Striker “Sochi” Dmitry Zavgorodniy spoke about the dangerous situations he faced while playing for the Stockton Heat club of the American Hockey League (AHL).
Zavgorodniy defended the colors of the Stockton-based team in the 2020/21 and -2021/22 seasons.
“It’s really dangerous there. There are a lot of gangsters, African American bandits. We came to training, and after that we immediately went home and tried not to stick. If it is dark, it is better not to go out at all. When I got to Stockton they immediately put out a map, where half the town is marked in red and the other half in green. You can’t go to the red, to the south, it’s very dangerous there, even the police don’t come there. In general, the best impressions are not formed from the city. There are a lot of homeless people, garbage, there are teardowns in the streets.
One day a biker gang came and had a big convention. We then had a home game. After the game we were all locked in the locker room and told to sit here, in the street there was a fight and the shooting could start. We waited an hour after the game, then, under police surveillance, we were led to the cars. Everything seemed to work, only a few glasses were broken, they fought, but at least without gunshots or killings. Once a man climbed towards my teammates on the roof of the house. Probably to steal. They called the police and he immediately jumped up and ran away. All the guys on the team tried to rent houses and apartments in good neighborhoods and stayed home in their free time. If you want to do something, you can go to a nearby city – near San Francisco and Sacramento, – said Zavgorodniy in an interview with Sport24.
According to him, he never went to the “red” region.
– Probably, you can not leave things in the car in any place, they will immediately break the glass?
– Yes. There are many cars with broken windows, bullet holes, wheels removed. It’s like stepping into a bad area in GTA,” the player shared on his impressions.
Sochi signed a bilateral contract with 21-year-old Zavgorodny in June until April 30, 2024. He spent part of last season at the Sochi club: he played 10 regular season games and made 3 assists .
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