Winner of the Gagarin Cup Emile Garipov shared his opinion on what the phenomenon of the Russian school of goalkeepers is.
— All Russian goaltenders in the NHL are different, they are not alike. Probably, only Sorokin and Bobrovsky have a similar style of play. If you look at a Finnish or Swedish goalkeeper, you can immediately guess his nationality based on his play. Russians have a mix of everything,” Garipov said, as quoted by Metaratings.ru.
This season, 11 Russian goalies played in the NHL: Alexander Georgiev (Colorado), Sergei Bobrovsky (Florida), Ilya Sorokin (Islanders), Igor Shesterkin (Rangers), Andrei Vasilevsky (Tampa Bay), Pyotr Kochetkov (Carolina), Ilya Samsonov (Toronto), Semyon Varlamov (Islanders), Ivan Prosvetov (Colorado), Daniil Tarasov (Columbus), Yaroslav Askarov (Nashville).
Metaratings.ru
Source : MatchTV
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