Who is Ivan Fedotov? Ice hockey star ARRESTED AND FORCED into Russian army after $1.1M deal with Flyers

Who is Ivan Fedotov? Ice hockey star ARRESTED AND FORCED into Russian army after $1.1M deal with Flyers
Goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov reacts while leaving the rink after defeating Team Denmark 3-1 in the Men’s Ice Hockey Quarterfinal match on day 12 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Wukesong Sports Centre on Feb 1 (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Olympian silver medallist Ivan Fedotov, who got arrested at a St Petersburg hockey rink in Russia on charges that he planned to evade military service on July 1 after he signed a deal worth $1.1 million in May with National Hockey League (NHL) team Philadelphia Flyers, has now been drafted into the Russian army to fight in Ukraine.

As per DailyMail, the 25-year-old Fedotov, one of Russia’s best goalkeepers and a member of the national team, signed an entry-level contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the US National Hockey League and planned to quit his Russian club, Central Sport Club of the Army (CSKA), to play in the United States. Following this deal, Russian officials met the player at the exit of an ice arena in St Petersburg on July 1 and "invited him to go to the military registration and enlistment office" where he was accused of seeking to dodge the military draft, as reported by Russian online newspaper Fontanka.

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