13:24 So was Sharangovich a womanizer?
- So in Raubichi, did hockey players secretly bring girls over, over the fence?
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
I'll honestly tell you, that I never brought anyone. Up until I turned 18 hockey was my only interest.
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- Did you hear about such stories, though?
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
Well, there isn't a physical fence in place. At least, we didn't have one when I was there.
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- But you see what I'm getting at. Were there times when girls would come over?
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
Yeah, the guys would bring girls. We were so young, though, that the pass time was mostly going on a walk around Raubichi. It wasn't something that wasn't allowed or was discouraged. Whenever we had free time the guys could go on a walk with a girl around Raubichi, along the lake, there was nothing to it.
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- So you said that you only played hockey until you were 18, based on a couple of articles you became a ladies man after you turned 18. Or were those all lies?
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
Yeah, those are lies. I even had the boys giving me a tough time about those articles. I didn't even have a girlfriend until I turned 18. As always, tabloids inflate everything.
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- It was just interesting that those stories came out after you were already married to Dasha. I guess they found it funny saying you were a womanizer. From my understanding, you fully dedicated yourself to hockey, but some of the boys decided to rub it in by calling you a womanizer.
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
Yeah, there are jokers everywhere.
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15:23 Meeting my wife, first date
- Okay, let's talk about Dasha then. Your young, beautiful wife. She is the giving us an insight into your life on social networks. I have a feeling that if not for her, we'd only see you during games, or on your team's social networks. How did you meet? Was there a story about a workout and going to the movies?
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
Yes. It started during covid. When I was in the AHL, they stopped the season, at first we waited over there, for about a week. At the time I lived in an apartment, and we weren't even allowed to leave the apartment. Eventually, the league allowed everyone to return home. I flew home, it was probably around March, or the beginning of April. I flew in, and had a bunch of time on my hands, so instead of just spending it all at home I asked a friend to write to Dasha, and see if we could both have a training session with her.
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- For those that don't know, Dasha was working as a fitness trainer at the time.
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
Yes, she was working as a trainer. My friend wrote to her. He asked about training with her, and brining a friend, me. She agreed. I was attracted to her, but at first I was just training.
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- So you were honestly putting in the work into the training? Doing everything she said.
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
Yes, like a responsible athlete. I'd just train, and do everything she told me. At some point, either I messaged her, or she messaged me, asking me how I felt after the training. I told her I was extremely tired, that my legs hurt. I went to a couple more workouts, they were obviously paid. After which, she offered me to take her to the movies instead of paying for the workout. After the first movie we went out, and stayed together from that point.
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- Started working together for free, from that point on.
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
Exactly.
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- Do you remember which movie it was?
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
I honestly don't.
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- So you weren't exactly watching the movie?
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
No, I'm a very shy guy. Hitting on a girl, in person, one you really like… I'm just very shy.
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- I guess you're just a modest guy. You don't fit the stereotype of a classical hockey player: A person that always looks sure of himself, cocky even, at least at first glance. There are very many guys that are just like you though, pretty reserved, shy, and modest. That said, I wouldn't have guessed you were shy from just watching you play on the ice.
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
Hockey is completely different. You have to be a different person when you're on the ice. In life, I can just be myself, though. You have to be aggressive on the ice, show all your emotions, in life outside of hockey, you don't. At home, and with people I'm close with, I'm different too. Especially with my wife.
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- I have to ask, different how? Are you more calm?
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Originally Posted by Sharangovich
Yeah, I'm not that shy, I can joke around etc.
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