GoalieSochi » Maxim Tretiak said he was not under any pressure because of the famous surname.
Maxim Tretyak is the grandson of three-time Olympic champion and 10-time world champion Vladislav Tretiak.
– As a child, when I went out on the ice, my parents said that everyone wanted to beat Tretiak, as if grandfather was at the door. As if their five-year-old son beat his grandfather. Hockey has always been in the family, we didn’t even think of choosing anything else. The last name does not put pressure on me, I do not pay attention to it. Proud of my name and my grandfather!
Various curses were written to me, it was usually a nightmare, I tried not to read, but it still popped up. It was incredibly hard, I wanted to stop everything, but I realized it couldn’t be done. Grandfather is grandfather, I am me. Yes, we have the same profession, but the most different backgrounds. I have my own plan, goals, I’m going towards them,” Tretyak said on ‘s Special Reporting program.
This season, Tretiak has played 35 games in which his team has won four. The 26-year-old goalkeeper has saved 89.7% of shots. Previously, Tretiak defended the colors of Admiral Vladivostok and Dynamo Riga.
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