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...
everybody fans knows montreal stepped time
Everybody knows how the fans in Montreal reacted every time I stepped on the ice,
coming pittsburgh player time took wasting
I won't come back. That's all I can say to you right now ... It took me a while to get back to the player I was in Pittsburgh ... I just don't want to be wasting my time coming back.
beat boost definitely energy extra fans gives next support time
The way the fans support me here is unbelievable. It gives you an extra boost and, I don't think I really need the confidence, but definitely gives you extra energy to come out the next time and beat the next team.
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.
cost energy ran
We just ran out of energy. When you take so many penalties, it's going to cost you eventually.
score somebody
Sometimes, when you can't score it yourself, you have to get somebody else to score for you.
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.
closed eyes
That was an accident. I didn't know where to go so I closed my eyes and made a move.
christmas expecting maybe phone
I wasn't expecting a Christmas card, but maybe a phone call.
team win
You (have to) find a way to win and that is why this team is good,
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.
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.
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.