Oleg Yevenko

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| name = Oleg Yevenko

| image = Oleg Yevenko (cropped).jpg

| caption = Yevenko with the Lake Erie Monsters in 2015

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|1|21}}

| birth_place = Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union

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| played_for = Adirondack Flames
Cleveland Monsters
Stockton Heat
Dinamo Minsk
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Spartak Moscow

| ntl_team = Belarus

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 238

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2015

| career_end = 2022

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Aleh Yevenka (Belarusian: Алег Евенка born 21 January 1991), better known as Oleg Yevenko (Russian: Олег Евенко), is a Belarusian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Playing career

Oleg played two years with the Fargo Force of the USHL and was a popular player known for his defensive play, hard hits, and fighting skills. Yevenko played collegiate hockey with the UMass Minutemen. After completing his Senior year at UMass, he signed an Amateur tryout with the Adirondack Flames of the AHL to finish the 2014–15 season.{{cite web| url = http://www.adirondackflames.com/news/index.html?article_id=230 | title = Flames sign Yevenko to amateur try-out | publisher = Adirondack Flames |date = 2015-03-20 | accessdate = 2015-03-20}} Yevenko went scoreless in 4 games with the Flames.

On 29 June 2015, Yevenko signed a one-year AHL contract with the Lake Erie Monsters, an affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets.{{cite web | url = http://www.lakeeriemonsters.com/team/news/craig-vogelhuber-ambroz-yevenko-signed-15-16 | title = Craig, Vogelhuber, Ambroz and Yevenko signed for 2015–16 | publisher = Lake Erie Monsters | date = 2015-06-29 | accessdate = 2015-06-29 | archive-date = 2 July 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150702020920/http://www.lakeeriemonsters.com/team/news/craig-vogelhuber-ambroz-yevenko-signed-15-16 | url-status = dead }} After receiving an invitation to the Blue Jackets training camp for 2015, Yevenko impressed the club to earn a one-year, two-way NHL contract on 1 October 2015.{{cite web| url = http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=781231 | title = Blue Jackets sign Oleg Yevenko to one-year contract | publisher = Columbus Blue Jackets | date = 2015-10-01 | accessdate = 2015-10-01}}

After his entry-level contract with the Blue Jackets, Yevenko was not tendered an offer as a restricted free agent on June 26, 2017.{{cite news| url = https://twitter.com/Aportzline/status/879441362768322560 | title = Dansk, Yevenko not qualified | newspaper = Columbus Dispatch | date = 2017-06-26 | accessdate = 2017-06-26}} As a free agent, Yevenko opted to continue in the AHL, returning within the Calgary Flames organization by signing a one-year deal with the Stockton Heat and agreeing to an invite to participate at the Flames training camp. On September 19, 2017, Yevenko was reassigned by the Flames to the Heat.{{cite web| url = https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/flames-reduce-roster-by-21/c-291172766?tid=282300716 | title = Flames reduce roster by 21 | website = Calgary Flames | date = 2017-09-19 | accessdate = 2017-09-19}} In the 2017–18 season, Yevenko was limited to just 23 games as depth to the Heat's blueline, contributing with 3 assists.

As a free agent Yevenko ended his North American career in signing a one-year deal with hometown club, HC Dinamo Minsk of the KHL on May 2, 2018.{{cite web| url = https://www.khl.ru/news/2018/05/02/396602.html | title = Signings and transfers for May 2 | website = Kontinental Hockey League | date = 2018-05-02 | accessdate = 2018-05-02 | language = Russian}}

After two seasons in his native Belarus, Yevenko left Dinamo Minsk as a free agent, continuing in the KHL on a one-year contract with Russian club Traktor Chelyabinsk on 8 May 2020.{{cite web| url = https://hctraktor.org/media/news/?id=24835 | title = Oleg Yevenko strengthens Traktor | publisher = Traktor Chelyabinsk | date = 8 May 2020 | accessdate = 8 May 2020 | language = Russian}}

Yevenko left Traktor Chelyabinsk after his contract, opting to continue in the KHL with HC Spartak Moscow by signing a one-year deal as a free agent on 18 June 2021.{{cite web| url = https://spartak.ru/news/transfers/oleg-evenko-stal-igrokom-spartaka/ | title = Oleg Yevenko signs contract with Spartak | publisher = HC Spartak Moscow | date = 18 June 2021 | accessdate = 18 June 2021 | language = Russian}}

International play

Yevenko was named to the Belarus men's national ice hockey team for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.iihfworlds2014.com/en/news/roster-forming/|title=Roster forming – 2014 WM – International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF|website=International Ice Hockey Federation | date = 2014-05-08 | accessdate=2014-05-08}}