Artemiy Pleshkov and Ivan Vydrenkov are SKA players!

SKA Hockey Club and HC Sochi have agreed on a trade. Goalkeeper Artemiy Pleshkov and defenseman Ivan Vydrenkov are moving to SKA, with Sochi in exchange signing forward Fyodor Abramov and receiving the KHL rights to fellow forward Maxim Muranov.

HC SKA welcomes Artemiy and Ivan to Saint Petersburg, while thanking Fyodor for his efforts with our system!

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Artemiy Pleshkov is a goalkeeper who was born on the 31st of October 2002 in Moscow, Russia. He stands 179 centimeters tall and weighs 75 kilograms, catching the puck with his left hand. Since 2019, Artemiy has been playing in the MHL with Kapitan Stupino, making 139 appearances in the league, picking up a save percentage of 92.6% and tallying a 2.71 goals against average. He achieved a 95.1% save percentage in the 2022/2023 campaign. Furthermore, Artemiy participated in 15 KHL games for Sochi in the same season, recording a 90.4% save percentage and a goals against average of 3.74. His KHL debut was witnessed on the 23rd of October 2022.

Ivan Vydrenkov is a defenseman who was born on the 31st of July 2004 in Balashikha, Russia. He stands 189 centimeters tall and weighs 77 kilograms, shooting with his left arm. Ivan progressed through the Olimpiets-2004 and Severnaya Zvezda systems in Balashikha and Moscow respectively, before subsequently playing in the MHL for Kapitan. He has registered 31 (6+25) points in 118 MHL matches.