Here is a summary of key player transfers announced in the Kontinental Hockey League on June 3:
Avtomobilist has signed forward Reed Boucher to a one-year contract. In the 2023-2024 season, he played for Avangard, where he recorded 57 points (33 goals, 24 assists) in 65 games. Overall in the KHL, Boucher has played 337 games, scoring 170 goals and adding 138 assists. He won the Gagarin Cup with Avangard in the 2020-2021 season and was the regular season`s top goal scorer in 2023-2024 with 44 goals in 64 matches.
Torpedo has signed forward Dmitry Shevchenko to a contract valid until May 31, 2026. Shevchenko played for Amur in the 2023-2024 season, appearing in 29 games and tallying 5 points (1 goal, 4 assists). He has played a total of 391 KHL games, accumulating 96 points (44 goals, 52 assists).
Severstal has signed defenseman Daniil Bokun to a one-year contract. Bokun played for Torpedo in the 2023-2024 season, appearing in 45 games and recording three goals and four assists. He has played 190 career KHL games, totaling 32 points (8 goals, 24 assists).
Sibir has signed defenseman Roman Kalinichenko to a two-way contract and defenseman Andrei Churkin to a one-way contract. Kalinichenko spent last season in the VHL (Supreme Hockey League) and has one assist in 43 career KHL games. Churkin played 64 games for Severstal in the 2023-2024 season, scoring 13 points (6 goals, 7 assists). He has played 184 career KHL games, accumulating 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists).
Defenseman Ilya Karpukhin and forward Nikolai Polyakov have accepted qualifying offers from SKA. Karpukhin played 35 games for the St. Petersburg club last season, tallying 11 points (6 goals, 5 assists). Polyakov played 23 games, recording 3 points (2 goals, 1 assist).
Traktor and HC Sochi have completed a trade. Forward Andrei Nikonov moves to Chelyabinsk, while defenseman Ilya Nikolaev goes in the other direction. Nikonov played 51 games for Sochi in the 2023-2024 season, scoring 9 points (4 goals, 5 assists). Nikolaev reached the Gagarin Cup finals with Traktor and recorded 12 assists in 60 games last season.
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