Egor Yakovlev

Yegor Konstantinovich Yakovlev (Егор Константинович Яковлев; born on September 17, 1991 in Magnitogorsk) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing under contract with the Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL.

Club career
Yakovlev made his senior debut in the 2008-09 season with the Ak Bars Kazan-2 of the Pervenstvo VHL.

In the 2009-10 season, he played with the Bars Kazan of the MHL.

Yakovlev made his KHL debut playing one game with the Ak Bars Kazan during the 2010–11 KHL season. In this season, he also played 8 regular season games and 17 play-off games with the Neftyanik Almetievsk of the VHL and 37 games with the Bars Kazan of the MHL. He was also named the MHL defenceman of the month in October 2010.

Yakovlev began the 2011-12 season with the Neftyanik Almetievsk of the VHL where he played 15 games and with the Bars Kazan of the MHL where he played 4 games. On 20 October 2011, Yakovlev signed a three-year deal with the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the VHL. He was the first player signed by the club after the plane crash that killed the majority of its roster six weeks earlier. In this season, he played 21 regular season games and 8 play-off games with the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the VHL and 20 games with the Loko Yaroslavl of the MHL. He became the MHL defenceman of the month once again in November 2011.

In the 2012-13 season, Yakovlev continued with the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL. He played there this season 49 regular season games and 6 play-off games. He also played 2 games with the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl-2 of the VHL and 2 games with the Loko Yaroslavl of the MHL.

He continued with the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL until the end of the 2014-15 season.

On June 7, 2015, he signed a three-year contract with the KHL powerhouse SKA St. Petersburg. In the 2016-17 season, he became the defenceman of the week on September 25, 2016 and later in the season won with the SKA St. Petersburg the Gagarin Cup.

On May 21, 2018, Yakovlev signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Yakovlev began the 2018–19 season with the Devils AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Devils. He made his NHL debut on November 11, 2018 against the Winnipeg Jets and scored his first career NHL goal on December 3, 2018 in a 5–1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Yakovlev split the season between New Jersey and Binghamton, finishing with 2 goals and 7 points in 25 games in the NHL and no goals and 16 assists in the AHL.

As an impending free agent, Yakovlev left the Devils in order to return to continue his career in the KHL, signing a two-year contract with hometown club, the Metallurg Magnitogorsk, on May 15, 2019. He is currently signed until the end of the 2021-22 season.

International career
Yakovlev played with the Russian National Team at the 2014, 2015 and 2018 World Championship s winning the gold medal in 2014 and silver medal in 2015. He also played with the Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Olympics winning the gold medal.