Head coach of the club “Tampa Bay Lightning » John Cooper praised the game of the Russian striker Nikita Koucherov this season.
Kucherov scored twice and provided an assist on Saturday in the NHL regular season match against Seattle (4:3). The Russian was recognized as the first star of the match. Kucherov has scored 47 points this season (19 goals + 28 assists), he leads both in the sniper and scorer race.
— Everything is the same as what I say after almost every match. Now Kucherov is playing even better than in the season when he became the Most Valuable Player (MVP). Attentive at both ends of the field. “He’s a tremendous player,” Cooper said in an interview published on Tampa’s website.
Kucherov became the regular season top scorer in the 2018/19 season and was also awarded the Ted Lindsay Award and the Hart Trophy.
Source : MatchTV
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