Igor Makarov signs three-year contract with SKA St. Petersburg

The 23-year-old forward Igor Makarov has joined the KHL club SKA St. Petersburg. The Russian, who spent last season playing for the Rockford IceHogs and failed to establish himself at the Chicago Black Hawks, signed a three-year contract.

«Our strategy is to return Russian players back home. We knew that Makarov had a point in his contract allowing him to return to the KHL after December,» SKA general manager Alexey Kasatonov said to Sport Daily.