Tampa Bay Forward Jake Guentzel praised his Russian teammate’s assist Nikita Koucherov in the NHL match against Colorado (5:2).
At the beginning of the first period, with the score 1:0 (Kucherov himself had already scored the goal), the Russian passed with the puck all over the ice behind his own goal for someone else’s , then without looking, he passed the ball to Güntzel, who was only able to complete the pass in the near corner.
– It was simply amazing. It’s as if he (Kucherov) had eyes in the back of his head. There was an open door in front of me. An incredible moment,” Gunzel told the league’s official website.
Kucherov finished the match with 3 (1+2) points, he gave the two assists to Gunzel. After the match, the Russian forward was recognized as the first star.
Kucherov has scored 17 (9+8) points in 10 matches this season and is among the top scorers in the championship. Tampa won the third consecutive game, scored 14 points and is third in the NHL Eastern Conference standings.
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