Farewell match organizers Danisa Zaripova Washington Capitals forward’s jersey sold at auction Alexandra Ovechkina for 2.1 million rubles.
The farewell match for Zaripov, 42, takes place on Wednesday at the Tatneft Arena in Kazan. The match is broadcast live these minutes by the Match Strana TV channel and the sportbox.ru website.
Zaripov is a five-time Gagarin Cup winner with Ak Bars and three-time world champion Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
During the last KHL championship, Zaripov played 15 games for Ak Bars. In total, the hockey player has 1301 games in the KHL and the Super League. In the regular season and KHL playoffs, Zaripov scored 685 (292+393) points in 817 games.
Source : MatchTV

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