Sergei Yashin Explained

Sergei Yashin
Birth Date:	6 March 1962
Birth Place:	Penza, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	11
Weight Lb:	205
Position:	Left Wing
Shoots:	Left
Played For:	HC Dynamo Moscow EHC Dynamo Berlin HC Davos SKA Saint Petersburg HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Ntl Team:	USSR
Draft:	141st overall
Draft Year:	1989
Draft Team:	Edmonton Oilers
Career Start:	1978
Career End:	2001

Sergei Anatolyevich Yashin (Russian: Сергей Анатольевич Яшин; 6 March 1962 – 12 April 2022) was a Soviet and Russian professional ice hockey left winger.

Yashin played in the Soviet Championship League for HC Dynamo Moscow, the Eishockey-Bundesliga for EHC Dynamo Berlin, and the Russian Superleague for SKA Saint Petersburg. He was also a member of the Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team and played in the 1988 Winter Olympics where he won a gold medal.

Yashin was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.^[1] He died on 12 April 2022, at the age of 60.^[2]

Honours

National

HC Dynamo Moscow

• Soviet Ice Hockey League winner: 1989–90; runner-up: 1979–80, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89; third place: 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1987–88

International

Soviet Union

• Olympic Games winner: 1988
• Ice Hockey World Championships ^winner: 1986, 1989; third place: 1985

Soviet Union U21

• IIHF World Junior Championship third place: 1981

Soviet Union U18

• IIHF European Junior Championships winner: 1980; third place: 1979

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1978–79	Dizel Penza	USSR II		1	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Dizel Penza	USSR II		26	4	3	7	20		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		2	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1980–81	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		24	2	6	8	6		—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		41	13	13	26	4		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		43	17	6	23	36		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		34	16	9	25	22		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		40	15	20	35	32		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		40	14	19	33	26		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		40	6	11	17	36		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		47	13	11	24	34		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		44	18	10	28	30		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Dynamo Moscow	USSR		48	14	16	30	14		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Dynamo Moscow 2	USSR III		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	EHC Dynamo Berlin	1.GBun		37	26	21	47	34		8	1	7	8	6
1991–92	HC Davos	NDB		30	30	25	55	26		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	SKA Saint Petersburg	IHL		21	5	3	8	8		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	EHC Essen-West	DEU II		21	18	20	38	20		5	4	7	11	8
1993–94	EHC Essen-West	DEU II		50	31	33	64	26		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen	DEU II		47	47	45	92	22		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen	DEU II		44	33	54	87	24		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen	DEU II		51	28	59	87	20		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	RSL		32	4	5	9	20		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	ERC Selb	DEU III		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen	DEU II		37	6	10	16	22		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen	DEU II		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
USSR totals				403	128	122	250	240		—	—	—	—	—
DEU II totals				251	163	221	384	134		5	4	7	11	8

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1979	Soviet Union	EJC		5	6	1	7	4
1980	Soviet Union	EJC		5	7	7	14	4
1981	Soviet Union	WJC		5	5	1	6	4
1982	Soviet Union	WJC		7	5	2	7	2
1984	Soviet Union	CC		6	0	4	4	0
1985	Soviet Union	WC		7	2	1	3	8
1986	Soviet Union	WC		10	2	1	3	4
1988	Soviet Union	OG		8	3	1	4	4
1989	Soviet Union	WC		10	0	2	2	4
Junior totals				22	23	11	34	14
Senior totals				41	7	9	16	20

Notes and References

1. http://www.chidlovski.com/personal/1954/02hhof.htm Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio
2. Web site: HC Dynamo Moscow. УМЕР СЕРГЕЙ ЯШИН. 12 April 2022. 12 April 2022. ru.