Nikolai Goldobin has joined SKA!

SKA Hockey Club can reveal that a contract has been signed with Nikolai Goldobin.

The agreement with the forward runs for three years until the completion of the 2027/2028 campaign.

HC SKA welcomes Nikolai to Saint Petersburg, wishing him plenty of success with our team!

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Nikolai Goldobin is a forward who was born on 7 October 1995 in Tomilino, Moscow Region, Russia. He stands 183 centimeters tall and weighs 87 kilograms, shooting with his left arm. Nikolai progressed through the Belye Medvedi and Krylya Sovetov systems, before subsequently making his MHL debut with Russkie Vityazi. He moved to North America at the age of 16, where he played for the Sarnia Sting in the OHL. Furthermore, Nikolai travelled to Finland for the 2014/2015 season, competing for HIFK on loan.

He was selected by the San Jose Sharks as the 27th pick of the 2014 NHL Draft. Nikolai played for San Jose and the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL, registering 46 (19+27) points across 125 appearances. He also turned out for the San Jose Barracuda and the Utica Comets in the AHL.

Nikolai returned to Russia in the summer of 2020. Overall, from 339 games in the KHL for CSKA Moscow, Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Spartak Moscow, he has gained 277 (120+157) points and reached the final of the 2021/2022 Gagarin Cup playoffs. On the international scene, he earned a silver medal of the 2015 World Junior Championship.