Finland's goaltender Harri Sateri (L) reacts after failing to save a goal by Russia's Danis Zaripov during their Channel One Cup ice hockey game in Moscow, Russia, December 19, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian forward Danis Zaripov, a three-time world champion who played at the 2010 Olympics, has been suspended for two years after failing a doping test last season in the Kontinental Hockey League, the KHL said on Tuesday.
A statement on KHL's website said the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) had suspended Zaripov until May 22, 2019, after one of his samples contained banned stimulants plus substances prohibited as diuretics and masking agents.
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