Denis Arkhipov
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Denis Mikhailovich Arkhipov is a Russia
n professional ice hockey
player currently playing for Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League
(KHL).
. He was selected as the second choice of the Nashville Predators
.
He made his National Hockey League
(NHL) debut on January 8, 2001 in a 2–1 loss against the Vancouver Canucks
in Vancouver. During this game he notched his first NHL point when he got an assist on a Richard Lintner
goal against Bob Essensa
. Two days later he scored his first NHL goal in a 5–2 win at the Edmonton Oilers
. He scored when he took a Scott Hartnell
pass and got it past Tommy Salo
. He also got an assist on a Marián Cisár
goal to make this his first ever NHL multi-point game.
In the 2001–02 NHL season he played in all 82 games with a career high 42 points. He led the Predators in goals, game winning goals (6) and shooting percentage (16.9%). That year he centered the "Vowel Line" which also included, Vladimír Országh
on right wing, and Martin Erat
at left wing. They were called the Vowel Line because their last names all start with vowels.
Arkhipov played the 2004–05 NHL lockout season in the Russian Super League, and remained there for the 2005–06 season before signing as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks
on July 6, 2006.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player currently playing for Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
(KHL).
Playing career
Arkhipov was selected 60th overall in the third round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft1998 NHL Entry Draft
The 1998 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27 at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. A total of 258 players were drafted.- Selections by round :Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.- Round one :- Round two :...
. He was selected as the second choice of the Nashville Predators
Nashville Predators
The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
.
He made his National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
(NHL) debut on January 8, 2001 in a 2–1 loss against the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,...
in Vancouver. During this game he notched his first NHL point when he got an assist on a Richard Lintner
Richard Lintner
Richard Lintner is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for SaiPa of the Finnish SM-liiga. He previously played in the National Hockey League for the Nashville Predators, New York Rangers and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Lintner represented Slovakia at the World Championships every...
goal against Bob Essensa
Bob Essensa
Robert Earle Essensa is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender who spent 12 seasons in the National Hockey League...
. Two days later he scored his first NHL goal in a 5–2 win at the Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
. He scored when he took a Scott Hartnell
Scott Hartnell
Scott Hartnell is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
pass and got it past Tommy Salo
Tommy Salo
Tommy Mikael Salo is a Swedish General Manager of Swedish ice hockey club Leksands IF of the HockeyAllsvenskan. He is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender and a former head coach of IK Oskarshamn.-Playing career:...
. He also got an assist on a Marián Cisár
Marian Cisar
Marián Cisár is an inactive Slovak professional ice hockey player. He last played for the Hannover Scorpions of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga...
goal to make this his first ever NHL multi-point game.
In the 2001–02 NHL season he played in all 82 games with a career high 42 points. He led the Predators in goals, game winning goals (6) and shooting percentage (16.9%). That year he centered the "Vowel Line" which also included, Vladimír Országh
Vladimir Orszagh
- Playing career :Országh was drafted into the National Hockey League in 1995 by the New York Islanders in the fifth round and he has been playing in the NHL since 1997...
on right wing, and Martin Erat
Martin Erat
Martin Erat is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League .-Career:Erat was selected 191st overall, in the 7th round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft...
at left wing. They were called the Vowel Line because their last names all start with vowels.
Arkhipov played the 2004–05 NHL lockout season in the Russian Super League, and remained there for the 2005–06 season before signing as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...
on July 6, 2006.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1996–97 | Ak Bars Kazan | RSL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Ak Bars Kazan | RSL | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Ak Bars Kazan | RSL | 34 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1999–00 | Ak Bars Kazan | RSL | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | Milwaukee Admirals Milwaukee Admirals The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:... |
IHL | 40 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Nashville Predators Nashville Predators The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
40 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 82 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 79 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 72 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Ak Bars Kazan | RSL | 45 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Khimik Moscow Oblast | RSL | 50 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10... |
NHL | 79 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Ak Bars Kazan | RSL | 56 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2008–09 2008–09 KHL season The 2008–09 KHL season was the inaugural season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It started on September 2, 2008, and finished on February 26, 2009... |
Atlant Moscow Oblast | KHL Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe.... |
56 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 2009–10 2009–10 KHL season The 2009–10 KHL season was the second season of the Kontinental Hockey League. It was held from 10 September 2009 to 27 April 2010, with a break for the Olympic winter games from 8 February to 3 March... |
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk HC Neftekhimik is a professional ice hockey team based in Nizhnekamsk, in the Republic of Tatarstan, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. They are members of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League.-Champions:... |
KHL | 55 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| NHL totals | 352 | 56 | 82 | 138 | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| RSL totals | 247 | 49 | 46 | 95 | 126 | 49 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 18 | ||||
| KHL totals | 111 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 72 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Comp | Place | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships -Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-5th place game:-Bronze medal game:-Gold medal game:-Final ranking:-Scoring leaders:-Pool B:Played at Szekesfehervar and Dunaujvaros, Hungary from December 27 to January 3. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams... |
Russia | WJC | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
| 2003 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships -Relegation round: avoids relegation by defeating 4-1 in the 2004 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification game. and are demoted to Division I at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.-Scoring leaders:-Goaltending leaders:-Group A:... |
Russia | WC Ice Hockey World Championships The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European... |
5th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 2006 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 70th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 45 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2007 competition... |
Russia | WC | 5th | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Senior Int'l Totals | 14 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | |||