Demoted to the third line for the vast majority of the game, Ivan Demidov saw his playing time melt away like snow in the sun on Saturday.
In a 5-4 loss for the St. Petersburg SKA against the Moscow Dynamo, the Montreal Canadian prospect spent 12 minutes and 36 seconds on the ice. This is his fewest minutes played since December 19. During his team’s last six games, the young Russian had spent an average of more than 16 minutes on the ice.
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The 19-year-old skater was held off the scoresheet against Dynamo. This is the second game in a row where he is unable to collect a point. The fifth overall pick in the last Bettman draft had seven goals and four assists for 11 points in the six games he played between December 19 and January 5.
On the Dynamo side, Quebecers Maxime Comtois and Cédric Paquette did very well. The first amassed a goal and an assist, while the second was complicit in two successes.
Demidov and SKA return to action on Monday against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
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