Double world champion Sergei Zinoviev on the air of “”, he thanked his former partner of “Ak Bars” and the Russian national team Danisa Zaripova for organizing a hockey match in Kazan.
42-year-old Zaripov’s farewell match between the “green” and “white” teams took place in Kazan on Wednesday and ended with the victory of hockey players in white jerseys – 12: 9. Zaripov said played one period for each team and scored a hat-trick.
“He was young then. Such a handsome young man. But still today, he is a rather imposing handsome young man (laughs).
Bravo for organizing such an event. Invited a bunch of celebrities, people like that. May God continue to prosper, Zinoviev said on .
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.
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