The media reported on the possible appointment of Kovalchuk as president of HC Shanghai

Retired hockey player Ilya Kovalchuk will take up the position of president of the Chinese hockey club (HC) Shanghai Dragons. This was announced on April 17 by the "Championship".

According to the publication, Evgeny Artyukhin will become the general manager of the team. Igor Varitsky, who previously held this post, will leave his position.

Kovalchuk is 42 years old. His last professional club was Spartak Moscow, for which the striker played in the KHL from December 2023 to March 2024. In 2025, the athlete officially announced his retirement from playing.

Evgeny Artyukhin stopped performing after the 2021/2022 season. In 2024, he explained that he had ended his career due to injuries.

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Canadian coach Mitch Love was appointed head coach of Shanghai Dragons on January 18. It is specified that the contract with the 41-year-old specialist runs until the end of the 2026/27 season. Since the beginning of the 2023/24 season, Love has worked as a coach for the Washington Capitals.