for the 1992–1993 season, karamnov spent the majority of the year with the blues minor league affiliate peoria rivermen while also playing 7 games with the blues that season as well. for the 1993–1994 season karamnov skated in 59 games and scored 21 points, both nhl career highs. the following season would be the last for karamnov in the nhl, playing 15 games with rivermen and 26 games with the blues.