A Rolex watch for your favorite number: Kovalchuk thanked the Fist

the Russian forward of “Montreal Canadiens” Ilya Kovalchuk has done precious gift to his teammate Brett Knuckle. The canadian defender received a Rolex engraved. Thus the Russians decided to thank the teammate for the 17-th number, which is the Fist lost Kovalchuk.

the gift of the Russian hockey announced the North American journalist John Liu in his Twitter. The loonie took a 77-room, explaining that love for the number 7.

Recall that the “Montreal Canadiens” has signed a bilateral contract with Kovalchuk on 3 January for a period of one year. Informed him prematurely terminated the agreement other club NHL “Los Angeles kings”.

At the time, Ilya Kovalchuk has decided to play under 17-m number for Valery Kharlamov. Rather, because of his father, who was an avid fan of the legendary Soviet hockey player. Kharlamov played under 17-m number in CSKA and USSR national team.