The sixth player in the history of the KHL reached the mark of 1000 matches
The match against “Admiral” was for the defender Panin from “Salavat Yulaev” thousandth in the KHL. Panin is one of four players to play in all 19 KHL seasons
The captain and defender of Ufa “Salavat Yulaev” Grigory Panin took part in his 1000th match in the KHL, becoming only the sixth player to achieve this indicator. This was reported by the press service of the league.
On Monday, Salavat Yulaev holds an away match against Admiral in Vladivostok. In the previous 999 matches, the defender scored 45 goals and gave 141 assists.
Earlier, a thousand games in the KHL were held by Vadim Shipachev (1151), Ilya Kablukov (1047), Sergey Plotnikov (1025), Andrei Stas (1019) and Evgeny Biryukov (1001).
Panin is 40 years old, he also played in the KHL for Kazan Ak Bars (taken two Gagarin Cups) and CSKA. He is one of only four players to play in all 19 KHL seasons.
