Posted by Sudbury Northern Life  
The Sudbury Wolves Hockey Club is pleased to announce that the IIHF has awarded the junior transfer for Russian forward Nikita Filatov to the Sudbury Wolves of the Canadian Hockey League, effective Nov. 5.
The Wolves' first-selection overall in the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft, and the sixth player selected overall in the NHL Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets, is now playing for Syracuse of the American Hockey League.
"We were pleased to hear the news after two months of waiting on the Filatov transfer," notes Wolves' head coach and GM Mike Foligno, in a release.
"Wolves' owner Mark Burgess put a lot of time and effort into this process and he is very appreciative of the support that he received from the OHL office and Hockey Canada on the appeal process."
The Blue Jackets team management are currently assessing Filatov's development at the AHL level and are expected to decide in the coming days whether to leave Filatov in the AHL or assign him to the Sudbury Wolves of the Canadian Hockey League.
If Filatov is assigned to the Sudbury, Wolves fans will have the opportunity to watch one of the most exciting and prolific offensive hockey players in the world.
