Yuri Babenko
{{Short description|Russian ice hockey player (born 1978)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|2}}
| birth_place = Penza, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 198
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| played_for = Krylya Sovetov Moscow
Colorado Avalanche
Dynamo Moscow
Khimik Voskresensk
HC MVD
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
SKA St. Petersburg
| draft = 51st overall
| draft_year = 1996
| draft_team = Colorado Avalanche
| career_start = 1995
| career_end = 2016
}}
Yury Ivanovich Babenko ({{langx|ru|Юрий Иванович Бабенко}}; born 2 January 1978) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He most notably played for Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and briefly with the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Playing career
Babenko was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 in the 2nd round, 51st overall. After a season in the Ontario Hockey League for the Plymouth Whalers, Babenko joined the Avalanche organization in 1998. After three seasons in the American Hockey League for the Hershey Bears, he finally made his NHL debut for Colorado during the 2000–01 NHL season, playing 3 games in all without registering a point.
Babenko spent another year with Hershey before returning to Russia with Dynamo Moscow. He has also played for Khimik Voskresensk, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, and SKA St. Petersburg.
On June 28, 2009, Babenko returned on a one-year contract to former club HC MVD for the 2009–10 season.{{cite web |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://www.hcmvd.ru/&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com|title=Babenko returns to HC MVD | publisher = HC MVD| date = 2009-06-28 | access-date = 2010-05-10| language =ru}} After scoring 10 point in 35 games and helping MVD advance to the finals, Babenko followed MVD into the merger with Dynamo Moscow, to sign with UHC Dynamo for the 2010–11 season on May 29, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamo.ru/newsclub.php?full=13147 |title=OHK sign Babenko from MVD |publisher=UHC Dynamo |date=2010-05-29 |access-date=2010-12-13 |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730095432/http://www.dynamo.ru/newsclub.php?full=13147 |archive-date=July 30, 2010 }}
Coaching career
Following his professional playing career, Babenko moved into the coaching ranks, remaining with Dynamo Moscow as an assistant coach for two seasons. He later served as the head coach of HC Vityaz of the KHL for the 2021–22 season.{{cite web| url = https://en.khl.ru/news/2021/05/25/485084.html | title = Player movements | publisher = 25 May 2021 | accessdate = 25 May 2021 | language = Russian}} He joined Ak Bars Kazan coaching ranks as an assistant during the 2022–23 season, and was elevated at interim coach before returning to an assistant role following the hiring of Zinetula Bilyaletdinov.{{cite web|url=https://rsport.ria.ru/20221202/znarok-1836029894.html|title=Бабенко будет исполнять обязанности главного тренера "Ак Барса"|language=ru|publisher=ria.ru |date=2022-12-02|access-date=2022-12-05}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1994–95
| RUS-2 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1995–96 | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | RUS | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96
| Krylya Sovetov-2 Moscow | RUS-2 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 45
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97 | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | RSL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97
| Krylya Sovetov-2 Moscow | RUS-3 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97 | RUS-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98
| OHL | 59 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 22
| 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
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| 1998–99 | AHL | 74 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 47
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999–00
| Hershey Bears | AHL | 75 | 20 | 25 | 45 | 53
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 37 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 71 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 80
| 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2000–01
| NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001–02 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 67 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 95
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2002–03
| RSL | 35 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 52
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2003–04 | Dynamo Moscow | RSL | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04
| Dynamo Moscow-2 | RUS-3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004–05 | Dynamo Moscow | RSL | 33 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05
| RSL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2005–06 | HC MVD | RSL | 43 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 115
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| 2006–07
| HC MVD | RSL | 46 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 46
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006–07 | HC MVD-2 Balashikha | RUS-4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007–08
| RSL | 54 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 58
| 13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2008–09 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008–09
| KHL | 46 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 38
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009–10 | HC MVD | KHL | 35 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26
| 22 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 34 |
| 2010–11
| Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 45 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 57
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011–12 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 40 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 42
| 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012–13
| Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 34 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 14
| 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013–14 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 52 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 39
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 2014–15
| Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 36 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 59
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 25 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 54 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 22
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | KHL totals ! 347 !! 38 !! 55 !! 93 !! 301 ! 84 !! 7 !! 11 !! 18 !! 111 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=11463}}
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