GREENBURGH, N.Y. — The two players had just trudged off the ice together after practicing, and sat down a few stalls apart in the dressing room.
When he settled in, forward Pavel Buchnevich, asked if he felt more comfortable in his second autumn in New York, nodded and gestured toward Alexei Bereglazov, saying: “We have another Russian here.”
Bereglazov, a defenseman who played four seasons in the KHL but at 23 is just a year older than Buchnevich, looked over and said: “My son . . . do you want some milk?”, a remark that elicited laughter from everyone nearby, including Buchnevich.