{"id":687283,"date":"2026-05-22T22:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/687283\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:31:11","slug":"flames-sign-kirill-zarubin-calgary-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/687283\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames Sign Kirill Zarubin | Calgary Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Calgary Flames announce today the signing of goaltender Kirill Zarubin to a three-year entry-level contact.<\/p>\n<p>Zarubin, a native of Penza, RUS, spent the 2025-26 season with AKM Tula of the MHL, while also appearing in a single game with the VHL\u2019s AKM Tula Region.<\/p>\n<p>In MHL play, the 20-year-old appeared in 48 games, posting a 2.17 goals-against average, a .930 save-percentage and three shutouts while earning a 26-13-3 record. He also backstopped AKM Tula in six playoff games, registering a 1.59 goals-against average and a .944 save-percentage.\u00a0In his lone VHL contest with AKM Tula Region, Zarubin turned aside 40 of the 41 shots.<\/p>\n<p>He was Calgary\u2019s third-round selection (84th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>TERM: Three-year, entry-level<\/p>\n<p>AAV: $1,007,500<\/p>\n<p>KIRILL ZARUBIN \u2013 GOALTENDER<\/p>\n<p>BORN: Penza, RUS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DATE: September 20, 2005<\/p>\n<p>HEIGHT: 6\u20193\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WEIGHT: 207 lbs.<\/p>\n<p>CATCHES: Left<\/p>\n<p>DRAFTED: CGY \u2013 3rd round (84th overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Calgary Flames announce today the signing of goaltender Kirill Zarubin to a three-year entry-level contact. Zarubin, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-687283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}