Alexei Kovalev
Alexei 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...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth24 February 1973
eighth fighting fights-and-fighting game knew spot
We're fighting for the eighth spot in the playoffs, we knew how important this game was.
jam pass power tried
They used their power to try to get it to the crease and jam it. We tried to use the pass and our speed.
changed control faced game guys hopefully played road seen teams tough turn
We faced a lot of tough teams on this road trip. But we changed a lot of things before this game and played better defensively. We had better control of the puck. It's like we started from scratch. I've seen the changes, I think we can turn this thing around. We've got most of our guys back (from injury). Hopefully this was the start.
beginning change close drop four games happen losing might rules starting struggled teams three tight winning
There are still a lot of games to play. It's only half-a-season. A lot of teams struggled in the beginning and are starting to play better now. With these new rules and everything, the standings change every day. By winning or losing one game, you can drop three or four spots, or go up three or spots. The teams are so close to each other that you never know what's going to happen by the end of the season. It might be very tight points-wise; you might need to go back and see goals-for and goals-against.