Defender “Utah” Mikhail Sergachev said he invited his ex-partner to the “Match of the Year” Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Koucherov and was ready to give him team captain status, but the hockey player had other plans.
A charity meeting between the teams of Russian stars of the NHL and KHL will take place on July 20 at the CSKA Arena in Moscow. The game will start at 15:00 Moscow time. Tampa hockey players Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevsky will not participate in the event.
– Yes, I tried, it was very important for us. But they have slightly different plans. I began to convince them from our first telephone conversation. These are some of the biggest hockey stars. But I could not do anything. Of course, he did not offer money, but he was ready to offer all sorts of gifts. For example, the captaincy of Kucherov. But unfortunately, it did not work out. I hope it will work out next year, “the correspondent reports, reporting Sergachev’s words.
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