Russian President Vladimir Putin scored five goals in an exhibition hockey game with former NHL stars on Thursday.
In what has become an annual tradition given ample airtime on state TV Harrison Smith Jersey , Putin played on a ”Legends of Hockey” team alongside big names of the past such as Pavel Bure and Slava Fetisov.
The opposition was comprised of amateur players, plus a governor and a pro-Putin billionaire. Putin’s team won the mostly slow-paced game 12-7.
Five goals was on the low side by Putin’s standards – he scored eight in the 2015 game and seven last year. The 65-year-old Russian president took up hockey late in life after being a keen judo competitor in his youth.
Amateur-league hockey players set a ”wonderful example” for ordinary Russians Donovan Smith Jersey , Putin said, adding ”thanks to you Gerald McCoy Jersey , millions of people make a choice in favor of a healthy lifestyle.” Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif can finally put away the medical books for a while and spend all his free time studying up his playbook.
Duvernay-Tardif graduated from McGill University’s medical school on Tuesday.
The Chiefs picked Duvernay-Tardif in the sixth round of the 2014 draft, but despite playing at a smaller Canadian school Travis Kelce Jersey , he quickly earned a starting job. But he never gave up his pursuit of medicine, spending time each offseason doing school work and hospital rotations.
Duvernay-Tardif posted a photo of himself on social media after commencement wearing a lab coat with ”Dr. Duvernay-Tardif” across the back and his No. 76 in Chiefs colors. ”This is it!” he said. ”Today I become a doctor! It also marks the beginning of a great new adventure.”
Duvernay-Tardif plans to begin his medical career after his playing days are over. He signed a $41.25 million George Fant Jersey , five-year contract to remain with the Chiefs last offseason.
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