Dynamo Minsk striker Vadim Shipachev is a legend of Russian hockey, he is still capable of deciding the outcome of matches on his own, said the president of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in an interview with . Alexey Morozov .
During this season, 37-year-old Shipachev became the top scorer in the history of the KHL (933 points) and set a league record for the number of matches (1012).
— What do you think of Vadim Shipachev’s records?
“He still shows that he can decide the outcome of matches alone. Vadim is great, congratulations to him. He played brilliantly and efficiently throughout his career. Quite recently, they thought that Sergei Mozyakin’s record was unattainable, but Vadim has already broken it. Let Shipachev continue to raise the bar so that it will be harder for the next generation to surpass him.
— Will it really be possible to play 1,500 matches and score 1,000 points?
– I don’t know. We have to see how he prepares, what plans he has.
— A legend of Russian hockey?
– Certainly. And Mozyakin and Danis Zaripov are also legends – many records, Mozyakin is the best sniper in our hockey, Zaripov is the only one who won five Gagarin Cups. I am sure that in the future we will also have hockey players who will spend their careers in the KHL. Now that Ilya Kablukov has signed a contract with Avangard, there is little left for him to reach the mark of 1,000 games in the KHL,” Morozov told .
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