Bogdan Petrovich Yakimov

Bogdan Yakimov
Date of birth	4th October 1994
place of birth	Nizhnekamsk , Russia
size	196 cm
Weight	105 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2013 , 3rd round, 83rd position Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
2012-2013	Disel Pensa Ishstal Izhevsk
2013-2014	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2014-2015	Oklahoma City Barons
2015-2016	Bakersfield Condors
2016-2018	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2018-2020	Severstal Cherepovets
since 2020	SKA Saint Petersburg

Bogdan Petrovich Jakimow ( Russian Богдан Петрович Якимов ; English transcription: Bogdan Petrovich Yakimov ; born October 4, 1994 in Nizhnekamsk ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with SKA Saint Petersburg from the Continental Hockey League (KHL) since May 2020 there plays on the position of the center .

Career

Bogdan Jakimow began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth team of Reaktor Nizhnekamsk in the MHL . He spent 2012/13 in the Vysschaya Hockey League . Yakimov was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2013 in the third round as a total of 83 players by the Edmonton Oilers from the National Hockey League . The center debuted in the KHL during the 2013-14 season . In 2014, Yakimov went to North America and played a game for the Oilers. After two seasons in the AHL , he returned to Nizhnekamsk in 2016.

In November 2018 he first moved to HK Awangard Omsk , completed five KHL games for this and was then handed over to Severstal Tscherepowez , where he received a new two-year contract in summer 2019. At the beginning of May 2020, the striker was transferred to the top club SKA Saint Petersburg .

International

For Russia , Yakimov took part in the junior division at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2011 , the U18 Junior World Championship 2011 and the U18 Junior World Championship in 2012, as well as the U20 Junior World Championship in 2014 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 bronze medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
• 2011 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2014 bronze medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
• 2019 gold medal at the Winter Universiade

Web links

• Bogdan Jakimow at eliteprospects.com (English)