Sports director Belyaev: Spartak hockey players Svechkov and Chibrikov can go to America
MOSCOW, March 7 – RIA Novosti. Continental Hockey League (KHL) club sports director Roman Belyaev told reporters that Spartak Moscow forwards Fedor Svechkov and Nikita Chibrikov have not yet decided where to pursue their careers, they may go to North America.
The contracts of 19-year-old Svechkov and 20-year-old Chibrikov expire on April 30, 2023. In the 2021 National Hockey League (NHL) Draft, Svechkov was selected by the Nashville Predators in the first round, 19th overall, and Chibrikov was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round, 50th overall.
From next season, Russian KHL clubs can include up to three foreign players in a match application, and no more than five foreign players can be used in the current championship.
“As for our players, we have a foreigner signed for next season – Patrick Ribard, he has a contract. I think we will announce the extension of the contract with Prince soon, but Shane is not a foreigner at the moment because he has a Belarusian passport ( Joseph) Keane is a young player, his rights are Spartak (Philip) As for Varona, for his season with Spartak. “We are very grateful to him. He had a very difficult situation as a family. He is a child in August and has always been away from his family, but he has shown himself to be a professional, as he proved in the final part of the championship. But we will most likely not renew his contract with him.” .
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