Slovak hockey player Richard Panik will finish the season in the Russian KHL. The thirty-three-year-old attacker agreed on a contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, the club informed about it on its website.
Pánik played for Slovan Bratislava this season, he collected 13 points (6+7) in 18 games. He spent ten seasons in the NHL, he played for the NY Islanders, Detroit, Washington, Arizona, Chicago, Toronto and Tampa Bay. In total, he collected 195 points (88+107) in 521 games of the NHL regular season. In the playoffs, he added 20 games with a record of 1+4.