Former hockey player “Spartak” and the Russian national team Ilya Kovalchuk In an interview with , he said he had not yet thought about organizing his farewell match and added that he wanted to discuss this issue first with his mother, wife and children.
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 whites”, Kovalchuk played 25 games in the KHL regular season and playoffs, scored four goals and gave four assists. He turned 41 in April.
During the offseason, the forward became an unrestricted free agent. In May, Kovalchuk’s agent, Alexander Chernykh, told that his client had not yet announced his final retirement from hockey.
— Pavel Datsyuk said that he wants to hold his farewell game in Yekaterinburg. He will soon be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Will we ever see your farewell game?
— First of all, it’s very cool that Pasha was accepted into the Hall of Fame. It’s a million percent deserved. He’s a real leader, a champion. He’s won a lot in the NHL, KHL and on the international stage for the Russian national team. I’m very happy for him, I sincerely congratulate him.
As for his farewell match, everyone decides for himself. After all, a new arena will soon be built in Yekaterinburg. This is also one of the reasons – I think Pasha wants to spend his vacation in the new stadium. We will look forward to it.
My farewell match, I haven’t thought about it yet. I have said many times that it is a strange event for me. Because what you say goodbye to is not clear. After all, life goes on, and only with new colors everything is played out, other opportunities open up, and they are not only related to hockey.
“We’ll see… We’ll discuss it later, first with my family: with my mother, with my wife Nicole, with my children. What it will look like, where it will take place. I myself was born in Tver, then I grew up in Spartak, I played in St. Petersburg, then I played again in Moscow. We’ll have to think about how to do all this correctly,” Kovalchuk told .
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