready squad.
— In the semifinals of the last playoffs, the Peppers played Pyunik, which became the champion in toga. Remember that episode. — We had a good team, we competed well and, as it seems to me, we imposed the fight on the strongest team of the second season. I'm sure many people have forgotten, but we were 2-1 in the series. As a result, everything was decided only in the fifth match. This season, I promise that our team will show its best hockey.
— So the competition in the AHL will be even higher in the upcoming season? — Yes, the competition is growing every year. This is 100%. Stronger and stronger players are coming. And those who were there from the very beginning are also catching up with them. The lineups of all the teams are more or less at the same level. We all noticed this at the end of the season. For example, the Falcons took the last place in the regular season, but at the end of the championship they showed strong hockey, beat both Pyunik and Lions. In the playoff series, everything was decided until the last match. So the teams are all strong.