New police records and statements from public officials have shed additional light on the situation surrounding Colorado Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin. Seattle Fire Department spokesman David Cuerpo said that around 3:20 p.m., less than four hours before Game 3 of the series between the Kraken and the Avalanche, a 911 call about a woman in “distress” was placed from the Four Seasons Hotel where Colorado was staying. The 28-year-old woman, who Mile High Hockey will not be identifying, told authorities that she was from Russia and was born in Ukraine. The Denver Post and Seattle news outlets like MyNorthwest obtained a Seattle Police Department Report, and according to this incident report, the woman was intoxicated and said that “she should never have come to the United States and that some guy took her passport and that he was a bad person.
New details emerge about Valeri Nichushkin’s absence
