Columbus player Marchenko said that Russia loves positional attacks, unlike the NHL
The Russian striker of the club of the National Hockey League (NHL) “Columbus Blue Jackets” Kirill Marchenko called the difference between American hockey and Russian. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
“In Russia they like positional attacks, to gain a foothold in their zone and play, but in America everyone runs back and forth and throws,” said the 22-year-old hockey player. Marchenko emphasized that it took him ten matches to change to the North American scheme.
Marchenko signed with Columbus in May 2022. He has nine points in 21 matches for the club.
In January 2021, the Russian defender of the Chicago Blackhawks NHL club Nikita Zadorov announced the impossibility of playing Soviet hockey. He drew attention to the fact that the modern teams of Canada, the USA and Sweden adopted a lot from the Soviet hockey system, but managed to create their own philosophy of the game.
Source: Lenta
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