Danil Yurtaikin

Danil Yurtaikin (born 1 July 1997) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing under contract with the San Jose Barracuda of the American Hockey League (AHL) whilst under contract with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Danil Yurtaikin
Born (1997-07-01) 1 July 1997
Belovo, Russia
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
NHL team (P)
Cur. team
Former teams		 San Jose Sharks
San Jose Barracuda (AHL)
Amur Khabarovsk
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2016–present

Playing career

Yurtaikin played as a youth within the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl program, joining the club to play at the under-16 level. He was later selected by Yaroslavl 108th overall in the 2014 KHL Junior Draft. He progressed his development, playing with junior affiliate, Loko Yaroslavl in the MHL. He scored 73 points in 99 games over three seasons with Loko, culminating in two championship titles in 2015–16 and 2017–18.

He made his professional debut during the 2016–17 season, playing with second tier club, HC Ryazan of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). Showing offensive ability he notched 21 points in 26 games in the VHL and signed a two-year contract extension to remain with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl through 2019.[1]

Before beginning the 2017–18 season, Yurtaikin was traded in exchange for financial compensation to Amur Khabarovsk on 9 October 2017.[2] He made his debut in the Kontinental Hockey League, earning just 1:35 time on ice for Amur in a 1–0 victory over Avangard Omsk on 14 October 2017.[3] He made just 5 appearances with Amur before he was assigned to their junior MHL affiliate. On 24 November 2017, Yurtaikin was promptly returned to Lokomotiv in a trade, and made his Lokomotiv debut on 29 November 2017.[4] He completed the season going scoreless in 18 regular season contests and 2 playoff games.

On the back of his second MHL title with Loko to end the 2017–18 season, Yurtaikin broke out offensively in the following 2018–19 season. He recorded 10 goals and 19 points in 40 games with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, finishing tied for third among under-22 skaters in goals and fifth in points. As Lokomotiv's fourth highest regular season goalscore, he appeared in 8 playoff games and collected one assist.

Undrafted and with his contract concluded with Lokomotiv, Yurtaikin was signed as a free agent to a two-year, entry-level contract with the San Jose Sharks of the NHL on 26 April 2019.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2013–14 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl MHL B 22 14 19 33 4 10 1 4 5 4
2014–15 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl MHL B 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2014–15 Loko Yaroslavl MHL 50 16 16 32 8 7 1 2 3 6
2015–16 Loko Yaroslavl MHL 33 11 21 32 4 15 3 9 12 2
2016–17 HC Ryazan VHL 26 9 12 21 10 4 0 1 1 0
2016–17 Loko Yaroslavl MHL 6 0 4 4 2 3 0 2 2 2
2016–17 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl NMHL 2 3 4 7 2 1 0 0 0 0
2017–18 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2017–18 Amurskie Tigry MHL 2 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
2017–18 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 13 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0
2017–18 HC Ryazan VHL 7 4 4 8 2 — — — — —
2017–18 Loko Yaroslavl MHL 8 1 2 3 12 5 0 2 2 4
2018–19 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 40 10 9 19 14 8 0 1 1 4
2019–20 San Jose Sharks NHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2019–20 San Jose Barracuda AHL 38 2 15 17 12 — — — — —
KHL totals 58 10 9 19 18 10 0 1 1 4
NHL totals 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2017 Canada

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2015 Russia WJC18 5th 5 2 3 5 8
2017 Russia WJC 5 1 2 3 2
Junior totals 10 3 5 8 10

Awards and honours
Award Year
MHL
Kharlamov Cup (Loko Yaroslavl) 2016, 2018

References
  1. "Lokomotiv extend contracts with 5 players" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. "KHL transactions" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. "Amur 1 Avangard 0" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. "KHL transactions November 24" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. "Sharks sign forward Danil Yurtaikin". San Jose Sharks. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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