Ex-keeper of Magnitogorsk”Metallurgist » Vasily Koshechkin assessed his former team’s prospects in the new KHL season.
Koshechkin became a member of the farewell match on Wednesday Danisa Zaripova in Kazan. The match between the “green” and “white” teams ended with the victory of hockey players in white jerseys with the score 12:9 in regular time. The 40-year-old goalkeeper was one of the participants in the encounter as part of the winners.
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– Danis Zaripov is the second sniper in the history of Russian hockey. What is its particularity? Why is he throwing so dangerously?
– All players have the same moves, but someone is tricky. Danis is a good teacher, he feels like a fish in water on ice. It’s his secret.
– When will we see Vasily Koshechkin’s farewell match? Perhaps compatible next year with Sergei Mozyakin’s farewell match in Magnitogorsk?
– It won’t work to combine the matches, as I think. If such games are organized, it is necessary to pay attention to only one person. In the future, of course, I would like to organize a farewell match.
What are your plans after your career?
– Enter a normal daily life. Being with the family, with the parents, devoting more time to them. Because before all my time was occupied by hockey. Thanks to my family, they have always supported me.
– What are Magnitogorsk’s prospects in the new season?
– “Metallurg” always fights only for the first places, and their team is always selected appropriately. Now they will go through the pre-season, recognize each other more or less. We will see after the test matches. I think they will fight for leadership in the East, then for the Gagarin Cup,” Koshechkin told .
Koshechkin played in 765 regular season and KHL playoff games, scoring 378 wins with 92.9% shots saved. The goalkeeper has won two Gagarin Cups (2014, 2016), World Championship (2009) and Olympics (2018) gold, and announced his retirement this year.
Source : MatchTV
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