We present a summary of the main events in the world of hockey for April 3, 2024.
Kozyrev said that Severstal will keep its leaders for the next season
Severstal coach Andrei Kozyrev said that the Cherepovets club will keep its leaders for the next season. Last season’s top scorer Kirill Pilipenko and his linemate Danil Aimurzin extended their contracts with the club.
“Kirill Pilipenko and Danil Aimurzin, as we have said, are staying and will spend the next season here. They will delight fans with their performance. For the goalkeepers? Kostya Shostak has already fully recovered, Dima Shugaev is in the final stage of rehabilitation. Sasha Samoilov is ready to receive us. We started the season with three good goalkeepers,” Kozyrev is quoted by the KHL press service.
Sibir Mikheev forward is close to continuing his career at Dinamo Moscow
As the Championship has learned, Sibir forward Artyom Mikheev is close to moving to Dinamo Moscow. Alexey Kudashov’s team has great interest in the central striker, whose contract with the Novosibirsk club expires after April 30, 2024. Lokomotiv also showed interest in Mikheev.
In the 2023/2024 regular season, the 28-year-old Mikheev played 68 games, in which he scored 13 goals and provided six assists with a utility rating of -10.
The expanded composition of the Russian hockey team for the May tour was presented
The Russian Hockey Federation has determined the composition of the Russia 25 team. Players called up to the national team:
Goalkeepers: Nikita Serebryakov, Artemy Pleshkov, Sergei Ivanov (all SKA), Egor Zavragin (Ugra, BVS), Evgeny Volokhin (Mammoths Ugra, MHL).
Defenders: Egor Brutov, Nikolay Makarov (both CSKA), Ivan Vydrenkov, Artem Zemchenok, Nikita Kamalov, Arseny Koromyslov, Maxim Fedotov (all SKA), Danila Galenyuk (HC Sochi), Vladimir Grudinin, Nikita Sedov (both Severstal “), Mikhail Gulyaev ( “Avangard”), Artemy Knyazev, Nikita Lyamkin (both “Ak Bars”), Vladislav Semin (“Lada”).
Forward: Vitaly Abramov, Prokhor Poltapov, Maxim Sorkin (all CSKA), Ruslan Abrosimov, Danil Aimurzin, Egor Stepanov (all Severstal), Vasily Atanasov (Torpedo), Zakhar Bardakov, Dmitry Buchelnikov, Mikhail Vorobyov, Vasily Glotov, Arseny Gritsyuk, Valentin Zykov, Matvey Michkov, Nikolay Polyakov, Sergei Tolchinsky, Andrey Chivilev (all – SKA), Vladislav Barulin (“Amur”), Maxim Dzhioshvili, Dmitry Rashevsky (both – “Dynamo” M), Nikita Dynyak (“Ak Bars”), Arthur Tyanulin (HC Sochi).
The players who will undergo recovery have also been called up for the selection:
defenders Daniil Zhuravlev (Ak Bars), Bogdan Konyushkov (Torpedo), Daniil Pylenkov (Dynamo M), Alexander Nikishin (SKA), Semyon Chistyakov, Damir Sharipzyanov (both Avangard)
AND forward – Sergey Goncharuk (Torpedo), Nikita Korostelev (Severstal), Ilya Safonov (Ak Bars), Marat Khairullin (SKA).
The team’s head coach is Roman Rotenberg.
The team will play five games from May 2 to 11:
tournament in Kazakhstan:
May 2 – Russia – Kazakhstan (Astana);
May 4 – Russia – Belarus (Astana).
Tour of cities in Russia and Belarus:
May 6 – Russia – Belarus (Omsk);
May 9 – Russia – Belarus (Tula);
May 11 – Russia – Belarus (Minsk).
Lokomotiv renewed the contract with striker Artur Kayumov
Lokomotiv has extended the contract of forward Artur Kayumov for three years, the press service of the Kontinental Hockey League reports.
In the 2023/2024 regular season, the 26-year-old forward played 66 games, scoring 16 goals and giving 20 assists for a total of 36 points. In the current Gagarin Cup, Kayumov scored 10 (2+8) points.
In total, Kayumov played 410 games in the Continental Hockey League, in which he scored 187 (81+106) points with a utility rating of “+46”.
Dynamo spoke about negotiations with the goalkeeper of the St. Louis system
Dynamo sports director Alexey Sopin spoke about contract negotiations with the goalkeeper of the St. Louis Blues club system, former blue and white player Vadim Zherenko.
“We are communicating with Zherenko and his agents, but the problem is that he has a contract for one more year with St. Louis. I think it is very complicated that he is on loan for the last year of his contract. He’s a promising guy, I think they’ll bet on him in the NHL. “We are in contact, but we will see where this leads.”
Metallurg defeated Avtomobilist in the first match of the Gagarin Cup round of 16
The first match of the Gagarin Cup semi-final series between Metallurg and Avtomobilist ended in Magnitogorsk. The Magnitogorsk team won the close match 2:1 and took a 1-0 lead in the series.
For a long time the teams could not open the score in the match. Only in the 35th minute of the match, Metallurg striker Alexander Petunin made a pass from the right flank and crossed to the far post of the Avtomobilist goal. The puck bounced off Nikita Tryamkin’s skate and flew toward the goal. The goal assistant was recognized by Igor Geraskin. At the end of the match, Pavel Akolzin scored into an empty net. The automobilist hockey players did not give up and in the last minute scored a goal: Danil Romantsev scored.
NHL Insider: Philadelphia Already Negotiating Long-Term Contract With Fedotov
NHL expert Chris Johnston said that the Philadelphia management is already negotiating a new contract with goaltender Ivan Fedotov. The Russian debuted in the NHL in a game against the Islanders (2-3 overtime), in which he missed two goals and received praise from coach John Tortorella.
“Even before he played his first NHL game, his second contract was already in the works. And that’s because of the unique circumstances the goalie finds himself in. Since he is 27 years old, Fedotov will be eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, but I don’t expect that to happen.
It appears that significant progress has been made on an extension and they may not sign until the end of the season, but it is unlikely that they will delay it. “I think Fedotov and the Flyers want this to be a long-term deal, and I hope the contract is signed well before he becomes a free agent,” Johnston said according to TSN.
