Jeremy Yablonski
| Jeremy Yablonski | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Yablonski with the Milwaukee Admirals during the 2004-05 season | |||
| Born |
March 21, 1980 Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 245 lb (111 kg; 17 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | St. Louis Blues | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2000–2021 | ||
Jeremy Yablonski (born March 21, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. Primarily a hockey enforcer, Yablonski is also a former novice boxing champion[1][2] and mixed martial arts heavy weight fighter.[3]
Playing career
[edit]An undrafted player, Yablonski began his pro career in 2000–01 in the West Coast Hockey League. He played his first and only NHL game for the St. Louis Blues in 2003,[4] and received a five-minute major for fighting Todd Fedoruk. From there, Yablonski continued a 15-year career in professional hockey as an enforcer in the AHL, ECHL, and KHL. Yablonski won the Calder Cup in the AHL and the Kelly Cup in the ECHL.
Yablonski fought in his first professional mixed martial arts competition on May 12, 2007, at XFS (Extreme Fight Series) 5, knocking his opponent out in 19 seconds of the first round. Yablonski improved in XFS-6 on June 14, 2007 by knocking his opponent out in 17 seconds of the first round. Jeremy Yablonski confirmed his signing with Vityaz Chekhov on July 24, 2011.
In 2013, he expressed interest in gaining first Polish,[5] and then Ukrainian dual-citizenship in order to play for the Ukrainian national hockey team.[6]
On December 31, 2021, Yablonski came out of retirement and signed with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL.[7] He once again came out retirement to play one more game with the Steelheads on December 31, 2023, at the age of 43.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1996–97 | Beardy's Blackhawks | SMHL | 38 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 284 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Edmonton Ice | WHL | 47 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 143 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Kootenay Ice | WHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Phoenix Mustangs | WCHL | 44 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 169 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Idaho Steelheads | WCHL | 69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 303 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Peoria Rivermen | ECHL | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 154 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Cincinnati Mighty Ducks | AHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Peoria Rivermen | ECHL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 32 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 41 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 163 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 76 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 228 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 64 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 215 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers | AHL | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Vityaz Chekhov | KHL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Vityaz Chekhov | KHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Ontario Reign | ECHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Ontario Reign | ECHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 283 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 939 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Rivermen Sign Golden Gloves Champ". oursportscentral.com. Peoria Rivermen. August 15, 2002. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ Guryashkin, Igor (Winter 2013). "The Wild East" (PDF). SHARP. Contempo Media Inc. p. 50. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ "Archives Q&A with Senators' Yablonski on his life on the ice". Pipe Dream. December 14, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
- ^ "Jeremy Yablonski hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com.
- ^ "Главные спортивные новости на сегодня - Последние новости спорта в России и мире. СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС". news.sport-express.ru.
- ^ "Яблонські проситься до збірної України!". XSPORT.ua.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Yabo is Back". Twitter. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
- ^ @4thlineVoice (December 31, 2023). "Jeremy Yablonski In the line up for Idaho Steelheads tonight" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Yablonski vs Pudzianowski. Interview PL[permanent dead link]