Terry Yake

Terry Yake
Date of birth	October 22, 1968
place of birth	New Westminster , British Columbia , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1987 , 4th lap, 81st position Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1984-1988	Brandon Wheat Kings
1988-1993	Hartford Whalers
1993-1994	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
1994-1995	Toronto Maple Leafs
1995-1996	Milwaukee Admirals
1996-1997	Rochester Americans
1997-2000	St. Louis Blues
2000-2001	Washington Capitals
2001-2002	Mosquitoes eat
2002-2003	Nuremberg Ice Tigers
2003-2004	Krefeld penguins
2005-2008	EHC Visp
2008-2009	Lausanne HC

Terry Donald Yake (born October 22, 1968 in New Westminster , British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who worked for the Hartford Whalers , Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Toronto Maple Leafs , St. Louis Blues and from 1988 to 2001 played the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League .

Career

Terry Yake began his career with the Brandon Wheat Kings , for whom he played from 1984 to 1988 for four years in the Western Hockey League . During this time he was selected during the NHL Entry Draft 1987 in the fourth round as a total of 81st player by the Hartford Whalers . The following five years he played both for the Hartford Whalers in the NHL, as well as for their farm teams from the American Hockey League , the Binghamton Whalers and the Springfield Indians .

During the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft , the newly formed Mighty Ducks of Anaheim signed the Canadian. Although Yake was used in all 82 regular season games, he was given to the Toronto Maple Leafs on September 28, 1994 in exchange for David Sacco . This awarded him to the Denver Grizzlies from the International Hockey League , so that he only played 19 games for the Maple Leafs. During the 1995/96 season, the attacker was only on the ice for the Milwaukee Admirals from the IHL.

Terry Yake (left) with Bruce Affleck 2011

The Buffalo Sabers signed him as a free agent in 1996 , but in the 1996/97 season he was used exclusively for their AHL farm team at the time, the Rochester Americans . Until 2001, Yake played two and a half years with the St. Louis Blues and one and a half years with the Washington Capitals , before he ended his NHL career and moved to Europe, where he played a season with the Moskitos Essen , Nürnberg Ice Tigers and from 2001 to 2004 completed the Krefeld penguins from the DEL . After a long break, Yake started playing at EHC Visp in the Swiss National League B from the 2005/06 season .

In the 2008/09 season he was hired by the Swiss NLB club Lausanne HC in the role of player- coach as a replacement for the expelled Corry Pecker . In early 2009, he replaced Dany Gélinas as coach of Lausanne HC. During the 2009/10 season, Yake was replaced by John Van Boxmeer .

Achievements and Awards

• 1991 Calder Cup win with the Springfield Indians

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	11	403	77	120	197	220
Playoffs	4th	32	4th	4th	8th	36

Web links

• Terry Yake at hockeydb.com (English)
• Terry Yake at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Terry Yake at eliteprospects.com (English)