Hockey expert Leonid Weisfeld on he named the Ak Bars striker Vadim Shipachev the personification of the ideal playmaker.
On March 12, the Olympic champion and world champion of the Russian national team turned 37 years old.
— Shipachev is the best Russian playmaker of his generation. His actions in organizing attacks are sometimes simply astonishing. He always finds a follow-up to the attack.
Timing is very important when overtaking. Don’t just give a pass to a partner, but give a pass when you need to. It’s a gift that few people possess. And Shipachev is the personification of the ideal playmaker,” Weisfeld said on .
Shipachev is a two-time winner of the Gagarin Cup (2015, 2017). In September 2023, Shipachev set a record for goals in the regular championships of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), surpassing the feat of Sergei Mozyakin. In total, during his career in the KHL, Shipachev scored 920 (289+631) points in 987 games.
Source : MatchTV
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