MOSCOW, Jan 15 Minnesota's Russian striker Kirill Kaprizov said that I am glad to get to my first career All-Star Game of the National Hockey League (NHL). Earlier, Kaprizov (Central Division), along with Washington forward Alexander Ovechkin and Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevsky, was among the participants in the All-Star Game. In this case, Ovechkin will be the captain of the team of the Capital Division. The event will be held February 4-6 in Las Vegas (USA).»I think it will be fun. All the star players will come together. As they say in English, it should be «fun». I'm sure everyone will have a good time. For this will be my first NHL All-Star Game, I'm very happy to get to it. I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Will I show some of my special tricks? I don't know, we'll see,» Kaprizov was quoted by the NHL website. missed the regular season game against Washington (3-2, on shootouts — in favor of the Wild) on January 8. «Of course, I wanted to play (against the Capitals), but, unfortunately, my health did not allow me to do it «, — said the forward. — It's good that the guys won. It was an important victory for our team. We really wanted to play. Not only against Ovechkin, but also against the other (Russian) guys. They also have Samsonov in their squad, with which we played all our lives together in the junior and youth teams of Russia and always lived in the same room. Luce Dima Orlov, who, like me, is also from Novokuznetsk. In the summer we always train together.»
