Huskies hire goalkeeper Oleg Shilin as a Maxwell replacement!

Huskies hire goalkeeper Oleg Shilin as a Maxwell replacement!

Kassel, Deutschland - A change in the goalkeeper position of the Kassel Huskies ensures a breath of fresh air in the team. The Huskies have signed Oleg Shilin to replace the injured stammer goalkeeper Brandon Maxwell. Maxwell, who continues to recover from a knee injury from the pre-season, is on the right track to recovery, but the huskies wanted to be on the safe side and decided on the 34-year-old Shilin. The contract with the experienced goalkeeper initially applies until the end of October. Kassel Huskies reports that ...

Oleg Shilin was born on May 4, 1991 in Omsk, Russia and has an impressive career. After going through all youth departments at Avangard Omsk, he made his debut in the professional team early on. From 2007 to 2021 he gained experience in various Russian leagues, including 167 games in the VHL, the second highest Russian division, as well as 33 missions in the KHL, which is considered the second best league in the world after the NHL. Shilin has been playing in Germany since 2021, where he was first active for the teams in the DEL Krefeld and Cologne before moving to the DEL2 to the ice pirates Crimmitschau in 2023. There Shilin showed a catch rate of over 90 percent in two seasons and was named DEL2 goalie of the year in 2024. …

impressions and expectations

Shilin, who held German citizenship, is looking forward to the challenge of the huskies and working with the coaching team under Todd Woodcroft and his goalkeeper colleague Philipp Maurer. Huskies sports director Daniel Kreutzer was positive about this obligation and sees a valuable supplementary player for the team in Shilin. The huskies have great expectations of their new goalkeeper, who has often been considered crucial for the success of his previous teams, even if he was sometimes plagued by injuries and illnesses.

squad for the upcoming DEL2 season

The Kassel Huskies have already put together a solid squad for the DEL2 season 2025/26. In addition to Oleg Shilin and Philipp Maurer in the goalkeeper position, the team includes well-known names such as:

• trainer: Todd Woodcroft, Petteri Väkiparta, Sinisa Martinovic
• Defense: Bode Wilde, Marco Müller, Ben Stadler, Andrew Bodnarchuk, Tim Bender, Markus Freis, Simon Schütz
• Sturm: Christian Schiling, Jake Weidner, Maciek Rutkowski, Laurin Braun, Tyler Benson, Alec Ahlroth, Yannik Valenti, Michael Bartuli, Clemens Sager, Mitchell Hoelscher, Darren Mieszkowski, Hunter Garlent, Tristan Keck, Hans Detsch, Dominic Turgeon

The huskies are so well positioned and hope that Oleg Shilin's obligation will be decisive for a successful season. According to ice hockey statistics, the DEL2 ... could expect an exciting season in which the huskies want to fight for the championship in this second highest German league.