Before “Locomotive » Ivan Chekhovich told how he deals with his emotions during a scoreless streak in the Fonbet KHL Championship.
This season, Lokomotiv has won 10 wins in 13 matches and occupies the intermediate first place in the Western Conference standings. Czechovich had one assist in 10 games. The 24-year-old Russian scored his last KHL goal in March during the 2023 Gagarin Cup series against CSKA.
— Sometimes it seems that you are not very comfortable in Nikitin’s system. We have the feeling that you are a different player.
“Some moments just don’t work.” Perhaps “crisis” is a strong word. I haven’t managed to score yet, but I understand the coach’s instructions, how the team should work and I do everything on the ice.
— Nikitin publicly supported you at a press conference and said that your partners should help you overcome difficulties. Do you feel this support yourself in the locker room?
– Certainly! I have no doubts about myself or my partners. The guys and the coach help a lot.
— At the same time, after leaving Torpedo last season, you scored 16 goals, but this year you have not yet managed to score. Do you feel like something is broken?
– No, it’s just that every hockey player has periods when something doesn’t work, the puck doesn’t go into the goal. We just need to work and turn things around as quickly as possible.
— Does the aimless streak put pressure on you or are you trying to abstract yourself from it psychologically?
—At first, I was probably worried about it. Now I understand that the sooner I abandon the situation, the sooner this period will pass. We talked about this with Igor Valerievich. He told me the same thing: let go and play your best hockey.
— Last season you played in different formations, now your stable partners are Pavel Kraskovsky and Alexander Polunin. How do you play with them?
— Pasha and Sasha are great bonding partners. The guys read the game well and fight very well. At the moment, I can’t even imagine better partners.
—Have you heard rumors that you might be traded? Among the suitors were CSKA, Avangard and Siberia.
— To be honest, I didn’t follow that. No one contacted me personally. Maybe there were conversations somewhere up there,” Chekhovitch told .
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