Historic achievement: Dinamo Minsk player Shipachev breaks KHL record for points scored
On Tuesday, October 29, Dynamo Minsk played against Severstal Cherepovets as part of the KHL regular championship.
Unfortunately, the Belarusian team lost with a score of 2:5.
But there is also good news: Zubrs forward Vadim Shipachev broke the league record.
The outstanding Russian hockey player became the most productive player in the history of the KHL in terms of goals and assists.
The Russian now has 929 points, BELTA reports.
How Shipachev became a record holder
It happened in the middle of the first third of the match.
The Russian provided an assist to Vadim Moroz.
As a result, the number of points earned by Shipachev during his entire time playing in the Kontinental Hockey League reached 929.
The athlete single-handedly topped the list of the most productive players in the history of the KHL according to the goal+pass system.
Second place goes to Sergei Mozyakin, who retired from hockey several years ago. Mozyakin has 928 points (419 goals and 509 assists).
As for Shipachev, he currently has 291 goals and 638 assists.
It is worth emphasizing that this is not the first record set by the Russian in recent times. Recently, the 37-year-old forward became the record holder for the number of matches played in the KHL. At the moment, the figure is 1006.
