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French forward Stephane Da Costa moved to the “AK bars”, reported on the official website of the Kazan hockey club. The contract with the forward before the end of next season.

last season the forward played for Yaroslavl Lokomotiv in 64 games in the KHL scored 17 goals and made 23 assists.

“Yes Costa – striker with a lot of experience playing in the KHL in each of the clubs in Russia, he was a leader, a lot of scoring, gave. We hope that it will help strengthen our team, to add variability in game in the majority. Importantly, this right-handed forward who can play both in the center and on the flank,” – said the General Manager of “AK Bars” Rafik Yakubov.

Previously, Da Costa played in the NHL for the “Ottawa” (2010-2014). In the NHL in addition to the “Locomotive” he defended the colors of CSKA Moscow (2014-2017) and Yekaterinburg “Motorist”.