Aliaksei Protas scored his first AHL goal in the Hershey’s home win against the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins on Sunday.
The Capitals’ 2019 third-round pick, wearing number 40, took a backpass from Joe Snively in the high slot and ripped a shot, beating Baby Pens’ goalie Max Lagace.
After a very successful season with the KHL’s Dinamo Minsk, Aliaksei Protas is returning to North America for more development in the Capitals’ organization.
Protas was loaned to Dinamo Minsk in August due to the pandemic mostly shutting down junior hockey in Canada.
After Dinamo was eliminated in the KHL quarterfinals by SKA St. Petersburg in mid-March, the Capitals recalled Protas stateside and assigned the towering forward to the AHL Hershey Bears. The Bears’ season runs through May.
By Ian Oland 2 months ago
Aliaksei Protas is making the most of his August loan to the KHL.
The Capitals’ 2019 third-round pick has scored four goals in his first 14 games with Dinamo Minsk and is among the top scorers in the KHL amongst under 20-year-old players.
The 6’6”, 210-pound center is coming off a 2019-20 season that saw him tally 80 points (31g, 49a) in 58 junior hockey games with the Prince Albert Raiders (WHL). While he’s not producing nearly as prolifically as before, his game has translated to a men’s league that features a bigger rink and some of the most talented players outside the NHL.
By Ian Oland 7 months ago
Over the last month, the Washington Capitals loaned five prospects overseas as the NHL continues to grapple with how to conduct and start its 2020-21 season. Other NHL teams have followed suit.
Damien Riat and Tobias Geisser were loaned to Swiss National League teams; Axel Jonsson-Fjallby was returned to his native Sweden to play in the HockeyAllsvenskan; and Alex Alexeyev and Aliaksei Protas are playing in Russia’s KHL. All five are expected to be called back for Capitals’ training camp.
The tradeoff of the loans is simple: Caps prospects continue playing hockey, but they also assume varying degrees of risk of contracting the coronavirus outside a bubble system. The latter has become a concern as the KHL is suddenly enduring a COVID-19 outbreak.
The Washington Capitals announced on Friday that they’re loaning 2019 third-round pick Aliaksei Protas to the KHL to begin next season. Protas will suit up for Dinamo Minsk, which is located in his home country of Belarus.
The Caps added that they expect to recall the mammoth forward back to North America either for the start of the Western Hockey League’s (WHL) 2020-21 season or Capitals’ Training Camp.
By Ian Oland 9 months ago
Washington Capitals 2019 third-round pick and WHL scoring phenom, Aliaksei Protas represented Belarus in this year’s Division 1A World Junior Championship. The hulking center led his country in scoring on the way to a bronze medal in world junior hockey’s second tier of the championship.
The Belorussians beat Norway to claim bronze and the Austrians beat Latvia to claim gold and a spot in the top tier competition next year.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
The Athletic’s Corey Pronman wrote over the summer that the Washington Capitals have the second-worst farm system in the NHL. But after another great draft, the Capitals are making Corey reconsider.
Monday, the prospects guru named Aliaksei Protas the 2019 NHL Draft’s biggest riser.
The Capitals drafted Protas in the third round, number 91 overall.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
Connor McMichael and Aliaksei Protas, both of the Capitals’ most recent draft class, have continued their hot starts to the 2019-20 season.
A huge four-point night from McMichael (London Knights) saw him earn three primary assists and score the game-winning goal in the final minutes against the North Bay Battalion. Protas (Prince Albert Raiders) chipped in a point as well in a victory against the Brandon Wheat Kings.
As of Saturday morning, both Capitals prospects lead their respective junior leagues in scoring.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Capitals prospect Aliaksei Protas has impressed through the first nine games of the Prince Albert Raiders’ 2019-20 season.
On Tuesday, the Raiders named Protas as part of the team’s leadership group, making him an alternate captain.
By Donya Abramo 2 years ago
Aliaksei Protas, the Washington Capitals’ third-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, is continuing to take the WHL by storm with the Prince Albert Raiders.
In the Raiders’ decisive 8-4 win over against the Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday, Protas tallied two goals and an assist.
Protas is now tied for first in WHL points along with Bryce Kindopp of the Everett Silvertips and James Hamblin of the Medicine Hat Tigers. Protas has 14 points through nine games played, and he is also fourth in goals scored with six.
By Donya Abramo 2 years ago
