Who are your top 5 or so all-time Russian goaltenders (other than Tretiak ..read more

Rookie defenseman, averaging 18 minutes of ice time for Lada. Is there anything in his game that suggests he can play in the NHL one day ..read more

Don't see any mention of him on any other threads. Seems to be putting up good numbers for a middle of the pack team. Is he someone worth watching in terms of NHL potential ..read more

I've been working on compiling some all-decade teams for Soviet players and would like your input so that I can find some missing players. Any help is appreciated! (Players are not ranked in order under each position) 1960s LW Veniamin Alexandrov Anatoli Firsov Boris Mayorov Yevgeni Mishakov C Alexander Almetov Viktor Polupanov Vyacheslav Starshinov Viktor Yakushev RW Konstantin Loktev Vladimir Vikulov Leonid Volkov Yevgeny Zimin D Vitali Davydov Viktor Kuzkin Eduard Ivanov Oleg... Read more ..read more

Hello everyone! The message for those who like to follow Russian hockey - write to me in private messages, add to Instagram (in your profile), or answer right here. I've been doing scouting for the NHL for a long time, but I haven't talked to people in English lately. I could also help you with common Russian words, hockey rules and slangs. I will be glad to discuss about Russian prospects in person ..read more

what is up with that guy? I found this article: Reports: Ivan Fedotov will return to play for CSKA, not the Flyers – FLYERS NITTY GRITTY where they say he'll stay in CSKA, but what happened in the meantime? did he go to court or what ..read more

Progress of Kosmos Orlov for 4 years in hockey Season 2022/23 - 9 years old Season 2022/21 - 8-years old Season 2021/20 - 7-years old Season 2020/19 - 6-years old ..read more

What would a list like that look like? Russia is famous for its goalies and forwards but not defenders so much. A wild shoot: 1: Konstantinov 2: Fetisov 3: Gonchar 4: Zubov 5: A.Markov 6: Kasatonov 7: Kasparaitis 8: Zhitnik 9: Sergachev 10: Tyutin ..read more

Found rather strange that we don't have a thread for our main teams yet, only for juniors, so I decided to start it (and I think there is something to discuss, as a lot of new players are going through the team, not even mentioning the "Olympic" B-Team ..read more

1. Viacheslav Fetisov - played from 1977 through 1998. He was the heart and soul of the great Soviet Union teams of the 1980s. He is a 6 time World Champion and 2 time Olympic champion. Fetisov was the driving force among players to gain freedom to play outside of Russia and specifically in the National Hockey League. As result he came to North America in 1989. Though his best days were behind him, he established himself as one of the steadiest defenders in the NHL for nearly a... Click to expand... Read more ..read more