- Dmitri Yushkevich
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Dmitri Yushkevich Born November 19, 1971
Cherepovets, Soviet UnionHeight 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb) Position Defence Shot Right Played for Philadelphia Flyers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Florida Panthers
Los Angeles Kings
HC Dynamo Moscow
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
HC Severstal
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
SKA Saint Petersburg
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
KärpätNational team 
Russia
Unified Team &
Soviet UnionNHL Draft 122nd overall, 1991
Philadelphia FlyersPlaying career 1988–2010 Olympic medal record Men’s Ice Hockey Gold 1992 Ice Hockey Silver 1998 Ice Hockey Dmitri Sergeyevich Yushkevich (Russian: Дмитрий Сергеевич Юшкевич; born November 19, 1971) is a retired Russian professional ice hockey defenceman.[1] He ended his career in Kärpät of the SM-liiga.
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Playing career
Dmitri Yushkevich was drafted in the sixth round, 122nd overall, by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. After many productive seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), he returned to the Russian Superleague (RSL) in 2003.
After winning a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics, Yushkevich made his NHL debut with the Flyers in the 1992–93 season. He appeared in all 82 games in his rookie season, tallying five goals and adding 27 assists. After three seasons with the Flyers, Yushkevich joined the Toronto Maple Leafs before the 1995–96 season.
In Toronto, Yushkevich blossomed in to a top-pair caliber NHL defenceman, particularly under the guidance of coach Pat Quinn, who joined the team in 1998. Between 1998–99 and 2001–02, Yushkevich also emerged as the leader of the Leafs' defense corps. During the 1999 playoffs, Yushkevich paired up with Danny Markov to neutralize Penguins' superstar Jaromír Jágr, thus helping the Leafs advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Yushkevich earned a spot in the 2000 NHL All-Star game, which took place in Toronto. In February 2002, Yushkevich was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood clot. As a result, Yushkevich was forced to miss the rest of the 2001–02 season. Despite Yushkevich's pleas to accept the risk and re-join the club in time for the playoffs, he was not cleared to play by the team. As a Leaf, Yushkevich totalled 506 regular season games and 44 playoff games. His performances with the Leafs earned him a reputation of a warrior, a grinder, and an expert shot-blocker. He was traded to the Florida Panthers before the 2002–03 season for Róbert Švehla.
After only 23 games with the Panthers, Yushkevich was traded again. The Los Angeles Kings acquired him, along with a draft pick, in exchange for Andreas Lilja and Jaroslav Bednář. Yushkevich would join his third team of the 2002–03 season in March, when the Kings traded him back to Philadelphia for a pair of draft picks.
In the 2003–04 season, Yushkevich returned to Russia to play for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Russian Superleague. He then joined his hometown Severstal Cherepovets for the 2004–05 season before moving on to Metallurg Magnitogorsk for the 2005–06 season. For the 2006–07 season, he played for SKA St. Petersburg. He then returned to his hometown team of Severstal Cherepovets.
Yushkevich decided to retire in January 2008 after the death of his first wife Oksana so that he could take care of their three children.
Yushkevich was a member of the Russian national team at the 1998 Winter Olympics, earning a silver medal.
Yushkevich has since come out of retirement and is playing for Sibir Novosibirsk of the recently formed Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He led all defenceman on the team in scoring.
On the 3rd of November 2009 it was announced that the Finnish hockey team Kärpät have recruited him.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts +/- PIM GP G A Pts +/- PIM 1988–89 Torpedo Yaroslavl USSR 23 2 1 3 — 8 — — — — — — 1989–90 Torpedo Yaroslavl USSR 41 2 3 5 — 39 — — — — — — 1990–91 Torpedo Yaroslavl USSR 41 10 4 14 — 22 — — — — — — 1991–92 HC Dynamo Moscow CIS 35 5 7 12 — 14 — — — — — — 1992–93 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 82 5 27 32 12 71 — — — — — — 1993–94 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 5 25 30 -8 86 — — — — — — 1994–95 Torpedo Yaroslavl IHL 10 3 4 7 — 8 — — — — — — 1994–95 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 40 5 9 14 -4 47 15 1 5 6 -2 12 1995–96 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 69 1 10 11 -14 54 4 0 0 0 1 0 1996–97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 4 10 14 -24 56 — — — — — — 1997–98 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 0 12 12 -13 78 — — — — — — 1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 6 22 28 25 88 17 1 5 6 7 22 1999–00 Torpedo Yaroslavl RSL 7 2 3 5 — 2 — — — — — — 1999–00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 77 3 24 27 2 55 12 1 1 2 4 4 2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 81 5 19 24 -2 52 11 0 4 4 -4 12 2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 55 6 13 19 14 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Florida Panthers NHL 23 1 6 7 -12 14 — — — — — — 2002–03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 42 0 3 3 -4 24 — — — — — — 2002–03 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 18 2 2 4 7 8 13 1 4 5 7 2 2003–04 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 35 7 11 18 +9 36 3 0 2 2 -2 4 2004–05 HC Severstal RSL 54 6 22 28 -4 58 — — — — — — 2005–06 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 49 8 21 29 +23 38 11 5 10 15 +7 2 2006–07 SKA Saint Petersburg RSL 36 1 9 10 -2 38 — — — — — — 2007–08 HC Severstal RSL 29 0 2 2 -7 22 — — — — — — 2008–09 HC Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 56 6 20 26 -12 74 — — — — — — — 2009–10 Kärpät FNL 41 4 14 18 — 20 8 0 4 4 — 10 NHL totals 786 43 182 255 -21 659 72 4 19 23 13 52 International statistics
Year Team Event Place GP G A Pts PIM 1989 Soviet Union WJC 
7 0 3 3 2 1990 Soviet Union WJC 
7 0 4 4 8 1991 Soviet Union WJC 7 2 4 6 2 Junior Int'l Totals 21 2 11 13 12 1992 Unified Team Oly 8 1 2 3 4 1992 CIS WC 5th 6 1 1 2 4 1993 Russia WC 7 1 4 5 10 1994 Russia WC 5th 6 1 2 3 12 1996 Russia WCH SF 5 1 1 2 2 1998 Russia Oly 6 0 0 0 2 2004 Russia WC 10th 6 1 1 2 6 Senior int'l totals 44 6 11 17 40 Awards
- Champion of CIS: 1992 (With Dinamo)
- NHL All-Star Game winner: 2000
- Russian champion: 2007 (With Metallurg Magnitogorsk)
- Winner of Turnir Puchkova: 2007
External links
- Dmitri Yushkevich's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Dmitri Yushkevich's NHL player profile
- Dmitri Yushkevich – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net
References
- ^ Jouko Vuorjoki (13 april, 2010). "Kärppätarina saa uudet askelmerkit". Peura Pekka. Kaleva.fi. http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/karppatarina-saa-uudet-askelmerkit/849125. Retrieved 14 april, 2010.
- ^ http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/jaakiekko/uutiset.shtml/arkistot/jaakiekko/2009/11/988934
"Toronto Maple Leafs - Dmitry Yushkevich". Toronto Maple Leafs. http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/team/app?page=HistoricalPlayerDetail&pkey=8458636&service=page. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
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- People from Cherepovets
- Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
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