As part of his mentorship program, Nikolai Evans took two fellow Russians under his wing, Ivan Maximus of the Anaheim Outlaws and Alexei Rykov of one of Evans’ former SMJHL teams, the Montreal Militia.  Both Maximus and Rykov have shined as rookies, as they are tied for fourth in scoring for first-season SMJHL players at 20 points apiece.  

However, Rykov, while talented, is known to have a bit of a temper.  That’s why some people call him @RaginCajun  even though he totally isn’t from Louisiana.  Thus, Nikolai has been working on meditation techniques with Rykov like “Drinking all of the fucking vodka.”

Meanwhile, Maximus is largely known as a talented player and decent person with one minor character flaw.  He is a @thiefofcheese .  He just can’t stop himself.  He can walk by those big-screen TVs that the delivery guys just leave on a porch and never have a nasty thought about it.  But every time he leaves the grocery store there’s at least three wheels of cheese stuffed in his pants.  It’s disgusting.  So Nikolai has worked with Ivan to teach him important lessons like “You’re a professional hockey player now, you can afford to buy the cheese, for God’s sake.”

Both players are a work in progress, but Nikolai is pleased with the gains he has seen thus far and hopes that the upcoming international tournaments in the offseason will be filled with lots of vodka and zero trips to prison to bail Maximus out for dairy theft.