Episode 16 of the official KHL podcast. The league has a new president who’s well known in hockey world and Darren Dietz talks learning Russian language and playing for team Kazakhstan being a Canadian.

0:36 Moves across the league

2:05 Slepyshev ties Radulov’s record

3:30 The worst trade in Ak Bars history?

5:00 Wild regular season finish in the East

7:06 Crazy race for a best goal-scorer title

7:50 New president of the KHL

10:52 Darren Dietz on a new National team and Russian language

Darren Dietz:

- It’s a really unique feeling when another country accepts you as one of your homie and invites you to play for the National team. And the pride I feel getting to do that… I can’t really put it to words. For me it’s a really special special experience. I’m happy I did it

- Playing against Canada would be unbelievable. It has been a dream to play at the World Championship and I’ll have an opportunity like that

- I started learning Russian right away. I had a couple hours to learn that Russian poetry. I like to push myself to talk Russian. To be out of comfort zone