Maxim Alekseyevich Denezhkin (russian: Максим Алексеевич Денежкин; born 10 December 2000) is a Russian professional

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who is currently playing with

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg HC Avtomobilist (russian: Автомобилист Екатеринбург) are a professional ice hockey team based in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. They replaced Khimik Voskresensk in the Kontinental Hockey League in 2009. Histor ...

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

Denezkhin played as a youth for the Loko Yaroslavl in the Molodezhnaya Hokkeinaya Liga (MHL). He also played one game for

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv (russian: ХК Локомотив, en, Locomotive HC), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team, based in the city of Yaroslavl, playing in the top level Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) ...

in the KHL in the 2018–19 season. Denezhkin was selected by the

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in the

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. Limited to just 1 game with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl during the

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season, Denezhkin left the club in the off-season as he was traded to VHL club,

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, in exchange for Stepan Steshenko on 9 August 2021. Following a season in the second tier, Denezhkin regained his scoring touch and returned to the KHL on 25 May 2022, after securing a two-year contract with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

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* 2000 births Living people Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg players Buran Voronezh players Edmonton Oilers draft picks HC Lada Togliatti players Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players Russian ice hockey centres Ice hockey people from Yaroslavl Ice hockey players at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics {{russia-icehockey-centre-stub