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Kovalev Knows His Game Needs To Improve, But…
by Paul on 12/08/09 at 10:45 AM ET
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from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,
“Elite players have to start playing their best,” Melnyk said, without naming names.
Kovalev, who hasn’t scored since Oct. 29 — a 14-game drought (he missed three games to be with family in Russia following the death of his mother-in-law) — was in Montreal for a press conference yesterday to promote his charity DVD for off-ice training and was asked about Melnyk’s tongue-lashing.
“If those words are going to me, I’ll accept it. Not in a bad way, but the right way,” said Kovalev, a former Canadien who faces his old teammates tonight. “I know I have to step up to play better, there’s no question about it.”
But hockey is not an “individual sport,” Kovalev pointed out.
“People who know hockey have to understand I wish this could be an individual sport where you can prepare yourself and know you’ll have a good game or a bad game like in tennis,” said Kovalev. “In hockey, one person can make a difference, but I’m a new guy on the team.”
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