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Skvortsov: Datsyuk Was My First Hockey Idol
Torpedo's 17-year-old forward names Pavel Datsyuk as his boyhood favorite, praises McDavid, MacKinnon, Makar and Ovechkin among today's stars.
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Torpedo's 17-year-old forward names Pavel Datsyuk as his boyhood favorite, praises McDavid, MacKinnon, Makar and Ovechkin among today's stars.
Three KHL clashes headline 28 September: Avangard host Metallurg, Torpedo face Salavat Yulaev, and Dinamo Moscow welcome Traktor in evenly poised fixtures.
The forward says he expected to spend his whole career in Novosibirsk and had little contact with coach Lyuzenkov before the trade.
Sibir coach Yaroslav Lyuzenkov confirms the swap of forward Aleksei Yakovlev for Torpedo's Aleksandr Yaremchuk, calling the exchange mutual and internal.
Semyon Vyazovoy saved all 27 shots as Salavat Yulaev beat Torpedo 3:0, extending Viktor Kozlov's side to 4 wins in 5 games and 3rd place in the East.
KHL president Alexei Morozov discusses the new Nizhny Novgorod arena, rules out a three-point system, and addresses Ovechkin's contract and Sochi relocation rumors.
Avangard coach Guy Bouchard says the team is in survival mode after a 2:1 win, citing 11 injured players including a lost defenceman and goalkeeper.
Andrey Mironov says Sochi struggle to score after a 0-3 loss to Torpedo, leaving them 11th in the Western Conference with only two points from seven games.
Head coach Alexei Isakov says Torpedo overcame nerves to beat Sochi 3-0. Goalkeeper Dmitry Shugaev made 19 saves in the KHL victory.
Dmitry Shugaev stopped all 19 shots as Torpedo won 3-0 at Sochi, their 6th win in 8 games, moving to 2nd in the KHL Western Conference with 12 points.
Michigan defenceman Landon Dupont leads TSN analyst Craig Button's top 32 for the 2027 NHL Draft, with Russians Nazar Privalov and Sergei Skvortsov second and third.
Avangard goaltender Nikita Serebryakov will sit out the KHL game against Spartak after Mike Vecchione's knee hit him in the head in the loss to Torpedo.
The American defenceman, in his first KHL season with Torpedo, says Alexander Ovechkin helped him fall in love with Russia and praised Malkin from Penguins camp.
Torpedo defenceman Robert Nardella says the language barrier is still his biggest challenge in Russia, though he is enjoying learning Russian in his second KHL season.
After a 1:5 loss to Torpedo, Avangard's coach says half his roster is hurt and the team has now dropped three straight KHL games.
Torpedo coach Aleksei Isakov explained how his team turned a 1:0 lead into a 5:1 rout of Avangard, crediting bench management in the second period.
Torpedo coach Alexei Isakov discussed the 5:1 win over Avangard and explained why new signing Alexei Yakovlev, arriving from Sibir, should boost the squad.
Vinogradov and Konyushkov scored twice each as Torpedo crushed Avangard 5:1, dropping Guy Boucher's side to eighth in the Eastern Conference.
Sibir's general director Lev Krutokhvostov says Yakovlev, 31, stopped making the line-up and asked for a change, and that Yaremchuk brings speed and chances.
Torpedo have added 32-year-old Yaroslav Dyblenko on a one-year deal, bringing in a defenceman who posted 19 points for Amur last KHL season.
The two-time Olympic champion says CSKA's attack is the problem despite a 4:0 win over Sochi, and predicts victory over Torpedo next.
Russian Ice Hockey Federation chief Vladislav Tretyak praised the Omsk arena as one of Europe's finest, citing a wave of new KHL venue openings including Nizhny Novgorod and Torpedo's rebuilt rink.
Torpedo won 3-2 at Nizhny Novgorod's new VOLGA Arena, with Yegor Sokolov scoring against his former club just days after his transfer to Ak Bars.
Anwar Gatiyatulin says Ak Bars need more defensive reinforcements after a 2:3 loss to Torpedo, with the squad heavily reshuffled over summer.