Borna Rendulic is a SKA player!

SKA Hockey Club and Sochi have agreed on a trade.

Forward Borna Rendulic has joined SKA, with fellow forward Marat Khusnutdinov moving in the opposite direction.

HC SKA thanks Marat for his efforts with our club, while welcoming Borna to Saint Petersburg!

Factfile:

Borna Rendulic was born on the 25th of March 1992 in Zagreb, Croatia. He stands 188 centimeters tall and weighs 90 kilograms, shooting with his right arm. Borna initially began his career with Medvescak Zagreb, but he quickly moved to Finland where he represented S-Kiekko, Assat, SaPKo, HPK, Peliitat and the Pelicans. The forward picked up 56 (27+29) points in 122 SM-liiga games.

He spent time in North America between 2014 and 2017, competing for the Colorado Avalanche, the Lake Erie Monsters, the San Antonio Rampage, the Vancouver Canucks and the Utica Comets.

Borna recorded two (1+1) points from 15 NHL matches, while tallying 69 (32+37) in 163 AHL appearances.

The Croat then competed for Vityaz Moscow Region in the KHL during the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 campaigns. After that, Borna played with Adler Mannheim in Germany and Orebro in Sweden, before returning to the KHL with Sochi this summer. So far, he has gained 58 (31+27) points from 110 KHL games.

Borna is the captain of the Croatian national team. Since playing for his national side when he turned 16, he has won medals at the D2A and D1B World Championships. In 2023, Borna became the top scorer and the MVP of the D2A World Championship.