Alexei Yashin
Alexei Yashin
Alexei Valeryevich Yashinis a Russian former professional ice hockey centerman who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey Leaguefor the Ottawa Senators and New York Islanders, serving as captain of both teams. He also played nine seasons in the Russian Superleagueand Kontinental Hockey Leaguefor Dynamo Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and SKA St. Petersburg...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth5 November 1973
happened third tough
It's tough to say anything. Something happened in the third period.
beat canadian feeling great pride strong took tradition
It's a great feeling to beat a Canadian team. They're so strong and the tradition has always been great in Canadian hockey. To beat this team, we took a lot of pride in that.
honor
This is a very big honor for me,
biggest chance goal level minutes seems
It seems like the biggest goal for us is to be consistent. If I play all 60 minutes at the same level I think we have a better chance to be successful.
extra gets rules special team tough wins
It's a special experience. It's tough that the team that wins gets an extra point, but it's the new rules and we'll take it.
hit nicer
It's always much nicer when it doesn't hit the post.
bad came forward games good great last since step team
It's always been my team since I came here. We've had some good games and some bad games. We made a great step forward for this team that had been in last place. Now the expectations are higher.
came since team
It's always been my team since I came here.
last lead played
It's frustrating when you have a lead and you played so well in the first period. We just couldn't keep it up in the last two periods.
played unlucky
It was a disappointing season. I never played on such an unlucky team.
created entire great guys hopefully nice pulling seems takes
It takes time, but we created so many chances. Hopefully it will come. It seems like, not only between me and him, but the entire camp, it's been a great atmosphere. Guys are pulling for each other and working hard, really want to be together. It's nice to see that.
canada history huge russia win
This is a huge win for Russia because of the history with Canada. Now, we go forward.
eight last minutes played seven
The last seven to eight minutes we played in their zone.
neutral scoring zone
It didn't go well for us. We had so many turnovers in the neutral zone and we didn't really have a lot of scoring chances.