Yuri Butsayev

Yuri Butsayev
Born (1978-10-11) October 11, 1978
Togliatti, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
KHL team
Former teams		 CSKA Moscow
Lada Togliatti
Dynamo Moscow
Detroit Red Wings
Atlanta Thrashers
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
HC MVD
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Sibir Novosibirsk
National team  Russia
NHL Draft 49th overall, 1997
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 1995–present

Yuri Gennadievich Butsayev (born October 11, 1978) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger. He was drafted in the second round, 49th overall, by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Currently, he plays for CSKA Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League.

Playing career

Drafted from HC Lada Togliatti, Butsayev made his National Hockey League debut with the Red Wings during the 1999–2000 season, appearing in 57 games and scoring five goals. After spending parts of the next two seasons with the Red Wings, Butsayev was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers along with a draft pick for defenceman Jiri Slegr. After spending parts of two seasons with the Thrashers, Butsayev returned to Russia during the 2003 season and has played there ever since. Butsayev played only 99 games in the NHL 75 with the wings and 24 with the thrashers. He scored a total of 10 NHL goals.

Off the ice

In September 2009 Butsayev was found guilty and sentenced to 10 months of conditional imprisonment for rape in Finland. The sexual assault had happened in Asikkala in July 2009. Butsayev was imprisoned for more than a month, but was allowed to leave the country after receiving his sentence.[1][2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1995–96 Lada Togliatti IHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1996–97 Lada Togliatti RSL 42 13 11 24 38 11 2 2 4 8
1997–98 Lada Togliatti RSL 44 8 9 17 63 — — — — —
1998–99 Dynamo Moscow RSL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
1998–99 Lada Togliatti RSL 39 10 7 17 55 7 1 2 3 14
1999–00 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 9 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
1999–00 Detroit Red Wings NHL 57 3 5 8 12 — — — — —
2000–01 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 54 29 17 46 26 4 0 2 2 2
2000–01 Detroit Red Wings NHL 15 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
2001–02 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2001–02 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 61 21 23 44 44 — — — — —
2001–02 Chicago Wolves AHL 4 1 1 2 0 22 7 4 11 20
2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 8 2 0 2 4 — — — — —
2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 16 2 0 2 8 — — — — —
2002–03 Chicago Wolves AHL 7 6 3 9 0 — — — — —
2002–03 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 19 2 5 7 37 10 2 3 5 4
2003–04 CSKA Moscow RSL 18 1 3 4 6 — — — — —
2003–04 Lada Togliatti RSL 28 7 3 10 30 6 1 0 1 0
2004–05 Lada Togliatti RSL 42 6 6 12 32 9 2 2 4 6
2005–06 HC MVD RSL 32 2 8 10 37 — — — — —
2006–07 Lada Togliatti RSL 44 10 5 15 40 3 0 2 2 4
2007–08 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RSL 57 8 8 16 71 — — — — —
2008–09 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 54 9 11 20 69 — — — — —
2009–10 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk RML 28 10 5 15 18 17 9 3 12 18
2010–11 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 7 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2010–11 Zauralie Kurgan VHL 33 6 7 13 20 — — — — —
NHL totals 99 10 4 14 28 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Place   GP G A Pts PIM
1997 Russia WJC 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 6 1 0 1 0

References

  1. ↑ Spoluhráč Brendla a Bednáře je ve vazbě, Jurij Bucajev byl ve Finsku obviněn ze znásilnění Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ NHL-kiekkoilijalle ehdollista raiskauksesta Asikkalassa
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