Scott Wilson has joined SKA!

SKA Hockey Club and Sibir Novosibirsk have agreed on a trade.

Scott Wilson is joining SKA, while fellow forward Andrei Loktionov is moving in the opposite direction.

HC SKA thanks Andrei for his efforts with our team, while welcoming Scott to Saint Petersburg!

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Scott Wilson was born in Oakville, Canada. He originally started out his career with local club Oakville Rangers, before subsequently representing the Georgetown Raiders and UMass-Lowell at junior level. He was picked 209th by the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2011 NHL Draft.

The forward did indeed take to the ice for Pittsburgh in the NHL, notably winning the Stanley Cup with the organisation in 2017. Furthermore, Scott also competed for the Detroit Red Wings and Buffalo Sabres in the NHL, while turning out in the AHL for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Rochester Americans, Syracuse Crunch and Charlotte Checkers.

Overall, Scott tallied 57 (23+34) points from 216 NHL appearances and 156 (82+74) points across 233 AHL games.

Scott initially moved to the KHL with Vityaz Moscow Region in 2022, but he then went on to play for Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Salavat Yulaev Ufa and Sibir ahead of his transfer to SKA. He claimed KHL bronze with Salavat in the 2024/2025 campaign.

He has registered 18 (10+8) points so far in the current KHL season.