Denis Yachmenev

Denis Yachmenev (born 6 April 1984) is a Russian professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Rubin Tyumen of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). He is the younger brother of former Los Angeles Kings and Nashville Predators forward Vitali Yachmenev.

Denis Yachmenev
Born (1984-06-04) 4 June 1984
Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Right
VHL team
Former teams
Rubin Tyumen
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Amur Khabarovsk
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
NHL Draft 200th overall, 2002
Florida Panthers
Playing career 2003present

Career

Yachmenev began playing junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the North Bay Centennials, who drafted him in the 1st Round (26th overall) of the 2001 CHL Import Draft. He was then drafted 200th overall by the Florida Panthers in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.[1] He spent one more season in the OHL for the Saginaw Spirit before returning to Russia for the 2003–04 to join Amur Khabarovsk of the Russian Superleague.

The team were relegated from the Superleague that season but Yachmenev remained with the team in the second-tier Vysshaya Liga for the next two seasons. He then returned to the Superleague in 2006 with Sibir Novosibirsk for one season before moving to Traktor Chelyabinsk the following season. He played eight games for Traktor in the newly created Kontinental Hockey League in the 2008–09 KHL season[2] before spending the remainder of the season with their secondary team.

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2001–02 North Bay Centennials OHL 65 17 12 29 32 5 2 0 2 0
2002–03 Saginaw Spirit OHL 68 17 28 45 69
2003–04 Amur Khabarovsk RSL 25 0 1 1 4
2004–05 Amur Khabarovsk RUS-2 42 7 14 21 28 13 3 1 4 8
2005–06 Amur Khabarovsk RUS-2 46 9 14 23 43 11 2 3 5 6
2006–07 HC Sibir Novosibirsk RSL 16 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Traktor Chelyabinsk RSL 40 2 7 9 22 2 0 0 0 0
2008–09 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 8 0 0 0 2

References


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