Detroit – Just about every hockey fan or player has memories of Sergei Fedorov, but Alexey Marchenko has a different perspective.
Fedorov was general manager of the CSKA Moscow team from 2011-13 when Marchenko was on the Kontinental Hockey League team.
Marchenko, 23, remembers Fedorov – who was to be honored later Tuesday in a ceremony at Joe Louis Arena for his weekend induction into the Hall of Fame – as a fine boss.
"Really good, for sure," Marchenko said. "He was a special player. He talked to you all the time (as a GM), he could tell you all about the small things, what to do on the ice, because he saw everything in hockey.