To make up for the missed week, here’s a double dose of roundup, broken up by week:
Ilya Samsonov: Goaltender for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL; drafted first round, 22nd overall in 2015
WEEK OF NOV. 24: Samsonov technically appeared in three games this week. Technically. In Wednesday’s game, he was only in net for 17 seconds. With starting goaltender Vasily Koshechkin playing 59:43, one might assume he was injured. Regardless of what happened, Samsonov’s next two starts were quite solid. In a 3-2 overtime win on Friday, Samsonov stopped 34 of 36 shots for a 0.