EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK - JANUARY 10: Ilya Sorokin #30 of the New York Islanders tends net in a scrimmage at Northwell Health Ice Center at Eisenhower Park on January 10, 2021 in East Meadow, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
After taking an errant shot to the throat during warmups just before game two f the 2021 regular season, New York Islanders goalie Semyon Varlamov was forced off the ice. We found out he would be a healthy scratch for the game. Meaning that Ilya Sorokin will get his NHL debut.
After years of seeing him put up incredible numbers in the KHL since the Isles drafted him in the third round of the 2014 entry draft, we didn’t know if we’d ever see him skate in blue and orange.