Hockey
The Russian NHL champion powerfully reminded himself. Heading for the best season of his career!
Mikhail Sergachev / Photo: © Rebecca Villagracia / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Mikhail has three goals and eight assists in eight matches.
Mikhail Sergachev’s move from Tampa to Utah is not an attempt at a restart, but rather a new chapter in an already solid career. At Lightning he had everything: the Stanley Cup, enormous playing time, the trust of the coaches. In Utah, the still young Russian turned into a system-forming hockey player, around whom the game of the entire team is built.
Even despite the defeat from Toronto (3:5), Sergachev was again effective – he scored the third goal of the season. In his last eight matches he has 3+8, and is on his way to the best season of his career.
From six games without a point to one of the best defensemen in the league
The beginning of the championship turned out to be difficult: in the first six matches, Sergachev did not have a single point, although he played 25 minutes per meeting. Against Boston, the Russian spent 25:07, made two shots, blocked three shots and finished the game with a utility rating of “+3.”
But everything changed after the match with Colorado. Mikhail broke the dry streak, scored 1+2, became the second star of the match and seemed to have caught the right rhythm. From that moment on, the Russian consistently brought points and showed form at the level of top NHL defensemen.
Today Sergachev is one of the key players of Mammoth. He averages 24 minutes and 51 seconds per game, ranking among the top 10 players in the NHL in playing time. In some meetings, for example, against Winnipeg and Edmonton, it exceeded the 26 minute mark.
He has 14 matches, three goals, eight assists, “+1” and a huge gap in ice time with his closest defensive partner, Nate Schmidt (24:51 versus 20:46). Sergachev is the main pillar and coordinator of all plays, especially in the majority.
“Russian goal” in Toronto and Simashev’s first point
In the match against Toronto, Mikhail scored his third goal of the season, and Dmitry Simashev’s assist brought the young defenseman his first point in the NHL. In the 27th minute, Simashev intercepted the puck in the opponent’s zone and passed it to Sergachev under the blue line. He threw low and the puck slipped between the pads of Anthony Stolarz. It turned out to be a real “Russian goal” from a couple of Utah defenders.
Sergachev himself speaks warmly of his partner. Here are his words after the match with Colorado (4:3).
– He is ahead of me in development. It took me three years to play like this, and seven matches for him. He is incredibly good in defense, he does everything right. Today he played an amazing match – this will only add to his confidence,” the club’s press service quotes Sergachev.
These words convey both respect and awareness of one’s new role. Mikhail is not just a key player, but also a mentor for the younger generation.
While Utah continues to build its game, Sergachev is already showing the stability and level that has long been expected from him. He confidently leads the team, consistently scores points and is on the ice almost always. If the trend continues, this season will be the best in Mikhail’s career – not only in terms of statistics, but also in terms of the importance of his role in the team.
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A leaders’ match took place as part of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship – the current champion Kremenchuk hosted Sokol as part of the festive meeting at Christmas.
The match ended with Kremenchuk scoring 4:1, and the match was abandoned twice due to air raids.
At the same time, the home team lost 0:1, but they scored two goals on the power play in the second period and eventually hit an empty net. Vitaly Lyalka scored a double goal.
While Sokol finishes 2025 as the leader, Kremenchuk is one point behind and has a game in hand.
Ukrainian Hockey Championship
Kremenchuk – Sokol 4:1 (0:1, 2:0, 2:0)
Discs: 02:48 Mazur (Timchenko, Cherdak) – 0:1, 27:09 Lyalka (Matusevich, Krivoshapkin – large) – 1:1, 28:40 Andryushchenko (Krivenko – large) – 2:1, 59:03 Lyalka – 3:1, 59:10 Poperzhay (Gevorgyan) – 4:1
Goalkeepers: Zakharchenko – Petrov (Makarenko)
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The Ukrainian hockey championship match took place between Storm and Odeshchina. The meeting ended with a score of 8:3 in Storm’s favor.
It should also be said that the team, which had major problems in its squad and regularly played with 12-13 hockey players, received important reinforcements from Dnepr. Five new artists appeared in the application of Odessa residents and brought immediate results.
Newcomers Laktionov, Chupryna and Deliy scored two points each.
The teams have 17 points and share 3-4 places.
Ukrainian Hockey Championship
Storm – Odeshchina 8:3 (2:0, 3:2, 3:1)
Discs: 11:28 Chuprina (Laktionov, Stotsky) – 1:0, 15:10 Mosyuk (Trushchenko, Poimanov) – 2:0, 24:06 Ponomarev (Ratushny) – 3:0, 24:40 Khanin – 3:1, 25:12 Dvornik (Bechtold) – 3:2, 31:58 Ruzhitsky (Laktionov) – 4:2, 34:05 Laktionov (Deliy, Chuprina) – 5:2, 42:19 Deliy (Derkach, Chuprina) – 6:2, 44:22 Reyuka (Poimanov, Ratushny) – 7:2, 52:30 Tailor (Kutsevich) – 8:2, 57:40 Hear -8:3
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Traditionally, one of the most interesting hockey tournaments of the year begins – the U-20 World Junior Championship in the elite league. The tournament will take place in the USA from December 26 to January 5.
The American team will defend the title it won in Canada a year ago. However, Maple will try to heal herself after the failure.
The teams are divided into two groups of 5 teams, the top 4 will advance to the play-offs and the last two will compete for survival among the elite.
Group A: USA, Sweden, Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany
Group B: Finland, Czech Republic, Canada, Latvia, Denmark
Calendar
Group A
26 December
Sweden – Slovakia. Starts at 20:00
27 December
Germany – USA. Starts at 01:00
Slovakia – Germany. Starts at 21:00
28 December
USA – Switzerland. Starts at 01:00
Sweden – Switzerland. Starts at 21:00
29 December
Germany – Sweden. Starts at 20:00
30 December
Slovakia – USA. Starts at 01:00
Switzerland – Germany. Starts at 21:00
31 December
Switzerland – Slovakia. Starts at 20:00
January 1
USA – Sweden. Starts at 01:00
Group B
26 December
Denmark – Finland. Starts at 22:30
27 December
Czech Republic – Canada. Starts at 03:30
Latvia – Canada. Starts at 23:30
28 December
Denmark – Czech Republic. Starts at 03:30
Finland – Latvia. Starts at 23:30
29 December
Finland – Czech Republic. Starts at 22:30
30 December
Canada – Denmark. Starts at 03:30
Latvia – Denmark. Starts at 23:30
31 December
Czech Republic – Latvia. Starts at 22:30
January 1
Canada – Finland. Starts at 03:30
Source: Sport UA
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