Striker Kazan “Ak Bars” Danis Zaripov has long become a true legend of Russian hockey, the 41-year-old athlete earned this status through hard work, says the KHL president Alexei Morozov .
On Friday, Zaripov played the last game of his career, playing for Kazan in the Fonbet KHL Championship game against Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
– Congratulations to Danis for the end of a brilliant career that any hockey player would envy: five Gagarin Cups, three victories at the world championships, many individual awards. We have spent many years together as the same trio, deriving incredible pleasure from the game and the wins.
He has long been a true legend of Russian hockey and earned that status through his hard work, professional attitude and dedication to the game. I’m sure Kazan fans will miss him on the ice, but he does no doubts that whatever Danis does after the end of his playing career, he will certainly succeed, ”said Morozov, quoted by the press service of the KHL.
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