Author: extragalactic

Nikita Kucherov, unheralded superstar part 4: Quebec, Syracuse, Tampa

By extragalactic | May 12th 2020 | 7 min read |

In early 2018, Igor Rabiner of Sport-Express wrote a fantastic piece about Nikita Kucherov’s life story—from the very, very beginning. We’ll be ...

Nikita Kucherov, unheralded superstar part 3: All about the work ethic (and a bit of luck)

By extragalactic | May 10th 2020 | 13 min read |

In early 2018, Igor Rabiner of Sport-Express wrote a fantastic piece about Nikita Kucherov’s life story—from the very, very beginning. We’ll be ...

Nikita Kucherov, unheralded superstar part 2: Financial adversity, Silver Sharks and White Bears

By extragalactic | May 10th 2020 | 14 min read |

In early 2018, Igor Rabiner of Sport-Express wrote a fantastic piece about Nikita Kucherov’s life story—from the very, very beginning. We’ll be ...

Nikita Kucherov, unheralded superstar part 1: The car, the parting, and the (very) beginning

By extragalactic | Apr 30th 2020 | 7 min read |

In early 2018, Igor Rabiner of Sport-Express wrote a fantastic piece about Nikita Kucherov’s life story—from the very, very beginning. We’ll be ...

Raw Charge Secret Santa 2018: Highlighting Igor Nikonov

By extragalactic | Aug 2nd 2018 | 4 min read |

When the postseason, the NHL Draft, and the development camp are all over, what do you do as a hockey blog? Well, we here decided to do a Secret Santa...

Andrei Vasilevskiy: “As you might have noticed, the Lightning won the Stanley Cup with a Russian goalie”

By extragalactic | Apr 23rd 2018 | 8 min read |

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was interviewed by Igor Rabiner of Sport-Express during the 2018 All-Star Weekend about his career b...

Raw Charge’s Russian translator: The Olympics OAR win perpetuates a structure that is ruining the KHL

By extragalactic | Mar 4th 2018 | 5 min read |

I’m a Russian hockey fan, and here’s an unpopular opinion that has received quite a few sweet words of criticism from some of my fellow Russians: ...

Translation: Sergachev on his role on the ice, “Everyone loves scoring, but I’m a defender first and foremost”

By extragalactic | Jan 29th 2018 | 8 min read |

Tampa Bay Lightning defender Mikhail Sergachev was recently interviewed by Dmitry Groshev of Sport-Express about the role of fellow Russian players wi...

Translation: Sergachev on adjusting to the NHL, “I like playing for Tampa; we're winning, and playing is fun”

By extragalactic | Dec 26th 2017 | 2 min read |

Tampa Bay Lightning defender Mikhail Sergachev was recently interviewed by the NHL about his rookie season, adjusting to the tempo of the NHL, and the...

Translation: Kucherov on the Lightning’s hot start, “We have a good team, and the Russian guys are good”

By extragalactic | Dec 24th 2017 | 2 min read |

Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov was recently interviewed by the NHL about his personal success with linemates Steven Stamkos and Vladislav...