Athletistic/Hockey. The famous North American journalist Scott Wheeler, in his column for The Athletic, shared his opinion on the situation with CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov.
“The most pressing problem in Russian hockey at the moment is the ongoing international conflict around goaltender Ivan Fedotov. The goaltender, although he has a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers, remains at CSKA for a year after having completed military service in the Armed Forces of Russia. Russian Federation. For this reason, Fedotov”, CSKA and KHL are now under IIHF sanctions, and Russia, its main league and club s “further distanced from the rest of the hockey world in the middle of Ukraine’s SVO,” Wheeler wrote.
On August 14, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) imposed sanctions on CSKA, banning the military team from international transfers for the entire 2023/2024 season. The IIHF also suspended Ivan Fedotov until December 31, 2023. However, on September 1, the goaltender took to the ice in the opening match of the KHL season against Ak Bars (2:5) .
This season in the KHL, Ivan Fedotov, despite the ban from the IIHF, played five matches and conceded 12 goals.
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