Danil Yurtaikin

Danil Vitalevich Yurtaikin (Russian: Данил Витальевич Юртайкин; born 1 July 1997) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward, who is currently playing with CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He formerly played with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL) and Amur Khabarovsk and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL. Internationally Yurtaikin has played for the Russian national junior team, and won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

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
KHL team
Former teams		 CSKA Moscow
Amur Khabarovsk
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
San Jose Sharks
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 goalscorer, 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 National Hockey League (NHL) on 26 April 2019.[5] In his debut season in North America, Yurtaikin opened the 2019–20 season on the Sharks roster, appearing in 4 regular season games while going scoreless. He was later assigned to AHL affiliate, the San Jose Barracuda, contributing with 2 goals and 17 points through 37 games.

With the following 2020–21 North American season delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Yurtaikin remained in his native Russia. On 22 December 2020, Yurtaikin's KHL rights were traded from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in exchange for financial compensation.[6] With the intent to remain in Russia, Yurtaikin was placed on unconditional waivers by the San Jose Sharks, mutually terminating the remaining year of his contract on 25 December 2020.[7] He was signed the following day returning to the KHL with CSKA Moscow on a three-year contract.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2013–14 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl MHL B 221419334 101454
2014–15 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl MHL B 30110 —————
2014–15 Loko Yaroslavl MHL 501616328 71236
2015–16 Loko Yaroslavl MHL 331121324 1539122
2016–17 HC Ryazan VHL 269122110 40110
2016–17 Loko Yaroslavl MHL 60442 30222
2016–17 Loko-Junior Yaroslavl NMHL 23472 10000
2017–18 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 50000 —————
2017–18 Amurskie Tigry MHL 21120 —————
2017–18 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 130004 20000
2017–18 HC Ryazan VHL 74482 —————
2017–18 Loko Yaroslavl MHL 812312 50224
2018–19 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 401091914 80114
2019–20 San Jose Sharks NHL 40000 —————
2019–20 San Jose Barracuda AHL 382151712 —————
KHL totals 581091918 100114
NHL totals 40000 —————

International
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2017 Canada
Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
2015 Russia WJC18 52358
2017 Russia WJC 51232
Junior totals 1035810

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.
  6. "CSKA trade for rights to Danil Yurtaikin" (in Russian). HC CSKA Moscow. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. "Danil Yurtaikin: Waived unconditionally". CBS Sports. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  8. "Danil Yurtaikin joins CSKA" (in Russian). HC CSKA Moscow. 26 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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