The head coach New York Rangers Gerard Gallain explained why he decided not to replace the Russian goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin after conceding four goals in the first period of the regular season game NHL against “Edmonton” .
The meeting took place in Edmonton on Friday and ended with the victory of the guests in a shootout – 5: 4, while in the 19th minute the Rangers lost – 1: 4. The Russian parried 25 of 29 shots.
– From our play in the first half, I felt that everything was fine with the team. I was going to see what would happen in the second half. The first 10 minutes after the break went well. He is a star goalkeeper, he has a certain pride. It is clear that if we missed five or six, he would definitely be replaced. He played hard and fought hard. He made a great save as the score was 2-4 early in the second half, from then on he played superbly, – quote Gallan new york post office .
This season, the 27-year-old Shesterkin has made 40 appearances, helped the team to 25 wins and returned an average of 91.4% of shots.
Source : MatchTV
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