Russian forward of “Montreal” Denis Guryanov refused to participate in the action in support of LGBT
Russian Montreal Canadiens forward Denis Guryanov refused to participate in a rally in support of LGBT people before the match with the Washington Capitals on April 7. About this in Twitter According to Sportsnet correspondent Eric Angels.
The head coach of the team, Martin San-Louis, said that Guryanov made this decision for family reasons. “I don’t know what the consequences could be. I have never been in his place, ”the specialist added.
Earlier, Russian Nashville Predators players Yakov Trenin and Yegor Afanasiev went to the warm-up before the match with Vegas Golden Knights in rainbow jerseys. The meeting took place on April 6 as part of the regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Later it became known that the NHL thought about revising the holding of actions in support of LGBT people after the clubs refused to participate in them. League commissioner Gary Bettman felt that this distracted from the very essence of the action, which eventually fades into the background.
Source: Lenta
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