Before “Kunlun » Teemu Pulkkinen said that every morning he checks to see if Washington captain Alexander Ovechkin has scored in the next NHL game.
On Wednesday, Pulkkinen scored his 100th goal in the KHL, as the forward scored in the match against SKA (3:6). Pulkkinen became the seventh Finnish player to reach this mark.
“We started well, we did well, we were leading 3:1. In the second period, we stopped playing our hockey. We spent a lot of time in the penalty box, it influenced the outcome of the match. It’s hard to count on anything when you’re away so much.
— You now have 100 goals in the KHL. Do you have a favorite among them?
— One hundred is a good number. It’s nice to reach this milestone. I can’t name any specific goal among these hundreds. I’ve been playing in the league for many years, it’s difficult to remember anything in particular.
— Ryan Merkley scored 5 points in three games. How do you like to play with him?
— Ryan is a very good player, he is good at finding passing opportunities. I’m happy to play with him.
— You have seven matches for Kunlun. What should the team add?
— I had a difficult start, we lost several matches. We’ve been playing well lately. We had a lot of chances in the match against SKA before the penalty shootout. We have to play with our system, do what we do. We succeed most of the time. You just have to keep working and everything will come.
— What can you say about the support from the fans?
“The fans are doing everything they can, they are supporting us. I hope we will have more supporters in the next matches. When we play against teams from Moscow in Mytishchi, there are more fans in the arena. But I’m not complaining, everything suits me. I really like Mytishchi.
— What head style do you prefer?
– It doesn’t matter what your score is. The main thing is how much. I don’t have a favorite place to score a goal. I try to find every opportunity to score.
— Will Ovechkin catch Gretzky?
— He won’t score as many points as Gretzky, but he can catch up in goals. In this area, I am like an ordinary fan: every day I go to check whether he has scored or not.
— You are the seventh Finnish player to score 100 goals in the KHL. Who is the first ?
— I was already asked this question after the match. I know it’s Teemu Hartikainen.
– Do you communicate? Congratulate yourself?
“We know each other, but we don’t have such communication. »
— Can we say that you are now chasing Hartikainen’s record, like Ovechkin is chasing Gretzky?
“I’m not aiming to break anyone’s record.” “I’m just trying to score as much as I can,” a correspondent reported Pulkkinen’s comments.
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