Pavlo Yachnyk

Pavlo Yachnyk
Date of birth	May 8, 1993
place of birth	Kiev , Ukraine
size	181 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
2010-2011	Erie Blizzard HK Sokil Kiev
2011–2012	HK Donbass Donetsk
2012-2013	HK Berkut
2013-2014	HK Donbass Donetsk

Pavlo Yachnyk ( Ukrainian Павло Иахник ; born May 8, 1993 in Kiev ) is a former Ukrainian ice hockey goalkeeper who was last under contract with HK Donbass Donetsk . He was used in the junior team Molodaja Gwardija Donetsk in the Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja League .

Career

Pavlo Yachnyk began his career as a hockey player in the Canadian junior league Continental Junior Hockey League , which played for the Erie Blizzard in 2010/11 . In the same season he was also temporarily active for the second team of HK Sokil Kiev in the Ukrainian ice hockey league. When the Professional Hockey League was introduced as the new Ukrainian professional league in 2011 , he switched to the second team of HK Donbass Donetsk , with whom he won this league in 2012 and thus became Ukrainian champion . He then moved to HK Berkut , with whom he also played in the professional hockey league. With the team he was able to win the main round of the 2012/13 season , but the admission to the playoffs was denied to the club due to financial problems. After these then also led to the dissolution of the professional team, Yachnyk moved back to Donetsk and was used in the junior team Molodaja Gwardija Donetsk in the Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja League . In 2014 he ended his career at the age of just 21.

International

For Ukraine, Yachnyk took part in the U18 World Cup 2009 Division I and the U18 World Cup in 2010 , when he remained clean in the two games in which he was used, and in 2011 , when he conceded the fewest goals conceded by any goalkeeper per game , Division II and Division II of the U20 World Cup in 2012 , where he again conceded the fewest goals against all goalkeepers per game, and Division I of the U20 World Cup in 2013 .

Yachnyk played with the men's selection at the 2013 World Cup in Division I, when the Ukrainians were promoted from Group B to Group A. Yachnyk was used in the 7-0 win against Lithuania .

Achievements and Awards

• 2010 Fewest goals conceded per game and best catch quota at the U18 World Cup 2010 in Division II, Group B.
• 2011 Promotion to Division I at the U18 World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2011 Fewest goals conceded per game at the U18 World Cup in Division II, Group B.
• 2012 Promotion to Division I, Group B, at the U20 World Championship Division II, Group A.
• 2012 Fewest goals conceded per game at the U20 World Cup in Division II, Group A.
• 2012 Ukrainian champion with the HK Donbass Donetsk
• 2013 Promotion to Division IA at the World Championship Division I, Group B

Web links

• Pawlo Yachnyk at eliteprospects.com (English)