Fedor Kanareikin, former head coach of Spartak, Metallurg and Avangard, praised the game of the Russian forward of the National Hockey League (NHL) Carolina Hurricanes club Andrei Svechnikov. His words are quoted by the publication vprognoze.ru.
“Let’s congratulate Svechnikov for a good game and a hat-trick. Andrey is one of the best Russian junior hockey players. He adapted to the NHL a long time ago, declared himself and became the leader of the team. This is a star player who should develop into a very strong master,” said Kanareikin.
On December 29, the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens with a score of 5:3. Svechnikov scored a hat-trick. While the Russian player scored the first goal of the match, he also scored a double goal in six minutes.
The Hurricanes won their second straight game. Montreal suffered its second defeat in its last three games. Carolina ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference standings with 42 points from 36 games.
This season in the National Hockey League (NHL), 23-year-old Svechnikov scored six goals in 21 games. He also has 13 assists.
Previously Svechnikova known The first star of the day in the NHL.