Category: Traktor Chelyabinsk
Zachary Fucale Eyeing NHL Comeback
ESPNFormer Canadiens and Capitals farmhand Zachary Fucale is looking to return stateside and is generating “significant interest” from NHL clubs on a contract for the 2025-26 season, Kevin Weekes of ESPN reports. Fucale, now 29, hasn’t played in North America since the 2022-23 season. He headed to Russi...
Read moreZach Fucale reportedly hires agent to facilitate NHL return after two seasons in Russia
Hunter ShepardZach Fucale is reportedly looking to make his way back to the NHL. Per ESPN’s Kevin Weekes, Fucale has hired agent Dan Milstein to help get him back into the top league after spending two seasons in the KHL with Traktor Chelyabinsk. The former Washington Capitals goaltender headed to Russia after th...
Read moreEvgeny Kuznetsov named KHL All-Star for fifth time in career
Washington CapitalsEvgeny Kuznetsov was named a KHL All-Star for the fifth time in his career. Kuznetsov was one of four players from the Bobrov Division voted as starters by fans. The KHL announced the results on Wednesday morning. Before signing an entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals in March 2014, Kuz...
Read moreEvgeny Kuznetsov voted KHL All-Star for the third time in his career
Traktor ChelyabinskEvgeny Kuznetsov was named a KHL All-Star for the third time in his career, Wednesday morning. The KHL announced that Kuznetsov was one of four players from the Bobrov Division voted as starters by the league’s fans. Kuznetsov has already been a KHL All-Star twice, first in 2012 and then again in 20...
Read moreZach Fucale pitches shutout, makes potential KHL save of the year in game against Evgeny Kuznetsov’s SKA St. Petersburg
Evgeny KuznetsovEvgeny Kuznetsov recruited Zach Fucale to play for his hometown KHL team, Traktor Chelyabinsk, in June 2023. Now, he may be regretting it after being shut out by his former Capitals teammate 3-0 on Thursday. Fucale made 38 stops in the victory over SKA St. Petersburg — none better than a miracle glo...
Read moreSteven Kampfer Expected To Sign In KHL
Go PHNX SportsUtah Hockey Club defenseman Steven Kampfer is expected to sign a one-year deal with the KHL’s Traktor Chelyabinsk, per Craig Morgan of Go PHNX Sports and Mikhail Zislis of Russia’s Sport-Express (Twitter link). The deal will take him out of unrestricted free agency in the NHL, after not re-signing w...
Read moreFormer Capital Zach Fucale on playing with Alex Ovechkin: ‘I learned a lot from being around him’
Hershey Bears’Alex Ovechkin is one of the NHL’s greatest players. As he chases the record for most goals in league history, Ovechkin leaves another impact on his teammates around him. Former Capital Zach Fucale didn’t spend […]
Read moreZach Fucale to sign with KHL’s Traktor Chelyabinsk after Calder Cup Finals, says team’s general manager
Hunter ShepardZach Fucale will be leaving the Washington Capitals organization after the Hershey Bears’ magical season ends. Fucale, who is currently serving as a backup to AHL Playoff MVP candidate Hunter Shepard, is expected to sign […]
Read moreIvan Miroshnichenko makes KHL debut with Avangard Omsk, skates solo rookie lap before game
Traktor ChelyabinskIvan Miroshnichenko got the rookie treatment before his KHL debut against Traktor Chelyabinsk, Sunday. Miroshnichenko skated a few solo laps before the rest of his Avangard Omsk teammates, who paused in the tunnel to the […]
Read moreSabres sign Pilut to one-year contract
Lawrence PilutThe Buffalo Sabres have signed defenseman Lawrence Pilut to a one-year, two-way contract. Pilut returns to the Sabres organization after spending the last two seasons with Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League. The native of Tingsryd, Sweden, played 67 … Continue reading → The post Sa...
Read moreColorado Avalanche sign forward Lukas Sedlak out of KHL
Traktor ChelyabinskLukas Sedlak is returning to the NHL, having signed a one-year deal with the Colorado Avalanche, the club announced on Monday.
Read moreColorado Avalanche Sign Lukas Sedlak
Colorado AvalancheThe Colorado Avalanche announced the signing of forward Lukas Sedlak to a one-year contract for 2022-23. The contract brings Sedlak back to the NHL after three years spent in the KHL. No financial terms have been disclosed as of yet. Sedlak was actually signed through next season with Traktor Chelya...
Read moreKHL Contracts of Lukas Sedlak, Tomas Hyka Terminated
Tomas HykaA pair of former NHL forwards could head back to North America this offseason. After both having strong seasons with the KHL’s Traktor Chelyabinsk, the club has opted to terminate the contracts of Lukas Sedlak and Tomas Hyka. Sedlak, a 2011 sixth-round pick of Columbus, actually spent six years in t...
Read moreOttawa Places Pontus Aberg On Unconditional Waivers
Traktor ChelyabinskDec 6: Aberg has cleared waivers and the Senators have announced his contract will be terminated. He becomes an unrestricted free agent. Dec 5: Pontus Aberg’s North American comeback will be short-lived. TSN’s Chris Johnston reports that the veteran forward has been placed on unconditional waivers t...
Read moreOttawa Places Pontus Aberg On Unconditional Waivers
Traktor ChelyabinskPontus Aberg’s North American comeback will be short-lived. TSN’s Chris Johnston reports that the veteran forward has been placed on unconditional waivers today for the purpose of contract termination. Aberg will return to Europe once clear of the Senators, likely heading back to the KHL where he pl...
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