Yegor Sidorov is an intriguing prospect in the pipeline of the Anaheim Ducks. After a successful career in the Western Hockey League (WHL), Sidorov had his debut in Pro Hockey in the 2024-25 season with the San Diego Meeuwen of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he placed a solid figure of 34 points in 59 regular season games. De Wit -Russian attacker shared the story of his development and his impressions of the last AHL season.
** You can read Sidorov’s interview in Russian on Vitvesty.by here**
Sidorov started playing in his native Vitebsk, a city in the northeast of Belarus known as the hometown of the Popular avant-garde artist Marc Chagall from the 20th century, and the protas brothers. However, he moved fairly quickly.
“When I was six years old, my father brought me to the Vitbsk Hockey School,” Sidorov starts talking. “I enjoyed practicing. I played with my hometown team in national tournaments, but the level was not very high at the time. My parents understood that I had to train for me and compete in a more competitive environment. They managed to arrange for me to continue my hockey education at Spartak’s school.
Make a name on the international scene
The turning point in his career came at the World U18 championship 2021 in Frisco, Texas. Sidorov ended the tournament with five assists in five games. “With the Wit -Russian national team we finished sixth and I played pretty well there,” he recalls. “Then I received an invitation from the Saskatoon Blades of the Whl. Young hockey players from all over the world want to come there, because it is a launch platform in the direction of the NHL. So I didn’t think about it twice if I should go.”
Statistically, Sidorov’s first season abroad was not the most impressive, with only 35 points in 58 games in the regular season. It seems that he needed some time for adjustment. “The first three months were incredibly difficult,” Sidorov confirms. “I didn’t know English. In the beginning I couldn’t understand the coach at all – because I get used to other hockey, a new system. But I am grateful to coach Brennan Sonne, who patiently waited for me to settle and support me completely in contact. My translator.”
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“Another thing that helped me to adjust was my Billet family, where I lived. Everyone in that family loves hockey. They went to home games and even traveled to the road. I was really lucky to end with them – they did everything for me, never refused something. 23 goals, the same song as a Canadian player who was later set who was set later on -state – Packeptan who was set -by -stepeptic who was set -by -stepeptic who was set -by -stepeptic who was set -by -stepeptic who was set -by -state who was set -by -state – set of the – -set person who was set -by -the -stupor who was set -by -state, who was set -by -state, who was set -by -state, who was set -by -state, who was set -by -state, who was set -by -state, who was set -by -state, who was set -by -state who was set -by -state, who was set -by -state, who was set -by -stepeptan -set. Sidorov about Nate Danielson, who was drawn up by the Detroit Red Wings in 2023 in 2023.)
Breakout in the WHL
The following season was an outbreak for Sidorov, who soon became one of the most productive players of the WHL. He knows what pushed him to such growth. “I think the motivation came from not picked in the NHL design of 2022,” the attacker explains. “In the low season I carefully analyzed my game and thought a lot about what I had to add. And it turned out. The season was great but very heavy. Few people know that I had two pretty serious injuries at the time. But I hid them so that I could play and prove that I deserved to be drawn up.
His patience and hard work were rewarded when the ducks appointed him in 2023. “I knew I would be set up, but I had no idea in which round,” says Sidorov. “It is a lottery. My agent said that I had to go to the design. But players who are taken in the fifth-sided rounds usually do not go. So I assumed that I would be called early. It is a very ceremonial and nerve-rising process. When I was chosen, I felt an interdiat of the stage to the NHL.
The following season, Sidorov entered a fairly high level, ranking among the leaders in various Junior League categories, but he did not achieve team success. Saskatoon did not succeed in taking the WHL title. “We had a very close group of players as brothers, the coaches as fathers. But Luck were not on our side; in the last game we gave the last goal admitted to a skate deflection.”
Stand up in the AHL
Last season in the AHL was Sidorov’s first at the Pro level. He had a respectable 17 goals and 17 assists in 59 games with De Meeuwen. “I think I played well. It is a more defensive competition; boys have not placed 100 points there – a maximum of 60-70. Yes, I could have played better, if not for injuries,” he admits. “I missed them for a month because of them. But hockey does not come without injuries. The AHL is quite physical. Almost every game situation ends with body contact; players go all the way in their individual fights. You always have to keep your head up, whether you want to make the NHL – it is a bit seen, it is a step.
“At the same time, the Ducks coaching staff regularly communicates with ours. The coaches of De Gulls report detailed about each player – to what time you came out for practice, when you left – every little thing. Give representatives of the NHL Club how to get better. I have a lot of work to do the Nhlet.” Will be the key to the white -Russian prospect.
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