The Philadelphia Flyers introduced Friday that ahead Matvei Michkov received October’s NHL Rookie of the Month.
In 11 video games, Michkov has 4 targets and 5 assists for 9 factors. He leads all rookies in targets and is tied for essentially the most factors.
Michkov was the Flyers’ seventh general choose within the 2023 Draft and has already proven he is the true deal. Out of all of the rookies within the league, he leads in power-play targets with three and power-play factors with six. He’s additionally tied for essentially the most multi-point video games with three, second in time-on-ice at 18:26, third in shots on net with 20, and fourth in factors per recreation at 0.82.
Michkov made his NHL debut on Oct. 11 in opposition to the Vancouver Canucks. He would tally his first level on Oct. 12 in opposition to the Calgary Flames and rating his first aim on Oct. 15 in opposition to the Edmonton Oilers.
Earlier than becoming a member of the Flyers within the offseason, Michkov spent most of final season enjoying for HC Sochi of the KHL. He tallied 19 targets and 22 assists for 41 factors in 47 video games.
He would play for SKA St. Petersburg beforehand however solely appeared in a single recreation. Michkov would then be loaned to HC Sochi for the 2023 season.
Michkov led HC Sochi in goals with 19, ranked second in general factors with 41, and was third on the crew in assists with 22. In the course of the 2023 season, he had 11 multi-point video games, together with three three-point video games and 5 separate three-game level streaks, together with one four-game level streak, as an under-20-year-old participant.
