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National Hockey League (NHL) -  Alexander Avtsin signed an Entry Level contract with the Montreal Canadiens. The 19 years old forward just skated at the Habs' development camp after consensually breaking his contract with Dynamo Moscow of the KHL. It's still unclear where he will play next season, but most likely he'll spend his first year in North America in the AHL with the Hamilton Bulldogs. Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) scored nine points in this year's KHL prior suffering a serious wrist injury that closed his season.

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Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) -  Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) is without a doubt one of the higheest touted prospects from Russia. Unfortunately he is not playing now because of a hand injury, and will come back most likely only in one month. In this interview with Olga Alexandrova, appeared on the official Dynamo Moscow's site, Avtsin explained why he decided to remain in Russia for this season, discussed his own current season's performances and he also told how he met his girlfriend Milana. RussianHockeyFans.com offers you a translation. (RussianHockeyFans.com article by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) -  The second KHL season is undergoing and prospects get their share of attention. Unfortunately it's not a good news the one we report about Dynamo Moscow's Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens): during a regular season match he suffered from a hand injury and will have to sit for two months. His place in the lineup has been taken by one of MHL top scorers, Nikita Dvurechensky, who took only two games to score his first KHL goal today in the 4-6 home defeat of Dynamo against the other Dinamo from Riga.
But Dvurechensky hasn't been the only one prospect to score the first KHL goal: 2010 eligible Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the game winner in Tratkor's win in Togliatti against Lada with a smooth backhander one-on-one against the goalie. Kuznetsov might be chosen in next Draft's first round.

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Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) -  With an excellent top corner wrist shot Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) scored his first KHL goal in the third period of a 4-0 home win of his Dinamo Moscow over Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Alexander also had an assist in this game. (Post game interview and video of the goal at Russianhockeyfans.com) READ MORE

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Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) -  After Sergei Ketov has been fired from Dynamo Moscow's head coach position, former Soviet star Andrei Khomutov took his place and he surprisingly gave Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) a stable spot in the lineup. Even if in the fourth line, Avtsin gets now regular ice time with Dynamo Moscow and his role grows match after match. (Exclusive russianprospects.com scout evaluation by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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Canadian Junior Leagues -  Russianprospects.com presents a breakdown of the Russian players picked up in the 2009 CHL Import Draft. Kirill Kabanov, Alexander Burmistrov, Roman Berdnikov and many other guys reported, while Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) didn't. (Exclusive russianprospects.com article by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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U21 Russian Junior League (MHL) -  In his latest blog entry, RP's Alessandro Seren Rosso gives the readers a breakdown of the most interesting MHL talent spread around the Moscow teams. Some of the mentioned players are Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens), Pavel Chernov, Alexei Marchenko and Nikita Dvurechensky. (MHL Hockey article by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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U21 Russian Junior League (MHL) -  The MHL spread its image in Moscow showcasing the next stars of Russian hockey: Dinamo's Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens), Spartak's Alexander Khokhlachev and CSKA's Alexei Marchenko. (Article and pictures by Alessandro Seren Rosso for MHL hockey blog) READ MORE

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Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) -  Russianprospects.com correspondent Alessandro Seren Rosso published an Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) portrait with quotes from him and from people overseas. The article can be reached at his MHL related blog. (MHL Hockey's article by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) -  18 years old Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) has been picked up in the last NHL draft with the 109th overall pick. In this championat.ru interview by Alena Shilova he talked about the training camp in Montreal, about his future and about the comparison between him and NHL superstar Alexander Ovechkin (Washington Capitals). (championat.ru interview by Alena Shilova translated by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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National Hockey League (NHL) -  Considering the situation with the Russian Kontinental Hockey League, NHL teams lately took a more cautious approach towards drafting European players. But in the 4th round the Canadiens have been tempted by Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) (Montreal Canadiens).
A fairly sized 6-foot-2 player, Avtsin literally tored up the Russian junior league in the last season. Despite his young age he recorded excellent stats like 56 goals and 54 assists.(rds.ca article by Jonathan Bernier translated by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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National Hockey League (NHL) -  Montreal Canadiens are teased to go for their Russian fourth round pick, Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) already for the upcoming season.

At least if you are to believe Trevor Timmins, the club’s Director of Player Recruitment and Development. (Article from swerigehockey.se translated from Swedish by Henrik Lundqvist) READ MORE

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Canadian Junior Leagues -  In this translated article from french language, Canadian newspaper Cyberpresse, there is an analysis of the top Russian players avaiable for the last CHL Import Draft (Avtsin, Kirill Kabanov, Dmitri Orlov (Washington Capitals)) with quotes from Remparts' GM Patrick Roy and Habs' scouting director Trevor Timmins. The most important piece of news is that Alexander Avtsin (Montreal Canadiens) won't report to the CHL next season to spend a further year in Russia. (Lapresse.ca article by Mikael Lalancette translated by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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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.

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Canadian Junior Leagues -  A total of 20 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)
35. Seattle Thunderbirds - Mikhail Senturin
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

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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 play without the puck, 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.

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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

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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

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National Hockey League (NHL) -  The 2009 Russian draft class doesn't look as good as the last one, which produced Nikita Filatov (Columbus Blue Jackets), Evgeny Grachev, Dmitri Kugryshev and Memorial Cup champion Andrei Loktionov (Los Angeles Kings). At the last U18 World Championships, Russia earned a silver medal mostly thanks to the contribution of the 2010s like Kirill Kabanov and Vladimir Tarasenko. But because of Russia's depth, there are some good talents available in two weeks in Montreal, including some overage ones overlooked in the last drafts who somewhat raised their stock recently.

Hockeysfuture's top 10 at a glance:
1. Dmitri Orlov, D, Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2. Maxim Chudinov, D, Severstal Cherepovets
3. Pavel Chernov, C, Atlant Mytischi
4. Alexander Avtsin , RW, Dynamo Moscow
5. Sergei Andronov, RW, Lada Togliatti
6. Anton Burdasov, LW, Traktor Chelyabinsk
7. Sergei Chvanov, C, Severstal Cherepovets
8. Georgi Berdyukov, D, SKA St. Petersburg
9. Nikita Dvurechensky, LW, Dynamo Moscow
10. Igor Bobkov, G, Metallurg Magnitogorsk

(Hockeysfuture.com article by Alessandro Seren Rosso) READ MORE

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U20 Tyumen Region Cup -  The Tyumen Region cup will be the last Under-20 tournament of the season and will feature team Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and Finland. The tournament will consist of a round robin where each team will face each other once, then in the last day the best two teams will fight for the gold medal and the remaining two for the bronze. Nemchinov's team Russia will feature Alexander Pechursky (Pittsburgh Penguins), Kirill Petrov (New York Islanders), 2009 eligible Maxim Chudinov and Alexander Avtsin and 2011 eligible Stefan Stepanov. (Team Roster and tournament introduction) READ MORE

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National Hockey League (NHL) -  Four Russian players have been invited at the Draft Combine, the event in which all the teams can talk with prospects and run physical tests in sight of the upcoming NHL Entry Draft. The invited players are Alexander Avtsin , Dmitry Kulikov, Dmitri Orlov and Anton Burdasov. The NHL Draft Combine will run in late May.