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Tretiak told why Shesterkin became the owner of the Vezina Trophy

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4 years ago

June 22, 2022

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Tretiak told why Shesterkin became the owner of the Vezina Trophy

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President of the Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak shared his opinion on why the Russian goalkeeper of the New York Rangers Igor Shesterkin won the Vezina Trophy award (the best goalkeeper of the NHL regular season).

– I would like to congratulate Shesterkin on a great event in his life. Igor holds the mark of Russian goalkeeping art. Our fellows. (Tampa goaltender Andrey) Vasilevsky won the best player in the playoffs last year, and previously won the Vezina.

It is very difficult to win the Vezina Trophy, but it is even more difficult to receive an award for the second time. Therefore, the stability of Shesterkin and success in the next season. And congratulations!

A lot of work was done by Shesterkin, he showed a good result. Igor deserved his game. I want to say that the New York Rangers made their way so high, the merit of Shesterkin. Played very consistently throughout the season. Both clubs and goalkeeping coaches are involved in this success.

The FHR holds special goalkeeping courses every year – we have been paying great attention to goalkeepers for 15 years. We had a dominance of foreign goalkeepers, but we had to grow our own. As a result, today we have 10 people playing in the NHL. There has never been so much. We even overtook the Finnish goalkeeper guard,” Tretyak said to the “Championship”.

In the regular NHL season 2021/22, Shesterkin took part in 53 meetings, in which he averaged 93.5% of shots, passing 2.07 goals per game, and defended to zero in six matches. “New York Rangers” with Shesterkin reached the finals of the Eastern Conference of the Stanley Cup. The 26-year-old goaltender has made 20 playoff appearances and saved 92.9% of his shots. The average rate of goals conceded per game is 2.59.

Source: Sportbox

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Junior World Hockey Championship. The first participant in the fight for survival has been announced

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5 hours ago

December 30, 2025

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Junior World Hockey Championship. The first participant in the fight for survival has been announced

The matches on the fourth day of the U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship have started.

In a brutal match, Switzerland beat Germany 4-0, sending their opponents into a survival game that will pit the Germans against the last team in Group B.

Germany finished without points and advanced to the knockout stages along with Switzerland, Sweden, the USA and Slovakia, although their final group positions will be determined by subsequent matches.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A

Switzerland – Germany 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)

Discs: 11:42 Korbler (Meyer, Blessing) – 1:0, 13:10 Reber (Mudjli, Steiner) – 2:0, 21:08 Korbler – 3:0, 26:10 Johnson (Sansonnes, Mottard) – 4:0

Goalkeepers: Kirsch – Neisse

Source: Sport UA

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OFFICIALLY. The club suspended participation in the Ukrainian Championship

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16 hours ago

December 30, 2025

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OFFICIALLY. The club suspended participation in the Ukrainian Championship

Storm hockey club announced its decision to suspend participation in the Ukrainian Championship. The Odessa team had not come to the Krizhinka match before.

At the same time, Storm denied that the issue was related to financial problems and expressed distrust of the Ukrainian Hockey Federation.

Statement from HC Storm

“Due to systematic violation of the principles of equality and justice in competitions, Shtor hockey club expressed its distrust in the leadership of the Ukrainian Hockey Federation and decided to suspend its participation in the Ukrainian Championship.”

There was already a situation this season when Krizhinka suspended its participation in the championship due to referee problems.

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NHL. Buffalo surprises, wins from Florida, Edmonton and San Jose

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19 hours ago

December 30, 2025

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NHL. Buffalo surprises, wins from Florida, Edmonton and San Jose

At the end of game day of the NHL regular season, Carolina defeated the New York Rangers to become the sole leader in the East and sit two points ahead of Detroit with 7 wins in 10 games.

Among other results, we also note Buffalo’s improbable 9 straight wins. Blades, St. It defeated St. Louis and snapped such a long winning streak for the first time since 2018. There are only two points in the top 3 of the league.

Florida won an important victory. The champions were stronger than Washington and were slowly rising to the top of the Atlantic Division.

In the West, Edmonton handed Winnipeg its sixth straight loss, and Oilers goaltender Calvin Picard made 41 saves. Connor McDavid extended his point streak to 13 games.

In the California derby, San Jose beat Anaheim 5:4 and forward McClean Celebrini scored three points to extend their streak of points to eight matches.

Regular season in NHL

Ottawa – columbus 1:4

Florida -Washington 5:3

Caroline – New York Rangers 3:2 in overtime