Nail Railovich Yakupov ( Tat. Nail Rail uly Yakupov ; born , ) - Russian hockey player , extreme forward of the KHL SKA club. At the 2012 draft, Edmonton Oilers selected a player with a common 1st number. Yakupov became the first Muslim to be chosen under the general first number in the NHL draft [2] . [ significance of fact? ]
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Silver medalist at the 2012 World Youth Championships and bronze medalist at the 2013 World Youth Championships as part of the Russian national team .
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Career
In the 2009/10 season, he played for the MHL Reactor team, which included 14 games, scored 6 (4 + 2) points and 26 minutes of a penalty. Nail missed the end of the season due to a hand injury, which also prevented him from helping the national team at the Junior World Championships in Minsk. He played for the junior team at the Challenge Cup in Canada, where he was the only player born in 1993. In four matches, the forward scored 2 goals and made 1 assists.
In the summer of 2010, Yakupov was defended at the KHL draft by the Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik under number 19 [3] . Then he was drafted by the Ontario Junior League club “Sarnia Sting” under the general 2nd number in the draft of the Canadian Hockey League [4] . In the same year he went to play overseas.
In the NHL Draft, 2012 was selected under the first common number “ Edmonton Oilers ”, thus becoming the third Russian to be selected under the first common number in the NHL (after Kovalchuk and Ovechkin ). On July 23, 2012, he signed a three-year rookie contract with the Edmonton Oilers . Nail contributed a lot to the fact that Nail scored 170 points in 107 games in two seasons at the Sarnia Sting club of the Ontario Junior League.
At the time of the lockout in the NHL, he joined Neftekhimik acting in the KHL .
As part of the youth team of Russia, he participated in two world championships in 2012 and 2013 , at which he won silver and bronze medals. At MFM 2013 he was the captain of the national team.
He made his debut in the NHL on January 20, 2013 in a match against Vancouver Canucks . On January 22, he scored his first goal against San Jose Sharks .
In his first season, he became the best scorer among NHL beginners - 31 points (17 + 14) and the best sniper - 17 goals (6 of them in the majority, also the best result among beginners). Both of his goals scored were the best among Edmonton players. In addition, Nail was marked by the best percentage of implementation among all field players of his club - 21% of his shots reached the goal (81 shots / 17 goals). And in the final match of the season, Yakupov made a hat-trick against Vancouver Canucks . After the first successful season, Yakupov’s performance began to decline, and his utility rate in the seasons 2013-14 (-33) and 2014-15 (-35) became one of the worst in the league [5] .
On April 13, 2015, Yakupov signed a new two-year contract with Edmonton for a total of $ 5 million [6] .
On October 7, 2016, he was exchanged at St. Louis Blues for a young striker Zach Pochiro and a conditional choice in the 3rd round of the 2017 draft pick. [7] He played 40 matches for “musicians”, gaining 9 points, but did not play in the play-off off
At the end of the contract, St. Louis did not make a qualifying offer to Nail, and in the summer of 2017, the player signed a 1-year contract with Colorado Avalanche for $ 875 thousand.
Yakupov successfully started the 2017–18 season , gaining five points (3 + 2) in the first five games for Colorado [8] . But then the striker’s performance again fell, for the entire championship he scored only 16 points (9 + 7) and did not get into the composition in the playoff games. The club did not offer him a new contract and Nail decided to pursue a career in Russia. In July 2018, he signed a one-year contract with the SKA Continental Hockey League club [9] .
In general, for six seasons in the NHL, Yakupov spent 350 matches, this is the lowest indicator among league forwards selected in the draft under the first number for the entire period from 1963 to 2012 [10] .
Personal life
Nail Yakupov is Tatar by nationality, and Muslim by religion. [11] [12] [13] Nail’s father, Rail Yakupov, is a hockey coach and functionary. He was part of the coaching staff of Neftekhimik and was the sports director of Nefteyanik from Almetyevsk . [14] During his speech for the Edmonton Oilers, he lived with his parents and sister Alina in Canada. [15] Also, a Bichon Frize dog named Hadi lives at the hockey player’s house. He is a fan of the London Chelsea . [16] June 6, 2013 joined the club of fans of the Makhachkala “ Anji ” - “Wild Division”. [17] [18]
Achievements
- Bronze medalist of the World Championship among junior teams 2011 .
- Silver medalist of the World Championship among youth teams 2012 .
- Bronze medalist of the World Championship among youth teams 2013 .
- Best rookie of the year CHL (2011).
- Winner of Emms Family Award (2011).
- Best draft prospectus CHL (2012).
- The first issue of the NHL Draft in 2012.
Statistics
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| AND | Number of games played | Shtr | Penalty time | +/− | Plus or minus |
| G | Goals | P | Assists | ABOUT | Glasses |
| - | Statistics unknown | - | Statistics not taken into account | ||
Club career
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
| Season | Team | League | AND | G | P | ABOUT | +/- | Shtr | AND | G | P | ABOUT | Shtr | +/- | ||
| 2009/10 | Reactor | MHL | 14 | four | 2 | 6 | -3 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | Sarnia Sting | OHL | 65 | 49 | 52 | 101 | -2 | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011/12 | Sarnia Sting | OHL | 42 | 31 | 38 | 69 | 15 | thirty | 6 | 2 | 3 | five | four | -7 | ||
| 2012/13 | Petrochemist | KHL | 22 | ten | eight | 18 | -four | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | Edmonton oilers | NHL | 48 | 17 | 14 | 31 | -four | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2013/14 | Edmonton oilers | NHL | 63 | eleven | 13 | 24 | -33 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | Edmonton oilers | NHL | 81 | 14 | nineteen | 33 | -35 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2015/16 | Edmonton oilers | NHL | 60 | eight | 15 | 23 | -sixteen | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2016/17 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 40 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2017/18 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 58 | 9 | 7 | sixteen | 2 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2018/19 | SKA | KHL | 47 | 23 | ten | 33 | 22 | thirty | 18 | four | four | eight | -one | 12 | ||
| Total in the NHL | 350 | 62 | 74 | 136 | -89 | 142 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total in the KHL | 69 | 32 | nineteen | 51 | 18 | 63 | 18 | four | four | eight | -one | 12 | ||||
| Total in OHL | 107 | 80 | 90 | 170 | 13 | 101 | 6 | 2 | 3 | five | four | -7 | ||||
International Competitions
| Year | National team | Tournament | A place | AND | G | P | ABOUT | CMM | |
| 2011 | Russia | Hchm | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | ||
| 2012 | Russia | MFM | 7 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 2013 | Russia | MFM | 7 | 3 | five | eight | 0 | ||
| Total (junior and younger) | 21 | 9 | 21 | thirty | 12 | ||||
Notes
- ↑ How Kuznetsov became Harry Potter, and Panarin went to the bakers
- ↑ Nail Yakupov
- ↑ KHL held the first round of the 2010 draft. Under the first number, Sibir chose Yashkina, Tractor under 15th Shalunova and other results (inaccessible link) . Sports.ru (June 4, 2010). Date of treatment December 24, 2011. Archived on August 8, 2010.
- ↑ Yakupov was drafted under the second number in the Canadian Hockey League, Zlobin - under the 15th, Nesterov - under the 16th, Kitsyn - under the 17th (unavailable link) . Sports.ru (June 30, 2010). Date of treatment December 24, 2011. Archived on August 10, 2010.
- ↑ NHL Players with the Worst Utility Score: Yakupov, Kovalchuk, Ganye - Championship
- ↑ Edmonton extended the contract with Yakupov
- ↑ Oilers exchanged Yakupov to Blues
- ↑ Yakupov scores, Ovechkin breaks records. How the Russians started the season in the NHL
- ↑ SKA announced the transition of the first issue of the NHL-2012 draft Nail Yakupov
- ↑ Nail Yakupov signed a contract with SKA
- ↑ Yakupov: it's not my fault that I am a Tatar and a Muslim
- ↑ Nail Yakupov: “I am not Russian, I am Muslim”
- ↑ Yakupov: I love Russia, I played for Russia, and, God forbid, I will still play for Russia
- ↑ Father Naila Yakupova became the sports director of the Oilman
- ↑ Off the Ice: Getting to Know Nail Yakupov
- ↑ Nail Yakupov - Chelsea fan, and other curious facts about the 10th issue of Edmonton
- ↑ Nail Yakupov joined the Anji fan club Wild Division.
- ↑ NHL player - Yakupov joined the Wild Division
Links
- Nail Yakupov - profile on the NHL website
- Nail Yakupov - statistics on The Internet Hockey Database
- Nail Yakupov - statistics on Eliteprospects.com