Graduates of the CSKA hockey school have received contracts with the club

The graduation ceremony of the CSKA Hockey School students took place on the ice of the CSKA Arena in Moscow. The young players received contract offers from the club and were symbolically represented in the uniform of an army team.

At the end of the season, the CSKA school was again recognized as the best in the capital, ahead of Spartak, Dynamo Moscow and Lokomotiv. This first place has already become the eleventh for the club's system in the last 15 years.

Vladislav Tretyak, a member of the Supervisory Board of HC CSKA, expressed hope that new Russian hockey stars would appear among the graduates.

"We are waiting for new Ovechkins, Mikhailovs, Kharlamovs to appear, who will once again glorify the club where they were raised," Tretyak said.

This graduation set a school record by winning six consecutive national tournaments. According to the president of the club, Igor Esmantovich, 15 contracts were offered to graduates, some of which have already been signed. One of the players, Ivan Rossinsky, noted that he intends to continue his career in the CSKA system and break into the main team.

"I love this club very much and I want to break into the first team. I want to play there. This is my dream," Rossinsky said.

The team's coach Mikhail Deev called the current graduation one of the most successful in the school's history.

During the ceremony, the graduates also handed over commemorative badges to the younger students who were eligible to participate in the Moscow competitions.

The development of CSKA's infrastructure continues with the support of Rosneft, and a new multifunctional sports palace is under construction in the center of Moscow. Sergei Fedorov, a member of the Supervisory board of HC CSKA, said that the construction of the arena would take about three years.

"According to conservative estimates, for 2 and a half years, about three, and this pearl should shine in the center of Moscow," Fedorov said.

"We need to take character from the CSKA that won the Gagarin Cup"

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CSKA President Igor Esmantovich announced on May 27 that the CSKA hockey club plans to play at the new arena on Leningradsky Prospekt in 2028. He stressed that the construction of a new ice arena for hockey CSKA continues.