Canes sign pick to standard WHL Player Agreement
By Lethbridge Herald on July 15, 2021.
The Lethbridge Hurricanes have signed one of their Canadian Hockey League Import draft picks.
On Wednesday, the Canes announced they had signed 2003-born forward Yegor Klavdiev to a Western Hockey League Standard Player Agreement.
Klavdiev, 18, was selected by the Hurricanes with the 11th overall selection in the 2021 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft last month.
The product of Minsk, Belarus scored six goals and 11 points in 24 regular season games during the 2020-21 season with the Belarus Under-18 team.
He also played five games at the World Under-18 Championship in Dallas where he totaled three points (one goal and two assists) for Belarus.
“We’re happy to be able to get Klavdiev signed,” said Hurricanes general manager Peter Anholt in a release.
“We hope that he will be a good fit with our 2003-born group of players and after seeing him at the Under-18’s, we are excited to see how he will progress at our level.”
The five-foot-11, 175-pound forward also appeared in 13 regular season games last season with Dinamo-Molodechno of the Belarusian ExtraLeague A where he had two goals and four points and three points in five post-season games.
Klavdiev also suited up with Miskie Zubry for one regular season game and seven playoff games, scoring two goals and six points.
Klavdiev is one of nine 2003-born players projected for the 2021-2022 season including Chase Pauls, Kayden Sadhra- Kang, Joe Arntsen, Briley Wood, Zack Stringer, Ty Nash, Salvatora Collora and Jared Picklyk.
The Hurricanes open the 2021-22 regular season Oct 1 when they host the Calgary Hitmen at the Enmax Centre.
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