Belarusian specialist Valery Voronin has been appointed as the head coach of HC "Vitebsk"

September 1, Vitebsk / Sergei Kochetov - BELTA /. Belarusian specialist Valery Voronin has been appointed head coach of the Vitebsk ice hockey club, Vladimir Bazeko, Director General of the Vitebsk Hockey Club sports institution, told a BELTA correspondent. The contract with the new coach is for two years and includes the possibility of extension for another year in case of the team's successful performance. Valery Voronin has already been introduced to the team in his new capacity and held an evening training session on August 31. The tasks for the club in the upcoming national ice hockey championship, which starts on September 3, will be determined at a meeting of the Vitebsk HC board, scheduled for September 2. Before his new appointment, Valery Voronin worked at Metalurgs (Liepaja, Latvia) since 2004. The head coach vacancy at Vitebsk HC arose after Russian specialist Nikolai Kazakov, who took over the Vitebsk club in the concluding offseason, resigned due to family circumstances. Until recently, the duties of the head coach of Vitebsk were performed by Vyacheslav Krivosheev. Under his leadership, Vitebsk HC became the winner of the traditional Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Chairman's Cup tournament for the first time this year. -0-