Mikhail Sergachev likes to score. It is even more fun when his family is in the building. The Utah Hockey Club defenseman logged three points — one goal, two assists — in the team’s 5-1 win over the Calgary Flames Wednesday night at the Delta Center.
He now has five points in the last three games. Sergachev’s 18-month-old son, Theodore, watched his dad from the stands alongside the blueliner’s wife and parents as Utah snapped a four-game losing streak. “He saw me score tonight.
..He has come to every game here,” Sergachev said.
“He almost says it now in Russian, ‘hockey.’ He brings his stick and tries to play. It’s cool.
” Sergachev’s productive performance — which included a team-leading 22:46 of ice time — was part of Utah’s full-roster response after dropping Monday’s game against the San Jose Sharks in dramatic fashion. While the Hockey Club trailed 13-8 in shots on goal at the end of the first period, the team was producing quality chances, sustaining offensive-zone time and was pesty on the forecheck. Utah came out with much-needed bite and a higher battle level.
“We had focus, urgency, we were exactly where we should be mentally,” said head coach André Tourigny. “We were not frustrated or emotional, we were determined.” (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bear celebrates a Utah Hockey Club win of 6-1 over the Calgary Flames during an NHL hockey game at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Oct.
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