Playing career Evgenii Dadonov

1 playing career

1.1 north america
1.2 donbass
1.3 ska saint petersburg
1.4 return florida panthers

playing career

dadonov played traktor chelyabinsk in rsl , khl. drafted 71st overall florida panthers in 2007 nhl entry draft , joined team in 2009, playing season american hockey league (ahl) affiliate, rochester americans.

north america

he scored first nhl goal on 15 december 2010 against cam ward of carolina hurricanes. in january 2011 dadonov selected participate in 2011 nhl all-star game superskills competition 1 of 12 rookies.

in 2011–12 season, last year of entry-level contract, after failing gain regular position panthers line-up on 18 january 2012, dadonov along a.j. jenks traded panthers carolina hurricanes in exchange jonathan matsumoto , mattias lindstrom. dadonov assigned hurricanes affiliate, charlotte checkers played remainder of season out.

donbass

on 7 july 2012, dadonov left hurricanes , north america return khl donbass. in december 2013 signed three-year extension club, , expressed interest in acquiring ukrainian citizenship. donbass, dadonov won 2012–13 iihf continental cup, , became second scoring leader of tournament. in 2013–14 khl season dadonov helped donbass reach conference semi-finals.

ska saint petersburg

with hc donbass suspending operations due outbreak of war in donbass dadonov signed multi-year contract khl club ska saint petersburg on 11 june 2014.

in 2015 dadonov played vital role in helping ska saint petersburg win gagarin cup first time. when team captain ilya kovalchuk named mvp of season, refused accept , instead passed award on dadonov. in later interview, kovalchuk said felt dadonov deserved award more. @ end of season, khl named dadonov 1 of 2 winners of gentleman on ice award fair play , sportsmanship.

return florida panthers

dadonov having evolved , matured game on previous 5 seasons spent in khl, opted pursue return second attempt in nhl. rights having expired hurricanes, dadonov returned original club, florida panthers, in agreeing three-year, $12 million contract on july 1, 2017.