Goalkeeper “San Jose” Georgiy Romanov became the 13th Russian goalie to play in the current NHL season, which became a new national record in the history of the league.
Romanov played the first game of the season, taking the ice in a match against Edmonton (2:9). The Russian replaced Devin Cooley, who missed 8 goals.
During the 2023/24 season, also played at least one match: Ivan Fedotov (Philadelphia), Sergei Bobrovsky (Florida), Igor Shesterkin (New York Rangers), Andrei Vasilevsky (Tampa), Pyotr Kochetkov (“Carolina”) , Ilya Samsonov (“Toronto”), Daniil Tarasov (“Columbus”), Yaroslav Askarov (“Nashville”), Ilya Sorokin, Semyon Varlamov (both “New York Islanders”), Alexander Georgiev, Ivan Prosvetov (both Colorado ).
Last season, 12 Russian goalies participated in NHL regular season games.
Source : MatchTV
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