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
changes direction game main personal responsibility roles sure team
I don't think it really changes anything from my game point. But it's a big responsibility, not only for my personal game and my personal results, it's what the team has to do to be successful. I get to play one of the main roles to make sure we're going in the direction we want to go.
choice excellent great leaders means players team
There are so many players on our team who are great leaders and would have been excellent choices. So this means a lot.
believe dream great people player responsibility
I think it's a dream of any player to be in this position, to have this kind of responsibility. It's a big responsibility, but at the same time, it's a great feeling, because a lot of people believe I can do it.
depends final year
That depends ... am I in the final year of my contract?
chasing games points slip spent time wound
We let a lot of games slip away. We spent a lot of time chasing points, and those points wound up costing us the playoffs.
advance chances lead
We had chances to advance the lead and get momentum.
admitted blown chances great puck referee tie tough whistle
The puck went in, and the referee admitted that he had blown the whistle before the puck went in and apologized. It was a really tough break. It would have been great to have the tie at that point, and take our chances in overtime.
drafted high knew nobody pressure
When I was drafted there wasn't so much high expectations of me. Nobody knew I'd go so high like that. With him it's different because there is a lot of pressure and a lot of expectations.
course frustrated help message personally wish
Of course I'm frustrated and wish I could help the team. I wish something would go right for me personally and my line. I know I have to play better and give some production. ... I know it's a message to me.
hard help playing team understand
I understand they're frustrated. We're frustrated, too. I'm not going to quit. I'm just going to keep playing hard and try to help my team win.
chance create defense finally kept net power puck scoring superstars
They have a lot of superstars and they can put the puck in the net and create a lot of scoring chances. But Nabokov and our defense kept holding, kept holding, and we finally got a chance on the power play.
create scoring
They didn't give us any opportunities to create any scoring chances.
carry confidence forever great hopefully wait
I can wait forever as long as we win. It's a great win, hopefully we'll get some confidence and it will carry over from here.
forever wait
I can wait forever as long as we win.