Just noticed that this was posted underneath the youtube video.
The Krasnaya Armiya defenseman coming from a dynasty of hockey players decided on hockey when he had his choice between boxing and playing hockey.
Artyom Barabosha was born into a sporting family: his grandfather and his uncle are hockey players, and his dad is a boxer. A native of Omsk, he practiced both sports, but set his heart upon hockey after his first children's tournament. Boxing became a hobby for the defenseman and he still practices it.
Barabosha has been a CSKA system player since 2015. He made his JHL debut with Krasnaya Armiya in the 2020/2021 season, and played for the team in the 2021/2022 Kharlamov Cup finals. Artyom appeared in 81 games, scored four goals and was credited with ten assists in the space of two years in the JHL. But points are not the primary reason for the player having Rinat Khasanov’s confidence. The tenacious D-man does not avoid doing the grunt work, he battles along boards with great spirit, and he was ranked first among the army team players in the 2021/2022 season in terms of the number of bodychecks (50). In the 2022 offseason, 18-year-old Artyom is training with the main team - the championship winning CSKA. In an interview with the JHL website, the young defenseman talked about the 2021/2022 season, the preparation for the upcoming season, the 2022 draft and his passion for playing the guitar.
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https://engmhl.khl.ru/news/1/1039493/
“I always knew that English is important in sports. I'm at an intermediate level”
– How did you manage to balance hockey with school? –
It was hard to balance practices with lessons. I missed school because of games, had to ask teachers to let me complete missed assignments. I was not an A student, B’s and C's were the most common grades of mine. I liked biology, studied it at home in addition to school classes, and I always knew that English is important in sports. I'm at an intermediate level and I need to improve my English.
– In July you were drafted by the New Jersey Devils. Did you follow the 2022 draft? –
Of course, my whole family were watching it. I wanted to see which Russian players would be picked – it was of great interest. I was very surprised and glad that I was drafted, even though I was a late-round pick. Team representatives called me right away and congratulated.
– Where you worried? –
Yes, but I knew that not being drafted did not mean the end of my career. You still need to keep working on yourself and developing. But when they called my name, I breathed a sigh of relief. My family, relatives and friends started congratulating me, it was very nice.
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The Article that is linked has some more questions but most of them are just "getting to know the player" type stuff. Two things from gleamed from the full article is that He says he's an emotional player and that one of the players he looks up to is Nikita Zadorov because of the hits and he stands up for his teamates.
Perhaps my Comparison choice earlier in the thread bares a little bit of weight. Also having a player that knows how to box would be fun to have during a scrap