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You know, we were at Drake Hotel in a nice, nice suite, just like in the movie or in a stories maybe you read.

And he goes, let's go now.

I was kind of not worried but I was I understood I understood I wanted to go but not now but eventually and I understood his sort of emotions but at the same time again I was worried about my parents I have no idea what to do by the way that trip

person you know officer from special forces you know what I'm talking about or travel with the team so I had to kind of figure out how I come around that issue because it was like 5 or 6 p.m.

and we're just about to have a dinner at Sabbath as a team so I had a dinner and then right away while he was eating I was gone already to see Jimmy Lights and I came back before curfew which is 11 p.m.

I believe

I mean every Russian that I ever played with you guys are so proud to be from Russia you know it's you want to play for your country like to make the decision to come over was it more you know I want to better my life but with money or just you knew about the NHL and it was where the best players in the world were because you guys had a great league over there as well we did but me and Alex were four years and in the sort of sports facility living outside of Moscow oh we know 11 months out of the year we were

training twice a day sometimes four times a day sometimes three times a day and um by the year number four we were three times soviet union champions we were two times world champions european champions uh alex in 1988 was olympic champion and we still in that uh sort of uh what is it called a support facility outside from moscow it's called baza i mean i'm in place where

the people who doesn't have sort of apartments or cars would stay.

It was two of us only.

And we asked last two years of our sort of journey with Red Army, can we get like apartments?

Can I get a car to my parents?

Nobody going to see it.

I want to let them have it.

I have money and I was ready to buy sort of if team would provide one.

Because I was still 18 or 19.

I didn't have a drive license or anything.

So they put in a pause.

They were kind enough and not to sort of give me harsh words.

You say, listen, we got older players.