Magnitogorsk sports director “Metallurgy” Sergei Gomolyako reported that the team captain Yegor Yakovlev will miss the start of the Gagarin Cup final series with Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” .
The decisive Gagarin Cup series between Metallurg and Lokomotiv begins on April 18 in Magnitogorsk. Matches will take place on April 18, 20, 22, 24 and (if necessary) April 26, 28, 30.
— Yegor Yakovlev has an upper body injury. He will miss the first matches with Lokomotiv,” Gomolyako said on the official KHL website.
In this season’s KHL playoffs, 32-year-old Yakovlev played 19 matches and scored 4 (2+2) points with a utility indicator of “-3”.
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