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Valentenko: Why I Returned to Russia
Filed under: Canadiens , NHL Economics , Russian Hockey The Cold War between the NHL and the Kontinental Hockey League warmed up a bit again earlier this week when Pavel Valentenko, a farmhand with the Hamilton Bulldogs, top affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens, signed a contract with Dynamo ...
Canadiens suspend Valentenko without pay
tsn.ca — MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens suspended Pavel Valentenko without pay on Friday after the prospect left the... Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League to sign a three-year contract with Dynamo Moscow. Valentenko was in the second year of a ... (more) Canadiens suspend Valentenko without pay
Returning to Mother Russia May Be No-Brainer
Returning to Mother Russia May Be No-Brainer
sportingnews.com — Earlier this year when Nashville Predators winger Alexander Radulov walked out on the last year of his... contract with the team to return to Russia to play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), a lot of folks asked whether or not the move presented ... (more) Returning to Mother Russia May Be No-Brainer
Valentenko in Russia
Valentenko in Russia
lionsinwinter.blogspot.com — Habs prospect Valentenko no longer on Hamilton Bulldogs website and rumourd to be moving to Russian KHL.... (more) Valentenko in Russia
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Afternoon Delight: Interview overload
IllegalCurve.com — ...   A must-read for all hockey fans. Interesting comments by Glenn Healy in The Sporting News Today with Craig Custance. Soft cap shoulder pads sounds like a good idea to me. Joe Pelletier provides readers with some free excerpts of Don Cherry’s book.  I need to get that book. Freddy Meyer is out 2-4 weeks for a sports hernia.  The tough news continues for the Islanders. NHL Fanhouse has an interview with Pavel Valentenko who left North America to return to the KHL.  ...

Returning to Mother Russia May Be No-Brainer
The Sporting Blog — ... Last week, Montreal Canadiens prospect Pavel Valentenko returned to Russia ostensibly to take care of some personal business. But once he got there, it turned out that the business he was looking to transact was to sign a three-year contract with Dynamo Moscow, one of the premier teams in the KHL. Though Valentenko told Sovetsky Sport that he had informed Montreal of his decision to play in the KHL ahead of time, the news seemed to come as a surprise to the team's front office. ...

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Valentenko suspended for signing KHL contractFOXSports.com News for NHL 10/31/2008
The Montreal Canadiens suspended Pavel Valentenko without pay on Friday after he left the minor league Hamilton Bulldogs to sign a three-year contract with Dynamo Moscow. Valentenko was in the second year of a three-year, entry-level deal with the ...
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