Athletistic / Hockey. Two-time Olympic hockey champion Alexander Kozhevnikov commented on the action of Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. The 35-year-old Russian showed the Russian flag during the parade in honor of the team that won the Stanley Cup.
“Bobrovsky is a great guy! The fans there support him if he raises the Russian flag after a victory. There is no wonder here! A citizen of the country he considers himself to be is like that! he shows himself Bobrovsky is a Russian citizen.
We’ve been saying for a long time that the NHL doesn’t have the shit we have in Europe right now. They don’t have Russophobia. Maybe the US government has it – the walking robot, of course, has it (an allusion to US President Joe Baden. – Note Athletistic). But ordinary people are normal people, they have relationships,” Kozhevnikov was quoted as saying by Match TV.
Sergei Bobrovsky entered the Florida championship parade wrapped in the Russian flag. In the last 2024 Stanley Cup series, Florida defeated the Edmonton Oilers in seven games. It is noteworthy that in the decisive match of the season the Panthers won with a score of 2:1 and Sergei Bobrovsky was recognized as the best player of the match.
Bobrovsky helped Florida win its first Stanley Cup. The Russian has played for the Panthers since 2019. He received two Vezina Trophies (award for the best goaltender of the NHL season) as a member of the Columbus Blue Jackets (2013, 2017). Note that this year, he was also nominated for the Vezina, but this time, the prize was awarded to the American goaltender of the Winnipeg Jets, Connor Hellebuyck.
Source: Sport
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