Bogdan Kiselevich

Did You Know?

• Kiselevich made his international debut with Russia at the 2017 World Championships.
• He was selected to represent the Olympic Athletes from Russia team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
• He contributed 2 assists in 6 games to claim the gold medal in Pyeongchang, Korea.

Playing career

Kiselevich began his youth career with HC Severstal Cherepovets and later played nine seasons for Severstal in the KHL. On 9 May 2014, he was traded to CSKA Moscow and subsequently agreed to a new two-year contract. As a free agent on 2 June 2018, he signed a one-year, one-way contract with the Florida Panthers of the NHL for the 2018–19 season. After attending the Panthers 2018 training camp, he made the opening season roster and debuted in a 3–2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida on October 13, 2018. In his second game, he registered his first point, an assist on a goal by Evgenii Dadonov, in a 6–5 shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on October 16, 2018. Kiselevich rotated among the Panthers depth defencemen, appearing in 32 games for 8 assists. On 25 February 2019, he was traded to the Winnipeg Jets, where he served as a healthy scratch for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs. On 1 July 2019, he left the Jets and the NHL as a free agent, returning to the KHL with CSKA Moscow on a three-year contract. After playing out the final two seasons of his contract with Avangard Omsk, he left as a free agent and signed a one-year contract for the 2024–25 season with HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on 28 July 2024. After 25 games, he left the club and signed a tryout with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on 10 December 2024; his contract was converted to a full-year deal on 24 December 2024. With Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, he played 13 regular season games as the team won the Gagarin Cup. On 16 June 2026, Kiselevich announced his retirement from professional hockey.