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I came when I was 16 or 17.

They already were superstars.

I realized that later on, after I finished my career, everything comes from analyzing what happened to me.

Is it really true?

I was in North America playing, so I had to press button, watch YouTube and stuff.

It did happen.

It did happen.

So I can analyze all of this.

And I really truly believe up front of me for 11 months out of the year, four hours every day on the ice, I see those guys playing hockey, training hockey.

And nobody really explained a lot what you have to do.

Our generation had a chance to skate two hours in the morning, two hours in the evening.

And obviously watch the best players in the world that had already been superstars at 25, 26, like Laryonov, Makarov, Krutov, Fetisov, Kasatonov.

You know, they were on fire already.

How did the Red Army team find you when you were 15, 16?

Like, was it tournament?

Great question.

Great story, to be honest with you.

I would love to share it with you.

I was...

coming from my north city, just like I said in the speech, 1300 miles to play in the exhibition games in Minsk, Belorussia.