Eugene Malkin invested in Pittsburgh Knights

This information appeared on the official website of the eSports club. The details of the financial side of the contract were not disclosed.

Malkin has repeatedly talked about being a fan of computer games and e-sports in particular. He likes to play CS: GO, and Evgeni Malkin’s favorite eSports tag is Natus Vincere.

At the end of 2018, the Pittsburgh Knights became partners with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and in July 2019 they began working with rapper Wiz Khalifa.

The range of achievements of Evgeni Malkin is quite extensive: he is a two-time world champion, three-time Stanley Cup winner in the Pittsburgh Penguins and Honored Master of Sports of Russia. Eugene also participated in three Olympic games.

Pittsburgh Knights Esports Club was founded in 2017 and at the moment it controls squads in such e-sports disciplines as PUBG, Paladins, PUBG Mobile, Apex Legends, SMITE, Madden NFL, Gwent and Super Smash Bros.