The head coach “Spartak » Alexey Jamnov in an interview with he stated that Ilya Kovalchuk He has built a very good athletic career and will definitely realize his potential in the future, and it is possible that this will happen in a Moscow club.
Kovalchuk signed a contract with Spartak in December 2023. The Olympic champion returned to the ice after a two-year break. As part of the “red and white” Kovalchuk played 25 matches in the regular season and KHL playoffs, scored four goals and gave four assists.
— Ilya Kovalchuk said he had already played 99 percent of his last hockey game. Could history repeat itself when he was your manager? You worked well in tandem at the Beijing Olympics.
– Yes, everything is possible. I have no doubt that everything will turn out well for Ilya in the future. I believe Kovalchuk has built a very good athletic career. He played at every level, won Olympic gold, won two world championships, three Gagarin Cups and appeared in the Stanley Cup Final. He will definitely find a job in the future. Maybe it will even be at Spartak. But until now we haven’t talked much about this topic. But we have a management that will tell Kovalchuk about it, I think,” Zhamnov told .
Spartak in the first round of the Gagarin Cup defeated Severstal Cherepovets (4-1), then lost to Metallurg Magnitogorsk (2-4).
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