Dynamo Moscow suspend head coach Tambiev after row with fans

According to Vedomosti, Tambiev was suspended by order of the club's general director, and defence coach Oleg Orekhovsky is acting as head coach. The paper says the suspension followed Tambiev's argument with fans at the 7 November game against Torpedo; it quotes him, via Sport-Express, as saying fans should support the team and the coach.

Lenta.ru, citing Sport-Express, says Nizhny Novgorod's Torpedo won 4:3 and that Tambiev was back behind the bench after missing the previous game against Shanghai Dragons for family reasons. The outlet says that after the game he declined to comment on the situation in the coaching staff, and explained that Dynamo switched to three lines in the third period to raise the tempo.

Lenta.ru adds that Torpedo now have 31 points from 23 games and are third in the Western Conference, while Dynamo, with 25 points from 26 games, are seventh. Vedomosti notes that Dynamo appointed Tambiev in April after a poor KHL season.