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Continental Hockey League (KHL) -  Russianprospects.com features an article about Alexander Vasiliev , who is a nineteen years old right wing with a knack for scoring. He is a player that was a bit overhyped back in the days as he has been overlooked in the past two drafts and, more importantly, for the major tournaments with team Russia after the 2006-07 season. In that year he had a very strong Ivan Hlinka tournament, as Russia conquered a bronze medal and he was the team’s top scorer, outscoring the likes of Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers), Evgeni Dadonov (Florida Panthers) and Sergei Korostin (Dallas Stars). READ MORE

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U20 World Junior Championships -  A report released by a Russian medical body responsible for his autopsy stated that the young player had steroids in Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers)'s system during his last game before his untimely and tragic death. The young forward was reported to have a heart condition that was incompatible with strenuous physical activity, but the steroids may have also contributed to him losing consciousness during the game against HC Vityaz and then dying shortly there after. The body did not release what steroid had been found in Cherepanov’s system, but that information will likely surface shortly.

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U20 World Junior Championships -  As tradition dictates, Team Russia will be a top team because of the history and the overall talent. But this year's roster, still surely a team capable of going far, seems a little bit weaker than usual, especially after the tragic loss of the team's leader, Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers). (Hockeysfuture.com article by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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Continental Hockey League (KHL) -  The sudden, tragic death of 19-year old Avangard Omsk player Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) in October shook the world of professional hockey. Not just in Russia, which lost one of the new Continential Hockey League's most exciting young players, but in North America as well, where the New York Rangers were eagerly awaiting his arrival. And this week, a prosecutor in the Moscow region town where the young player died during a game found the kind of embarrassing lapses that will hopefully be solved before they happen again. (Moscow News article by Christopher Marcisz)

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Karjala Cup (EuroTour) -  TORONTO -- The head of the fledgling Continental Hockey League is accusing the NHL of stonewalling on providing medical information on New York Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers), who died during a KHL game last month. Alexander Medvedev, one of the most powerful men in Russian hockey, told ESPN.com that he believes the NHL and the KHL can work together to establish procedures to make sure young hockey players are thoroughly tested and to ensure there aren't more tragic incidents like the one that befell Cherepanov. (ESPN article by Scott Burnside) READ MORE

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Continental Hockey League (KHL) -  With a touching ceremony Avangard Omsk retired Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers)'s jersey in their first home game played after the Chekhov's tragedy, against Belarusian KHL newcomer of Dynamo Minsk, on October 20th. Before the match it was announced that for that game weren't planned any commercial or musical interruptions, and Avangard distributed a commemorative free issue of their match program, completely dedicated to Alexei. (RussianProspects.com article by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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Continental Hockey League (KHL) -  MOSCOW -- Russian hockey legend Igor Larionov says the death of rising star Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) is "unacceptable" and has asked the Continental Hockey League's majority owner to hold an emergency meeting about the matter. Larionov, who helped Russian businessman Alex Medvedev found the league and sits on the KHL's board of directors, told ESPN.com he was flying to Russia on Thursday and hoped to get more answers. A board meeting could take place next week, Larionov said. (ESPN.com article by Pierre Lebrun) READ MORE

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Continental Hockey League (KHL) -  A tragedy happened yesterday near Moscow, where a rising star Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) collapsed with just a few minutes left in the game. The young forward apparently suffered an acute heart attack and died shortly after collapsing. Now the fingers are being pointed at the team’s medical staff, which supposedly missed the pre-existing condition and allowed the player to skate. Still, at this point the fault appears to fall flatly on the rink management, since the medical response team that is supposed to be present at the rink the entire duration of the game went missing late in the contest. They were reported to be there earlier in the game, but were not there in the waning minutes. These critical lost minutes likely contributed to Cherepanov’s unfortunate death. This unfortunate incident sheds a bit of light at the lengths KHL has to go in order to continue it’s development into a competent and professional hockey league. KHL has made strides in facilities, salaries and player accommodations, but this incident highlights shortcomings that are still apparent within the system. If such an incident had occurred in the NHL, or even the AHL, the medical staff response time would have been much shorter and this further saddens the whole situation.

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Continental Hockey League (KHL) -  New York Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) suffered an apparent heart attack during a game Monday night in Russia, collapsing on the bench, and died. He was 19. Alexei Cherepanov Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Alexei Cherepanov, the top-ranked European player in the 2007 draft, was the Rangers' first-round pick that year. "We are extremely saddened by the tragic passing of Alexei," Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather said in a statement. "On behalf of the New York Rangers organization, I would like to extend our deepest sympathies to his family. Alexei was an intelligent, energetic young man, with tremendous talent and an extremely bright future." Cherepanov was the Rangers' first-round pick, 17th overall, in the 2007 draft. Avangard Omsk head coach Wayne Fleming said Cherepanov collapsed during the third period Monday night. Fleming said he did not see anything on the ice that could have contributed to the collapse and said medical personnel tried to get Cherepanov's heart beating again after it had stopped. (ESPN.com article READ MORE

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Continental Hockey League (KHL) -  In Avangard’s tenth game of the season, played in the far-east hockey hotbed of Khabarovsk, home of the local Amur, Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) put on a show as he scored two points, being a constant menace for the opponents defense. Cherepanov got his first point of the game at the twenty-sixth minute, when he served Nikita Nikitin (St. Louis Blues) on the blue line for the 2-0. This was Nikitin’s first goal of the season. At the forty-ninth he and Kuryanov broke away two on one and for Alexei was really easy to tip in the good pass from his line mate for his third goal of the season. That was the 4-0 goal for Avangard. He completed the game at +3 as also the game’s first marker was scored by his line, but he got no points as Popov scored assisted by Kuryanov. Cherepanov right now has three goals and three assists in eight matches.

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Continental Hockey League (KHL) -  The first KHL round has seen an interesting match in Kazan, where local Ak Bars challenged Jagr\'s Avangard Omsk. Avangard has been completely revamped during the summer as they had 21 new players in order to get by the disappointing 07-08 season, while Ak Bars kept the core of the team, being more concentrated in adding some quality imports to their rosters. The Kazan team had many not available players, a fact that allowed head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov to dress more youngsters than usual. (Detailed recap by Alessandro Seren Rosso of RussianProspects.com) READ MORE

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Canadian Junior Leagues -  On the third day of the 4 nations tournament in Brno, Czech Republic, Nemchinov’s team lost to host of Czech Republic 5-3. Goals for Russia were scored by Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) and Dubrovsky and Russia concluded the tournament at the second place with six points, two less than Czechs. The standings were completed by Sweden (4 points) and Finland, left pointless. Kirill Petrov (New York Islanders) has been named Best Forward of the tournament.

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I was having a conversation with my friend the other day about all the Russian players the New York Rangers have in their system and on the team, with the acquisition of Nikolai Zherdev (New York Rangers). Russian hockey players are always very skilled, and very fast, and always seem to be modeled off the "Russian Rocket" himself, Pavel Bure, who once played for the Rangers. Now, it's only the summer and nothing is settled yet, but how sweet would an all-Russian second line be? Think about it, the team could have a second line of: Nikolai Zherdev (New York Rangers)- Artem Anisimov (New York Rangers)- Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) (Bleacher Report article) READ MORE

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We added Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers)'s game worn jersey from the 2007-08 regular season. The jersey shows heavy wear, as Alexei got a lot more attention from defenses this year and has also started to play in more traffic situations. READ MORE

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OMSK – Through an interview appeared today in Avangard’s official website, Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) has declared that his agent and Russian club have been in negotiations with the New York Rangers regarding his departure to the NHL. According to the interview a compromise was found and he will remain in Russia for another season. The likely driver for him remaining in Russia was the club’s poor performance this year and the pressure to keep the talented forward in the fold. This reminds a bit of how Metallurg Mg. tried to keep Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins) a few years back, though here it has likely been done in a much more collaborative manner with the Rangers involved.

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Super League -  With a 3 – 1 series score, Dinamo Moscow kicked out Avangard Omsk from 2007/08 playoffs first round. Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) was the last to abandon the ship as he managed to perform well in all the four games. He put his signature in the second game, with a great assist to Yakutsenya for the game winning goal in the overtime. But let’s see the games more in detail.

In the first game, won by Dynamo 4 – 3 in the overtime, Alexei opened the score only one minute and half after the first faceoff. He exploited a great ouverture by Titov from the defensive zone to go on a breakaway and put it in the top left corner. In the second game he decided the match as in the overtime he played a great puck in the right side of the rink, behind the red line, fooling a defenseman and then sending the puck back to rushing Yakutsenya who, with a beautiful one timer, won the game. Other Avangard prospect took a spot in the scoring sheet as Tertyshny deflected Kurbatov’s shot to tie it up at the 56th minute.

In the third match he was kept silent by Dynamo’s defense (and Kurbatov added another assist), but in the fourth match he scored again, making it 1 – 1 at the twenty-second. This goal was a beauty as he finalized with a great wrist shot a good pass by Popov from the left side.

This playoffs series has seen a very good Cherepanov, really improved from last season. He managed to carry his team on his shoulders like veterans of the calibre of Kalyuzhny and Alexander Svitov (Columbus Blue Jackets), getting significant ice time skating for the second line.

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U20 World Junior Championships -  LIBEREC, Czech Republic – A four-goal second period powered Russia to a 7-4 victory against Finland on the opening day of the U20 World Championship. Russia was without one of the biggest stars of the championship, Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers), who is reportedly out ill, but it made little difference as Russia turned in a total team performance with seven different players scoring in the 7-4 win. (IIHF.com article) READ MORE

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U20 4 Nations Tournament -  Despite being outshot 45-34 by the opponents, Russia started the Finn stage of the four nations tournament with a convincing victory over Sweden. Goals were scored by Sayustov in the second period, Evgeni Dadonov (Florida Panthers), Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) and Yuri Alexandrov (Boston Bruins) in the third period. Good performance by Sergei Bobrovsky in goal since he stopped 44 shots. Rangers’ Cherepanov ended the game with one goal and one assist, just like Yuri Aleksandrov, Dmitri Sayustov and Evgeni Dadonov (Florida Panthers). Next match will be played on the November 9th against the host team, Finland national team.

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U20 4 Nations Tournament -  U20 Team Russia's coaching staff anounced the preliminary roster for the upcoming 4 Nations Tournament.

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GOALIES: : Sergei Bobrovsky Metallurg Novokuznetsk Alexey Zhigarev Krylia Sovetov Semen Varlamov (Washington Capitals) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl  

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DEFENSE: Yuri Alexandrov (Boston Bruins) Severstal Cherepovets Pavel Doronin Salavat Yulaev Ufa Alexey Grishin Vityaz Podolsk Chekhov Valery Zhukov Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod Alexey Ishmametev HK MVD Balashikha Marat Kalimulin Lada Togliatti Evgeni Kurbatov Avangard Omsk Ivan Maximkin Dynamo Moscow Jacob Seleznev Neftyanik Almetievsk Vasily Tokranov Ak Bars Kazan  

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FORWARDS: Egor Averin Avangard Omsk Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) Avangard Omsk Ruslan Bashkirov (Ottawa Senators) Khimik Mytischy Anton Lazarev Khimik Mytischy Evgeni Bodrov Lada Togliatti Alexander Vasyunov (New Jersey Devils) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Alexander Ryabev Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Vadim Golubtsov Amur Khabarovsk Artem Gordeyev Salavat Yulaev Ufa Evgeni Dadonov (Florida Panthers) Traktor Chelyabinsk Andrei Popov (Philadelphia Flyers) Traktor Chelyabinsk Ilya Kablukov (Vancouver Canucks) CSKA Moscow Nikita Klyukin Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Sergei Korostin (Dallas Stars) Dynamo Moscow Alexander Polukhin Dynamo Moscow Maxim Mamin Metallurg Magnitogorsk Dmitry Sayustov Torpedo Nizhni Novgorod Viktor Tikhonov Severstal Cherepovets Marat Fakhrutdinov Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

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Super League -  For the fifteenth round of the 07/08 Super League Avangard hosts Ak Bars Kazan for a very interesting match up between the two new Meccas of Russian hockey. For the guests we will see the first RSL start of undrafted Stanislav Galimov , hunting for his first career victory. Bilyaletdinov honors the gala by icing the Danis Zaripov - Sergei Zinovjev (Boston Bruins) (Boston Bruins)- Alexei Morozov (Pittsburgh Penguins) (Pittsburgh Penguins) line, arguably the best unit in European hockey. About the hosts, Belousov keeps playing Alexander Popov on the first line instead with Pavel Rosa , icing with Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) and Anton Kuryanov on the second unit. READ MORE

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Super League -  Defenseman Vitaly Atyushov has overtaken the Super League point lead with 19 points (4G + 15A), while Yuri Dobryshkin (Atlanta Thrashers) continued to pile up the goals to keep the lead, with Nikolai Kulemin (Toronto Maple Leafs) not far behind him. Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) and Andrei Taratukhin (Calgary Flames) have had a productive week and have come on strong. Some of the other players who performed well last year, including sniper Dmitri Semin (St. Louis Blues) and former NHLers Denis Arkhipov and Sergei Krivokrasov have struggled to get on the board this year. READ MORE

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Super League -  Scouting analysis of the Avangard vs. Lada contest that included the following NHL prospects: Sergei Andronov , Egor Averin , Denis Bodrov (Philadelphia Flyers), Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers), Denis Denisov (Buffalo Sabres), Marat Kalimulin , Anton Krysanov (Phoenix Coyotes), Mikhail Lyubushin (Los Angeles Kings), Nikita Nikitin (St. Louis Blues), Grigory Panin , Dmitri Vorobiev (Toronto Maple Leafs). READ MORE

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Super League -  Russianprospects' in depth scouting returns back to the Magnitogorsk Arena, this time to follow the game of another highly touted prospect, first rounder wing Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) (New York Rangers). The New York Rangers prospect is used by head coach Belousov on Avangard's second line on the right wing, with Anton Kuryanov at center and Alexander Popov at left wing. Alexei is back on ice after his concussion suffered during the second game of the Super Series and he is still yet to get his best shape. READ MORE

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Super League -  Viktor Alexandrov (St. Louis Blues) earned his first career hattrick, leading Metallurg Nk. over HC Torpedo. Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) potted his first goal of the season, and appears to have fully recovered from the light concussion he suffered during the Canada Russia Super Series. HC Lokomotiv finally broke through and trounced the highly touted Salavat Yulayev 7:1 behind strong play from Semen Varlamov (Washington Capitals) and Alexei Yashin . READ MORE

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Sergei Nemchinov announced that Team Russia called up three players to replace inured Egor Averin and Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers). The three players are Kirill Tulupov (New Jersey Devils), Ruslan Bashkirov (Ottawa Senators) and Viktor Tikhonov . Tikhonov and Tulupov were in the original training camp, while Bashkirov was not on the initial list. Tikhonov is the grandson of legendary Soviet and Red Army coach with the same first name. The next contest takes place today in Omsk at the brand new hockey arena built this summer for the local Super League club.

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Russia lost Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) in the second game and Egor Averin in the first game to concussions. Both players are believed to be lost for the entire tournament. “It was unfortunate that with a check in the back, which I didn’t even see, I was bounced in the very first game. Now I will have to miss not less than two weeks. I will have to watch such a great game from the stands in my own home town” said disappointed Averin to a Sport Express correspondent.

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We have updated Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers)'s profile and made it public. The updates included a 2006-07 season recaps, updated statistics, as well as an update to the NHL Outlook section. READ MORE

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The unquestionable leader of the Russian national team which will in a few days face off against Canada in the Super Series, Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers) evaluated our team’s chances in an interview with our correspondent and shared with him what veterans Boris Mikhailov and Alexander Yakushev shared with the young team. (Championat.ru Interview by Alena Shilova) READ MORE

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Russian Super League -  The last couple of months have included so many different experiences for the young Avangard forward Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers). He has experienced enough for an entire year. It included the draft, at which Cherepanov was the first Russian selected, but only under the 17th overall pick. Also it was America, where the draft preparatory tests also took place, and it was him getting acquainted with his NHL club, the Rangers. Also it was his new apartment in Omsk, his new car, and finally his elevation in status from a green forward, who shot up the Russian charts, to a young and talented player of whom the demand and expectations will be appropriate. (Championat Interview) READ MORE

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Describing Russian hockey players as enigmatic has become a cliche and might say more about how little most North Americans understand them than it does about the Russians themselves. But Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers), by far the top European prospect in this weekend's NHL entry draft, really does seem to embody the concept. (By Dave Molinari - Pittsburgh Post Gazette) READ MORE

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It's not every day that an NHL team can draft NHL Central Scouting's top European draft-eligible player and The Hockey News' No. 5-ranked prospect down at the 17th overall pick. For the New York Rangers scouting staff, Friday night's opening round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft at Nationwide Arena in Columbus was a dream evening, as the Blueshirts were able to nab Alexei Cherepanov (New York Rangers), one of the draft's most talented players, with their first-round pick. (New York Rangers Official Website) READ MORE

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COLUMBUS, OHIO -- The demise of the Russian assembly line of talented hockey players is just a rumour. It continues to produce some of the brightest and best prospects in the world. But there was not a bear market for Russian-bred players at the 2007 National Hockey League entry draft. Only two Russian juniors were selected in the first two rounds and only nine in total. That's quite a drop from the high of 44 in 2000, and it's the smallest total since 1988. Some want to attribute the decrease to the lack of a transfer agreement between the NHL and the Russian Ice Hockey Federation and the threat that a hotshot Russian player will stay at home and play for a tax-free contract worth more than the $850,000 (all currency U.S.) cap on entry-level contracts in the NHL. (Tim Wharnsby - Globe and Mail) READ MORE

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Russian Super League -  As the NHL Entry Draft has passed, shockingly only 9 Russians were selected this year. The trend is at least in part due to the lack of a transfer agreement between the NHL and Russia, but may also have to do with the Russian players’ unwillingness to often cross the ocean and tendency to remain in Russia where the pay is very competitive when compared to the lower NHL pay grades. Here are the nine Russian players selected in this year’s draft:

17. NY Rangers – RW – Alexey Cherepanov (Avangard)
60. Ottawa – LW - Ruslan Bashkirov (Quebec)
64. Dallas – RW - Sergei Korostin (Dynamo-2)
71. Florida – RW - Evgeny Dadonov (Traktor)
94. Columbus – LW - Maxim Mayorov (Neftyanik Leninogorsk)
106. NY Islanders – LW - Maxim Grachev (Rimuski)
123. Phoenix- D - Maxim Goncharov (CSKA)
146. Vancouver – LW - Ilya Kablukov (CSKA)
202. Florida – G - Sergei Gaiduchenko (Lokomotiv-2)

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The Russian National Team coaching staff has announced the preliminary roster of Russia’s U20 national team that will compete in the eight matches of the Super Series against Canadian teams as part of the 35th anniversary celebrations since the 1972 Super Series between Soviet and NHL hockey stars.

GOALIES: Semen Varlamov (Washington Capitals) ("Lokomotiv"), Bobrovskiy Sergey ("Metallurg", Novokuznetsk), Vadim Zhelobnyuk ("Dinamo"). Nikita Davydov ("Salavat Yulaev"), Alexey Zhigarev ("Krylya Sovetov"), Galimov Stanislav ("Ak Bars").

DEFENSEMEN: Yuri Alexandrov (Boston Bruins) ("Severstal"), Igor Zubov ("Lokomotiv"), Pavel Doronin ("Salavat Yulaev"), Valery Zhukov ("Torpedo", Nizhniy Novgorod), Konstantin Alexeev ("Sibir"), Evgeniy Kurbatov ("Avangard"), Vyacheslav Voinov ("Traktor"), Alexey Grishin ("Vityaz", Chekhov), Maxim Chudinov ("Severstal"), Ivan Vishnevsky Kirill Tulupov (New Jersey Devils) (both Junior Leagues Quebece, Canada), Maximkin Ivan ("Lada"), Vasiliy Vinogradov ("Kapitan"), Alexey Ishmametev ("Metallurg", Magnitogorsk), Anton Danilov ("Lokomotiv"), Marat Kalimulin ("Lada").

FORWARDS: Alexander Vasyunov ("Lokomotiv"), Artem Anisimov (New York Rangers) ("Lokomotiv"), Alexander Ryabev ("Lokomotiv"), Andrei Popov (Philadelphia Flyers) ("Traktor"), Maxim Mamin ("Metallurg", Magnitogorsk), Anton Glovatsky ("Metallurg", Magnitogorsk), Sergei Zachupeiko ("Salavat Yulaev"), Mikhail Glukhov ("Khimik", Moskovskaya oblast), Ilya Kablukov (CSKA), Vyacheslav Solodukhin (SKA, Sankt-Peterburg), Alexey Cherepanov ("Avangard", Evgeni Bodrov ("Lada"), Egor Averin ("Avangard"), Sergei Korostin ("Dynamo"), Maxim Mayorov ("Ak Bars"), Nikita Filatov (CSKA), Evgeny Dadonov ("Traktor"), Kirill Petrov ("Ak Bars"), Vadim Golubtsov ("Lada"), Viktor Tikhonov ("Severstal"), Vladimir Zharkov (New Jersey Devils) (CSKA), Konstantin Kulikov ("Neftekhimik"), Pavel Fedulov (CSKA), Mikhail Milekhin (CSKA), Marat Fakhrutdinov ("Dinamo"), Sergey Ostapchuk ("Lokomotiv"), Igor Karpov ("Sibir"), Daniil Karpyuk ("Sibir").

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Alexey Cherepanov : I heard that some NHL teams don't like Russian hockey players too much. READ MORE

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Alexey Cherepanov was the first and only Russian selected in the first round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. The young prospect was widely expected to be picked up earlier in the first round, but as RP expected, he slipped to towards the latter half of the round, being picked up 17th overall by the New York Rangers. The European flavored Rangers are a good fit for Cherepanov and general manager Glenn Sather reportedly visited Russia on four separate occasions to specifically scout Cherepanov. Furthermore, he was reportedly so high on the young player that he attempted to make two separate deals to move up in the first round, and was very pleased when Cherepanov dropped to 17th overall.

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U18 World Junior Championships -  GERMANY - RUSSIA 1:3 (0:1, 0:0, 1:2)
GOALS:
- 0:1 Maxim Chudinov (Kiril Petrov, Sergei Andronov - 24:43)
- 1:1 Jerome Flaak (Sinan Adgar - 51:26)
- 1:2 Nikita Klyukin (Vyacheslav Voinav, Nikita Filatov - 59:19)
- 1:3 Alexey Cherepanov (Andrei Loktionov - 52:10)
SHOTS: 29-48
TEAM RUSSIA LINEUP: Zhelobnyuk - Chudinov-Tokranov, Andronov-Klyukin(A)-Petrov; Voynov-Lukyanchikov, Kagarlitskiy-Karamnov(K)-Korostin; Goncharov-Seleznev, Dadonov-Averin-Cherepanov; Kulikov, Filatov-Loktionov-Kugryshev.

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U18 World Junior Championships -  Russian U18 national team coaching staff announced the squad’s preliminary roster that will compete at the U18 World Junior Championships. The lineup will be finalized prior to April 12th. The roster included the following players:

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GOALIES: Vadim Zhelobnyuk (Dynamo), Aleksandr Pechurskiy (Metallurg Mg);
DEFENSEMEN: Yakov Seleznev (Neftyanik Lng), Dmitriy Kulikov (Rus), Maxim Goncharov (CSKA), Vasiliy Tokranov (Neftyanik Alm), Mikhail Churlyaev (Metallurg Mg), Nikolay Lukyanchikov (Kapitan), Vyacheslav Voynov (Traktor), Maksim Chudinov (Severstal);
FORWARDS: Alexey Cherepanov (Avangard), Sergey Andronov (Lada), Vitaly Karamnov (Dynamo), Andrey Loktionov (Khimik MO), Dmitriy Kugryshev (CSKA), Egor Averin (Avangard), Sergei Korostin (Dynamo), Maxim Mayorov (Neftyanik Alm), Nikita Klyukin (Lokomotiv), Dmitriy Kagarlitskiy (Khimik MO), Evgeni Dadonov (Traktor), Nikita Filatov (CSKA), Kirill Petrov (Ak Bars).

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Russian Super League -  Artem Anisimov (New York Rangers) continues to perform well for HC Lokomotiv, adding his third goal of the playoffs as his club bounced back to beat favored HC Avangard 4:3. Alexey Cherepanov and Grigory Shafigulling also tallied in the cotest and Semen Varlamov (Washington Capitals) was replaced by veteran Yegor Podomatsky , who led his team to victory. Alexei Morozov (Pittsburgh Penguins) missed another game due to the flu, but HC Ak Bars is not a one trick pony and Dmitri Kazionov (Tampa Bay Lightning), as well as Danis Zaripov picked up the slack. HC CSKA bounced back from embarrassing first game loss, beating Salavat Yulayev behind strong play from Sergei Shirokov (Vancouver Canucks) and Konstantin Korneev (Montreal Canadiens). READ MORE

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Russian Super League -  Forward Alexey Cherepanov missed the third game of the round of 16 due to a leg injury he suffered after being leveled by HC Vityaz American born enforcer Simpson. He suffered a leg injury and himself said that it has not yet healed. During the first two games, Cherepanov "only" scored two goals and assisted on another to lead his club to victory. He is expected however to be back in playing form by the beginning of the quarterfinal series. With his club through into the quarters, Cherepanov will now have a few days off while the round of 1/16 completes, with several clubs still locked in battle.

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Russian Super League -  Forward Igor Volkov (New York Islanders) continued to score, with his second goal in as many games, justifying his role as the key Salavat Yulayev forward when the pressure is on. Young center Artem Anisimov (New York Rangers) lead HC Lokomotiv past HC Dynamo with two goals, which interestingly were only 18 year old’s third and fourth of the season. Talented young Alexey Cherepanov scored his 20th of the season on a breakaway, but was cut down and injured by HC Vityaz North American enforcer Simpson just a few minutes later. The extent of his injury is unclear. READ MORE

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Russian Super League -  Forward Alexey Cherepanov shined for HC Avangard, scoring his 19th goal of the season, and also assisting on the game’s final tally with a great feed to Kuryanov from behind Vityaz net. The Denis Parshin (Colorado Avalanche) READ MORE

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Russian Super League -  Nikolai Lemtyugov (St. Louis Blues) led surging HC Severstal to an impressive victory over the top HC Ak Bars, scoring two goals for his club. Alexey Cherepanov (2006 NHL Entry Draft) struck again for his 12th tally of the season despite his line with Kuryanov and Popov being broken up, though he was reunited with Popov. Grigori Shafigullin (Nashville Predators) delivered a strong performance for HC Lokomotiv, playing a physical and productive game, scoring a goal and assisting on the other. READ MORE

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Russian Super League -  Nikolai Kulemin (Toronto Maple Leafs) netted a hattrick for HC Metallurg, helping the club beat HC SKA. Kulemin now has 23 goals thus far this season and is one of the Super League’s leaders. Alexey Cherepanov (2007 NHL Entry Draft) did not score, but did assist on the highly productive Cherepanov READ MORE

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Russian Super League -  Detroit Red Wings prospect Igor Grigorenko scored his eight goal of the season, helping his club beat HC Salavat Yulayev. His performance only gave way to that of Lada’s goaltender Vasily Koshechkin (Tampa Bay Lightning), who earned his fourth shutout of the season. U20 WJC silver medalist Alexei Cherepanov (2007 NHL Entry Draft) continued his strong play, helping HC Avangard earn a win in a surprisingly high scoring game against HC Traktor. READ MORE

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U20 World Junior Championships -  Prior to the final game, the team Russia leader and top scorer gave Sport-Express an interview. READ MORE

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U20 World Junior Championships -  As the Russian roster is finalized, a couple of interesting notes have leaked through from our observers. First, the 89 born Alexey Cherepanov, who was supposed to play a depth role on the Russian squad, has been skating on the top line throughout the preparations, with either Ilya Zubov (Ottawa Senators) or Gennadi Churilov (undrafted) centering the second line, and Anisimov the third. The third unit has consistently been Alexander Vasyunov (New Jersey Devils), Artem Anisimov (New York Rangers) and Igor Makarov (Chicago Blackhawks). Kiryukhin centered Russia’s fifth line that was released. The young forward, who captained the squad that competed at the Canada Russia Challenge was retained as a