Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the owner of Magnitogorsk “Metallurgy” Viktor Rashnikov with the team’s victory in the Gagarin Cup final.
Metallurg beat Yaroslavl on Wednesday “Locomotive” (2:1) in the fourth game of the final series of the Fonbet KHL Championship playoffs and won the Gagarin Cup. The series ended with a score of 4-0 in favor of Magnitogorsk.
— Viktor Filippovich, I congratulate you on the victory at Magnitogorsk. Yesterday I wanted to call you, but you were so busy that there was no way to contact you, we were celebrating the victory of the team, ”Putin said at the plenary session of the congress of the Russian Union industrialists and entrepreneurs.
Metallurg became three times winner of the Gagarin Cup. Previously, the Magnitogorsk club won in the 2013/14 and 2015/16 seasons. In terms of the number of Gagarin Cups, Metallurg is equal to Ak Bars (2009, 2010, 2018) and CSKA (2019, 2022, 2023).
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