IN “Torpedo” will be considered Nikolai Khabibulin as a goalkeeper in an official match, said the head coach of the Nizhny Novgorod team Igor Larionov .
On Wednesday, Torpedo announced the conclusion of a player contract until the end of the season with 50-year-old Olympic champion and Stanley Cup winner Khabibulin.
— Nikolai Alexandrovich is very important to our team as a goalkeeper coach and as a professional. He had an exceptional playing career.
When we said goodbye to Alexey Melnichuk, we needed a third goalie in the lineup.
I know his character, his dedication and his devotion to hockey. He has worked hard over the past three months to get back into shape. What we see is incredible. When the opportunity arises, we will definitely consider him as a goalkeeper in an official match. Because the season continues and the hottest period begins: the last matches of the regular season and the playoffs. And in the near future we will decide together when he will play,” Larinov said according to the Torpedo press service.
The goalkeeper played his last official match in the 2013/14 season, when he played for the Chicago team of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Khabibulin is a 1992 Olympic champion, a bronze medalist at the 2002 Games and a Stanley Cup winner in 2004. He holds the record for the most NHL games among Russian goaltenders (799).
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