Mikhail Pashnin taken first overall in first KHL junior entry draft
The Kontinental League held its first junior entry draft Monday with 23 KHL clubs selecting players with a minimum age of 17 years old.
The 91 draftees came from the following categories: graduates of non-KHL Russian hockey schools, graduates of KHL club hockey schools with no contractual obligation to the parent KHL club and international (non-Russian) hockey players.
The draft procedure consisted of four rounds, with the initial sequence reflecting the clubs’ results from the KHL’s 2008-09 season. As is customary in other professional sports drafts, KHL clubs were able to trade selection positions both prior to and during the draft.
The first pick of the KHL junior entry draft was 20-year-old defenseman Mikhail Pashnin of Chelyabinsk by CSKA Moscow. CSKA moved up in the draft moments before it began by trading their position in the first, second and third rounds to Dynamo Minsk for the opportunity to pick first overall.
Selecting today’s draft picks gives the players’ rights to the KHL club, but does not obligate the player to immediately terminate his contract with his current team. KHL clubs have the exclusive right to finalize a contract with their draftees from Russian hockey schools until April 30 of the year in which the player will turn 22 years old.
The term of the initial contract will also run until April 30th of the year the player turns 22 years of age. Meanwhile, KHL clubs hold the right to finalize contracts with international hockey players selected in the KHL junior entry draft until April 30 of the year the player turns 28 years old.
If a player has not been invited to sign a contract by the team that selected him in the KHL junior entry draft by Aug. 1, 2009, the player has the right to negotiate with any other international (non-KHL) hockey club.
If a player refuses to sign a contract with the KHL team who selected him, the club reserves the player’s KHL rights until April 30th of the year in which the player turns 28 years old.
Full list of players selected at the 2009 KHL Entry Draft:
1st round
â„– KHL Club Player's name Junior team
1 CSKA Moscow (from Dynamo Minsk) D Mikhail Pashnin Mechel Chelyabinsk
2 Dynamo Minsk (from Metallurg Novokuznetsk) F Mikhail Stefanovich Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
3 Amur Khabarovsk G Dmitry Shikin Kristall Elektrostal
4 Sibir Novosibirsk D Nikita Zaitsev MHC Krylia Sovetov
5 HC MVD Moscow Reg. -
6 Severstal Cherepovets D Dmitry Gromov MHC Krylia Sovetov
7 Avangard Omsk Reg. -
8 SKA St Peterburg G Harri Sateri Tappara Tampere (FIN)
9 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk F Vadim Yaschuk HC Belgorod
10 Severstal Cherepovets (from Lada) F Ignat Zemchenko MHC Krylia Sovetov
11 Atlant Moscow Reg. (from Traktor) D Evgeni Molotilov Guelph Storm (OHL)
12 SKA St Peterburg (from Spartak) G Ramis Sadikov Rus Moscow
13 Dynamo Riga F Roberts Bukarts Krylia Sovetov
14 SKA St Peterburg (from Spartak) F Vladimir Ruzicka Plzen (CZE)
15 SKA St Peterburg F Tomas Tatar Zvolen (SVK)
16 Dynamo Moscow F Andrei Bykov Fribourg (SWI)
17 Metallurg Magnitogorsk D Alexander Savoskin Krylia Sovetov
18 Dynamo Minsk (from CSKA) D Kirill Gotovets Shattuck St. Mary (USHL)
19 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl F Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson Timra (SWE)
20 Atlant Moscow Reg. D Stefan Stepanov Krylia Sovetov
21 Atlant Moscow Reg. (from Ak Bars) F Alexander Shevchenko HC Belgorod
22 Lada Togliatti (from Salavat Yulaev) D Evgeni Rybnitsky Izhstal Izhevsk
23 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg F Ondrei Roman Vitkovice (CZE)
2nd round
â„– KHL Club Player's name Junior team
24 Dynamo Minsk F Teemu Pulkkinen Jokerit Helsinki (FIN)
25 SKA St. Peterburg (from Metallurg Novokuznetsk) F Andrei Leonov Kristall Elektrostal
26 Amur Khabarovsk F Artem Tomilin Krylia Sovetov
27 Sibir Novosibirsk F Michal Repik Rochester (AHL)
28 Spartak Moscow (from HC MVD) F Alexander Gogolev MHC Krylia Sovetov
29 Severstal Cherepovets F Vitaly Popov MHC Krylia Sovetov
30 Atlant Moscow Reg. (from Avangard) D Roman Rukavishnikov Rus Moscow
31 Dynamo Moscow (from Barys) D Alexander Ataev Krylia Sovetov
32 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (from Neftekhimik) D Erik Karlsson Vastra-Frolunda Goteborg (SWE)
33 CSKA Moscow (from Lada) F Yuri Sheremetiev Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
34 SKA St. Peterburg(from Traktor) F Antonin Melka Kladno (CZE)
35 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod F Kaspars Daugavins Ottawa 67s (OHL)
36 Dynamo Riga F Roberts Jekimovs Brynas (SWE)
37 Spartak Moscow F Artem Voronin MHC Krylia Sovetov
38 Metallurg Novokuznetsk (from SKA) -
39 SKA St. Peterburg (from Dynamo Moscow) D Juri Niemi Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
40 Atlant Moscow Reg. (from Metallurg Magnitogorsk) F Mattias Tedenby HV-71 Jonkoping (SWE)
41 Dynamo Minsk (from CSKA) F Mikael Granlund Karpat Oulu (FIN)
42 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl G Jaroslav Janus Erie Otters (OHL)
43 Atlant Moscow Reg. F Jiri Tlusty Toronto (AHL)
44 Ak Bars Kazan -
45 Salavat Yulaev Ufa D Mikhail Grigoriev Yuzhny Ural Orsk
46 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg F Alexei Filippov MHC Krylia Sovetov
3rd round
â„– KHL Club Player's name Junior team
47 Atlant Moscow Reg. G Petr Eremin Kristall Elektrostal
48 Dynamo Minsk F Artem Demkov Cape-Breton (QMJHL)
49 Metallurg Novokuznetsk D Georgi Dulnev Kristall Elektrostal
50 Spartak Moscow (from Amur) F Sergei Chistyakov Kristall Elektrostal
51 Sibir Novosibirsk F Simon Hjalmarsson Boras (SWE)
52 HC MVD Moscow Reg. -
53 Severstal Cherepovets D Kirill Sviyazov MHC Krylia Sovetov
54 Atlant Moscow Reg. (from Avangard) D Artem Venskel Vityaz Chekhov
55 Barys Astana D Boris Novikov Krylia Sovetov
56 Dynamo Moscow (from Neftekhimik) F Zach Kassian Peterboro (OHL)
57 Atlant Moscow Reg. (from Traktor) D Egor Antropov White Bears Moscow
58 Atlant Moscow Reg. (from Torpedo) F David Kveton Trinec (CZE)
59 Dynamo Riga F Ainars Podzins Krylia Sovetov
60 Spartak Moscow F Juraj Mikus Skalica (SVK)
61 SKA St. Peterburg F Jacob Josefson Djurgardens (Swe)
62 Dynamo Moscow D Eric Gudbranson Kingston (OHL)
63 Metallurg Magnitogorsk F Marat Zaripov Mechel Chelyabinsk
64 Dynamo Minsk (from CSKA) G Yuri Lavretsky Kapitan Stupino
65 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl F Nikolai Suslo HC Gomel (BLR)
66 Atlant Moscow Reg. G Jonas Enroth Portland (AHL)
67 Atlant Moscow Reg. (from Ak Bars) F Oleg Li Quebec (QMJHL)
68 Salavat Yulaev Ufa F Ivanovsky Ilya Vityaz Chekhov
69 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg F Richard Panik Trinec (CZE)
4th round
â„– KHL Club Player's name Junior team
70 Dynamo Minsk D Sergei Sheleg Sudbury (OHL)
71 Metallurg Novokuznetsk D Maksim Matushkin Bjorkloven (SWE)
72 Lada Togliatti (from Amur) -
73 Sibir Novosibirsk D Kristofer Berglund Sundsval (SWE)
74 CSKA Moscow (from HC MVD) F Alexander Fedoseev MHC Krylia Sovetov
75 Severstal Cherepovets F Artur Ganzvind MHC Krylia Sovetov
76 Avangard Omsk Reg. D Alexander Toropov Avangard Jr Omsk Reg.
77 Barys Astana D Kirill Alenikov Metallurg Magnitogorsk
78 Dynamo Moscow (from Neftekhimik) D Miro Hovinen Jokerit (FIN)
79 Lada Togliatti F Sergei Ryabukhin CSK VVS Samara
80 SKA St. Peterburg (from Traktor) D Michal Jordan Plymouth (OHL)
81 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod D Alexander Frolenkov White Bears Moscow
82 Dynamo Riga F Andris Dzerins Kingston (OHL)
83 Spartak Moscow D Victor Hedman MoDo (SWE)
84 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (from Dynamo Moscow) F Pavel Bondarevsky Rus Moscow
85 Metallurg Magnitogorsk D Oliver Ekman-Larsson Leksands (SWE)
86 Metallurg Magnitogorsk (from CSKA) D Simon Bertilsson Brynas (SWE)
87 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl F Toni Rajala Ilves (FIN)
88 Atlant Moscow Reg. D Dmitry Shvidenko Spartak Moscow
89 Ak Bars Kazan F Taylor Hall Windsor (OHL)
90 Salavat Yulaev Ufa D Egor Martynov Mechel Chelyabinsk
91 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg D Kirill Badulin Mechel Chelyabinsk
