Why we're seeing more -- and better -- Russian goalies in the NHL than ever before
#Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. One of the first things Evgeni Nabokov did after retiring from the NHL in 2015 was to fly back to Moscow so he could visit friends and watch hockey with them. I had no idea who they were," said Nabokov, whose 353 career victories are the most by a Russian goalie in NHL history. There had been only three Russian goalies in NHL history prior to Bryzgalov, Khabibulin and Nabokov. Hurricanes goalie coach Paul Schonfelder has been impressed by how practically every Russian goalie in the NHL has those attributes in great supply....
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Evgeni Nabokov, Vladislav Tretiak, [Igor] Shesterkin
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