Denis Yachmenev

Denis Aleksandrovich Yachmenev (Russian: Денис Александрович Ячменёв; 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 (age 41) Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Right
VHL team Former teams	Rubin Tyumen Traktor Chelyabinsk Amur Khabarovsk HC Sibir Novosibirsk
NHL draft	200th overall, 2002 Florida Panthers
Playing career	2003–2021

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.^{[citation needed]} 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
2000–01	Traktor–2 Chelyabinsk	RUS.3		7	1	1	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
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		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Amur–2 Khabarovsk	RUS.3		20	15	8	23	18		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Amur Khabarovsk	RUS.2		42	7	14	21	28		13	3	1	4	8
2004–05	Amur–2 Khabarovsk	RUS.3		1	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Amur Khabarovsk	RUS.2		46	9	14	23	43		11	2	3	5	6
2005–06	Amur–2 Khabarovsk	RUS.3		2	1	2	3	0		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Sibir Novosibirsk	RSL		16	0	0	0	8		1	0	0	0	0
2006–07	Sibir–2 Novosibirsk	RUS.3		6	0	3	3	8		—	—	—	—	—
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		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Traktor–2 Chelyabinsk	RUS.3		49	31	21	52	58		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Gazovik Tyumen	RUS.2		40	11	5	16	12		7	0	4	4	6
2010–11	Rubin Tyumen	VHL		55	13	12	25	30		15	3	3	6	8
2011–12	Rubin Tyumen	VHL		51	8	14	22	20		20	6	4	10	6
2012–13	Rubin Tyumen	VHL		48	8	7	15	14		12	0	0	0	14
2013–14	Rubin Tyumen	VHL		44	10	9	19	16		19	4	8	12	12
2014–15	Rubin Tyumen	VHL		52	7	7	14	51		9	1	2	3	4
2015–16	Rubin Tyumen	VHL		37	4	10	14	10		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Rubin Tyumen	VHL		47	13	19	32	16		17	5	4	9	22
2017–18	Tsen Tou Jilin City	VHL		52	15	14	29	25		4	1	0	1	2
2018–19	Rubin Tyumen	VHL		37	9	16	25	55		20	2	7	9	20
2019–20	Rubin Tyumen	VHL		52	12	18	30	35		10	3	5	8	6
2020–21	Rubin Tyumen	VHL		48	6	11	17	18		16	2	2	4	20
RUS.2 totals				128	27	33	60	83		31	5	8	13	20
RSL totals				81	2	8	10	34		3	0	0	0	0
VHL totals				523	105	137	242	290		142	27	35	62	114