Three-time Olympic champion, president of the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) Vladislav Tretiak in an interview with , he recalled a conversation with his grandson Maxime Tretiak after nearly breaking the KHL record for most shots saved in a game.
On December 19, Sochi was defeated by SKA on the road. The match ended with a score of 7:2 in favor of the home team. Visiting goalkeeper Tretyak stopped 59 shots, the KHL regular season record for this indicator belongs to Juha Metsola (62).
— Recently, your grandson Maxim Tretyak made 59 saves in a match against SKA (2:7), almost setting a KHL record for the number of shots saved in regulation time. How did you react to this?
– 66 shots on his goal is a lot, I honestly want to say it. And yet, there was a record: in the first period, they threw it at him 33 times. When I played against the Canadiens, they threw at me 33-35 times the whole game. And it seemed like a decent load.
The question arises: where is the defense of Sochi? How does a team play defense to allow 66 shots? Or is the SKA two heads taller? But the army team did not play against the youth team. This is a professional club in the KHL. Sochi coaches need to think about the defense and make some adjustments. It’s good that Max held on for two periods. But in the third, SKA’s talent showed and they scored six goals.
— What did you talk about with your grandson after the match?
“He called me: “Grandfather, can you imagine, I almost broke the record! But I didn’t watch the match because I attended the event. I said to him: “Max, I will definitely watch the goals. » “Grandpa, it was so hard!” But I tried and showed good hockey,” Vladislav Tretyak told .
On December 30, Maxim Tretyak was injured during a regular season match of the Fonbet KHL Championship against Dynamo Minsk (4:7). 2 minutes and 50 seconds into the game, Tretiak reacted to the throw and fell to the ice, showing he was in pain. The goalkeeper entered the stands with the help of his teammates. Nikita Tulinov came on in place of Tretyak.
Source : MatchTV
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