- Yackel, Ken (- )
- Club Career : Played for Minneapolis
Millers 1960-61.
Honours : Won the Leo P Lamoureux Memorial Trophy
1960-61.
- Yafei, Sun (- )
- Defenceman.
International Career : Played for China in 1997.
- Yahata, Shin (1974- )
- Left-wing.
- International Career : Played for Japan in the 1998
Olympics and
in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.
- Yakushev, Alexander (- )
- Left-wing.
International Career : Played for the USSR in the 1972 Summit
Series and in 1974 against Canada (WHA All-Stars). Head Coach for Russia in the 1999
World Championships Pool A.
- Yamanaka, Takeshi (1971- )
- Defenceman.
- International Career : Played for Japan in the 1998
Olympics and
in the 1999 World Championships Pool A.
- Yang, Xiuqing (- )
- International Career : Played for China
(Women) in the 1998 Olympics.
- Yanick Dupre Memorial Award
- Awarded annually to the AHL player who best
represents the spirit of Yanick Dupre with their involvement in the
community. Selected by the league president from nominations submitted by each
of the league’s member clubs.

1997-98 : John Jakopin (Beast of New
Haven)
1998-99 : Brent Thompson (Hartford Wolf
Pack)
1999-00 : Mike
Minard (Hamilton Bulldogs)
2000-01 : Mike
Minard (St John's Maple Leafs)
2001-02 : Travis Roche (Houston Aeros)
2002-03 : Jimmy Roy (Manitoba Moose)
2003-04 : Kurtis Foster (Chicago Wolves)
2004-05 : Duncan Milroy (Hamilton
Bulldogs)
2005-06 : Mitch Fritz (Springfield
Falcons)
2006-07 : Matt Carkner
(Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins)
- Yardley, Sean (- )
-
Club Career : Played for Solihull Blaze
1998-99.
Medals : Won the English League Premier Play-offs 1999.
Won the English League Premier Division 1998-99.
- Yarema, Brendan (1976- )
- Bornin Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada. Centre.
Club Career : Played for Newmarket Royals 1993-94,
Sarnia Sting 1994-96, South Carolina Stingrays &
St John's Maple Leafs 1996-97, Kentucky Thoroughblades 1997-98,
Kansas City Blades 1998-00, London
Knights (UK) 2000-01 and Houston Aeros
2001- .
- Yaremchuk, Gary (1961- )
- Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Centre.
- Club Career : Played for Durham
Wasps 1993-94.
- Yaremchuk, Ken (- )
-
International Career : Played for Canada in the 1988
Olympics.
- Yaroslavl (HC Torpedo Yaroslavl)
- See Torpedo Yaroslavl
- Yaroslavl (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
- See Torpedo Yaroslavl
- Yashin, Alexei (1973- )
- Born in Sverdlovsk (Yekateringburgh), USSR. Centre. Ottawa Senators
1st pick (2nd overall) in the 1992 NHL
Entry Draft (he was Ottawa Senators
first ever draft pick). Sat out the 1999-00
season after he was suspended by his club, Ottawa Senators,
for refusing to report to the team unless his contract (due to run until 30
June 2000) was renegotiated.
International Career : Played for Russia 1992- .
Club Career : Played for Dynamo
Moscow 1991-93, Ottawa Senators 1993-01, New York Islanders 2001-04
and New York Islanders 2005- .
Honours : NHL All-Star Second Team
centre 1998-99.
NHL All-Star Roster 1994 & 2002.
NHL World All-Stars Roster 1999.
Jersey/Shirt numbers worn : 79
- Yashin, Lev (1929-1997)
- Netminder. He had worldwide fame as a Soviet football (soccer) goalkeeper 1949-70.
He won the USSR Football Championship in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959 & 1963.
Club Career : Played for Dynamo Moscow 1952-53.
Medals : Won the USSR Cup in 1953.
Won USSR Championship bronze medal in 1953.
- Yates, Fred 'Specs' (- )
- Born in Stockport, Lancashire, England. Forward. Moved to Johannesburg, South Africa
November 1947. He was referee in the Transvaal League in the 1970s and 1980s.
International Career : Played for South
Africa in the 1966 World Championships. Manager of South
Africa in the 1992 & 1994 World Championships.
Club Career : Started his career with Johannesburg Wolves.
Represented Johannesburg Tigers 1951-1966. Played after that two seasons with Southern
Suburbs.
- Yates, Ross (- )
- Club Career : Played for Binghamton Whalers 1982-83.
Honours : Won the Les
Cunningham Plaque in 1982-83.
- Yates, Roy (1932-1997)
- International Career : Played for Great Britain 1963.
- Yawney, Trent (1965- )
- Born in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada. Defenceman. Chicago
Blackhawks 2nd pick (45th overall) in the 1984 NHL
Entry Draft.
International Career : Played for Team
Canada 1985-88. Played for Canada in the 1988
Olympics and the 1991 & 1992 World Championships.
Club Career (playing) : Played for Saskatoon
Blades 1981-85, Team Canada 1985-87, Team
Canada & Chicago Blackhawks
1987-88, Chicago Blackhawks 1988-91,
Calgary Flames & Indianapolis Ice
1991-92, Calgary Flames 1992-96, St
Louis Blues 1996-97 and Chicago
Blackhawks 1997-99.
Club Career (coaching) : Coached Chicago
Blackhawks 1999-00 (assistant), Norfolk
Admirals 2000-05 and Chicago
Blackhawks 2005- .
Medals : Won World
Championship silver in 1991.
Honours : Captain of Canada
at the 1988 Olympics.
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