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...
coming confidence nice
You can't let down. The confidence is coming back and that's nice to see.
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.
fans support
The way the fans support me here is unbelievable.
christmas expecting maybe phone
I wasn't expecting a Christmas card, but maybe a phone call.
beat easy effort great team
I know everybody's tired. We really put a great effort out there. It's not an easy team to beat and we'll take it in the shootout.
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.
land puck row three top trying
I'm trying to land the puck on top of the net. I once did it three times in a row in Pittsburgh.
finally opposed penalty puck saw
I could not see the puck once it went off the boards. When I finally saw it, he was on a breakaway and there was a penalty to be taken, as opposed to a penalty to a penalty that you don't take.
asked asking believe certain close giving guess montreal talks
They weren't close to what I was asking for. We had some talks and then we asked for certain things, and I guess they didn't believe what Montreal was giving us, and they didn't want to give us that much money.
good
All I know is that he's a pretty good skater,
hoping waiting
All the time, I was waiting I was hoping I'd be back in Montreal.
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.
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.
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.