With Nikita Scherbak The Haie are bringing a league-proven striker to the Inn. The 30-year-old Russian was most recently with VSV for two seasons. During this time, the left-handed shooter collected 85 points scorer in 103 games.
Nikita Scherbak was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in Round 1 in 2014 and also made his NHL debut for the club. In total, Scherbak played 37 games for the Canadiens and the Los Angeles Kings in the best league in the world.
In addition, the new shark can, among other things, play almost 200 games in the American Hockey League and was active in the Russian KHL in addition to engagements in France and Slovakia. The entire organization of HC TIWAG Innsbruck-Die Haie is looking forward to working with Nikita Scherbak.
Nikita Scherbak
“I’m looking forward to this challenge. I can’t wait to get to know the team, the club, the city and, above all, the fans, and to give everything for the HCI in the future.”
HC TIWAG Innsbruck head coach Ryan Kinasewich and co Florian Pedevilla:
“Nikita Scherbak is an offensive, technically strong winger with a lot of creativity and a good understanding of the game. His game depends on his puck control, his overview and offensive actions. We as a coaching team are happy to have a player of his kind with us. The conversations with Nikita were very positive, we have only heard good things about him before and were able to convince ourselves of this in personal discussions.”
hcinnsbruck.at , Image: VSV/Krammer
