Artem Demkov

Artem Demkov
Born (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35)
Minsk, Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
BLR team
Former teams		 HC Shakhter Soligorsk
Yunost Minsk
Dinamo Minsk
Hamburg Freezers
Albany Devils
HC Sochi
HKM Zvolen
Spartak Moscow
National team  Belarus
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 2008–present

Artem Demkov (born 16 September 1989) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for HC Shakhter Soligorsk in the Belarusian Extraleague (BLR).

Playing career

During the 2012–13 season, he briefly moved to the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on 22 January 2013, after notching 106 points in 116 games for the Elmira Jackals. He then returned to the Jackals on a one-year contract on 29 July 2013.[1]

Demkov returned to Europe on 11 July 2014, after successfully trialling for HC Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League. After 11 games in Sochi, Demkov returned to former club, HC Dinamo Minsk.[2]

On 24 July 2022, Demkov left Dinamo as a free agent and was signed to a one-year contract with Russian club, HC Spartak Moscow, for the 2022–23 season.[3] Demkov was scoreless in 22 games with Spartak before he was returned to his homeland in transferring to HC Dinamo Minsk for the remainder of the season on 27 November 2022.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Jackals re-sign four players". Elmira Jackals. 29 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Trial concluded contracts" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Spartak newcomer - Artem Demkov" (in Russian). HC Spartak Moscow. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Artem Demkov returned to Dinamo Minsk" (in Russian). HC Dinamo Minsk. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.


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