Brendan Leipsic has returned to SKA!

SKA Hockey Club have signed a contract with Brendan Leipsic.

The deal with the forward runs until the end of the 2025/2026 campaign.

Brendan had previously played for SKA during the 2023/2024 season, making 21 appearances in the KHL regular season and Gagarin Cup playoffs.

HC SKA welcomes Brendan back to Saint Petersburg!

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Brendan Leipsic was born on 19 May 1994 in Winnipeg, Canada. He stands 180 centimetres tall and weighs 82 kilograms, shooting with his left arm. He has also held Russian citizenship since January 2024.

He initially played for the Winnipeg Monarchs and Winnipeg Wild in the WAAA and MMHL, before transferring to the WHL with the Portland Winterhawks. He won the WHL in the 2012/2013 season, while also becoming the league's top points scorer and goalscorer.

Brendan subsequently stepped up to the AHL, where he went on to represent the Milwaukee Admirals and Toronto Marlies. He also participated in a combined total of 187 NHL matches and recorded 59 (16+43) points while turning out for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vegas Golden Knights, Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings and Washington Capitals.

He made the move to the KHL in the 2020/2021 season with CSKA Moscow and then Metallurg Magnitogorsk, twice reaching the final of the playoffs. After one season with SKA, Brendan played for Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg and Sibir Novosibirsk in the 2024/2025 campaign.

So far, Brendan had tallied 170 (68+102) KHL points from 286 games, with four (2+2) of them having been gained in 21 SKA matches.