The head coach “Tampa Bay Lightning » John Cooper said he received a message from the four-time Stanley Cup winner Wayne Gretzky with enthusiastic comments aimed at the Russian striker Nikita Koucherov .
In a 6-4 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kucherov gave his 100th assist of the season assisting Brayden Point. The Russian became the fifth hockey player in history to reach this record during the regular season, and the first European to total 100 assists in an NHL championship.
— The first message I received when I looked at my phone after the game was from Gretzky. A nice gesture on his part. Only enthusiastic comments about Nikita Kucherov. “It was very cool,” Cooper told the NHL’s official website.
Kucherov leads the NHL’s list of top scorers; the 30-year-old striker has 144 points (44+100). His closest pursuer, Nathan MacKinnon of Colorado, has six points less and will have one more game this regular season.
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