Dallas Stars Sign Evgeniy Oksentyuk to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract
Published on June 7, 2021 under Ontario Hockey League (OHL)
Flint Firebirds News Release
Flint, Mich. - The Dallas Stars announced today the signing of Firebirds' forward Yevgeni Oksentyuk to a three-year entry-level deal.
"Congratulations to Yevgeni on behalf of all of us here in Flint," said Firebirds President of Hockey Operations Terry Christensen. "We're extremely happy for him. Players come to the OHL with the dream of playing in the NHL and we're excited that another player from our organization gets to make that dream happen."
Oksentyuk, 20, was drafted in the sixth round (162nd overall) in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by Dallas. HeÃÂ burst onto the scene with the Firebirds during the 2019-20 season, after being selected fifth overall by Flint in the CHL Import Draft,ÃÂ producing 78 points (33 G, 45 A) in just 58 games played.
Oksentyuk now joins Ty Dellandrea and Nicholas Caamano as former Firebirds signed by the Dallas Stars.ÃÂ The native of Brest, Belarus spent the 2020-21 season playing for Yunost Minsk of the Belarusian Extraleague. He put up 6 points (3 G, 3 A) in 31 games.
Since the Flint Firebirds' inception five seasons ago in 2015, the club has already had 19 drafted or NHL signed players on its roster consisting of Will Bitten (Montreal), Dennis Busby (Arizona), Nick Caamano (Dallas), Connor Chatham (New Jersey), Ty Dellandrea (Dallas), Fedor Gordeev (Toronto), Kyle Keyser (Boston Bruins), Ethan Keppen (Vancouver), Vladislav Kolyachonok (Florida), Nick Mattinen (Toronto), Brent Moran (Dallas), Alex Nedeljkovic (Carolina),ÃÂ Yevgeni Oksentyuk (Dallas), Alex Peters (Dallas), Vili Saarijarvi (Detroit), Kole Sherwood (Columbus), Jalen Smereck (Arizona), Tyler Tucker (St. Louis) and Josh Wesley (Carolina).
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