
MOSCOW, Aug 22 Nizhny Novgorod hockey club «Torpedo» in the official Telegram- The channel reported that he had signed a full-fledged contract with the Japanese striker Yu Sato. Since June, Sato has been on a viewing contract. The agreement with the 20-year-old striker is for one season. Sato will become the first Japanese hockey player in the history of the Continental Hockey League. Earlier in Russia, the Japanese Shoma Izumi (Crystal) and Araya Jo (HC MVD) played at the level of the Youth Hockey League. forward Alexei Kruchinin.

