Posts tagged with "Andrei Svechnikov"
Russian Rebuild: Colts Aim for Playoffs
September 14th, 2017 Last season marked the first time since 2010-11 that the Barrie Colts missed the Ontario Hockey League playoffs; both times the club finished in last place. In 2011, the Colts turned things around quickly, selecting Aaron Ekblad, who was only 15 years old at the time. The young defender had been granted exceptional status by Hockey...
Evgeny Svechnikov: Red Wings Next Russian Star
August 30th, 2017 Over the last 25 years, the Detroit Red Wings have had their fair share of skilled Russian hockey players. From Sergei Fedorov and the rest of the legendary "Russian Five" to Pavel Datsyuk, the Wings can attribute a lot of their last two decades of success to these polarizing foreign players. Now with Datsyuk gone, there's a new young...
Pike's Picks: 2018 NHL Draft Rankings - Preliminary Edition
August 15th, 2017 The annual Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament for under-18 players has come and gone, which officially kicks off the scouting season for the 2018 National Hockey League draft class. Based on the early buzz, the two standouts of the 2018 class are Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin and Russian forward Andrei Svechnikov, who's spent the last...
Dmitri Samorukov Fully Focused on NHL, Oilers
July 24th, 2017 A third-round pick for the Edmonton Oilers, Dmitri Samorukov had a good rookie season in the OHL with the Guelph Storm, and he completed his on-ice season skating for Team Russia at the U18 WJC in Slovakia. The Hockey Writers reached Samorukov and spoke with him in his native Russian while he was getting back home after the Oilers'...
2018 NHL Draft Rankings: July's Top 31
July 4th, 2017 With the 2017 NHL Draft now officially a thing of the past, we can begin to take an early look into the top 2018 NHL Draft prospects. While this year's edition was seen as a relatively weak draft, without any true superstar talents, next year is destined to be much different. Currently led by two exciting players in their respective...
CHL Import Draft Highlights
June 29th, 2017 The Canadian Hockey League had its annual Import Draft on Wednesday and welcomed a new could-be superstar into its league. Now, before we get to who was picked, let's have a refresher on the rules. Each team is allowed two imports on its roster. If a team already has one on the roster, that team can make one choice in the two-round...
