Evgenii Dadonov

Evgenii Dadonov
Born (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989
Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Florida Panthers
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Donbass Donetsk
SKA Saint Petersburg
National team  Russia
NHL Draft 71st overall, 2007
Florida Panthers
Playing career 2006–present

Yevgeny Anatolyevich Dadonov (Russian: Евгений Анатольевич Дадонов; born 12 March 1989) is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played with SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) having originally played for Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Russian Super League and its successor league, the KHL. Dadonov was selected by the Florida Panthers in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

Playing career

Dadonov played for Traktor Chelyabinsk in the RSL and KHL. He was drafted 71st overall by the Florida Panthers in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft and joined the team in 2009, playing a season with their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans.

North America

He scored his first NHL goal on 15 December 2010 against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes.[1] In January 2011 Dadonov was selected to participate in the 2011 NHL All-Star Game SuperSkills Competition as one of 12 rookies.[2]

In the 2011–12 season, the last year of his entry-level contract, after failing to gain a regular position into the Panthers line-up on 18 January 2012, Dadonov along with A.J. Jenks were traded by the Panthers to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for Jonathan Matsumoto and Mattias Lindstrom.[3] Dadonov was assigned to the Hurricanes' affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers where he played the remainder of the season out.

Donbass

On 7 July 2012, Dadonov left the Hurricanes and North America to return to the KHL with Donbass. In December 2013 he signed a three-year extension with the club, and expressed interest in acquiring Ukrainian citizenship.[4] With Donbass, Dadonov won the 2012–13 IIHF Continental Cup, and became the second scoring leader of the tournament.[5] In the 2013–14 KHL season Dadonov helped Donbass reach the Conference Semi-Finals.

SKA Saint Petersburg

With HC Donbass suspending operations due to the outbreak of War in Donbass Dadonov signed a multi-year contract with KHL club SKA Saint Petersburg on 11 June 2014.[6]

In 2015 Dadonov played a vital role in helping SKA Saint Petersburg to win the Gagarin Cup for the first time. He set a record scored by a player in the Gagarin Cup playoffs (15) When team captain Ilya Kovalchuk was named as MVP he refused to accept it and passed the award to Dadonov.[7] In a later interview, Kovalchuk said that he felt Dadonov deserved the award more.[8] At the end of the season the KHL named Dadonov one of the two winners of the "Gentleman on Ice" award, an individual "fair play" award.[9]

Return to Florida Panthers

Dadonov having evolved and matured his game over the previous five seasons spent in the KHL, opted to pursue a return for a second attempt in the NHL. With his rights having expired from the Hurricanes, Dadonov returned to his original club, the Florida Panthers, in agreeing to a three-year, $12 million contract on July 1, 2017.[10]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005–06 Traktor Chelyabinsk RUS-2 — — — — — 1 4 0 4 0
2006–07 Traktor Chelyabinsk RSL 24 16 5 21 8 — — — — —
2007–08 Traktor Chelyabinsk RSL 43 7 13 20 20 2 0 0 0 0
2008–09 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL 40 11 4 15 8 3 0 0 0 2
2009–10 Rochester Americans AHL 76 17 23 40 36 7 0 1 1 0
2009–10 Florida Panthers NHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2010–11 Rochester Americans AHL 24 8 8 16 4 — — — — —
2010–11 Florida Panthers NHL 36 8 9 17 14 — — — — —
2011–12 San Antonio Rampage AHL 20 5 4 9 4 — — — — —
2011–12 Florida Panthers NHL 15 2 1 3 2 — — — — —
2011–12 Charlotte Checkers AHL 35 3 16 19 6 — — — — —
2012–13 Donbass Donetsk KHL 52 14 23 37 12 — — — — —
2013–14 Donbass Donetsk KHL 54 15 14 29 24 13 7 4 11 4
2014–15 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 53 19 27 46 10 22 15 5 20 8
2015–16 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 59 23 23 46 4 15 3 6 9 2
2016–17 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL 53 30 36 66 39 18 9 10 19 2
NHL totals 55 10 10 20 16 — — — — —
KHL totals 311 112 128 240 97 71 34 26 60 18
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Ice hockey
World Championships
2014 Belarus
2015 Czech Republic
2016 Russia
2017 Germany/France
World Junior Championships
2008 Czech Republic
2009 Canada
IIHF World U18 Championship
2007 Finland

International

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2007 Russia WJC18 1st, gold medalist(s) 7 2 2 4 2
2008 Russia WJC 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 0 0 4
2009 Russia WJC 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 7 2 5 7 2
2014 Russia WC 1st, gold medalist(s) 10 0 2 2 0
2015 Russia WC 2nd, silver medalist(s) 10 4 7 11 2
2016 Russia WC 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 10 6 7 13 6
2016 Russia WCH 4th 4 0 1 1 0
2017 Russia WC 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 10 3 5 8 0
Junior totals 21 4 7 11 8
Senior totals 44 13 22 35 8

Awards and honors

Award Year
KHL
All-Star Game 2013*
Gagarin Cup (SKA Saint Petersburg) 2015, 2017 [11]
Gentleman Award 2015

References

  1. ↑ "Canes rally for 4-3 win over Panthers". News Observer. 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
  2. ↑ Lozo, Dave (2011-01-11). "Breaking down All-Star roster by the numbers". NHL.com. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Panthers trade Dadonov, Jenks to Hurricanes for Lindstrom". The Sports Network. 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  4. ↑ "Evgenii Dadonov agrees to contract extension". HC Donbass. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
  5. ↑ http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/326/IHM326000_85B_3_0.pdf
  6. ↑ "Evgenii Dadonov has become a SKA player". SKA Saint Petersburg. 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  7. ↑ "Kovalchuk passes off award". sports.ru.com. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  8. ↑ "Dadonov the real winner" (in Russian). sports.ru. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  9. ↑ "Dadonov picks up KHL accolade" (in Russian). sports.ru. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  10. ↑ "Tallon believes Panthers got tougher and quicker with free agent pickups". Sun-Sentinel. 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
  11. ↑ "Metallurg Magnitogorsk 3 SKA St. Petersburg 5". Kontinental Hockey League. 2017-04-16. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
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