The Flyers sign goaltender Ivan Fedotov to a two-year contract.
The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that goaltender Ivan Fedotov has signed a two-year, $6.5 million contract ($3.25 million AAV), according to General Manager Daniel Briere.
The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that goaltender Ivan Fedotov has signed a two-year, $6.5 million contract ($3.25 million AAV), according to General Manager Daniel Briere.
Fedotov, 27, (11/28/96), played the bulk of the 2023-24 season for CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), going 21-22-1 with a 2.37 GAA,.914 SV%, and four shutouts in 44 games. The 6-foot-7, 214-pound Russian native was tied for sixth in the KHL in shutouts and eighth in victories. He had a career-high two assists and a season-high four-game winning streak from December 30 to January 9. This season, the left-handed backstop went 0-1-1 with a 4.95 GAA and.811 SV% in three games (one start) for Philadelphia. He made his NHL debut on April 1 against the New York Islanders, becoming the Flyers’ second Russian goaltender in franchise history, following Sergei Bobrovsky (10/7/10 vs Pittsburgh).
Fedotov went 61-55-8 with a 2.22 GAA, a .921 SV%, 10 shutouts and five assists in 133 career regular season games in parts of seven KHL seasons with Nizhnekamsk, Ufa Salavat, Chelyabinsk and CKSA Moscow (2014-15, 2017-22, 2023-24). He went 18-13 with a 2.06 GAA, a .930 SV% and two shutouts in 31 career KHL playoff contests. During the 2021-22 KHL season, he was named the League’s Best Goaltender, named to the First All-Star Team and won the Gagarin Cup. Internationally, Fedotov won a silver medal with the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
Fedotov was selected by the Flyers in the seventh round (188th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft and signed a one-year, entry-level contract with Philadelphia on May 7, 2022, which was transferred to the 2023-24 NHL season.
