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SKA Saint Petersburg vs. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: A Successful Debut, Yet a Disappointing Defeat
While RW Borna Rendulic, in his first game for SKA after having been acquired from HC Sochi, found the back of the net on October 11th in Saint Petersburg to cut the deficit to 1, the home team wound up falling to visitors Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 3-2. Despite out-shooting Lokomotiv 31 to 22 and holding the… Read more
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Prospects to Know: Who is Ivan Demidov? What is the significance of his injury?
This is both a continuation of recent KHL headlines and an opportunity to provide a profile on another up-and-comer in the draft prospect pool. In particular, this Russian youngster is eligible next year, and to this point has typically been projected as a high top ten pick. However, as has already been suggested here and… Read more
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KHL updates: A loaded couple of days for both SKA and Sochi
Hello! We hope you are enjoying opening night of the 2023-24 NHL season. Maybe you’re checking your phone during an intermission during one of the first games of the year and decided to read more hockey content to really get in the spirit. Hopefully, this scratches an itch for you, as I provide some insight… Read more
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Hockey East Recap: A Great Opening Day for Everyone But Lowell
Opening day for most of the Hockey East got going yesterday, and seven out of eight squads picked up their first win of the season. Most notably, Boston College and Providence stunned a pair of pre-season top 4 opponents in Quinnipiac and Michigan (2nd and 4th respectively). On the downside, UMass Lowell dropped a… Read more
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HC Sochi vs. Severstal Cherepovets: Making History for the Wrong Reasons
One word: Ouch. While HC Sochi got off to a good start in their rematch of sorts against Severstal Cherepovets on Saturday, October 7th, it was all downhill from there. The team struck first with a little under 7 minutes remaining, as Artur Tyanulin buried one past Severstal G Dmitri Shugayev on a rebound from… Read more
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SKA Saint Petersburg vs. HC CSKA Moscow: A Tumultuous Road Victory in an Important Debut
Friday, October 6th was a crucial day in the 2023-24 KHL season, not just for the team that emerged from the CSKA Ice Palace in the nation’s capital victorious that day, but perhaps for the whole league. While the first game for SKA Saint Petersburg with new goaltender Nikita Serebryakov got off to an ignominious… Read more