Release from 25.04.2022

KAC confirms coaching staff

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Head coach Petri Matikainen, assistant coach Juha Vuori and goaltending coach Andrej Hočevar have extended their contracts with EC-KAC until 2024.

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Petri Matikainen (55) joined the EC-KAC before the 2018/19 season, where he had once (1999) also finished his active career as a player. Under the Finn's leadership, the 2019 and 2021 championship titles were clinched, seven of eight playoff series were won in four seasons and an outstanding 69.0 percent win rate was recorded in the postseasons. Matikainen will continue to be supported by Juha Vuori (47), whose responsibilities at the record champion go far beyond those of an assistant coach in the ICE team. The Finn, who has been under contract with EC-KAC since 2020, has played an extensive and leading role in the gradual reorientation of youth and coach training at the club over the past two seasons. Andrej Hočevar (37) will continue to work as a goaltending coach (ICE team, future team, U18). The Slovenian initially joined the EC-KAC's youth department during the 2019/20 season and was promoted to the professional ranks in the summer of 2020.