Daniil Jurjewitsch Apalkow

Daniil Apalkow
Date of birth	January 1, 1992
place of birth	Magnitogorsk , Russia
size	184 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2011	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2011-2020	Yaroslavl locomotive
since 2020	HK Sochi

Daniil Jurjewitsch Apalkow ( Russian Даниил Юрьевич Апальков ; born January 1, 1992 in Magnitogorsk ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK Sochi in the Vysschaja Hockey League since May 2020 .

Career

Daniil Apalkow began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , for whose second team he was active in the third-rate Pervaya League from 2007 to 2009 . In the 2009/10 season , the defender made his debut for the club's junior team, Stalnyje Lissy Magnitogorsk, in the newly formed multinational youth league Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja Liga , in which he and his team won the Kharlamov Cup straight away . He contributed to this success with 40 scorer points, including 21 goals, in a total of 50 games. In the 2010/11 season he also made his debut for the professional team of Metallurg in the Continental Hockey League , but remained pointless in his eight appearances and received two penalty minutes while he continued to play in the MHL team.

The 2011/12 season also began Apalkow initially in the MHL team Stalnye Lissy Magnitogorsk, where he acted as team captain, but later switched to Lokomotive Yaroslavl , which started a new beginning after the plane crash near Yaroslavl in the second-rate Vysschaya Hockey League . He also came to some missions for the MHL team Loko Yaroslavl.

In the following years he developed into a top performer and leader within the team, temporarily acting as assistant captain and regularly receiving contract extensions. During the 2019/20 season he moved to HK Dynamo Moscow and in May he moved to HK Sochi .

International

For Russia , Apalkow took part in the U18 Junior World Championship in 2010 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2012 . At the U20 World Cup in 2012, he and his team won the silver medal.

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 Kharlamov Cup win with Stalnyje Lissy Magnitogorsk
• 2012 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
• 2012 KHL rookie of the month September

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	8th	395	73	102	175	157
Playoffs	7th	69	11	8th	19th	31

(Status: end of the 2018/19 season)

Web links

• Daniil Apalkow at eliteprospects.com (English)