Evgeny Davydov

Yevgeni Vitalievich Davydov ; born May 27, 1967) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets, Florida Panthers and the Ottawa Senators.

Playing career On January 4, 1987, Davydov was playing for the Soviet Union's team at the World Junior Championship. In the infamous "Punch-up in Piestany", Davydov was identified as the player who jumped the boards and caused a bench-clearing brawl. Both teams were ejected from the tournament and Canada lost an assured medal.

Davydov was drafted 235th overall by Winnipeg in the 1989 NHL entry draft. After winning a gold medal as a member of the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics, he joined the Jets and went on to play in 155 regular season games, scoring 40 goals and 39 assists for 79 points, while accumulating 120 penalty minutes. Between 1995 and 2003, Davydov had spells in France, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, Italy, and also returned to Russia before hanging up his skates.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984–85 Traktor Chelyabinsk USSR 11 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 1985–86 Traktor Chelyabinsk USSR 39 11 5 16 22 — — — — — 1986–87 CSKA Moscow USSR 32 11 2 13 8 — — — — — 1987–88 CSKA Moscow USSR 44 16 7 23 18 — — — — — 1988–89 CSKA Moscow USSR 35 9 7 16 4 — — — — — 1989–90 CSKA Moscow USSR 44 17 6 23 16 — — — — — 1990–91 CSKA Moscow USSR 44 10 10 20 26 — — — — — 1991–92 CSKA Moscow CIS 27 13 12 25 14 — — — — — 1991–92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 12 4 3 7 8 7 2 2 4 2 1992–93 Winnipeg Jets NHL 79 28 21 49 66 4 0 0 0 0 1993–94 Florida Panthers NHL 21 2 6 8 8 — — — — — 1993–94 Ottawa Senators NHL 40 5 7 12 38 — — — — — 1994–95 Ottawa Senators NHL 3 1 2 3 0 — — — — — 1994–95 San Diego Gulls IHL 11 2 1 3 14 — — — — — 1994–95 Chicago Wolves IHL 18 10 12 22 26 3 1 0 1 0 1995–96 EHC Olten SUI II 7 7 7 14 8 — — — — — 1995–96 HC Amiens Somme FRA 3 3 0 3 4 13 15 9 24 54 1996–97 Brynäs IF SEL 46 30 18 48 103 — — — — — 1997–98 Brynäs IF SEL 40 17 16 33 32 3 1 0 1 0 1998–99 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 14 2 2 4 45 — — — — — 1998–99 EV Zug NDA 11 4 3 7 4 4 0 1 1 4 1999–2000 EHC Olten SUI II 36 26 30 56 70 4 1 3 4 8 2000–01 EHC Olten SUI II 40 32 47 79 18 4 3 4 7 12 2001–02 Kärpät SM-l 7 2 1 3 4 — — — — — 2001–02 Berlin Capitals DEL 34 5 9 14 14 3 1 0 1 0 2002–03 Krylya Sovetov Moscow RSL 5 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2002–03 Milano Vipers ITA 2 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Olofströms IK SWE III 12 3 3 6 6 — — — — — 2003–04 Velkom Moscow RUS III 30 10 20 30 24 — — — — — USSR/CIS totals 270 88 49 137 110 — — — — — NHL totals 155 40 39 79 120 11 2 2 4 2 SEL totals 86 47 34 81 110 3 1 0 1 0

International

Year Team Event Place GP G A Pts PIM 1986 Soviet Union WJC 7 3 1 4 2 1987 Soviet Union WJC DQ 6 3 0 3 4 1990 Soviet Union WC 9 5 4 9 6 1992 Unified Team OG 8 3 3 6 2 Junior totals 13 6 1 7 6 Senior totals 17 8 7 15 8