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Congratulations to our client Roman Dyukov on signing 1 year contract with Calgary Flames Organization

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Djukov - our new man in the American Hockey League. Very zdorovskoe event for the 20-year-old boy who, by the way, in his time did not get to the NHL Entry Draft. Roman played in the system of Minsk "Youth" for many, many years. But last season changed all that radically.

Firstly, Djukov won everything that could be won from the "Youth" in Belarus.

Secondly, he attracted the attention of the coaching staff of the national team and was among the regular participants of the Camp's main team of the country. The peak of the season was an invitation to the World Championship in Russia. In general, the Belarusian performance at the tournament turned out a failure, but the young defender has proved to be a good side and managed to interest overseas clubs. Right during the World Cup in touch with representatives Dyukov out "Calgary".

- It was a surprise - says Roman. - First that there is interest from NHL teams started a conversation Todd Woodcroft - Scout "Calgary", which the tournament was one of the assistants on the staff of Dave Lewis. Events began to develop rapidly, and a couple of days later, I learned that I want to talk to the general manager of "Flames". It was hard to believe that all this happened to me, and it seems that the positive emotions only gave me strength and confidence in the game. However, the full realization of what happened has not come so far - even after training at the camp, and the signing of the contract.

Of course, the contract Belarusians Canadian club has not offered at once, but only offered to participate in the July Camp beginners. From this chance Djukov refused.

Roman Djukov: "I always wanted to play overseas. So now the priority of North America "

Camp in Calgary started at the beginning of July and lasted a little less than a week. We train young players at the Olympic base. According to Roman, the conditions were excellent for training, but the training themselves were "killing".

- It was the most difficult tests in my life. Yes, there were standard exercises - pulling on statics. But some very surprising. A lot of attention in the United States is given to how the player supports the balance of the body. But the most difficult - the bike. It was necessary to work at a maximum two minutes, pounding heartbeat somewhere under the heavens. All the boys, and I among them, climbed down from the bike and fell to the floor, as knocked down - instant depletion. Then he looked in the mirror, and I by reloading the entire face pale, dark circles under the eyes. Horror!

Every day in the Calgary hockey players trained twice a day in time - room plus ice.

- Training on the ice is also very intense. Because of the small amount involved did almost breaks - drank some water for 15 seconds and drove on. Completed Camp dvuhstoronkoy. My team won 6: 1 - I have "4", even though nothing had scored.