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The Faceoff: Alexei Kovalev
In February of 2019, I took a walk with Alexei Kovalev in the Forbidden City of Beijing. We wound through throngs of visitors—an experience hard to reimagine in the throes of a pandemic—low fog shrouding the roofs of imperial palaces that stood for six centuries. Kunlun Red Star had just relocated to the Chinese capital after several seasons in Shang-hai, a long-awaited homecoming that would be astoundingly short-lived. A future venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Shougang Arena had finally opened its doors to the displaced Dragons, a modern complex on the site of an old steel plant experiencing a renaissance ahead of the Games. We could never have imagined then—finally able to explore a home the team scarcely knew—that Kunlun would be exiled from Beijing three more times.
June 1-7 Transfers
Nikita Filatov signed a one-year contract with Spartak Moscow, the ninth KHL team in his career. Also Nikolai Zherdev, Igor Radulov, and Denis Kazionov played for the same amount of clubs, but the absolute record is held by defenseman Alexander Ryazantsev, who managed to play for 11 teams.
