The San Jose Sharks have loaned forward prospect Ivan Chekhovich to the HC Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Russia’s top men’s league, for the entirety of the 2020-21 season. The KHL team announced the signing this morning.
Chekhovich was an exciting late-round selection, snagged by the Sharks in the seventh round (212 overall) of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. He was a single point shy of being a point per game player with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the QMJHL during his draft season, his first year in North America.