Goaltending coach Simo Vehvilainen signed to contract extension
The coach will stay with the team for another two seasons.
Simo Vehvilainen will continue his work with the coaching staff of the Traktor Chelyabinsk as a goaltending coach as his contract has been extended. The coach will work with the team for another two years. Vehvilainen joined the coaching staff prior to the previous season and his goaltenders showed the following results: Roman Will (39 games, 17 wins, 2.26 GAA, 91.8% SVS, 4 SO games), Ivan Fedotov (30 games, 15 wins, 2.27 GAA, 92.3% SVS, 1 SO game)
Simo Vehvilainen
Born on April 24, 1983.
Goaltending coach
Playing career: HIFK (U16, U18, U20 SM-sarja) (1997-2003), HC Salamat (Mestis) (2003-2006, 2007/2008), Vsetinska hokejova (Czech) (2006/2007), Pelicans (SM-liiga) (2006/2007), Kiekko-Vantaa (Mestis) (2008/2009), RoKi (Suomi-sarja) (2008/2009).
Coaching career: Pelicans (SM-liiga) (2010 - goaltending and video coach), Estonia U20 Women`s team (2011 - head coach), Finland Women`s team (2015 - video coach), Finland Women`s team (2016-2017 - goaltending coach), Vityaz Podolsk (2018-2020 - goaltending coach), Traktor Chelyabinsk (2020-present - goaltending coach).
Coaching career highlights: World Championship (W) Bronze Medal (2015, 2017), World Championship (W) Silver Medal (2019), Olympic (W) Bronze Medal (2018).
