The Kontinental Hockey League is in the midst of its preseason schedule, meaning guys are still working to shake off the rust that accrues during those enigmatic offseasons in Russia. It doesn’t look like Yevgeny Medvedev had too much of that rust to work off however, as the 31-year old defenseman scored this absolutely sick breakaway goal against Traktor Chelyabinsk last Friday.
Yes, that’s a veteran d-man pulling off the Forsberg-esque dangle during game action, something you don’t see too often. It’s almost not even fair to the poor 20-year old Vasily Demchenko in net. Welcome to the big leagues, kid.
