Before Ilya Kovalchuk who returned to “Spartacus” it will be difficult to go on the ice after two years of absence from training, the 2008 world champion told Maxime Sushinski .
On Wednesday, Kovalchuk officially signed a contract with Spartak until the end of the season. He will wear number 71.
“We don’t know all the ins and outs of why he’s coming in.” » Perhaps to end his career at Spartak and attract even more fans to the stands. But the man didn’t play for two years. So it will be very difficult. Yes, he has been training, but there is still no match training – it is very difficult. Such cases I remember only from Fetisov, when he returned for a match.
Of course, we wish Ilya good luck. I don’t think he set out to make money. He simply wanted to help the club that raised him. “I decided to pay tribute,” Sushinsky told .
As a member of the Russian national team, Kovalchuk became the 2018 Olympic champion and bronze medalist at the 2002 Games. He also has two victories at the world championships.
Spartak leads the KHL Western Conference standings with 54 points.
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