The Polar Bears hockey players explained why they are not afraid of pucks flying at them

Not a single professional hockey player is immune from a puck hitting his body. And these meetings are often quite painful, because in men’s hockey “projectiles” sometimes fly at speeds above 100 kilometers per hour. For women, the indicators are, of course, more modest, but even here bruises and abrasions cannot be avoided. What makes girls go on the ice without fear was told by Polar Bears players Vasilisa Gudymenko and Karina Zolotareva, who became guests of the “In the Morning” stream show.

Vasilisa plays as a forward. As the girl admitted, on the ice she thinks first of all about the team and does everything to help them win, so taking pucks on herself is part of this job. In turn, Karina, who is the goalkeeper of the Bears, noted that she simply tries not to think about it.

“If you walk through the gate and think about it, then it’s scary. But if you are passionate about this business, if you like to catch pucks, you like to outplay forwards, just as forwards like to outplay goalies, then you don’t think about fear. You’re thinking about how to outwit your opponent,” said Karina Zolotareva.

The girl added that the most unpleasant thing for her is when the puck flies into the mask, but you can quickly get used to it.

Young athletes often have to fight the desire to leave professional sports, because combining training, games and school studies is not always easy. As the hockey players noted, in such cases the best motivator for continuing training is the path already traveled.