NHL-bound Russian hockey player wants court to reverse his conscription - CBC News

Russian hockey player Ivan Fedotov has been accused of trying to evade military service by signing an NHL contract.

The lawyer for a Russian goalie who was NHL-bound before being abruptly detained outside a St. Petersburg hockey rink in July asked a court in the Leningrad region Thursday to revoke a decision by th… [+5965 chars]

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