Three times world champion Danis Zaripov is a legend of the Mechel hockey club, not of Metallurg Magnitogorsk, the double world champion jokes Yevgeny Kuznetsov .
The farewell match between 42-year-old Zaripov between the Greens and the Whites took place in Kazan on Wednesday and ended with the victory of hockey players in white jerseys – 12:9. Zaripov played one period for each team and scored a hat-trick.
– Were you touched by Danis Zaripov’s ceremony? It all happened very emotionally.
— Yes, it is a memorable and pleasant day. Thanks for the invitation! I really feel like I’m happy, but I’m not either. Because Danis has finished one life, hockey, and now he’s moving on to another – to adulthood. May God grant him health, all the best, and may everything work out in life.
– Zaripov is a legend of Kazan and Magnitogorsk …
– Well, what are you, what is Magnitogorsk? Ours, Chelyabinsk! Legend Mechel! – the correspondent of “” transmits the words of Kuznetsov.
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 points (292 goals + 393 assists) in 817 games.
The match was broadcast live on the Match Strana TV channel and on the sportbox.ru website.
Source : MatchTV
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