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...
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.
coming confidence nice
You can't let down. The confidence is coming back and that's nice to see.
score somebody
Sometimes, when you can't score it yourself, you have to get somebody else to score for you.
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.
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.
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.
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.
team win
You (have to) find a way to win and that is why this team is good,
easier
We've got to find a way to make it easier on ourselves,
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.