Father went through the whole war and plowed a locksmith, and mother was burning porches! Why did the parents of the Great Maltsev were against hockey

“Sasha, stop doing this already.” “I was lucky – I have a sports family, I was given hockey at 9 years old, and I immediately fell in love with this business. And could be in football or basketball. And then, honestly, I don’t even know what I would do now. In general, it doesn’t happen that a person is simply born and raised by himself-no matter who, but by someone definite-a hockey player or, for example, a surgeon. All this is achieved by great difficulty, ”said Alexander Ovechkin. The support of loved ones is very important. Even for such talented geniuses as the captain of Washington. Who knows how the fate of Ovi in sports would have if the father had not disappeared with him on the sports ground for days? In addition, from childhood, Alexander was an example of a professional athlete: his mother was an outstanding basketball player and played for the national team. Therefore, the great eight on the clan was written to become a legend. It’s more difficult when loved ones do not share your hobbies. This situation was the legend of the Moscow Dynamo Alexander Maltsev. The future two -time Olympic champion was born in a village called Cetkovtsy. She was in the Kirov region. This settlement was so removed from large centers that they never even heard about hockey with a puck. Therefore, Maltsev learned about this sport only after their family moved to Kirovo-Chepetsk. And immediately plunged into him with his head. “I began to get into the skates myself, somewhere from 5-6 years. We had a good courtyard, we ourselves poured ice, cleaned ourselves. They drove this puck until 10 or Paul 11 pm. You will make lessons, and back there, ”the forward said.VideoEven extreme frost was not an obstacle for the legend of the Moscow Dynamo. Maltsev loved hockey so much that he completely did not pay attention to external factors. Fatigue after school? Was a lot of homework? There is such a blizzard outside that you can’t stick your nose? All this for a young athlete did not matter absolutely any matter. “Frost -40 on the street. We don’t even go to school. Prohibited school classes. He calls me: “We’ll ride?” We ride. We come to the box, put on skates, gloves, clubs, play one on one in the zone. The cold is. Ears are like plasticine. We rub them with caps with caps. The puck sometimes split into 2-3 parts, ”said Alexander Vyglezhanin, a childhood friend Maltsev. And everything would be fine, but Alexander still had one very serious obstacle to hockey classes. Namely – parents. People who were supposed to serve him support and support did not at all share the boy’s love for this sport. Nikolai Mikhailovich Maltsev during the Great Patriotic War reached Berlin. After returning from the front, the father of the future champion plowed a fit of the sixth category. The family had seven children – four girls and three boys. Therefore, the head of the leather family was going, so that no one was starving and there was always something to eat at home. Mother Maltseva, Anastasia Stepanovna, also worked. She washed the floors in the entrance. It is not surprising that in such a situation, Alexander’s parents were not at all up to the hobby of his son. They were preoccupied with survival and every day did everything possible to close the basic needs of their children. And hockey did not fit too much about their plans. “We were against it. I have always been against it. We have not seen this hockey. We arrived from rural areas. They didn’t even imagine how the skates look. I said: “Sasha, stop doing this.” He replied: “No, I will ride.” And all. He said that he wanted to be like Ragulin and Firsov. He was not involved in us anywhere, he did not go anywhere. Neither for dancing, nor discos. He was only a hockey stadium. The only place where he was, ”said Maltseva's mother.VideoFortunately, Alexander did not listen to anyone and decisively went to his goal – to become a great hockey player. And he did it. Maltsev grew into the legend of not only the Moscow Dynamo, but the entire Soviet hockey. Also more stories about Alexander Maltsev: