Vorobyov, son of Vorobyov

What do we know about the young coach, who headed the national team in an emergency and against the backdrop of the rash in the hockey top

On April 12, 2018, Ilya Vorobyova was sent into space-otherwise what to compare the appointment to the acting head coach of the Russian national team in hockey, a 43-year-old specialist, not well known to the general public? “Cosmos” turned out to be, as expected, not heavenly lifers. From the euphoria of the first days of the World Cup in Denmark, Vorobyov repeatedly warned, but, apparently, it did not come to everyone - the first serious test on Thursday evening ended in overtime from the Czech team. Then it will be even more difficult.

Rumors that Ilya Vorobyov could lead the national team went on for a long time, and looked logical in their own way. Two years ago, he took the Gagarin Cup with Magnika, a year ago he went to the finals - none of the young coaches and knew similar successes. He entered the coaching headquarters of the Russian national team at the last two “bronze” world championships, which was led by Oleg, as one of the assistants became the Olympic champion of Pyeongchang. From the duties of the head coach of Magnitogorsk Metallurg, Ilya Petrovich was released in early November last year, he was not overloaded with club obligations - accordingly, he was the first candidate for post number one.

However, the hockey community still does not know the background of the April force majeure. Indeed, Oleg Znarok spoke about his near future quite vaguely. After the St. Petersburg SKA led by him in the final of the Western conference by the Moskovsky army team, something was brewing in the bowels of the richest hockey club de facto resolved the retirement of the coach. The SKA who brought to the victory in the Gagarin Cup last season, and the Russian team to the gold of the 2018 Olympics. At the same time, SKA's leadership did not explain anything by granting this right <...> the leadership of the Russian Hockey Federation. Oleg Valerievich, head coach of the national team, lost in essence a ricochet, automatically - on the principle of "we will not have it - will not be in the national team." The fact that Znarok was tired after the over -wire season, we did not learn from himself, but from the President of the FCH, Vladislav Tretyak.

In the same fateful days for domestic hockey, the fate of Ilya Vorobyov was also decided days. At that time, he was running around in the minor matches of the reservoirs of the national team, pondering options for further club work (the most serious, it seemed, there were negotiations with the Omsk Vanguard), then he was overtaken by a proposal, which cannot be abandoned. First from SKA, and then according to the same principle as with a sign, only on the contrary - from the FHR. It seems like nothing extraordinary, accept as it is, without any explanation, neither about the prefix "acting", nor about the future appointment in SKA. If it takes place, of course.

The probability that it may not take place. Miscellaneous was in the recent history of the Gazprom club, from which even the winners run away, not to mention less successful specialists. But such secrets of the hockey court as now, even in the odious SKA did not happen.

Ilya Vorobyov, as a true European, did not give out his feelings with any movement. I started emergency work in outer space. Three weeks to put together a combat -ready team, three weeks to take medals - there is no time to think about the ethical problems associated with an unexpected purpose.

The ethical was slightly affected by Vorobyov Sr.-the father of the current mentor of the national team, one of the most authoritative and titled specialists of domestic hockey, now leading work with the reserve of SKA. According to Pyotr Ilyich, he tried to call the banner, but he did not answer.

Like a hockey player, and as the future coach Ilya Vorobyov increased under the close leadership of Vorobyov Sr.. The family shook decently. Ilya was born in Riga, the basics of hockey comprehended where his father was thrown by his father, the peasant hockey craft in the 90s mastered in Frankfurt-in fact, his dear to the Vorobyov Club, where he spent the main part of the gaming career, where his house is now.

Known for his exactingness and rigidity, Vorobyov Sr. did not give his son either in childhood or in adult hockey when he played under his beginning. The appearance of the botanist and the train of the Golden Boy did not prevent Ilya from becoming one of the most persistent and not afraid of the rough work of the forwards. So he was remembered by the fans at the time of his short return to the Russian championship, where Vorobyov even managed to play in the champion “Magnitogorsk” of the model of the season of 2006-2007. He completed the performances at the outcome of the zero, however, in Frankfurt, stopping at a round figure of 300 points scored for the German part of his career.

At the dawn of the coaching debut, he could be in the same plane that flew out with a black day on September 7, 2011 from the Yaroslavl Airport “Tunoshna” with the Lokomotiv hockey team on board. But fate saved. He helped his father revive Lokomotiv, and in the spring of 2012 they called to Magnitogorsk. They invited a young specialist not only as an assistant-translator of the Canadian coach Paul Maurice, but with a distant sight.

This became clear when a year later, Maik Kinen, Mike Kinen, was replaced by Mike Kinen himself in the Magnitogor NHL. Vorobyov would not be, it is unlikely that the “great and terrible” would have gotten so quickly in Russian realities and on the move took the Gagarin -2014 Cup. When the master at the fall of 2015 stalled, Magnitogorsk decided that it was time. The debut was incredibly successful. Yes, on the basis of the developments of Kinen, yes, with Superent Mozyakin - Kovarzh -Zaripov, yes, with Vasily Koshechkin at the gate. But the base was created by Ilya Vorobyov.

The fact that he knows how to develop it showed the final series of the Gagarin Cup with a much more mobile and recognized as a clear favorite of CSKA. It became clear to everyone that the young coach knows how to work competently and tactically diverse, keep a blow and not lose the thread of managing the team in the most unfavorable circumstances.

What did he cost him, I could see after the enchanting victory of Magnitoga in the seventh decisive match in Moscow. It seems that the head coach was the least aware of what happened. This feeling did not pass when they flew to the champion flight to Magnitogorsk. Maybe Ilya Petrovich already understood that coaching happiness was short. Soon he was to recognize his wrong side. True, he will once again go to the final, where the “Magnitogorsk” will be bent, and in a not quite honest struggle, omnipotent St. Petersburg.

In the fall of 2017, he will fly to the chief coach. Solving was received.

In Pyeongchang, Ilya Vorobyov, unlike two world championships, did not light up on the coaching bench. In matches, he was used as an suggestion analyst located on the rostrum. Also an important area, but of course, this, of course, was not enough for the sweet poison of the living coaching work. Now it is above the roof.

There have not yet been such spontaneous appointments in the history of the Russian national team. Ilya Vorobyov fell into a situation different from the debuts of all his last predecessors. He got a post -Olympic hangover.

If possible, all the main competitors gathered as much as possible - not a couple of those who performed in South Korea. What could Russia, then exposed. Having lost for various reasons at least a dozen stars and hockey players close to this status. Yes, the main reason was injuries and serious household circumstances. But if we recall that Alexander Ovechkin flew to the national team and tried to help her in the unfortunate quarter -finals -2013 in Helsinki with a fracture, the first thing that comes to mind was not eager for the national team. Maybe, including because of the force majeure arranged by hockey bosses and prospects to become guilty of possible failure.

A series of defeats in the last two stages of Eurotour exceeded the permissible norm, but it was expected that everything would be tired by the beginning of the World Cup. It was tired, but it seems, not for long. Recent events in the NHL playoffs did not leave hopes for the arrival of Ovechkin and the company. Pastrnyak and Kreichi, two star Czechs who flew from behind the ocean on the day of the match with the Russians, made a result. The first place in a group with an alleged access to a weak opponent was already under threat.

Here Ilya Petrovich said that "we have a recipe for success in this championship - only a team, all together, and not individual links and players." And what else did he have to say?