Month: September 2008

New York Rangers 2007 1st Round draft choice Alexei Cherepanov scored the game-winning goal today in the 3rd period of Omsk’s 4-3 win over Torpedo Novgorod. Alexei is off to a great start this season (his 3rd with Omsk), already having scored 6 goals, which is good for 2nd on the team (behind Jaromir Jagr’s

When you are vying to make the team, you need to stand out from your competition. That’s exactly what New Jersey Devils defenseman Anssi Salmela did last night in his pre-season debut against the New York Rangers. Anssi logged 17:42 of ice time and delivered 5 hits in last night’s game, while also seeing some

Farjestad goaltender Johan Gustafsson was named the best goaltender at the TV-Pucken tournament, which concluded yesterday. TV-Pucken is Sweden’s national tournament for players under 17; the tournament consists of 24 teams. Johan finished 7th in save percentage (.930) and 9th in goals against average (2.25) in the tournament for Team Västmanland. Johan is currently the

Three questions: Anton Babchuk Submitted by chipalexander on 09/19/2008 – 12:28 Defenseman Anton Babchuk is back with the Hurricanes after playing last season for Avangard Omsk in the Russian Superliga, signing a one-year, $1 million contract. During the 2006-2007 season, Babchuk was briefly suspended by the Hurricanes when he refused an assignment with the AHL’s

Dynamo Moscow defenseman Danny Markov scored his first goal of the season, a powerplay goal at the 13:38 mark of the 3rd period, in yesterday’s 4-1 win over Torpedo. Markov, who was offered a contract by the Los Angeles Kings prior to the start of the KHL season, recently signed a 3-year contract with Dynamo

Sergei Shirokov has began the KHL season on fire, entering today’s game against Vityaz Chekov with a team-leading 3 goals, 5 points and a +4 plus/minus rating. A 5’10”, 175 lb winger, Shirokov was a 6th Round draft pick by Vancouver in 2006 and has developed nicely playing in Russia; this is his fifth season

Yesterday, in front of his hometown crowd, Avangard Omsk’s Alex Svitov scored his first two goals of the season and added an assist in a 6-0 rout of Metallurg Magnitogorsk, the 2006-07 Russian Super League champion. A former NHL first round draft pick (2001), Svitov, an Omsk native, is the team’s captain (as he was

Ak Bars Kazan forward Alexei Morozov has gotten off to a sizzling start in the KHL. Through only 3 games, Morozov already has 5 goals and 2 assists. On top of that, Kazan has won it’s first 3 games. The former Pittsburgh Penguin has led Kazan in goals and points in 4 consecutive seasons, twice

Much has been made about the formation of Russia’s new league, the KHL (Continental Hockey League) because of it’s contentions with and it’s desire to rival the NHL. While NHL training camps open in two weeks, the KHL’s inaugural season began on Tuesday with five games, three of which went to overtime. Most notable, Alex