The young Russian defender continues to impress in the KHL. He is earning more and more time on the ice from Coach Nikitin with his mature and honest game. Romanov knows his limits and rarely puts his skate wrong in the defensive zone, and with the increased confidence comes some of the play that Trevor Timmins mentioned when asked about Romanov after the draft: the big hits.
The first hit seemed to have given Romanov confidence in his physical game, and the next time he stepped up from the blue line to deliver a hit that would have made Niklas Kronwall proud.