Former Russian national team coach Igor Zakharkin named former Detroit forward Pavel Datsyuk a unique hockey player.
On Tuesday, Datsyuk was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Toronto. It now includes 11 Russians – Anatoly Tarasov (introduced in 1974), Vladislav Tretyak (1989), Vyacheslav Fetisov (2001), Valery Kharlamov (2005), Igor Larionov (2008), Pavel Bure (2012), Sergei Fedorov (2015). Sergey Makarov (2016), Alexander Yakushev (2018), Sergey Zubov (2019), Datsyuk (2024).
– There is no reason to be surprised here, we can only rejoice. Pavel has an excellent reputation, outstanding achievements, there is probably no title in big hockey that he has not won. Let us congratulate him on this event.
You should admire such athletes. As for comparisons, everyone in the NHL Hall of Fame is a unique hockey player,” Zakharkin quotes RB Sport.
Datsyuk twice won the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings and the Gagarin Cup with the SKA. With the Russian national team, the striker won gold at the 2018 Olympics, bronze at the 2002 Games, gold at the 2012 World Championships, silver at the 2010 World Cup and two bronze medals at the World Championships (2005, 2016).
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