PHILADELPHIA — Flyers goaltender Ivan Fedotov has been detained in Saint Petersburg, Russia, for an alleged evasion of military service, according to a report from Russian news outlet Fontanka.
Fedotov, 25, signed an entry-level contract with the Flyers on May 7 after leading CSKA Moscow to the Gagarin Cup last season, and the Russian Olympic Committee to a silver medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. CSKA Moscow is owned by the Russian government and its members are officially considered military personnel. In the past, the team was affiliated with the Soviet Army and known as the “Red Army Team.”
According to the report, Fedotov was picked up on Friday by operatives of the Russian criminal investigation department and taken, without restraint, to the military registration and enlistment office. This came after there was an earlier report, also from Fontanka, that operatives had taken up waiting positions at various Saint Petersburg locations in an attempt to find and detain Fedotov.
