Offensive Nail Yakupov and protector Anton Belov LEFT”Avant-garde “, according to the press service of the Omsk club.
Yakupov has been playing for Avangard since 2020, as part of the team he won the Gagarin Cup with. Earlier in the league, the striker played for Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, SKA Saint Petersburg and Amur Khabarovsk. In total, he has 138 points (70+68) in 253 KHL games.
World champion Belov returned to Avangard in 2022, having played for the club from 2008 to 2013. The hockey player also defended the colors of SKA, CSKA Moscow and Dynamo. Because of the 36-year-old defender 749 games in the KHL, 216 points (58+158).
Avangard in the 2022/23 season reached the Eastern Conference finals, where he lost to Ak Bars Kazan.
Source : MatchTV
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