Journalist Athletic Rob Rossi spoke about the feelings of Russian forward “Pittsburgh Penguins” Evgeni Malkin, who missed the list of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) top 100 players in 2017.
The condescending attitude broke him and brought back the feeling that in his youth he would never have been considered a great hockey player, because the greatest Russian hockey players were from Moscow or St. Coming from St. Petersburg. The journalist also recalled all the talk early in her career that the NHL belonged to Ovechkin and Crosby, even though Malkin was on their side in terms of performance and achievements.”
Yesterday, January 11, Malkin was recognized as the first star of the game of the day in the NHL. The Russian player scored four points in the game against the Vancouver Canucks.
Evgeni Malkin played in 40 games in total this season, scored 14 goals and made 25 assists.
It is worth noting that at the end of December, Malkin took second place among the Russians in terms of the number of points scored in the NHL. Among the Russians, only Alexander Ovechkin has more points (1446 points).
Formerly Evgeni Malkin He talked about his escape from Russia in 2006 for the sake of his NHL career.. His local club, Metallurg, tried to keep the hockey player on the team.
Source: Gazeta
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