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

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 bringing it to you in parts this week because it’s a very long article. Here is the second part of the translation, where Kucherov’s mother Svetlana and first coach Gennady Kurdin talk about Nikita’s early years and tell a lovely tale about gratitude.

If you use this material, please credit Igor Rabiner of Sport-Express and Natalia (@exxtragalactic) of Raw Charge.

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