Denis Yuryevich Sokolov

Denis Sokolov
Date of birth	January 27, 1977
place of birth	Sverdlovsk , Russian SFSR
size	173 cm
Weight	72 kg
position	defender
number	# 22
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2001	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg
2001-2002	Ak Bars Kazan
2002-2003	Molot-Prikamje Perm
2003-2007	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2007-2008	Yaroslavl locomotive
2008-2009	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2009-2010	HK Sibir Novosibirsk
2010-2013	Awtomobilist Ekaterinburg
2011	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2013-2015	HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk

Denis Jurjewitsch Sokolow ( Russian Денис Юрьевич Соколов ; born January 27, 1977 in Sverdlovsk , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Denis Sokolow began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg , for whose professional team he made his debut in the International Hockey League in the 1993/94 season . In his only season appearance, he gave one assist. In the following years, the defender played exclusively for the second team of Dinamo-Energija in the third-rate Pervaya League , before he was a regular for his team in the Superliga between 1997 and 2001 on the ice. For the 2001/02 season he moved to Ak Bars Kazan within the Super League . With his new team, he immediately reached the playoff final, in which he and Kazan defeated Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the best-of-seven series with a sweep .

Denis Sokolow (center) in the shirt of Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (2013)

The 2002/03 season began Sokolow at Ak Bars Kazan, but moved after just one game within the Superliga to Molot-Prikamje Perm , for which he scored a goal in 33 games and gave five assists. From 2003 to 2007 he was under contract with Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk , before he spent the 2007/08 season at the top club Lokomotive Yaroslavl, with whom he lost 2: 3 wins in the playoff final Salawat Yulayev Ufa in the best-of-five series . For the 2008/09 season he returned to Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk, which in the meantime had been included in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . The following season he spent at HK Sibir Novosibirsk .

For the 2010/11 season he was signed by Awtomobilist Yekaterinburg from his hometown. In 49 games for Awtomobilist he scored 25 points, four of which were goals, and set a new personal KHL record. Since Awtomobilist could not reach the playoffs, Sokolov was given to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod until the end of the season . For Torpedo he remained pointless in five games until the end of the season and received two penalty minutes before he returned to Awtomobilist.

After the 2012/13 season he was initially without a club, before he was obliged in October 2013 by HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk .

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 Russian runner-up with Ak Bars Kazan
• 2008 Russian runner-up with Yaroslavl locomotive

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	6th	309	19th	78	97	204
Playoffs	1	4th	0	1	1	2

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

Web links

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