Alex Kovalev
Alex Kovalev
Alexei Vyacheslavovich "Alex" Kovalevis a Russian professional ice hockey right wing who is currently a free agent and is serving as sports director of Swiss second-division team EHC Visp...
came capitalize chances game good great kept knew played playing reason
We played such a great game there was no reason really to quit. We knew how good we were playing and how many chances we had. And we kept getting them every shift. We had to capitalize on one of them and that's what we did. We came out, we had a chance and we scored.
dive gave knew looked maybe patient time trying
I knew I was going to have time when he gave it to me. I was trying to be patient because it looked like he was going to dive for maybe a one-timer.
easier
We've got to find a way to make it easier on ourselves,
bring fancy hockey kid moving trying tv watch
We're trying to bring our hockey back to what you used to watch on TV as a young kid - moving the puck, making fancy plays.
focusing full hockey neutral playing score sixty start talk whatever
We're just competing. All we're focusing on now is start playing better hockey defensively, neutral zone. We always talk about whatever the score is we have to play a full sixty minutes, that's what's happening.
everybody fans knows montreal stepped time
Everybody knows how the fans in Montreal reacted every time I stepped on the ice,
beginning believe game guys lead season shown smart smarter surprise team
When we take a lead we should be a smart team, but we haven't shown that too often so far. But I know our guys are going to play a little smarter and they know how important every game is in the playoffs. I believe in this team and I said at the beginning of the season that this team is going to surprise a lot of people. So we'll see.
cost energy ran
We just ran out of energy. When you take so many penalties, it's going to cost you eventually.
definitely felt games guys penalties playing row sure
I don't know what the other guys felt but I'm sure they were tired. Playing two games in a row and killing penalties is definitely tough.
barely call chance good hurt means touched tried until wait watch whatever
I don't care. If they don't suspend him and they suspend me, that's being ridiculous. They didn't call him, that means they let them do whatever they want. Are we just going to watch and wait until we get hurt? I'm not going to let that go. I mean, he tried to hurt me. He had a good chance and he barely touched me, and I didn't let go my chance.
couple games played
But we've played 16 games now and every game is (close) like that, with a couple of exceptions. It's getting ridiculous.
bit montreal pittsburgh
Montreal showed a little more that they wanted me. That's why I think they got me here. If Pittsburgh showed a little bit more interest, it could have been different. You never know.
closed eyes
That was an accident. I didn't know where to go so I closed my eyes and made a move.
care focus point view whatever
My point of view is that I really don't care who they have in goal. That's their game. That's their changes. Whatever they do, I shouldn't focus on it at all.