Yevgeniy Blokhin
Encyclopedia
Yevgeniy Blokhin is a Kazakh
professional ice hockey
defenceman
currently playing for HC Yugra
of the Kontinental Hockey League
. He was a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
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...
defenceman
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
currently playing for HC Yugra
HC Yugra
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk is a professional ice hockey team based in Khanty-Mansiysk, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia. They replaced Lada Togliatti in the Kontinental Hockey League in 2010.-History:...
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....
. He was a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...