Egor Afanasyev, the Predators’ second round pick in this year’s draft, has been selected as one of the seven Canadian Hockey League players to be featured on Team Russia’s roster for the 2019 CIBC Canada Russia Series next month.
The 6’4 winger is off to a very solid start in his first CHL season. In just 11 games with the Windsor Spitfires, he’s notched 12 points and a +3 on-ice rating. This past Sunday, Afanasyev put ink to paper and signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Nashville Predators.
Afanasyev will join fellow CHL prospects Nikita Alexandrov (St. Louis Blues), Alexander Khovanov (Minnesota Wild), Nikita Okhotyuk (New Jersey Devils), Egor Sokolov, Egor Zamula (Philadelphia Flyers), and Dmitry Zavgorodniy (Calgary Flames) to represent their home country for the six exhibition games that will take place in six different CHL locales.
The QMJHL players- Zavgorodniy of Rimouski, Sokolov of Cape Breton, Alexandrov of Charlottetown, and Khovanov of Montcon- will be featured in Team Russia’s lineup for the November 4 Saint John and November 5 Montcon games.
The OHL delegates- Windsor’s Afanasyev and Ottawa’s Okhotyuk- will slot in for the November 7 Kitchener and November 11 London games.
Zamula, of the WHL’s Calgary Hitmen, will play for Russia in the November 13 Saskatoon and November 14 Prince Albert games.
