October 7, 2020 — Selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2020 NHL Draft. Third round, 69th overall.
Represented Russia and won a silver medal at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing as the youngest player named to the Russian team… Registered 55 points (11g, 44a) in 65 KHL games with SKA St. Petersburg in 2022-23, setting a league record for points by a Russian-born defenseman.
Registered 25 points (8g, 17a) in 62 games with Krylya Sovetov Moscow of the MHL, Russia’s top junior hockey league… Led team defensemen in goals, assists and points… Was teammates with fellow Hurricanes 2020 draft pick Vasily Ponomarev.
Spent a majority of the season with Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)… Tallied three assists in 29 games… Made his KHL debut at Riga (9/2)… Earned his first KHL point with an assist at Lokomotiv (9/4)… Recorded an assist vs. Lokomotiv (11/20)… Registered an assist at Vityaz (2/25)… Also played in six games with Krylya Sovetov (MHL), tallying three assists… Recorded one assist in three KHL playoff games… Made his KHL playoff debut at Dynamo (3/2)… Earned his first KHL playoff point with an assist vs. Dynamo (3/6)… Skated in two MHL playoff games with Krylya Sovetov.
Spent a majority of the season with Spartak Moscow (KHL), registering five points (1g, 4a) in 20 games… Established KHL career highs in goals, assists and points… Tallied an assist vs. HC Sochi (2/23)… Recorded an assist at Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (2/18)… Earned two assists vs. Severstal Cherepovets (11/18)… Scored his first career KHL goal vs. Kunlun Red Star (10/12)… Also posted three assists in three games with Khimik Voskresensk (VHL) and skated in one game with MHK Spartak Moscow (MHL)… Skated in three KHL playoff games and two VHL playoff games… Tallied two points (1g, 1a) in two MHL playoff games.
Recorded 12 points (8g, 4a) in 46 KHL games with Spartak Moscow… Ranked tied for sixth in goals among all KHL blueliners and tied for seventh in penalty minutes (39)… Led team defensemen in goals and ranked third in points… Established new KHL single-season highs in goals and points… Tallied two points (1g, 1a) at Barys Astana (9/11)… Posted four points in four games from 11/18-11/25 (3g, 1a), including his first KHL multi-goal game (2g) at Kunlun Red Star (11/25)… Scored three goals in four games from 12/20-12/29, including the game-winning goal at Lokomotiv (12/29)… Was the youngest player named to Russia’s roster for the 2022 Olympics and skated in all six games at the tournament to help his team win a silver medal… Recorded two points (1g, 1a) in three KHL playoff games, scoring a goal in Game 1 at SKA St. Petersburg… Joined Khimik Voskresensk (VHL) for the playoffs after the KHL season ended, posting two assists in three games.
Registered 55 points (11g, 44a) in 65 KHL games with SKA St. Petersburg… Set a new league record for points by a Russian-born defenseman and surpassed Sergei Zubov (2009-10) for the most points by any blueliner in SKA history… Led all KHL skaters in assists and finished tied for sixth in points… Led all KHL defensemen in points… Named KHL Defenseman of the Month three times (September, October and January) and KHL Defenseman of the Week three times (9/12, 12/5, 1/23)… Averaged 22:50 of ice time per game… Recorded 101 hits and 99 blocked shots… Began the season with a four-game point/assist streak from 9/3-9/9 (1g, 4a)… Posted two assists vs. Barys Astana (9/5)… Tallied two points (1g, 1a) vs. Dinamo Minsk (9/9)… Recorded three assists at HC Vityaz (10/15)… Registered two points (1g, 1a) vs. Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (10/19)… Earned a four-game point streak from 10/26-11/5 (3g, 4a)… Posted two assists vs. Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (10/26)… Tallied two assists at Dinamo Minsk (10/28)… Scored two goals vs. Metallurg Magnitogorsk (11/5)… Earned a four-game point streak from 11/26-12/4 (3g, 3a)… Recorded three points (2g, 1a) vs. Severstal Cherepovets (12/1)… Registered two assists vs. Spartak Moscow (12/24)… Posted three assists at Traktor Chelyabinsk (1/4)… Recorded a three-game assist streak from 1/8-1/13 (5a)… Tallied three assists at HC Sochi (1/8)… Earned a three-game assist streak from 1/19-1/25 (4a)… Registered two assists at Torpedo Nizhny Novogorod (1/21)… Posted a three-game point/assist streak from 2/1-2/7 (1g, 4a)… Tallied three points (1g, 2a) vs. Ak Bars Kazan (2/3)… Finished the regular season on a four-game point streak from 2/16-2/23 (1g, 4a)… Tallied three assists in season finale at HC Sochi (2/23)… Added eight points (4g, 4a) in 16 KHL playoff games… Recorded three points (1g, 2a) in SKA’s six-game Conference Quarterfinal series vs. Dinamo Minsk (3/1-3/11)… Registered two points (1g, 1a) in Game 3 of Conference Semifinal series at Torpedo Nizhny Novogorod (3/20)… Earned three points (2g, 1a) in SKA’s six-game Conference Final series vs. CSKA Moscow.