Margarita Cherepanova, the mother of Alexei Cherepanov, suggested in an interview with what her son could do now if he were alive.
On October 13, 2008, 15 years ago, during the match between Vityaz and Avangard, the heart of 19-year-old hockey player Cherepanov stopped. Today’s KHL match between Avangard and Dynamo Moscow will be dedicated to his memory.
— What kind of player could Alexey Cherepanov become? Surely he would have played in the NHL and for the Russian national team.
– I don’t know, I didn’t think about it. Life is such that injuries happen. Maybe I could become a great player. But I think Lesha would become a good coach. I have been working in hockey for a long time. I always wonder how my son would behave in a given situation.
The main qualities of a coach are kindness and fairness. But now, some young specialists have different orientations. Money comes first. The son respected and loved his coaches and always had a good opinion of them. Or maybe you just met such people – Vladimir Nikolaev for children in Barnaul, or Igor Semenov in Omsk. He spoke with delight about Valery Belousov. And Lesha himself loved to tinker with children, ”Margarita Cherepanova told .
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