Evgeny Grachev

Yevgeni Igorevich Grachyov (; born February 21, 1990), also known as Evgeny Grachev, is a Russian professional ice hockey centreman who is currently playing for Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

In the 2009–10 season, Grachyov played with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL), the Rangers' top-level minor league affiliate, where he scored 12 goals and 16 assists in his first season as a professional in North America. He was called up to the Rangers on October 8, 2009, but was later reassigned to Hartford the following day without playing having played a game for New York.

Grachyov was again called up to the Rangers on October 28, 2010, and made his NHL debut against the Carolina Hurricanes on October 29, 2010. He was returned to Hartford on November 8 after playing six games for the Rangers. On January 23, 2011, he was again promoted to New York, but again sent down for two games with the Connecticut Whale – the Rangers' new AHL affiliate – during the NHL All-Star break. He was recalled to the Rangers on January 30, 2011, but returned to the Whale on February 1 without playing another game with the Rangers. In 73 games with the Whale in 2010–11, Grachyov scored 16 goals and had 22 assists for 38 total points. He also tied with Pavel Valentenko for the team lead with a plus/minus rating of +21. His first NHL point came on an assist in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers on October 22, 2011. Grachyov scored his first career NHL goal on December 26 against the Dallas Stars' Andrew Raycroft. Grachyov played another season in the US, for the now defunct Peoria Rivermen, before returning to play in his native Russia. Grachyov initially played for Admiral Vladivostok before leaving them to play for several other teams, returning to Admiral Vladivostok in the 2021–22 season.

After two further seasons with Vladivostok, Grachyov left to return to another former club, Amur Khabarovsk, as a free agent after signing a one-year contract on 24 May 2023.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2005–06 Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl RUS-3 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2006–07 Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl RUS-3 30 7 6 13 8 — — — — — 2007–08 Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl RUS-3 34 17 20 37 18 — — — — — 2007–08 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Brampton Battalion OHL 60 40 40 80 22 19 11 14 25 4 2009–10 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 80 12 16 28 14 — — — — — 2010–11 Hartford Wolf Pack/Connecticut Whale AHL 73 16 22 38 21 6 0 2 2 4 2010–11 New York Rangers NHL 8 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2011–12 St. Louis Blues NHL 26 1 3 4 2 — — — — — 2011–12 Peoria Rivermen AHL 39 3 7 10 18 — — — — — 2012–13 Peoria Rivermen AHL 76 11 15 26 40 — — — — — 2013–14 Admiral Vladivostok KHL 50 6 11 17 37 3 1 1 2 0 2014–15 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL 41 2 2 4 11 3 0 1 1 0 2015–16 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 59 5 7 12 12 — — — — — 2016–17 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 56 5 13 18 25 3 0 1 1 0 2017–18 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 53 3 3 6 18 4 0 0 0 0 2018–19 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL 44 5 6 11 18 4 0 0 0 2 2019–20 Avangard Omsk KHL 49 5 7 12 16 4 0 0 0 0 2020–21 Dinamo Riga KHL 51 4 5 9 22 — — — — — 2021–22 Admiral Vladivostok KHL 28 4 5 9 10 — — — — — 2022–23 Admiral Vladivostok KHL 64 3 7 10 38 12 0 2 2 20 2023–24 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 57 10 10 20 24 — — — — — 2024–25 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 66 7 10 17 27 — — — — — 2025–26 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 60 1 6 7 25 — — — — — NHL totals 34 1 3 4 2 — — — — — KHL totals 678 60 92 152 283 33 1 5 6 22

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2007 Russia IH18 4 2 2 4 14 2008 Russia U18 6 2 3 5 2 2009 Russia WJC 7 2 3 5 4 Junior totals 13 4 6 10 6

Awards and achievements 2008–09 OHL Emms Family Award