First coach Nikita Koucherov Gennady Kurdin told that the 30-year-old striker “Tampa” I can be among the best players in the NHL for eight more years.
On Wednesday, Tampa defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL regular season match with a score of 4: 1. Kucherov scored a hat-trick with an assist and became the first Russian in the history of the NHL to reach 130 points in a regular championship season. The 30-year-old forward became the fifth NHL player in the last 30 years to achieve such a feat. It’s also a franchise record.
— How does Kucherov organize his life? How does he live? It is so closed that little is known about the hero of Tampa.
— Nikita is a strong family man, twice a father. Daughter and eldest son. He has matured, and it affects him too. How does he live? Family and hockey mainly.
– So few?
– And that’s true. If Nikita hung out more, there would be less time to play hockey. If I didn’t recover, if I didn’t rest, injuries would occur and my career would deteriorate…
Nikita subordinates his lifestyle to hockey. In this sense, he is an ascetic. But that’s where the results come from. Why did Igor Larionov play for so long? He took good care of his health. If there are no injuries, which can happen like an accident, Nikita can play for a long time.
— Up to 45 years old?
– Well, I’m not sure. But he is now 30 years old. Nikita will probably be active and at the top until he is 38 years old. He’s the kind of person by nature who isn’t going to hang around somewhere at the bottom of the rankings with poor results. He always wants to be first. And if you succeed, you rarely go on the ice – so why such hockey? It’s better to leave,” Kurdin told .
Kucherov was recognized as the third star of the day. After the game against Toronto, he led the league’s scoring race.
Source : MatchTV
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