Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nekudonha kuri kuuya kwe Iron Curtain ikozvino kutanga kubvumira vatambi kuti vabve muRussia, Semenov akanyorwa mumutambo wechitanhatu, 120th yose, neEdmonton Oilers mu
1989 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.