World hockey champion Maxime Sushinski told that the Russian striker New York Rangers Artemy Panarin – a talented and efficient hockey player.
On Monday, in the NHL match against Florida (2:4), Panarin scored an assist, his 50th in the current championship. Thus, the Russian spends the third consecutive season with at least 50 assists – he became the third player in the history of Rangers to achieve this. Previously, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier achieved this, both in the 1990s.
– I don’t know what Panarin’s secret is. It is the skill and ability to play hockey. Talent, efficiency, luck – all this together is called skill.
— He uses a push-button telephone and, before the season, he shaved his head because of superstitions. Are such things a plus?
“Maybe he hid from the callers, took a push-button phone so they wouldn’t call. Apparently his words were repeatedly distorted, just like mine (laughs) – Sushinsky told .
This season, Panarin played 62 games and scored 85 (35+50) points. His contract with Rangers runs until the end of the 2025/26 season.
Source : MatchTV
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