CSKA has signed a contract with former NHL player Rhett Gardner

Hockey club (HC) CSKA signed a contract with 29-year-old Canadian forward Rhett Gardner. This was announced on Tuesday, July 8, by the team's press service in the Telegram channel.

It is specified that the cooperation is designed for two years. Gardner played in 41 National Hockey League (NHL) games for the Dallas Stars and Philadelphia Flyers during his career. In addition, in the American Hockey League (AHL) in the 2024/25 season, he played for the Philadelphia farm club, Lehigh Valley.

According to Sport-Express, in 62 regular season matches, the hockey player scored 18 (5+13) points.

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Earlier, on July 1, CSKA signed a contract with Russian striker Egor Sokolov. It was clarified that the hockey player played for Traktor Chelyabinsk at the junior and youth levels.