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Russian forward of “Carolina Hurricans” Andrey Svechnikov repeated the achievement of famous canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky. This was reported in the Twitter account of the press service of the National hockey League (NHL).

the 20-year-old Russian scored three goals in the match of the qualifying round of the Stanley Cup against “new York Rangers”. Among players under 20 years of Russian strikes against the opponents for the second meeting in the playoffs, while two or more times per game. Before Svechnikov appeared on the ice in the match of this stage in April 2019.

the Only player in League history by the hockey player, who managed to hold more effective meetings — Pierre Targon. Svechnikov was among the best, having caught up with Gretzky.

Svechnikov stands for “Carolina Hurricans” in 2018. The Russians were in North America still a Junior. The first team in his career striker was “of Muskegon Lumberjacks”.