2013 KHL expansion draft

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2013 KHL Expansion Draft
General information
Date(s)17 June 2013
Overview
Expansion teams Admiral Vladivostok
Expansion season 2013–14

The 2013 KHL Expansion Draft was held on 17 June 2013 in order to fill the roster of the league's expansion team Admiral Vladivostok for the 2013-14 season.

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Rules

Admiral Vladivostok was able to select players from any of the Russian-based teams in the KHL, except from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. This exception was because Lokomotiv had been still recovering from the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.

Five days before the draft, each team submitted five players to be available for selection in the expansion draft and the Vladivostok team was allowed to choose one player from each club. The players submitted for selection might have been either Russian or foreign. However, the Vladivostok roster had to contain no more than seven foreign players and no more than one foreign goaltender.

The players submitted to the draft had to meet the following criteria:

The players names available for Admiral to choose from were not revealed to public due to ethical issues and league agreements with the various teams. [1]

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Draft picks

Below are all players drafted to Admiral in the extension draft: [3]

#PlayerPositionAgeDrafted from
1. Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Ivannikov G 22 SKA Saint Petersburg
2. Flag of Russia.svg Artyom Zemchyonok D 21 Spartak Moscow
3. Flag of Russia.svg Anton Poleschuk D 26 Amur Khabarovsk
4. Flag of Russia.svg Denis Osipov D 26 Yugra
5. Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Kostromitin D 23 Traktor Chelyabinsk
6. Flag of Belarus.svg Alexei Ugarov LW 28 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
7. Flag of Russia.svg Enver Lisin RW 27 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
8. Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Yefimov F 25 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
9. Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Nikitenko C 34 Metallurg Novokuznetsk
10. Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Sokolov F 22 Ak Bars Kazan
11. Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Lesnukhin F 26 HC Vityaz
12. Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Drugov LW 27 Sibir Novosibirsk
13. Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Drugov C 21 Atlant
14. Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Bergfors LW 26 Severstal Cherepovets
15. Flag of Russia.svg Igor Bortnikov F 24 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
16. Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Gynge RW 26 HC Dynamo Moscow
17. Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Barbashev LW 20 CSKA Moscow
18. Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Pervushin F 27 Avangard Omsk
19. Flag of Russia.svg Danil Gareyev F 21 Salavat Yulaev Ufa

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References

  1. ↑ "KHL Will Not Release Players Available to Vladivostok". EuroHockey.com. 2013-06-12.
  2. ↑ "June Extension Draft for Vladivostok". khl.ru. 2013-05-14.
  3. ↑ Список Йортикки. "Адмирал" выбрал игроков на Драфте расширения (in Russian). KHL.ru. 2013-06-17.
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