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 | Egor Sokolov about the first and only puck in the NHL: when he fully realized, he received exciting emotions. After the game I called my parents: mom and brother cry with happiness, dad laughs11-08-2025 |
Egor Sokolov shared his memories of the only puck in the NHL. Forward scored behind Ottawa in a match with Tampa (7:4) in April 2023, amazing the gates of Brian Elliotta.
In total, the player who went to Torpedo this year spent 13 matches in the League - all for Senators.
- worried that in the first season in the NHL (2021/22-athletes) there were no glasses or goals?
- no. The most important thing for me was that I played. Of course, I wanted to score the first goal, but I realized that I was only 21 years old and still ahead. Every minute that I spent in the location of Ottawa was perceived as an opportunity for development. I tried to feel what the NHL is.
- next year you finally managed to distinguish.
- at first I did not even believe. The first feeling when I saw that the puck crossed the gate line was surprise. And only then, when he fully realized, he received exciting emotions. After the game, I called my parents: mom and brother cry with happiness, dad laughs and smiles. Of course, I received many pleasant messages from friends and relatives. Such moments are remembered for a long time.
You still need to thank Ottawa: the club, when a significant event in his career takes place in the player’s life, makes a memorable gift - a photograph of the player after the match and with the team and the puck in a special frame.
- You very coldly figured out that goals.
- I will not lie, at that moment I changed my decision ten times on how to realize that way out. On shootouts, I never let the puck into the house of the goalkeeper, but take a throw. I had a moment that I was able to realize, but how I did it, no longer matters. At that moment, I was afraid to throw it because I thought that the goalkeeper could read me in my eyes, so I tried what I was doing not on an ongoing basis, and it turned out beautifully, ”said Sokolov.