Hockey player “Traktor”: North Americans told all sorts of stories about Russia – Gazeta.Ru
02 October 2021, 21:36
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The striker of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Teemu Pulkkinen, speaking of the Kontinental Hockey League, said that while playing overseas, the North Americans told him that “not everything is so smooth in Russia.” The words of the Finnish hockey player are conveyed “Championship”…
“When playing overseas, North Americans told all sorts of stories about Russia. Well, you know, you can listen to all sorts of podcasts where players tell that things are not so smooth here. But when I came here, I saw only good things. The food is great, the hotels are gorgeous, everything is top notch, I can’t say anything bad. Maybe all these stories are true, but nothing bad has ever happened to me in Russia, ”said the hockey player.
Pulkkinen has been playing in the KHL since 2018. During this time, he also managed to play for Minsk and Moscow Dynamo and Lokomotiv.
In the NHL, the forward played for Detroit, Minnesota and Arizona.
Previously reportedthat the American TV channel ESPN + will broadcast more than 130 KHL matches in the USA this season.