Chairman of the Board of Directors of SKA Alexander Medvedev told that the St. Petersburg club would consider hosting the farewell match of the Olympic hockey champion Ilya Kovalchuk .
Kovalchuk became a two-time winner of the Gagarin Cup as part of SKA. In December, the 40-year-old striker signed a contract with Spartak Moscow until the end of the 2023/24 season.
— Kovalchuk won two Gagarin Cups with SKA. Is there a chance he will play a farewell match in St. Petersburg?
– Why not? The fact that he moved to Spartak? Ilya came out of there and started there.
— Is SKA ready to defeat Kovalchuk?
“I haven’t thought about it yet, but let’s think about it.” “What if he plays like Jaromir Jagr for a long time,” Medvedev told .
Kovalchuk in Russia also played for Ak Bars Kazan, Khimik near Moscow and Avangard Omsk. As a member of the Russian national team, the hockey player became the 2018 Olympic champion, two-time world champion and bronze medalist at the 2002 Games.
Source : MatchTV
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