The head coach “Tampa Bay Lightning » John Cooper had difficulty answering the question of whether the Russian blitzkrieg will return to the ice this season Mikhail Sergachev .
Tampa lost to the Rangers in New York with a score of 1:3.
In the second period, Sergachev tried to make a powerful move against Canadian Alexis Lafrenière on the boards, but unsuccessfully fell on his left leg. Sergachev was unable to leave the scene on his own, requiring a stretcher. The Russian left the ice in tears, next to him was Russian forward from Tampa Nikita Kucherov. Before the game in New York, Sergachev missed 17 games. The Russian was injured in mid-December during a game against the St. Louis Blues when a puck hit the hockey player’s left leg.
— I don’t know if we should prepare for the fact that Sergachev will not return this season. Let’s not think like that. At the end of the day, you have a family, but they’re people you spend most of your life with, so it goes beyond hockey. “He’s a really cool guy, the emotions spilled out,” Cooper said, as quoted by journalist Gabby Shirley on social media.
John Cooper accompanied Sergachev as the Russian was carried off the ice.
Source : MatchTV
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