Ukrainian-born
Swedish winger Dmytro Timashov, 28, has signed a two-year contract
with Admiral Vladivostok, several Swedish media outlets have
reported.
Timashov,
who has a Ukrainian mother and Russian father, created quite a
sensation in Sweden – where he was raised – last summer when he
signed with KHL club HC Sochi. After recording four points in 22
games, he was released in December and then in January signed
with Swiss club Genève-Servette,
where he put up nine points over 22 games during the rest of the
season.
Now
he’s headed back to the KHL.
“I
want to play in the KHL to get closer to my family who lives there,”
he told Swedish
website HockeySverige.se.
Depending
on exactly where in Russia his family is located, Vladivostok is an
interesting choice. The city lies in the far east of Russia on the
Pacific coast – approximately
9,000 km from Moscow.
Timashov
was born in Kropyvnytskyi in central Ukraine but left the country
with his mother at age seven and grew up in suburban Stockholm,
Sweden, which is where he started playing hockey. He played for
Djurgården in Stockholm and then went overseas at age 17 to play
junior hockey for the Quebec Remparts, where he won
the QMJHL rookie-of-the-year
award and he was drafted in the fifth round of the 2015 NHL Entry
Draft by the Toronto
Maple Leafs.
Dmytro Timashov Leaves KHL, Signs In SwitzerlandUkrainian-born Swedish winger Dmytro Timashov, 28, has signed a short-term contract in Switzerland with Genève-Servette, the National League club announced on Friday. His contract runs until Feb. 2 with an option to extend it until the end of the season.
He played 45 NHL games with the
Leafs, Detroit
Red Wings and New
York Islanders, scoring four goals and adding five assists, but
spent most of his time between 2016 and 2021 in the AHL.
Since then, Timashov has played two seasons in the SHL with Brynäs
IF and then one
season with HC Ajoie in Switzerland’s National League.
Internationally, Timashov represented
Sweden at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Vladivostok
finished eighth in the KHL’s Eastern Conference last season and was
eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. The team also has
under contract for 2025-26 Slovak
goaltender Adam Húska, Czech
defenseman Lukáš Šulák
and
Slovak
national team defenseman Mário Grman.
Photo © Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images.
Slovak
goalie Adam Húska, 28, has signed a one-year contract with Admiral
Vladivostok, the
KHL club recently
announced on social media.
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