Dmitri Yushkevich

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Position	Defenseman
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 212 lb (96 kg)
RSL Team F. Teams	SKA St. Petersburg Philadelphia Flyers Toronto Maple Leafs Florida Panthers Los Angeles Kings
Nationality	Russia
Born	November 19, 1971, Cherepovets, U.S.S.R.
NHL Draft	122nd overall, 1991 Philadelphia Flyers
Pro Career	1988 – present

Olympic medal record
Men’s Ice Hockey
Gold	1992	Ice Hockey
Silver	1998	Ice Hockey

Dmitri Yushkevich (born November 19, 1971 in Cherepovets, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted in the sixth round, 122nd overall, by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. After many productive seasons in the NHL, he has played in the Russian Hockey Super League since 2003.

After winning a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics Yushkevich made his NHL debut with the Flyers in the 1992-93 season. He appeared in 82 games in his rookie season, tallying five goals and adding 27 assists. After three seasons with the Flyers, Yushkevich joined the Toronto Maple Leafs before the 1995-96 season. Yushkevich spent seven seasons with the Maple Leafs before he was traded to the Florida Panthers before the 2002-03 season for Robert Svehla.

After only 23 games with the Panthers, Yushkevich was traded again. The Los Angeles Kings acquired him, along with a draft pick, in exchange for Andreas Lilja and Jaroslav Bednar. Yushkevich would join his third team of the 2002-03 season in March, when the Kings traded him back to Philadelphia for a pair of draft picks.

In the 2003-04 season, Yushkevich returned to Russia to play for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Russian Superleague. He then joined his hometown Severstal Cherepovets for the 2004-05 season, before moving onto Metallurg Magnitogorsk for the 2005-06 season. For the 2006-07 season, he is playing for SKA St. Petersburg.

Yushkevich was a member of the Russian team at the 1998 Winter Olympics, earning a silver medal.