Former Spartak goaltender and USSR champion Yuri Novikov believes a victory over Tampa in the NHL regular season game could be decisive for Philadelphia and its Russian goaltender Ivan Fedotova .
Philadelphia beat Tampa Bay 2-1 in a shootout on Thursday. Fedotov was recognized as the first star of the game, stopped 23 of 24 shots and won the first victory of his NHL career.
“We know how difficult the fate of Vanya Fedotov is. When some people said he would recover… I still put on the goalkeeper uniform, so I understand how easy it is for an outfield player to recover and how difficult it is for a goalkeeper to do so. I was happy to read that Vanya played a great game against Tampa. It’s a historic match against the leader in world hockey. He played heroically, beating a famous team. We are proud of Vanya and will always be with him.
He is a very good and talented goalkeeper. Being a goalie on the ice is relatively easy. Being a goalkeeper in life is much more difficult. And Vanya must prove that he is a goalkeeper in life. He must overcome the situation he finds himself in. This match is very useful to him. But that’s just the first step on his path to the top. This match could become a turning point in the fate of Fedotov and the entire Philadelphia team. A goalkeeper’s victory is worth a lot. “I am very worried about Vanya,” Novikov said, as quoted by RB Sport.
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