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Slovak hockey in the NHL is not experiencing a good period at all. Most teams have already completed fifteen duels, but so far we have only seen three Slovak goals. Tomáš Tatar shot one after the run and Martin Fehérváry took care of the other two, which I bring to the fans the most reasons for joy so far.
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He played the whole farm last season, not following the previous year, where he looked into the NHL for eight games. However, he fought persistently and his time came. He has been playing in the first defensive pair of the Washington Capitals since the beginning of the current year, and he also adds a superstructure in the form of points to the honest defensive. He scored two goals and one assist.
In particular, his last accurate hit in the weakening against the Pittsburgh Penguins was exceptional in several respects. Fehérváry is still taking a rookie in the NHL. The newcomer defender scored a weakening goal for Washington last in 1995! Overall, Capitals managed to score a weakening goal for the last time on February 17, 2015.
He behaved like a cold-blooded shooter at the goal. Tom Wilson handed him the puck and Fehérváry just fired. “Tom did a great job. I was wondering if I would pass, but I saw that I could score a goal, so I did. I’m happy, I hope he is, “ the native of Bratislava laughed at the press conference after the match.
Wilson took it with humor. “Honestly, he didn’t even look at me. He had been shooting since I passed him, but I liked it. He has a really good shot. He was one of our best players. He flew on the ice. Sometimes it looked like he was also playing the striker. He’s an amazing guy. “ bowed to a teammate from below the Tatras.
After the match, in addition to the goal, there was also talk of Sidney Crosby’s ugly intervention. The captain of Pittsburgh in the third period at 1: 4 caught the Slovak defender after the fight and threw him for the goal. This is not the first time Crosby has done such an unsportsmanlike intervention. Former hockey player Boris Valábik knows his stuff. In December 2008, in his Atlanta game against Pittsburgh, he was held by Kris Letang, while Crosby hit him from behind.
“It simply came to our notice then. Sidney and I were in the same conference, I played a lot of matches against him. I knew that if I did my job well, he would remain frustrated and not have as many points, which is the goal of every defender.
Martin did his job well, cruising him and not allowing him to send a dangerous shot at the goal, and that probably hindered Crosby. It was nothing dramatic. ” told about the situation ŠPORT.sk, according to which he did not receive more than a two-minute sentence.
“It simply came to our notice then. It was two minutes for me to hold, that’s all. ” However, the referees did not award them in the match either.
“It is quite clear that the stars will be forgiven more, especially if it is for newcomers. As in this case to Fehervary or then to me. It’s not uncommon in the NHL. “ revealed Valábik, who played 80 games in the NHL.
Martin Fehérváry himself did not make a difficult head of it. “I don’t even know what to say. I do not care about it. We’ll see in the next match. “
Crosby’s frustration and foul can thus be considered a kind of award for the Slovak defender. “Every such intervention is actually a compliment for the defender. In America, they say you have to play so that it’s not easy to play against you. Martin has now confirmed that it is not easy to play against him.
It’s how he easily skated him. We know that Martin has an extremely good job with the hockey stick he used in this fight. Then it’s understandable, at least for anyone who’s ever played, that frustration will ever come. ” he raised his compatriot Valábik.
Martin Fehérváry’s fighting spirit in the match against Pittsburgh.
Zdroj: SITA / AP
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The fact that the coaches send him to defend the opponent’s best players also speaks of Fehérváry’s quality performances and defense. “Huge praise for Martin that he showed up against Crosby. As the home team’s Washington, the home team had the advantage of a final substitution and the best or most reliable defensive pair is placed against the best players of the opponent. If he was on the ice at all when Crosby was, it means that the coach trusts him enough. This in itself is a huge compliment and it shows that he is playing well. “
And how does Boris Valábik remember his fights with Crosby? “I played a lot of matches against him. It usually ended with their fighter following me because Crosby was frustrated. ” However, they were not always just rivals, Valábik found himself in the 2011/12 season with a Canadian playing legend in one team, so they had the opportunity to talk about the aforementioned non-sporting intervention.
“Sidney was literally ashamed of the operation. I know he’s a good hard-working guy, if he doesn’t go his way, he may be frustrated. It’s not as problematic in America as it is in our country, it means he cares. ”
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