Tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Na tusia muamua e le Colorado Avalanche i le 1998
, Riazantsev faʻaaluina vaega o le lima vaitau taʻalo mo le Hershey Bears o le American Hockey League ae leʻi toe foʻi i Lusia i le 2003, lea na ia taʻalo ai seʻia oʻo i lona litaea.