Great news...future sure looks bright for him:
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/b...v-gets-5-points-game-5-drakkar-044518075.html
10 May, 2014 12:45 AM EDT
Valentin Zykov gets 5 points in Game 5, Drakkar take 3-2 lead: Friday’s 3 Stars
No. 1 star: Valentin Zykov, Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
May 9 could long be remembered as Valentin's Day in Baie-Comeau, where the Drakkar are one win from their first President's Cup after holding off the Val-d'Or Foreurs 6-5 on Friday to take a 3-2 lead in the final. Zykov (2G-3A, +3) hasn't been as omnipresent for Baie-Comeau as he was during their 2013 playoff run, with his shots on goal down nearly 50 per cent, but the Los Angeles Kings pick delivered in a must-win game.
Zykov scored exactly one minute into the game on a setup from Francis Turbide. The early goal was a harbinger of a high-scoring game. The Russian got assists on goals by Charles Poulin and Montreal Canadiens draft choice Jérémy Grégoire (2G-1A, -1) that lifted the Drakkar to a 3-2 lead through one period. Anthony Mantha scored early in the second (well, of course he did), but Grégoire put the home side back in front, stealing the puck in the neutral zone and finishing off a give-and-go with Gabryel Paquin-Boudreau.
The Drakkar finally got a cushion 5:13 into the third when Zykov intercepted a pass around the boards and quickly tapped the puck to Maxime St-Cyr, who scored to open a 5-3 lead. That set off a wild couple of minutes, with Mantha setting up a goal (well, of course he did) before Habs pick Charles Hudon set up Zykov to restore a two-goal spread