Railers re-sign Bakanov

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester Railers Hockey Club, ECHL affiliate of the New York Islanders, announced that the club has signed forward Andrei Bakanov to a contract for the 2024-25 season.

Bakanov, 22, joins Worcester for his third season with the Railers. Bakanov had 24 points (12g-12a) in 62 games for Worcester during the 2023-24 season. During the 2022-23 campaign, while under contract with the American Hockey League’s Springfield Thunderbirds, he played in 35 games for Worcester, recording 11 points (4g-7a). With Springfield in 22-23, he recorded six penalty minutes in 18 games.

Prior to playing professional hockey in North America, he spent two seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League from 2020-22 between the Kunlun Red Star and HK Sochi. With Kunlun in 2020-21, he scored five points (4g-1a) in 32 games. The following season with HK Sochi, he scored four points (3g-1a).

The Moscow, Russia native spent one season each with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League in 2019-20, and the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the United States Hockey League in 2018-19.