MOSCOW, July 19, Vasily Bogdanov. Forward of the National Hockey League (NHL) club ) «Vancouver Canucks» Ilya Mikheev expressed hope that Russian goaltender Ivan Fedotov will solve the situation with military service and be able to continue playing hockey. «It was all unexpected. I don't know the details of the story. I hope everything will be resolved for him and he will be able to play go on to hockey and please the fans,» Mikheev told reporters. Earlier, the military registration and enlistment office detained 25-year-old Fedotov in St. Petersburg. The goalkeeper, after the end of the season in the Continental Hockey League (KHL), where he played for CSKA Moscow, signed a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). At the moment, the athlete is in a military unit in the Arkhangelsk region and, as his lawyer Alexei Ponomarev noted, «he maintains his physical shape as best he can.»
