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MOSCOW, Mar 30, Pavel Levkovich. Gennady Ushakov, Pittsburgh Ice Hockey Player's agent Evgenia Malkin, in an interview, called the striker's record for assists in the regular NHL championships among Russians a fantastic one. On Tuesday, in a match with the New York Rangers (2: 3), Malkin scored a successful pass, which became for the Pittsburgh forward 697- m in a quarry. It took Malkin 971 matches to reach this mark. The 35-year-old forward passed Sergey Fedorov (696 assists in 1248 games) and took a clear first place in the list of the best NHL assistants among Russian players. «In a word, this record is fantastic! Zhenya was born with talent from the very beginning. If only he had gone to another sport , he would be just as successful. I saw how he plays football, basketball and drives a car. In all this, he would also become a star. Those who did not really believe in Zhenya before the start of the season are not very versed in sports and hockey in particular. They just don't know Malkin. I had no doubt that everything would be fine and Zhenya would have a great season, I saw his recovery. For a whole month I was next to him and helped him, there was an injury to his right leg, and he could not drive a car, went with him to recovery. The main thing is that he has character,» Ushakov said. The agent also shared his opinion on whether a generation of hockey players can appear that will approach the performance of current players. «Young players are not mushrooms, they will not just grow up or no. Everything is more complicated, gifted players are not born every year or even every decade. With all the talent, the player must get into an environment that will allow him to open up: coaches, practice. In our country, young people are practically not put in the squad, they demand results from coaches in the first place. Zhenya was lucky at one time, he was entrusted with a place in the squad. Plus, he had players on the team from whom he learned a lot,» the source added.