Dmytro Viktorovych Yakushyn ( ua, Дмитро Вікторович Якушин; born January 21, 1978) is a Ukrainian former professional
ice hockey
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player. He also played two games for the
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...
in the
1999–00 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1998 to 2013, was spent in the minor leagues and then later in Europe. Internationally Yakushyn played for the
Ukrainian national team in three
World Championships
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. As a youth, he played in the 1992
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
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with a team from Kharkiv.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
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1978 births
Living people
AaB Ishockey players
Edmonton Ice players
Expatriate ice hockey players in Canada
HC Donbass players
HC Dynamo Kharkiv players
HK Gomel players
HK Neman Grodno players
Keramin Minsk players
Metallurg Zhlobin players
Regina Pats players
St. John's Maple Leafs players
Sokil Kyiv players
Sportspeople from Kharkiv
Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks
Toronto Maple Leafs players
Ukrainian ice hockey coaches
Ukrainian ice hockey defencemen
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Canada
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