Dmitry Yudin is returning to SKA!

SKA Hockey Club and Ak Bars Kazan have agreed on a trade.

Dmitry Yudin is returning to SKA, with fellow defenseman Stepan Falkovsky moving to Ak Bars.

HC SKA thanks Stepan for his efforts in Saint Petersburg, while welcoming Dmitry back to our club!

Factfile:

Dmitry Yudin is a defenseman who was born on 31 July 1995 in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. He initially progressed through the local Sputnik system, before being picked 10th by Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk at the 2012 KHL Draft. Dmitry made his MHL debut for Yugra, but he was then signed by SKA in October 2012.

His maiden KHL appearance was witnessed in September 2013 when he was 18 years, 1 month and 8 days old. Dmitry twice won the Gagarin Cup (2015, 2017), the silver medal of the Russian Championship in 2015 and the gold medal of the league in 2017. 

Dmitry was traded to Spartak Moscow in June 2017. He was traded to Ak Bars following one season in the capital, where he would spend the next six and a half years and earn the silver medal of the Russian Championship on two occasions (2020, 2023).

On the international scene, Dmitry finished fourth with Russia at the 2013 World U18 Championship and second at the 2015 World Junior Championship. He won the Channel One Cup in 2020.