Evgeny Alexandrovich Ryasensky (russian: Евгений Александрович Рясенский; born July 18, 1987), or Yevgeni Ryasenski, is a

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

professional

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. He is currently an

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who most recently played with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

(KHL).

Playing career

Ryasensky made his senior debut in the

Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was consi ...

with

Ak Bars Kazan Hockey Club Ak Bars (russian: Ак Барс, tt-Cyrl, Ак Барс, en, Snow Leopard), also known as Ak Bars Kazan, is a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Kazan. They are members of the Kharlamov Division of the Kontinental Hockey ...

before transferring to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk for the inaugural season of the KHL in 2008-09 season. Over the next six seasons Ryasensky spent time also with

HC CSKA Moscow HC CSKA Moscow (1946–present, russian: ЦСКА Москва, Центральный Спортивный Клуб Армии, ''Central Sports Club of the Army, Moscow'') is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow. The club i ...

and SKA Saint Petersburg. In the 2014–15 season, Ryasensky was traded by SKA Saint Petersburg along with

Alexei Grishin Aleksei Gennadyevich Grishin ( be, Аляксей Генадзьевіч Грышын; russian: Алексей Геннадьевич Гришин; born 18 June 1979) is a Belarusian freestyle skier who competed at five consecutive Olympics fro ...

and Mikhail Tikhonov in a return to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk in exchange for Nikolai Belov and a first-round pick on November 24, 2014. On November 24, 2015 on the initiative of the player, the club terminated the contract. On December 21, 2015, Ryasensky signed a contract in a return with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk before the end of the season. After three further seasons with Neftekhimik, Ryasensky left as a free agent to join his fifth KHL club, Traktor Chelyabinsk, on September 25, 2017.

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* 1987 births Living people Ak Bars Kazan players HC CSKA Moscow players HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players Russian ice hockey defencemen Sportspeople from Tver SKA Saint Petersburg players Traktor Chelyabinsk players {{Russia-icehockey-defenceman-stub