MOSCOW, Sep 2 FC Admiral Vladivostok Latvian striker Nikolai Eliseev received permission International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), according to the club's official Telegram channel. The IIHF sent a transfer card for the 28-year-old hockey player to Russia. The striker was at the location of the club and played several control matches during the pre-season. “Admiral” will play the first match of the new KHL season on Friday against the Chinese “Kunlun Red Star”, Eliseev went on the road with the team. Russia and Belarus. In July, LHF Secretary General Roberts Pluzejs said that the goalkeeper of the Khabarovsk “Amur” Janis Kalnins, due to the signing of a contract with the KHL club, would not be called up to the Latvian national team. In the KHL, Eliseev played only for Dynamo Riga from the 2014/15 season 17/18 and in seasons 20/21 and 21/22. In the past regular season, the striker played 29 games in which he scored 20 points (13 goals and 7 assists). As part of the Latvian national team in 2022, he played at the Olympic Games and the World Championship.
