Vitaly Kolesnik in net for Kazakhstan
Vitaly Kolesnik, the Colorado Avalanche goalie who was practically unsolveable by Hartford while he was in the AHL with Lowell last season, has signed a three-year deal with Khimik Voskresensk of the Russian Super League, according to a report that appeared in Sport Express earlier today.
Kolesnik, who backstopped Team Kazakhstan (along with Vitali Yeremeyev) in the 2006 Olympics, appeared in 8 games over two stints for the Colorado Avalanche this season. In 29 games with the AHL Lowell Lock Monsters, Kolesnik was 15-13 with a 2.80 GAA and .918 sv pct, while virtually killing the Wolf Pack every time he faced them.
A team spokesman for Khimik said that Kolesnik will officially apply for Russian citizenship in two years, so that he will not count against the RSL's payroll tax against non-Russian-born goaltenders. If Kolesnik choses to leave the Kazakh national team, he would become the third goaltender (Yermeyev and Evgeni Nabokov are the others) in a relatively short span to do so.
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