Mikhail Valeryevich Paschnin

Mikhail Paschnin
Date of birth	May 11, 1989
place of birth	Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR
size	179 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
number	# 33
Shot hand	Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft	2009 , 1st round, 1st position HK CSKA Moscow
NHL Entry Draft	2009 , 7th lap, 200th position New York Rangers
Career stations
2005-2009	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk
2009–2012	HK CSKA Moscow
2012-2017	Yaroslavl locomotive
2017-2019	HK CSKA Moscow
since 2019	Salawat Yulayev Ufa

Mikhail Valeryevich Paschnin ( Russian Михаил Валерьевич Пашнин ; born May 11, 1989 in Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been playing for Salawat Julajew Ufa in the Continental Hockey League since June 2019 .

Career

The 1.79 m tall defender played in the 2005/06 season for the first time for the second team of HK Metschel Chelyabinsk in the third-rate Russian Pervaya League . The following year Paschnin was appointed to the professional team for the first time, for which he played 44 second division appearances in that season . Until his move to Moscow in the summer of 2009 he was part of the regular team of HK Metschel.

At the KHL Junior Draft 2009 , the defender was selected as the top pick of the event by HK CSKA Moscow , which secured the rights to him for the Russian transfer market. A few weeks later, the New York Rangers selected him in the seventh round of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in 200th place, thus securing the transfer rights for North America.

After moving to CSKA, Paschnin quickly established himself in the club's professional team, but also received some appearances in the Molodjoschnaja hockey league . In 2011 he won the MHL championship trophy , the Kharlamov Cup, with Krasnaya Armija .

In January 2012, Paschnin signed a one-year contract for the 2012/13 season with Lokomotive Yaroslavl . This was extended in 2013 and 2015. In 2017 Paschnin returned to ZSKA and reached the play-off finals with ZSKA in 2018 and 2019. While CSKA was defeated by Ak Bars Kazan in 2018 , it won the Gagarin Cup and the Russian championship for the first time in his career in 2019 . After this success he left the club and was committed by Salawat Yulayev Ufa .

International

Mikhail Paschnin won the bronze medal with the Russian U20 national team at the 2009 Junior World Championships . In a total of seven World Cup appearances, the Russian was able to achieve two assists .

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 bronze medal at the Junior World Championship
• 2011 Kharlamov Cup win with Krasnaya Armia Moscow
• 2015 KHL Defender of the Month for October
• 2018 Best plus / minus rating (+28) in the KHL
• 2019 Gagarin Cup win and Russian champion with HK CSKA Moscow

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2005/06	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk II	Pervaya League		25th	0	5	5	30th
2006/07	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk II	Pervaya League		10	1	3	4th	24
	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk	Vysschaya League		40	0	2	2	32		4th	0	0	0	8th
2007/08	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk II	Pervaya League		8th	4th	1	5	12
	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk	Vysschaya League		49	2	5	7th	58		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk	Vysschaya League		35	2	4th	6th	40		7th	0	2	2	8th
	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk II	Pervaya League		3	0	1	1	4th
2009/10	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL		44	1	4th	5	52		1	0	0	0	0
	Krasnaya Armia Moscow	MHL		4th	0	3	3	2		4th	1	1	2	20th
2010/11	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL		43	2	2	4th	38		-	-	-	-	-
	Krasnaya Armia Moscow	MHL		10	2	2	4th	14th		16	1	4th	5	60
2011/12	CSKA Moscow	KHL		50	3	2	5	68		5	0	1	1	20th
2012/13	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL		32	1	1	2	75		6th	0	0	0	6th
2013/14	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL		32	0	3	3	114		16	0	1	1	14th
2014/15	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL		32	0	2	2	22nd		5	0	0	0	29
2015/16	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL		39	3	5	8th	42		3	0	0	0	14th
2016/17	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL		58	0	11	11	78		15th	0	0	0	14th
2017/18	CSKA Moscow	KHL		45	1	10	11	61		20th	1	1	2	14th
2018/19	CSKA Moscow	KHL		42	1	4th	5	37		6th	0	0	0	6th
MHL total				14th	2	5	7th	16		20th	2	5	7th	80
Total Pervaya League				46	5	10	15th	70
Wysschaja League overall				124	4th	11	15th	130		11	0	2	2	16
KHL total				416	12	44	56	587		77	1	3	4th	117

International

Represented Russia in:

• U20 Junior World Championship 2009

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2009	Russia	U20 World Cup		7th	0	2	2	2
Juniors overall				7th	0	2	2	2

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Michail Paschnin at eurohockey.com
• Michail Paschnin at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ khl.ru, Official Results of the KHL Junior Draft 2009
2. ↑ ХК "Локомотив" продлил контракт с защитником Пашниным на два года. In: RIA Novosti . April 8, 2015, Retrieved June 12, 2019 (Russian). 
3. ↑ Михаил Пашнин перешёл в ХК «Салават Юлаев». In: hcsalavat.ru. June 1, 2019, accessed June 12, 2019 .