Alexei Kolosov
The Belorussian was selected in the third round of 2021. Playing for Minsk Dynamo, he’s had three shutouts to go with a 2.28 GAA and a .909 save percentage in 21 games. The 21 year old is looking like a brick wall against some of Russia’s best and could find his way to North America soon if he keeps playing like this.
Carson Bjarnason
Bjarnason was highly touted and declared to be one of the best goalie prospects in this year’s draft. The fact that the Flyers snagged him in the second round seemed to be somewhat of a miracle. He’s struggled a little bit so far this year. However, to be fair, the WHL is known to be a high scoring, low defense league. His team, the Brandon Wheat Kings, are also in last place. Bjarnason’s numbers are not flashy: 3:15 GAA with a save percentage of .906. However, he’s doing everything he can while getting fired upon from every angle. Flyers’ goaltender Carter Hart was a WHL star and shows what getting seasoned out there can do for you. It’s also worth nothing he’s only 18 years old and has plenty of good years ahead of him.
Carson Bjarnason made 28 saves for the win last night, including this breakaway stop at the start of the second period!
— Brandon Wheat Kings (@bdnwheatkings) November 18, 2023
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Yegor Zavragin
Apparently, the Flyers love their Russian goalies. Zavragin was selected in the third round of this year’s draft. He is playing for Khanty-Mansiysk Mamonty Ugry of the MHL; a junior Russian league just below the KHL. He’s lighting that league up. In nine games, he is 6-1-2 with a GAA of 1.63 and a save percentage of .945 with two shutouts. He’s also appeared in four games for Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk of the VHL. There he has a 1.24 GAA and a .953 GAA. He is a perfect 4-0-0 in the VHL. It can be safely assumed that the 18 year old could find himself in the KHL sometime soon.