Sport predictions Keenan on replacing Kovalev in 5+ minutes: He tried to crawl onto the bench, but I demanded that he not be allowed. I wanted to teach Alexey to feel the rhythm of the game

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Mike Kinen told how Alexei Kovalev spent a shift with a length of more than five minutes. This happened in the NHL regular season match between the Rangers and Boston (3:6) on February 23, 1994.
The Club of New York won the Stanley Cup that season, and Kovalev scored 21 (9+12) points in 23 playoff matches.
Alexei was young, and I tried to teach him to feel the rhythm of the game. So that he is completely laid out for his shift-in 30-40 seconds. But he regularly missed the shift.
I explained to him: if you play 20 shifts in a minute - this is 20 minutes of playing time. If you play 40 shifts of 30 seconds - this is the same 20 minutes. Do you understand simple mathematics?
He did not really obey. And then in New York he again missed the shift, I said-well, stay. He thought, wow, how the coach loves me. But then, when he was already tired and only wanted to change, I forbade him. He said to continue to play. He told the guys on the bench so that they would not let him in.
He tried to crawl, but I demanded that he be not allowed. It was a good lesson. At the same time, in that match he abandoned the puck, "said former Rangers Mike Kinen.
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