Daniil Edgardovich Zharkov (russian: Даниил Эдгардович Жарков; born February 6, 1994) is a Russian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. He is currently playing with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The

Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton. The Oilers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. They play their home games at Rogers Place, which ...

selected Zharkov with the last pick of the third round (91st overall) in the

2012 NHL Entry Draft The 2012 NHL Entry Draft was the 50th NHL Entry Draft. The draft was held June 22–23, 2012, at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first time that Pittsburgh hosted the draft since the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. The top th ...

. Zharkov began his 2010-11 season in the Russian

Minor Hockey League The Junior Hockey League (JHL) (russian: Молодежная Хоккейная Лига (МХЛ), Molodezhnaya Hokkeinaya Liga), sometimes translated as the ''Minor'' or ''Youth'' Hockey League, is a major junior ice hockey league in Eurasia ...

with Serebryanie LVI St. Petersburg where he scored 3 points in 12 games. He then came to North America to finish the season with the

Tri-City Storm The Tri-City Storm is a Tier I junior ice hockey team based in Kearney, Nebraska, that plays in the Western Conference of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Its name refers to the three central Nebraskan cities of Kearney, Hastings, and Gr ...

of the USHL where he tallied 8 goals and 3 assists in 36 games. Zharkov was selected by the Belleville Bulls 13th overall in the 2011 CHL import draft. He has completed his first season in the

Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League (OHL; french: Ligue de hockey de l'Ontario (LHO)) is one of the three major junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 16–19. There are exceptions for overag ...

(2011–12) with the Belleville Bulls. His 2011-12 highlights included being selected and playing in the 2012 MasterCard Top Prospects game in Kelowna, British Columbia. Zharkov made his Kontinental Hockey League debut playing with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod during the

2013–14 KHL season The 2013–14 KHL season was the sixth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The league's 28 teams played a 54-game balanced schedule. The regular season began on 4 September with the Lokomotiv Cup between last year's finalists Dynamo Moscow an ...

Awards and honours

References

External links

* 1994 births Living people Belleville Bulls players Edmonton Oilers draft picks Ice hockey people from Saint Petersburg Russian ice hockey left wingers Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players Tri-City Storm players {{Russia-icehockey-player-stub