MOSCOW, Oct. 9 Forward of the Nizhny Novgorod «Torpedo» Yu Sato became the first Japanese the player who scored the puck in the matches of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), the press service of the league reports. «Torpedo» on Sunday plays on its ice against Minsk «Dynamo». In the second period the score was a draw — 2:2. Sato (on the 29th minute) became the author of the second puck from Nizhny Novgorod. Japan became the 26th country whose representatives scored in the KHL matches. «Torpedo» signed a full contract with Sato for one season in August. Prior to that, he was in the Nizhny Novgorod team on review.
