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The Daily: St. Petersburg Seeking Home for Red Wings Pick Buchelniknov; World Tourney Gets Underway

Sweden play Germany in opening match

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11 months ago

May 12, 2023

Bob Duff

SKA St. Petersburg are hopeful of being able to loan Red Wings draftee Dmitri Buchelnikov to another KHL team to increase his playing time.

The management of SKA St. Petersburg are seeking to find another KHL home for Detroit Red Wings draftee Dmitri Buchelnikov. The hope is that Buchelnikov, 19, will become a KHL regular with that team while on loan from St. Petersburg.

Buchelnikov signed a three-year contract extension with SKA during the past season. However, he was only able to find his way into 10 games for one of the top teams in the KHL. In that brief exposure, Buchelnikov was collecting a goal and an assist. However, he was also expressing no appetite to leave SKA in search of playing time elsewhere in the KHL.

Sport Express reports that says SKA may lease out #LGRW prospect Dmitri Buchelnikov for the upcoming season. #KHL pic.twitter.com/VX3qi5yj3R

— Hockey News Hub (@HockeyNewsHub) May 10, 2023

The 52nd overall selection by Detroit in the 2022 NHL entry draft, Buchelnikov was spending most of the 2022-23 season with SKA Neva St. Petersburg of the VHL, Russia’s second division. The 5-foot-9, 150-pound right-shot left-winger counted 15-13-28 numbers in 35 games and a goal and an assist in six playoff games.

Buchelnikov also skated briefly with SKA 1946 St. Petersburg of the MHL, the Russian junior league. Here he was dominant, posting 5-7-12 digits in just four games and 5-2-7 totals through nine playoff games.

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