Rotenberg took the puck into the goal in an exhibition match.
Roman Rotenberg celebrated the KHL championship of St. Petersburg SKA in the spring of 2017 as vice president at the time. PDO
St. Petersburg SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg took part in an ice hockey exhibition match in Russia, which was organized by a retired SKA player Yevgeny Ketov in honor of.
The event called “Ketov’s 40 friends” was also attended by many other ex-hockey players such as Dinar Hafizullin, Dmitri Kalinin, Anton Burdasov, Igor Ozhiganov and Sergei Shirokov.
In Russia, instead of the star players, Rotenberg, who scored an aerial goal in the match, is praised. On the Championat website, the hit is described as beautiful.
You can watch a video of the goal from this link.
Rotenberg caught the puck with his stick on the stage already in the corner of the rink, but the defenders didn’t even try to prevent him from getting to the back post. Instead, they stopped to watch the performance with their eyes.
The opponent’s goalkeeper didn’t even make a move to block the puck. He stood on the goal like a statue of salt.
This still didn’t stop Rotenberg from getting excited about his airship. He skated to the bench to celebrate the goal.