Via Red Wings Prospects on Twitter, Red Wings 2022 draft pick Dmitri Buchelnikov was named the best forward at the Sochi Open.
It’s a preseason tournament, designed to showcase the Under-25 National Team in a set of exhibition games vs. KHL teams, but it’s still good to know that the Wings’ 52nd overall pick was dominant at times over the course of the tournament:
You are looking at the best forward of the Liga Stavok Sochi Hockey Open!
Dmitry Buchelnikov, who was unstoppable during the competition, has indeed been crowned the top forward of the tournament in Sochi.
A thoroughly deserved award! #RussiaHockey pic.twitter.com/QwfS1PXQrE— Russia Hockey (@russiahockey_en) August 10, 2022
Buchelnikov is in the SKA St. Petersburg organization, and he’s going to try to at least make the jump from the MHL, which is the equivalent of Russian Major Junior hockey, to the VHL, the Russian AHL, where he’ll play for SKA-1946.
If he can jump all the way to the KHL and play for SKA St. Petersburg’s men’s team, that will be a huge leap forward for a player who posted 41 goals and 34 assists for 75 points in 56 MHL games last season.
At present, EliteProspects’ Buchelnikov profile has the right-shooting center slated to stay with SKA-1946’s MHL team this upcoming season.
