Former goalkeeper of Spartak and Siberia Alexey Krasikov who now plays in the Slovak championship for the Liptovsky-Mikulas team, spoke about his attitude towards the nickname Lech-Tryocha.
In total, the 27-year-old goalkeeper played 203 matches in the KHL, winning 63 victories with a reliability coefficient of 2.55 and 91.9% saved shots. The hockey player has been playing in Slovakia since July 2023.
– What is my task? Go out and catch. I have said this thing many times and I will not refuse the words: I am ready to be “three”, “four”, “five”, anyone, as long as there is one thing – so that we scored one more goal, and I caught at the most crucial moment and helped the team win. If a goalkeeper misses four terrible and catastrophic goals because of his [ошибок], but the team scores five, and the goalkeeper at the end brings the ball to zero, helps the team and earns two points – so what difference does it make how much he missed? Did he help out when needed and did the team make it through the playoffs or is it on a winning streak?
The most important thing is to help the team win, the rest is just tinsel and numbers. If the team wins, you will play in goal. Such an example. You are a coach, you have two goalies: one has 15 games, 11 wins and 88% saves, allows three and a half goals per game, and the other has 15 games, two wins and 96% saves, allows one and a half goals. goals per match. Who will you put in goal to win? According to psychology, they will choose whoever wins. This affects the psychology of the players: “with this guy we play successfully, we score more, we do well”.
The only thing that matters is winning. Who cares if you lost the game, didn’t score any points, but the goaltender had a 96% save percentage? It’s ideal when everything comes together – the chances, the victories, but the most important thing is the winnings,” Krasikov quotes the Championship.
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