Florida Panthers prospect Kirill Gerasimyuk got his first start of the season on Saturday and posted a win as SKA Neva St. Petersburg skated to a 4-2 victory over Toros Neftekamsk in action from Russia’s VHL. Gerasimyuk, who made 37 saves, was selected by the Cats in the fifth round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
Matvei Shuravin played on the first defense pairing and went scoreless in Krasnaya Armiya’s 8-1 rout of SKA-Yunior in MHL action on Sunday. The 18-year-old Shuravin was chosen in the third round (97th overall) of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
Stepan Zvyagin saw fourth line duty and went scoreless in Dinamo Molodechno’s 5-2 win over Mogilev in the season opener for both Belarusian Extraleague squads. Zvyagin was a seventh round selection in the 2023 draft.
The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenseman Marshall Rifai to a two-year contract extension. Rifali’s new deal kicks in at the start of the 2025-26 season and will pay him $775K. The 26-year-old appeared in 57 games for the AHL Marlies and played in his first two NHL games with the Maple Leafs in 2023-24.
The Anaheim Ducks inked goaltender Oscar Dansk to a one-year, two-way contract. Dansk, 30, went 11-12-3 with a .897 save percentage and 3.22 GA in 27 games with the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers last season.