MOSCOW, Jul 3 A number of young Russian hockey players who have not officially completed military service , may also face problems due to alleged draft evasion that former CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov has experienced, a source familiar with the situation said. On Friday, media reported that Fedotov was detained in St. Petersburg by military enlistment office officials. The hockey player became ill at the military registration and enlistment office, after which he was hospitalized. Earlier, a source said that the goalkeeper faces up to two years in prison under Art. 328 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation — for evading conscription for military service. On Sunday, the goalkeeper's lawyer said that his client was supposedly being sent to Severomorsk, but at the moment there is no connection with him. «The army team owns the rights to many young players who are now playing abroad. Egor Afanasiev, Artem Grushnikov, Ilya Sorokin, Denis Guryanov and Dmitry Samorukov may face the same problems that Ivan Fedotov had. other teams,” the source said. As part of CSKA, Fedotov won the Gagarin Cup of the 2021/22 season, after which he signed a contract with the American club Philadelphia Flyers.
