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Ilya Valerevich Kovalchuk
Илья Ковальчук
Birth at
15 April 1983
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Russian hockey player. The first in the history of domestic hockey, was selected under the first number in the NHL draft in 2001. Plays at the club level under the number "17" in honor of the great Soviet hockey player Valery Kharlamov, in the Russian national team - under the number "71", since the number "17" is forever assigned to Kharlamov. Player of the Russian national team, world champion of 2008. Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2002).