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National Hockey League (NHL) - Montreal invited Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) to skate in the development camp that will run from July 6th to 12th at the Bell Sports Complex, in Brossard. Alexander will skate with other 39 players. Maxim Trunev (Montreal Canadiens) won't attend the camp.

National Hockey League (NHL) - As reported by the Russian news agency Daily Sport, Dmitri Orlov (Washington Capitals) might move already to North America. He and his agent Mark Gandler will visit Washington in late July to meet the Washington Capitals' staff. These last news match what he declared right after the draft.

National Hockey League (NHL) - Despite what communicated earlier, Denis Kazionov (Tampa Bay Lightning) and Dmitri Kazionov (Tampa Bay Lightning) won't attend Tampa Bay's development camp. Both players are under contract for the 09-10 season, Dmitri with Gagarin Cup champions of Ak Bars Kazan and Denis with Amur Khabarovsk.

National Hockey League (NHL) - In this allhockey.ru interview Igor Bobkov (Anaheim Mighty Ducks) speaks about the draft, his future, his style of playing and his ambitions towards North America. (Allhockey.ru interview by Andrei Osadchenko, translated by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

National Hockey League (NHL) - New York Rangers' development camp has started on June 30th and Evgeni Grachev (New York Rangers) is skating with the team. Having him in the roster the next season is a long shot, but surely he raised his stock after his first excellent OHL season. The team's new Russian draftee, Mikhail Pashnin (New York Rangers), won't report for the camp. READ MORE

National Hockey League (NHL) - In a trade that saw Scott Gomez being traded from New York to Montreal and Chris Higgins the other way around, rights to Pavel Valentenko (New York Rangers) have been involved, even though the young defenseman most likely won't return back to America in the next season as this fall he inked a multy year deal with KHL's Dynamo Moscow.

Canadian Junior Leagues - A total of 19 players from the former Soviet Union has been drafted in the annual CHL Import Draft. Here follows the list:

1. St. John's Sea Dogs - Stanislav Galiev
7. Moncton Wildcats - Kirill Kabanov
12. Barrie Colts - Alexander Burmistrov
15. Owen Sound Attack - Roman Berdnikov
31. Montreal Juniors - Evgeny Solomonov (Belarus)
36. Erie Otters - Ramis Sadikov
39. Sudbury Wolves - Stefan Stepanov
42. Saginaw Spirit - Ivan Telegin
43. Quebec Remparts - Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens)
49. Shawinigan Cataractes - Nikita Pivtsakin
51. Brampton Battalions - Valeri Knizev
54. Sudbury Wolves - Edijs Leitans (Latvia)
55. Tri-City Americans - Alexander Pechursky (Pittsburgh Penguins)
58. London Knights - Anton Klementyev (New York Islanders)
66. Acadie-Bathurst Titan - Ilya Mashentsov
67. Tri-City Americans - Sergei Drozd (Belarus)
70. Barrie Colts - Denis Gladkov
72. Erie Otters - Viktor Perezhogin
73. Guelph Storm - Vadim Guskov

National Hockey League (NHL) - 2010 Tampa's development camp will probably feature Denis Kazionov (Tampa Bay Lightning) and Dmitri Kazionov (Tampa Bay Lightning) as the two forwards have been invited. The camp will run from July 8th to 15th at the St. Pete's Times Forum.

National Hockey League (NHL) - Hours after the NHL Entry Draft Dmitri Orlov (Washington Capitals) replied to the questions made by Soviet Sport correspondant.

"I'm really happy to be picked up by a team with many Russian players" - he said after the selections. "I still have some problems with the language, but the guys will help me".
What are your future plans? Will you spend a further season in Novokuznetsk?
I need to talk with my agent. But I want to play in the NHL. To achieve that, I'm ready to play for their farm team in Hershey.
Why Washington drafts so many Russians?
Because they are the world's best players: Ovechkin, Semin, etc. In the American capital city they love Russian players!
Is it true that Patrick Roy invited you to play in the QMJHL?
Yes. My agent told me that at the start of the last season they wanted me in the Remparts. But I didn't want to go.

National Hockey League (NHL) - After being picked in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) had a quick interview with sportbox.ru, Russian television website. What follows is the translation of his brief statements.
I try to play with power methods, rapidly and rigidly. I don't hold myself. I really want to be like Ovechkin. So far my biggest problem is the puck control, I have to work on that. I was picked by a strong team with a rich tradition. It's a good thing that on Montreal there are other Russians. This will accelerate my adaptation process once I'll move to North America. I plan doing that in one year.

National Hockey League (NHL) - We updated the new draftees ratings. Discover them by browsing through the different NHL clubhouses.

National Hockey League (NHL) - We have updated Anton Klementyev (New York Islanders)'s profile with a scouting report and more content in the other sections. We also made it public to anyone! READ MORE

National Hockey League (NHL) - In the 2009 NHL Entry Draft a total of seven players has been picked up by different NHL clubs. Here follows a list:

14. Florida Panthers - Dmitry Kulikov
55. Washington Capitals - Dmitri Orlov
76. Anaheim Ducks - Igor Bobkov
78. St. Louis Blues - Sergei Andronov
109. Montreal Canadiens - Alexander Avtsin
122. New York Islanders - Anton Klementyev
200. New York Rangers - Mikhail Pashnin

National Hockey League (NHL) - In the first round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft the Florida Panthers drafted Dmitry Kulikov with the 14th overall pick. The draft's second day will run today June 27th.

Continental Hockey League (KHL) - Just turned 18, Stanislav Bocharov is one of the finest skaters in the Russian 1991 crop, despite being left out of the Under 18 WJC team who conquered the silver medal. Playing for Ak Bars Kazan, the quick winger is awaiting the results of the draft. In this exclusive russianprospects.com interview Stanislav talked about his career, about his way of playing, about his future and his personal life. (Exclusive russianprospects.com interview by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

Canadian Junior Leagues - The hockey writers run a very extensive Draft coverage, and their #10 selection for the upcoming NHL draft is Dmitry Kulikov. (Thehockeywriters.com profile by Christopher Ralph) READ MORE

Continental Hockey League (KHL) - The hockey writers run a very extensive Draft coverage, and their #43 selection for the upcoming NHL draft is Dmitri Orlov. (Thehockeywriters.com profile by Christopher Ralph) READ MORE

Continental Hockey League (KHL) - For the 2009 NHL Draft section we updated Alexander Avtsin's profile with new content, stats and photos. Avtsin is currently ranked #6 by russianprospects.com rankings. READ MORE

Canadian Junior Leagues - For the 2009 NHL Draft section we updated Sergei Ostapchuk's profile with new content, stats and photos. Ostapchuk is currently ranked #10 by russianprospects.com rankings. READ MORE

Continental Hockey League (KHL) - Three new fotos have been added to Stanislav Bocharov's profile. The Ak Bars Kazan winger is currently #13 in russianprospects.com rankings for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. READ MORE