The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Mile High Hockey staff. Five writers have ranked players under the age of 25 in the Colorado Avalanche organization as of July 1, 2023. Now, we’ll count down each of the 25 players ranked.
Name: Nikolai Kovalenko
Age: 23
Position: RW
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 185 lbs
Likely 2023-24 Team: Torpedo (KHL)
2022 Rank: #19
Final Rank: #5
High Rank: #4 (Jacob)
Low Rank: #6 (Ezra)
2022-23 Statistics:
Torpedo (KHL): 56 GP, 21G, 33A, 54P
This former 2018 sixth round selection has been in the Avalanche organization for quite a while and on the minds of fans, and surely the front office, wondering when he would cross the pond to join the team for a much-needed boost of depth in the bottom six.