Ivan Fedotov is being prepared for September 1 – Kommersant

Russian goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov is a CSKA player and will play from September 1, the Moscow club passed the application in the Continental Hockey League (KHL) and the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR), Igor Esmantovich, president of the army team, told reporters on Wednesday. Earlier, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) refused CSKA to register a contract with the goalkeeper for the new KHL season. “CSKA passed the application to the KHL and FHR. Fedotov will play from September 1, he is a team player. I would not like to interpret the nuances on this issue. I think that we did everything legally correctly,” said Mr. Esmantovich, explaining that lawyers are involved in settling relations with the IIHF. On the same day, Fedotov’s case was commented on by IIHF president Luc Tardif. “According to IIHF rules, a player cannot compete during a period of suspension. If CSKA violates these rules, the IIHF will open a disciplinary case against the club. There will be no more comments on this matter,” Tardif said.

In 2022, after winning the Gagarin Cup with CSKA, Fedotov signed a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL), but was detained at the military enlistment office and sent to a military unit for military service. On July 8, 2023, the KHL registered Fedotov’s new contract with CSKA. The NHL and Philadelphia are insisting that the goalkeeper’s agreement with Philadelphia, concluded in 2022, should be valid in the 2023-24 season. The IIHF intervened in the dispute between the army and Philadelphia. On August 14, she recognized Fedotov’s contract with Philadelphia as valid. In connection with the violation of IIHF rules, CSKA was given a year-long ban on international transfers, and Fedotov was suspended from September 1 until the end of 2023. The FHR later appealed the IIHF’s decision, but the appeal has yet to be decided. RIA Novosti, TASS