Denis Igorewitsch Yezhov

Denis Yezhov
Date of birth	February 28, 1985
place of birth	Tolyatti , Russian SFSR
size	182 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	defender
number	# 52
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2003 , 4th round, 114th position Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
until 2003	HK Lada Tolyatti
2003-2005	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2005-2006	Atlant Mytishchi
2006-2008	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2008-2010	HK Awangard Omsk
2010-2011	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2011–2012	Amur Khabarovsk
2012-2013	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2013-2015	Amur Khabarovsk
2015-2016	Vitjas Podolsk
2016-2017	Severstal Cherepovets
2017-2018	HK Lada Tolyatti
since 2018	CS Progym Gheorgheni

Denis Igorewitsch Jeschow ( Russian Денис Игоревич Ежов ; born February 28, 1985 in Tolyatti , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with CS Progym Gheorgheni since July 2018 .

Career

Denis Jeschow began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the HK Lada Tolyatti , for whose professional team he made his debut in the super league in the 2001/02 season . He remained pointless in 15 games and received six penalty minutes. In the following season he played for Lada's second team in the third-class Perwaja Liga , while he ran parallel for the ZSK WWS Samara in the Wysschaja Liga , the second Russian division. He then played for two years in the super league for Metallurg Novokuznetsk .

After Jeschow was in the 2005/06 season for Atlant Mytishchi in the super league on the ice, he played for two years for his league rivals HK tractor Chelyabinsk . From 2008 to 2010, the former junior international competed with HK Awangard Omsk in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . For the 2010/11 season , the Russian moved within the KHL to his ex-club Traktor Chelyabinsk, before he was signed by Amur Khabarovsk a year later .

For Amur he completed 45 KHL games until November 2012 before his contract was terminated. A few days later he was again obliged by Metallurg Novokuznetsk and completed 32 KHL games for the club by the end of the season. Then he returned to Amur.

International

For Russia , Jezhov took part in the U18 Junior World Championships in 2002 and 2003 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2003 , 2004 and 2005 . With the U18 juniors, he won the silver medal in 2002 and the bronze medal in 2003, with four assists as a defender with the most assists at the 2003 U18 World Cup. At the U20 World Cup in 2003, Jeschow and his country finally became world champions and in 2005 they were runner-up in the U20 World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 silver medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2003 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2003 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2005 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
KHL main round	6th	249	7th	25th	32	267
KHL playoffs	1	8th	1	0	1	2
Super League main round	6th	197	7th	16	23	171
Super League Playoffs	3	10	0	0	0	12

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

Web links

Commons : Denis Jeschow  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Denis Jeschow at eurohockey.com
• Denis Jeschow at eliteprospects.com (English)