NHL clubs have completed their selection of hockey players for the 2024 draft, with 27 Russian players recognizing their teams at a ceremony in Las Vegas.
In the first round “Montreal » chose an attacker Ivan Demidov of SKA-1946, fifth overall, defender Anton Silaev was recruited by the Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo “New Jersey” Under the number 10, forward Egor Surin from Yaroslavl Lokomotiv was drafted by Nashville under the number 22, and forward Matvey Gridin from Muskegon (Michigan, USA) was drafted by Calgary under the number 28.
In the second round, San Jose selected Dynamo Moscow forward Igor Chernyshov (33rd overall), the Colorado Avalanche – Metallurg Magnitogorsk goaltender Ilya Nabokov (38), the New Jersey Devils – goaltender Mikhail Egorov (49), who played for the Omaha Lancers in the USHL, and the Carolina Hurricanes – Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod forward Nikita Artamonov (50).
In the third round, the Calgary Flames drafted AKM (Tula) goalie Kirill Zarubin (84) and the Florida Panthers drafted CSKA Moscow defenseman Matvey Shuravin (97).
In the fourth round, the Islanders selected Red Army goalie Dmitry Gamzin with the 115th pick, and the Carolina Hurricanes selected Steel Foxes defenseman Alexander Siryatsky (124).
In the fifth round, Colorado selected Omsk Hawks goaltender Ivan Yunin (137), Toronto selected Mammoth Ugra forward Alexander Plesovskikh (152) and Red Army goaltender Timofey Obvintsev (157).
In the sixth round, Carolina selected defender Timur Kol (168) from Avangard, defender Roman Shokhrin (184, Lokomotiv) and forward from the Moscow region “captain” Fedor Avramov (188). Florida chose Stepan Gorbunov (169, Traktor) and Philadelphia chose Ilya Pautov (173, CSKA).
In the seventh round, “San Jose” chose the goalkeeper of “SKA-1946” from St. Petersburg Yaroslav Korostelev with the number 194, “Florida” – the goalkeeper of the “Tyumen Legion” Denis Gabdrakhmanov (201). “Buffalo” drafted the Austrian forward from “Salzburg” Vasily Zelenov (204), “Montreal” – forward Makar Khanin (210, “Dynamo” St. Petersburg), “Toronto” – forward Matvey Korotky (211, SKA-1946), “Colorado” – forward Nikita Prishchepov (217, “Victoriaville”, QMJHL), “Carolina” – forward Andrei Krutov (220, “Chaika”).
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