Andrey SenchenkoSport correspondentAll materialsEmail to the authorGoalkeeper Alexander Georgiev for the first time after leaving the Rangers camp arrived at Madison Square Garden and gave a real concert. His joy knew no bounds. Alexander Georgiev spent five seasons with the New York Rangers. However, the Russian goalkeeper failed to truly become his own at Madison Square Garden. All these years, he was considered nothing more than a reservist: Alexander was not lucky that it was not he, but Igor Shesterkin, who became the heir to the legendary Henrik Lundqvist. Along with this, the bronze medalist of the 2019 World Cup had to listen to nasty things for every taste — Rangers fans did not stand on ceremony with criticism of Georgiev. This summer, the club and the goalkeeper came to a logical decision. Georgiev was traded to the new Stanley Cup champions Colorado Avalanche for 3rd and 5th round picks in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft and 3rd round picks in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. With Avalanches, the Russian signed up for three years with a cap-hit of $3.4 million. And then Alexander did not hide the joy of the transition. «I knew about the exchange and hoped to get into a good team. The transition to Avalanche — I could not dream of more. This is an unreal team. Here I got the chance that I have always been waiting for,» Georgiev spoke.
Colorado Avalanche goalie Alexander GeorgievToday, Alexander has an additional reason for joy. The 26-year-old goalkeeper not only brought Colorado a fourth victory of the new season, but did it beautifully, taking revenge on the thousands of fans who filled Madison Square Garden. In a total of 65 minutes of playing time, including overtime, Georgiev saved 44 shots out of 46 and demonstrated several striking saves. So, for example, the Russian did not allow Aleksi Lafrenier to distinguish himself, whom Vincent Trochek actually led to a rendezvous with the goalkeeper. In the same way, he disappointed Chris Kreider: the American was already celebrating a goal after he closed the cross from Adam Fox, but Georgiev incredibly did not let the puck go into the net. The Blueshirts managed to “flash” the Russian only after such combinations, in which it is far from a fact that Andrey Vasilevsky himself would have helped out. Alexander was also dragged into a shootout: only Artemy Panarin, whose The streak ended today. Georgiev coped with all the other shootouts, and his emotions after the decisive save in the duel with Lafrenier spoke volumes. It is no coincidence that Alexander called today's triumph «quite memorable» for himself. =»mozallowfullscreen» allowfullscreen=»allowFullScreen» frameborder=»0″>«Good to see Georgiev in New York today. Now you understand what Joe Sakic saw in him when he made this exchange. Georgiev made at least five super saves,» reporter Will Petersen tweeted.
