for the 1992–1993 season however things did not go well for prokhorov. after a slow start, prokhorov suffered a shoulder injury that limited him to only 26 games the whole year. he did have a bright spot during the season however when he scored a hat trick against the philadelphia flyers on october 31, 1992. after starting the 1993–1994 season with the peoria rivermen prokhorov played 55 games with the blues, scoring 25 points. the following season prokhorov played 20 games with the rivermen and only 2 games with the blues before being released.