Moscow “Spartacus” announced the return of the striker to the team Ilya Kovalchuk during the second period of the regular KHL championship match with the capital “Dynamo” .
On Sunday, the chairman of the board of directors of Spartak, Alexander Yakushev, told that Kovalchuk, 40, will play for the “red and whites” on December 24 against Kunlun. The forward last played in the KHL at the end of April 2021, when he won the Gagarin Cup with the Avangard. Since then, he has not played for two and a half seasons as an active hockey player, but as a coach he traveled with the Russian national team to the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, where the The money was won.
During a commercial break in Cuba, they showed Kovalchuk walking around the Spartak locker room, shaking hands with all the players. In the video, Kovalchuk held a Spartak sweater with the number 71. At the end of the video, the arena announcer said, “Welcome home.” However, Spartak has still not announced the official signing of the contract.
Source : MatchTV
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