- Have you got pleasure from the match?
- Great. The team won, I liked everything.
- From the side it seemed that you were not yet fully accustomed to partners, and indeed to European hockey.
- You are not right. From the first minutes I felt good. We quickly found mutual understanding.
- And also noticed that you did not take the game upon yourself, as we are used to. And they tried to get rid of the puck soon.
- There was nothing like that. We had the task of helping each other. And I played the way I do it in the NHL. I have not changed my style.
- Are you satisfied with the playing time allotted to you?
- It's okay. We spent short shifts, it seems that everyone has played enough.
- The fact that you were put on the same level with the NHL players helped?
- What difference does it make who are in your link - players from the Super League or the NHL?
- But it seems that after the match you were unhappy with something? They did not stop in the mixed zone, they immediately went to the locker room.
- After Denmark I was tired and wanted a shower.
- Is the Danes a weak opponent?
- Yesterday, they did little to succeed.
“But it was clear what they wanted?”
- You know, it is always very difficult to play against the tournament hosts in the first match. Yes, then everything turned out so well for us. In less than four minutes, the Danes conceded three goals. Of course, it was not easy for them. Further it was difficult to correct something.
- How do you like the new arena?
- All perfectly. I like it.
- Did you make many tickets to your friends?
- 17 pieces.
“Why not 71?”
- Let them do it for themselves.
- Still, what are the feelings of the new arena?
- She's smaller than in the NHL. The chairs here are so ... Colorful chairs.
- Ripples in the eyes?
- Yes, the guys said that in the eyes ripples. But yesterday there was a full hall, so I did not notice this. The ice is normal. At the end of the third period, there was a lot of snow on the court, but they explained to us that there was some kind of concert before hockey. I am glad that a lot of spectators have come. It is a pity the advertising was given a lot of space - hence empty places.
- And how do you like Serebryany Bor instead of Novogorsk?
- Normal place. The same convenient.
Alexey Shevchenko