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Evgeny Kuznetsov is a Russian hockey player, forward, who previously played for KHL and NHL clubs. This season he was a player at the Sibir hockey club from Novosibirsk.
Forward Evgeny Kuznetsov decided to suspend his sports career.
The contract between Siberia and Kuznetsov was terminated by agreement of the parties due to family circumstances.
MOSCOW, October 2 - RIA Novosti. The head coach of the Novosibirsk club of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) “Siberia” Yaroslav Lyuzenkov said that forward Evgeny Kuznetsov decided to suspend his sports career.
On Friday, Sibir terminated the contract with Kuznetsov by agreement of the parties. Later, the player's agent Shumi Babaev told RIA Novosti that the reason was family circumstances.
“He decided to suspend his sports career. I don’t know yet for how long. He needs to sort out his family,” Lyzenkov said at a press conference, the recording of which was published in the Siberia group on VKontakte.

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