Kovalchuk will not help the Russian national team at the World Hockey Championship

Forward of the St. Petersburg Club SKA and the Russian national hockey team Ilya Kovalchuk, due to the injury of the knee, will not be able to help the national team at the World Cup, which starts on May 9 in Minsk.

On Monday, Kovalchuk was included in the expanded list of players who, on April 6 in Novogorsk near Moscow, will begin preparations for the planet’s championship. However, later Captain SKA made a special statement.

"On Sunday, I had a conversation with the general manager of the national team Andrei Safronov, and today I talked with the head coach Oleg Zscark. I was forced to report that the doctors insisted on operations on the knee injured during the season. Most likely, the operation will take place already in Munich already on the coming on the coming on Friday, after which the rehabilitation period waits for me. Unfortunately, in The current situation is only possible for the national team at the World Cup in Minsk, ”Kovalchuk quoted Sport -Express as saying.

Recall that Ilya Kovalchuk is a two -time world champion (2008, 2009) as part of the Russian national team.