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three-time world champion and five-time winner of the Gagarin Cup Danis Zaripov has extended his contract with Kazan “AK Bars”.

according to the official website of the club, a contract with the record number of victories in the Gagarin Cup will last until the end of next season. 39-year-old Zaripov in the current season has played for the Kazan club 52 matches in which he scored 27 points. He has 13 goals and 14 assists.

because of the coronavirus pandemic season was not completed, and Zaripov lost his chance for the sixth time in his career to lift over a head the Cup.

Zaripov – the only one in the NHL hockey player who won this trophy 5 times – thrice in the composition of the Kazan club and twice playing for Magnitogorsk “metallurg”. Only in the NHL he spent 735 matches in which he scored 647 points (281 washer and 366 assists).