Egor Zamula

Egor Denisovich Zamula (; born 30 March 2000) is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Early life Zamula began playing ice hockey at the age of two, and says that his favourite player as a child was Victor Hedman.

Playing career

Amateur The Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League (WHL) selected Zamula 60th overall in the CHL Import Draft. After 38 games with the Pats, Zamula was placed on waivers, where he was claimed by the Calgary Hitmen.

Professional Zamula battles for position against Tomáš Tatar of the Seattle Kraken in 2023. Zamula made his NHL debut with the Flyers on 27 April 2021, playing on a defensive line with Travis Sanheim in a game against the New Jersey Devils. He became the fifth Flyer to debut during the 2020–21 NHL season, following Maksim Sushko, Tanner Laczynski, Wade Allison, and Jackson Cates.

Entering his sixth season within the Flyers organization in 2025–26, Zamula registered one assist through 13 appearances before he was demoted and re-assigned to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League (AHL). Following three games with Lehigh Valley, Zamula was traded by the Flyers to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Philip Tomasino on 31 December 2025. Remaining in the AHL, Zamula was immediately re-assigned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL. However, Zamula failed to report to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, and he was suspended by the Penguins on 4 January 2026; The following day, the Penguins placed him on waivers to terminate his contract. After clearing waivers and having his contract terminated, he signed a one-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets for the remainder of the season on 6 January.

As a pending restricted free agent, Zamula was not tendered a qualifying offer by the Blue Jackets, releasing him to free agency. On 1 July 2026, Zamula opted to return to his native Russia, agreeing to a three-year contract with HC CSKA Moscow of the KHL.

International play

Zamula represented Russia at the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he averaged 22:23 of ice time per game, the most of any player for Russia, Canada, the US, Sweden, or Finland. He scored 2 goals and 3 assists in 7 games with Russia, who eventually lost the gold medal match to Canada.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2017–18 Regina Pats WHL 38 0 7 7 14 — — — — — 2017–18 Calgary Hitmen WHL 31 2 9 11 24 — — — — — 2018–19 Calgary Hitmen WHL 61 10 46 56 27 11 0 7 7 4 2019–20 Calgary Hitmen WHL 28 7 21 28 14 — — — — — 2020–21 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 25 0 6 6 8 — — — — — 2020–21 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2021–22 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 58 4 25 29 16 — — — — — 2021–22 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 10 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2022–23 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 14 0 4 4 2 — — — — — 2022–23 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 44 1 18 19 14 — — — — — 2023–24 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 66 5 16 21 32 — — — — — 2024–25 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 63 3 12 15 6 — — — — — 2025–26 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 13 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2025–26 Lehigh Valley Phantoms AHL 3 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2025–26 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 20 0 2 2 0 — — — — — NHL totals 188 8 35 43 48 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2018 Russia U18 6th 5 1 1 2 4 2020 Russia WJC 7 2 3 5 6 Junior totals 12 3 4 7 10