St. Louis Blues prospect Matvei Korotky has lastly discovered his groove within the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and was awarded Rookie of the Week on Monday. Specifically, the 2024 seventh-round decide potted a double in SKA’s dropping effort in opposition to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on Feb. 15 (4-3), scoring his first KHL targets.
This sturdy efficiency got here after Korotky performed on the 2025 KHL All-Star Recreation as one of many prime gamers from the Russian Junior League’s (MHL) personal All-Star Recreation. Within the video beneath, you’ll be able to see Korotky’s two targets in addition to different NHL prospects taking the ice, just like the Montreal Canadiens’ Ivan Demidov, who didn’t have his finest displaying within the sport. Philadelphia Flyers’ prospect Yegor Zavragin is guarding SKA’s crease, however he additionally didn’t do too effectively, permitting 4 targets to a workforce that isn’t going to make the playoffs.
The younger middle is slowly elevating his inventory within the SKA’s depth chart. It’s not straightforward for younger gamers to interrupt into senior groups’ rosters, and it’s even more durable on stacked groups like SKA. Korotky at present has 4 factors, with two targets and two assists, by way of 18 regular-season video games with SKA. He will certainly have extra probabilities to showcase his wonderful taking pictures talents and offensive expertise because the playoffs method.
Korotky’s contract with SKA runs by way of the 2026-27 season after a two-year extension signed within the 2024 offseason.
