CSKA hockey goalie Ivan Fedotov In an interview with , he answered the question of which 2023 event he personally considers the most important.
During the 2023 offseason, Fedotov signed a new contract with CSKA after serving a year in the army. The 27-year-old goalkeeper has stopped 91.4% of shots in this championship, scoring 13 wins in 27 matches. At the same time, Fedotov has already played four clean sheets this season, which is his personal best.
— What is the main event of 2023 for you personally?
– Come back, of course. Waiting for everything to work out for you. The anticipation of being back in some focus and mental frame. That moment when you have to come back, take a step back – in hockey.
And then – get back on the ice and enjoy the game. Because the first half of the season was emotionally taxing. I hope now it will be like we said in the locker room: “Guys, we’re going to leave the worst of the old year behind. And in the new one, we will play the hockey we know how to do. In particular, I am like a goalkeeper.
We will see, we will not anticipate. I don’t want to predict any outcome or anything. We still have to go, I still think, day by day. Just move…
– Like a samurai, there is only one way.
– Yes. These are all trivial things, but they are very correct. The path continues and you are in the present moment. It is clear that you have a goal and some kind of task. But we don’t know how you will get there, when and under what circumstances. The most important thing is to be moving. And there they will develop twisted convolutions that will guide you on this path,” Fedotov said for .
In August, the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) refused to register a contract with Fedotov due to the existing agreement with the NHL club Philadelphia Flyers. The Russian goalkeeper was disqualified for four months from September 1 and CSKA was banned from international transfers for a year. The IIHF disciplinary board confirmed the sanctions in December. Fedotov continues to ride on the ice with CSKA in matches of the Fonbet KHL Championship, despite the ban from the IIHF.
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