A short interview ends with this four-word declaration from Calgary Flames forward Yegor Sharangovich: “I hate to lose.” Article content

This is, of course, a topic of conversation because Hockey Night in Canada ’s Kevin Bieksa suggested the exact opposite last weekend. Article content Article content

Not that Sharangovich, his mood presumably soured by seven straight losses and a pair of sit-outs as a healthy scratch, has been itching to address Bieksa’s criticism.

In fact, the 27-year-old claimed that he was not even aware of that nationally televised rip-job, which accompanied a clip of Sharangovich tapping the brakes rather than finishing a hit in the late stages of a lopsided loss to the Vegas Golden Knights and prompted a social-media debate about the gauge on his give-a-h

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