Offensive “Salavat Yulayev” Alexander Khmelevsky on he told how team unity is achieved and also said that the Ufa club is capable of winning the Gagarin Cup in the 2022/23 season.
Khmelevsky was selected by San Jose in the 2017 NHL Draft and will make his league debut in 2021. The 23-year-old hockey player signed a one-year contract with Salavat Yulaev on July 26.
– In the locker room, do you interpret for foreigners?
— Yes, there are guys who speak English. We try to help.
– Is it scary in front of CSKA?
— No, there were already great matches. You want to play against the best to see your level. Everything changes in the painting. The most important thing is that we reach the playoffs. I want to be the top scorer there. I look at my notes. I know I’m showing a good game. And I help you win. When two teams are on the same level, the most important thing is the desire, how the teams come together for the matches, how they fight for each other. If the team is very strong, then these teams win everything. When you use force against young people, you have to help them. Or fight. Or make it strong. This is how a team is built.
They also reunited before the season. There were captains, and the leaders did everything to make everyone feel like a whole. When there was the 2022 World Cup, they would watch the games as a group. Little things like that help and make the team stronger.
It happened that the whole team came to gather. It’s tough, but fun. Now is the time that we have created a good team. Ready for the playoffs.
– Can Salavat win the Gagarin Cup?
– I think so. I felt it several times a season. When they won six games in a row. Or when they beat SKA, Lokomotiv or Magnitogorsk.
“Do you need a psychologist on the team?” Is he in Salavat?
“I know it’s an interesting topic now. I don’t think it’s really necessary. But if the player feels the need, you must have this option.
I read, I work on the mentality. It’s not all about the physical work. Everything comes from the head.
– Who is Salavat Yulaev? And have you been to the monument?
Yes, I went there in the summer. I know him a little. I have been told that this monument is one of the largest in Russia or Europe. We always, when the team goes to the airport, we drive through it. He’s a legend and a cool name for the club,” Khmelevsky said on .
In the 2022/23 Fonbet KHL Championship season, Khmelevsky played 58 games and scored 37 points (20+17).
Salavat Yulaev is sixth in the KHL Eastern Conference with 69 points.
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