TXT_BIOGRAPHY

After spending the past three seasons playing for Division I powerhouse Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) forward Anton Kharin is ready for his first full season of professional hockey. Kharin received a taste of the pro ranks late last season, when he produced 15 points (5 goals, 10 assists) in 10 games with the Muskegon Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League (IHL). Helping the Tigers to the American Hockey Association regular season conference crown, Kharin racked up 20 points (12 goals, 8 assists) in 32 games last year. Kharin is the son of former professional hockey player Sergei Kharin, who was the United Hockey League Playoff MVP of the 1998-99 Colonial Cup Champion’s Muskegon Fury. Sergei was a former NHL draft pick and played for the Winnipeg Jets and was a member of the Soviet Union National Team Olympic Gold Medal Team in 1988. Having the ultimate father-son moment, the Kharins played one professional contest last year as teammates in Muskegon. In the off-season, Kharin participated in the rookie camp of the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers.