Athletistic/Hockey. Colorado player Valery Nichushkin performed well in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals with Tampa. The Russian scored a goal and made an assist, and the Avalanche won with a score of 4:3 OT.

It should be noted that in 15 playoff games, Nichushkin scored 6 goals and made 5 assists, made 53 shots on goal and made 39 power moves with a utility indicator of +5. Valery mainly plays in the first group of attacks with Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan McKinnon. In the last eight matches, the 27-year-old striker has only scored three points, but each time more than one.

The second game of the series between the teams will take place on June 19 and will start at 03:00 Moscow time.

Here’s how Nichushkin’s game in Game 1 against Tampa was enjoyed by American hockey fans:

invoice preparation:
– Nuke! Here comes the laser!

Drhiii:
– I love Nuka!

Packstop40:
– Give him a new contract!

Tanguay sauce:
– And give him as much money as he wants!

Drhiii:
– And double this amount by 2!

CC Coltishockey:
– Please pay Nyuk!

Wayninja:
– Nuke is a man!

PAZ:
– A real beast.

The grim Reaper:
– In monster mode.

Kl35a:
– Nichushkina and Lekhka [Арттури Лехконена] must be retained. There aren’t many players like that in this league.

Without spleen Wonder 21:
– He is one of the most important players in this team.

Balthazar:
Yes, these guys are making a difference.

Colorado Avalanche:
– It’s fair considering the way he’s playing now, to keep him in Denver, unfortunately, he’s still unlikely to succeed.

The King Slayer:
“Sometimes it seems to me that he just has tunnel vision.

Kl35ha:
– Nuk’s backhand shot is probably 10 times better than Mack’s [Нэтана Маккиннона]. lol.

AVSfan2daMAX:
– It was probably his best game in the playoffs.

Avsboy:
– Nobody played better than him in both teams today.

Littleton hockey coach:
– Good performance. Nichushkin on fire!

Colorado Avalanche:
– The bomb man!

Kraft D:
This guy can’t be stopped! Choo Choo !

pierce hawthorn:
– You really should try to keep it by all means.

Recall Nichushkin – bronze medalist of the World Youth Championship in 2013. Silver medalist of the KHL 2012/2013 season in the Chelyabinsk “tractor”. Winner of the “Best Rookie of the KHL” award named after Alexei Cherepanov in the 2012/2013 season.

He started his professional career in the MHL, in the 2011/2012 season in the youth club “Polar Bears”. November 21, 2012 made his debut in the KHL as part of the Chelyabinsk “Tractor”. He scored his first KHL goal on January 8, 2013 in a game against Slovan Bratislava.

He was selected 10th overall by the Dallas Stars in the 2013 NHL Draft. Shortly before the draft, Nichushkin said Dallas was his priority option. On July 8, 2013, the Dallas Stars announced the signing of Nichushkin to a standard three-year rookie contract.

On October 20, 2013, in an away game against Anaheim, in which his team lost 3-6, Nichushkin earned his first NHL point with an assist.

Before the start of the 2014/15 season, Nichushkin suffered a hip injury. He spent only four games in the “Dallas”, without scoring them points, and then was transferred to the farm club “Texas Stars”. On November 19, he underwent hip surgery.

On August 19, 2019, he signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche. On November 23, 2019, he scored against the Toronto Maple Leafs and ended his 91 game scoreless streak. In the fall of 2020, he extended his contract with Colorado for 2 years with an average annual salary of $2.5 million.

In the regular season of the 2021/22 NHL season, Nichushkin showed the best numbers for himself: in 62 games he scored 52 (25 + 27) points.

For the junior team of Russia, Nichushkin twice participated in the junior world championships (2012, 2013).

At the 2013 World Junior Championships in Ufa, he became a bronze medalist in the Russian youth team. In the match for the third place with the Canadian team, Nichushkin scored the decisive goal in extra time and brought victory to the Russian team (5:6).

On January 7, 2014, Nichushkin entered the roster of the Russian national team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. On February 13, 2014, he scored the puck in his debut game for the national team against the Slovenian team.

Andrei Lipatov, Sport.Ru