“Sorokin was great”
It’s a thankless task now to believe in”New York Rangers “A very good club has already suffered four defeats in a row. Moreover, on three recent occasions, New Yorkers have erected their competitors’ Russian goalkeepers on a pedestal.
Then Columbus’ Daniil Tarasov annealed at Madison Square Garden (5-1), earning the first win of his NHL career.
Then Alexander Georgiev from Colorado arrives in the city, where they did not believe in him too much, and wins the Rangers and Igor Shesterkin himself in a shootout (3:2 bul.).
And now the Rangers have gone under the New York Islanders on Long Island (0:3), and the hosts’ goalkeeper has become king Ilya Sorokin , who made a cracker with 41 saves. This dry game was already Sorokin’s 11th in his NHL career. And last season, he made seven at once, setting an Islanders record.
“Ilya has been great,” Islanders head coach Lane Lambert said. “He gained self-confidence and achieved a lot during his time here.”
In the first half alone, Sorokin made 17 saves, including saving Rangers striker Miki Zibanejad who just needed to score.
“It’s good that I saved a lot of shots,” Sorokin said. “I was in the game.”
It must be said that it was not Shesterkin who defended the doors of the guests, but the Slovak veteran Yaroslav Galak, who conceded eight goals in the last two matches. Not a very reliable guy…
“I was more worried about those three straight losses until today,” Rangers head coach Gerard Galland said. – I think last night against Colorado we played hard, we took a point from a very good team. Today we showed good reliable play for three periods. I like the way we play. And if we continue in the same spirit, the victories will come.
In general, after four losses, Gallan now speaks like Oleg Znarok: his Ak Bars have lost nine times in the last 10 games, but the coach sometimes said that he liked the team’s hockey and implementation is just lame. And if you continue in the same spirit, then victory will come.
Maybe it’s such a defensive reaction from coaches all over the world.
Sergachev scored the first goal of the season
And in California that day, Russians from “Tampas “. It was a game against Anaheim, and first the guest defenseman scored Dmitry Kulikov . He rewarded the transfer of Trevor Zegras and he knocked on the door of Brian Elliott – the main goalkeeper Andrey Vasilevsky was resting that day.
But three minutes later he scored his first goal of the season Mikhail Sergachev . His shot was accurate and hidden – goaltender John Gibson didn’t see the puck.
After a minute and a half, he was already distinguishing himself Nikita Kucherov , who irresistibly threw from the right flank. And at the end of the third period, it was Sergachev who gave the majority of the assist, when Brandon Heigl scored the winning goal.
It must be said that Tampa did not start the season very well. The team had a short summer as they reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the third straight year. But now it’s clear that Lightning hockey players are gaining momentum.
World Cup: possible postponement not linked to Russia
A separate topic is the World Cup, which the NHL plans to hold in 2024. Canadian broadcaster TSN has pitched an insider that the league may postpone the tournament to a later date. For example, this is due to the situation with Russia, which cannot be allowed now, and playing without Ovechkin and Malkin, Kucherov and Sergachev, Sorokin and Shesterkin is somehow stupid.
Well, the World Cup is an extremely irregular tournament. The last time it was held in 2016 in Toronto, and before that it had already been held in 2004 in Toronto and St. Paul. If now the World Cup is postponed, no one will be surprised. It’s not about the Winter Olympics, which are scheduled to be held in February 2026, observing four-year cycles.
has sought the advice of an expert close to the organizers of the World Cup.
“There is no specific information yet, and it is not related to Russia,” our source said. — The whole question is to know when to launch this tournament in order to win the most money. Is it worth doing in February when fans have already watched a lot of games and eaten hockey before the playoffs. At that time, even with subscriptions, people did not always come to the stadiums. They are waiting for April and the Stanley Cup.
Or maybe the World Cup is best traditionally held in September, when fans miss hockey and you can pump up a lot of excitement. It all comes down to marketing dollars. And so the NHL can organize this tournament in a week.
You have to find not only the right time, but also where to make the most money for the league and the union.
Six months ago, the vote took place, and among the candidates for the main matches of the World Cup, there were indeed New York, Toronto, like Los Angeles. But many of our Russian boys voted for Las Vegas. I wouldn’t be surprised if the World Cup ended in this city.
Source : MatchTV
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