Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Nekudonha kuri kuuya kwe Iron Curtain ikozvino kutanga kubvumira vatambi kuti vabve kuRussia, Semenov akanyorwa mumutambo wechitanhatu, 120th yakazara, neEdmonton Oilers mu1989 NHL Entry Draft
. Mwaka wake wokupedzisira muRussia yaizova imwe yeakabudirira zvikuru, sezvo pakupedzisira akatungamirira Moscow Dynamo kuhwina mukombe weligi muna 1990, zita ravo rekutanga kubvira 1954.