Prospects News & Rumors: Luoto, Amirov & Villeneuve Greg Boysen | September 27, 2020 As the 2020-21 season amps up in Europe, another National Hockey League prospect is loaned overseas to get some valuable playing time. Also, one of the top Russian prospects of…
Top 5 Underrated Russians in 2020 NHL Draft Victor Nuño | September 26, 2020 The 2020 NHL Entry Draft is shaping up to be one of the best in history with so many high-end players available into the middle of Round 1. Every year,…
Prospects News & Rumors: Kostin, Rasmussen, Lavoie & More Eddy Jones | September 24, 2020 The St. Louis Blues loan one of their top prospects to the KHL in Russia, the Detroit Red Wings loan a former ninth overall pick to Austria, and Edmonton Oilers…
Prospects News & Rumors: NHL Loans, Sobolev, Berdin & More Eddy Jones | September 16, 2020 The New Jersey Devils & Washington Capitals loaned a pair of Swedish prospects to HockeyAllsvenskan. A Winnipeg Jets goaltending prospect has his KHL rights traded and the Windsor Spitfires signed…
Prospects News & Rumors: Vejdemo, Rykov, Bedard & Wiesblatt Greg Boysen | September 15, 2020 Two “Original Six” prospects starting the season in Europe made the news. One revealed some interesting facts during an interview while the other playing solid defense for a Russian powerhouse.…
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Remembered Margann Laurissa | September 7, 2020 *Originally written in September 2012* On September 6, 2012, there was cause for celebration in Yaroslavl, Russia. For the first time in nearly a calendar year, the city’s hometown hockey…
Vityaz Podolsk Wins the Moscow City Mayor’s Cup Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | August 30, 2020 After three consecutive wins, two of which were obtained in overtime, Vityaz Podolsk has won the Moscow City Mayor’s Cup. Vityaz played the last game of the Cup against Dinamo…
4 KHL Teams Compete for Moscow City Mayor’s Cup Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | August 28, 2020 Three KHL teams from Moscow and one from Podolsk, the Russian capital’s satellite town, started their “own” pre-season tournament yesterday. The Moscow City Mayor’s Cup has been sponsored by the…
Spartak Moscow Cancels Camp Due to Pandemic Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | July 25, 2020 Six players and one administrator of the Spartak Moscow hockey club showed positive test results for COVID-19 on July 12, just before the opening of training camp. The team reported…
Russia’s New Coach Valeriy Bragin Targets Olympic Gold Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | July 4, 2020 Team Russia has a new coach now – Valeriy Bragin, 64. He is the coach who led the Russian youth national teams to a lot of international success, including gold medals…
Sabres Lose Blueliner as Lawrence Pilut Signs in the KHL Alex Busch | June 10, 2020 Another young, developing prospect is leaving the Buffalo Sabres organization. Lawrence Pilut has officially signed a two-year contract with Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. For all intents and…
KHL Reduced Salary Cap Forces Teams to Learn Modesty Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | June 4, 2020 The Kontinental Hockey League, also known as the KHL, has obliged its clubs to work within the salary cap of RUR 900 million (USD $13 million) per season. This is too…