By Bernd Bruckler, Risto Pakarinen
The Kontinentalnaya Hokkeynaya Liga (KHL), based in 2008, has speedy demonstrated itself because the moment top league on the earth, at the back of merely the nationwide Hockey League.
Bernd Brückler spent seasons enjoying for Torpedo Nizhny Novogorod, and a season with Sibir Novosibirsk in Siberia. In his memoir, he tells us what it's prefer to be an import participant in Russia, and the demanding situations he confronted with the language, the tradition, and the game.
He tells tales approximately existence on the "baza", a coaching base, and the way they'd need to spend titanic elements of the season clear of their households. (Unless they sneak out). His driving force was once additionally his blood brother and a bodyguard. There's the commute, with hours upon hours on planes which are frequently antiquated, and there are the teammates, the medical professionals, the capsules, the educational camps, the saunas, and the money, oh, the money.
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