Brennan Menell has joined SKA!

SKA Hockey Club and Dynamo Moscow have agreed on a trade.

Defenseman Brennan Menell is transferring to SKA, with goalkeeper Stanislav Berezhnoi and fellow defenseman Timur Kol moving in the opposite direction.

HC SKA thanks the pair for their efforts with our team, while welcoming Brennan to Saint Petersburg!

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Brennan Menell is a defenseman who was born on 24 May 1997 in Woodbury, the United States of America. He stands 181 centimetres tall and weighs 81 kilograms, shooting with his right arm. 

He played for the Vancouver Giants in the WHL, before competing for Iowa Wild in the AHL and Minnesota Wild in the NHL. Brennan moved to Dinamo Minsk for the 2020/2021 campaign, where he recorded 38 (5+33) points across 47 regular-season appearances and seven (1+6) in five Gagarin Cup playoff matches.

Following his maiden KHL campaign, Brennan travelled back to the AHL for the 2021/2022 season with the Toronto Marlies and subsequently the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. He then spent three years with Dynamo Moscow, notably winning the Continental Cup in 2024. To date, Brennan - who received Russian citizenship in the summer of 2023 - has registered 153 (20+133) points from 230 KHL matches.