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Artemi Sergeyevich Panarin (; born 30 October 1991), nicknamed the "Breadman", or simply "Bread", is a Russian professional
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winger and alternate captain for the
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of the
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(NHL). He has previously played for Vityaz Chekov,
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, SKA Saint Petersburg, the
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and the
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. Originally an undrafted player, Panarin began his professional career playing in the
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in his native
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. He made his
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debut in 2015 after signing an entry-level contract with the Blackhawks. Panarin won the
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in the 2015–16 season as the league's top rookie.


Early life

Panarin was born into a Russian family and raised in Korkino, he is a
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Christian. He developed an early interest in ice skating. His maternal grandfather, a former amateur hockey player, encouraged Panarin to play hockey when he was five years old. He helped train Panarin and often drove him to hockey tournaments in
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. Panarin attended the Traktor Ice Hockey school in
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, where he trained six days a week for six months a year.


Playing career


KHL

Panarin was not selected in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and began his professional hockey career in the
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(KHL) with HC Vityaz. On 31 January 2013, having produced 18 points in 40 games, Panarin was traded to SKA Saint Petersburg in exchange for a draft pick. In the 2014–15 season, Panarin recorded 26 goals and 62 points in 54 appearances for SKA. He played a significant role in the team's championship run, scoring 20 points in 20 playoff games. He was named to the KHL first all-star team for the 2014–15 season.


NHL


Chicago Blackhawks (2015–2017)

On 29 April 2015, Panarin signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the NHL's
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. He scored his first career NHL goal on 7 October 2015 against Henrik Lundqvist of the
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, the first goal scored by the newly defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks in their first game of the 2015–16 season. On 17 February 2016, in another game against the Rangers, Panarin scored his first career NHL
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. He appeared in 80 games for the Blackhawks during the 2015–16 season and recorded 30 goals and 47 assists for 77 points, which led all NHL rookies and ranked within the top-ten amongst all NHL skaters. Panarin found instant chemistry with Patrick Kane and fellow Russian Artem Anisimov on the Blackhawks' second line. Kane, who was the NHL's
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and leading scorer in 2015–16, cited Panarin as a major contributor to his successful season. Panarin made his Stanley Cup playoff debut on 13 April in Game 1 of the first round series against the St. Louis Blues and scored his first playoff goal on 15 April in Game 2 against Blues' goaltender Brian Elliott. During the seven game first round exit in the playoffs, he registered seven points in all seven games played. Panarin was awarded the
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, awarded to the NHL's top rookie, at the 2016 NHL Awards on 22 June. Panarin was also awarded the 2015–16 Kharlamov Trophy, given to the best professional Russian hockey player by the Russian Hall of Fame. He also earned a $2.55 million bonus pursuant to his contract for finishing the season in the top-ten among forwards in scoring. Panarin expressed his gratitude to Kane for helping him reach his contract incentives by gifting him a luxury watch. In the 2016–17 season, his sophomore season at the NHL level, Panarin built upon his rookie season, continuing his offensive role playing alongside Kane and Anisimov on the Blackhawks second line. On 9 November 2016 in a game against the St. Louis Blues, Panarin recorded his first career Gordie Howe hat-trick by scoring the OT winning goal on Blues goaltender Jake Allen, an assist on another goal earlier in the game by Marián Hossa and participated in his first career fight with Blues' forward Scottie Upshall earlier in the game as well. On 26 December, Panarin signed a new two-year, $12 million contract with Chicago effective for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. He completed his second North American season scoring a career-best 31 goals in collecting 43 assists and 74 points in all 82 games played and was named to the NHL's Second All-Star Team.


Columbus Blue Jackets (2017–2019)

On 23 June 2017, Panarin was traded to the
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(along with Tyler Motte and a sixth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft) in exchange for Brandon Saad, Anton Forsberg, and a fifth-round pick in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. On 8 December, Panarin had a record-tying achievement of picking up five primary assists in one game on goals by Pierre-Luc Dubois, Scott Harrington, Lukáš Sedlák, Zack Werenski and Alexander Wennberg to help Columbus defeat the
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5–3. On 20 March 2018, Panarin scored his second career hat-trick (and added an assist on a goal by Markus Nutivaara) to clinch a 5–3 Columbus win over the New York Rangers. On 3 April, Panarin surpassed the Blue Jackets' franchise points record after scoring 80 points in 80 games, finishing the season with 82 points (27 goals, 55 assists) in 81 games. Panarin would also record two goals and five assists for seven points in all six games in the 2018 playoffs during the Blue Jackets first round loss to the eventual Stanley Cup champion
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. The following season, Panarin would break his own record, setting a new Blue Jackets-franchise point-scoring record with 87 points (28 goals, 59 assists) in 79 games to help the Blue Jackets clinch the eighth and final seed in the Eastern Conference for the playoffs. In the first round of the 2019 playoffs, Panarin and the Blue Jackets would stunningly sweep the
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-winning
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in four games marking the first playoff series win in Blue Jackets history and for Panarin's career. After sweeping the Lightning in the opening round, Panarin and the Blue Jackets would fall to the
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in six games in the second round and Panarin would finish the playoffs with five goals and six assists for 11 points in all 10 games played.


New York Rangers (2019–present)

On 1 July 2019, Panarin signed a seven-year, $81.5 million contract with the
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, worth an annual average of $11.642 million. Panarin scored his first goal as a Ranger on a power play during the 2019–20 season opener against the
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on 3 October, and also notched an assist on Jacob Trouba's first goal with the team. By 5 October, Panarin had the third-most assists and was tied for second in the NHL in points on the road since starting the start of his NHL career. On 9 January 2020, Panarin became the first player in Rangers history to have 60 points in the first 43 career games as a Ranger, edging out
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who had 59. On 13 January, Panarin made Rangers history three times during a game against the
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. He became the first Ranger to record six three-point games in a nine-game span (six goals, 16 assists). He also became the second Ranger to record nine plus points in four consecutive games, and the second Ranger in last 40 seasons with 67 points through the team's first 45 games. Panarin concluded the shortened 2019–20 regular season by recording a career-high 95 points from 32 goals and 63 assists. He finished tied with David Pastrňák of the
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for third overall in scoring among all NHL skaters. He was also a finalist for the
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and Ted Lindsay Award, which both were eventually awarded to Leon Draisaitl of the
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. On 22 February 2021, Panarin announced he would take a personal leave of absence. He returned to practice with the Rangers on 10 March. Panarin was ruled out for the final three games of the season with a lower-body injury following an on-ice brawl with
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forward Tom Wilson on 3 May. He finished the
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-shortened 2020–21 season with 17 goals and 41 assists in 42 games. On 7 December 2022, during a game against the
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, Panarin recorded his 600th career point. Among active players at that time, he became the fifth fastest player to do so in 536 games, behind
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(490),
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(464), Sidney Crosby (430), and
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(421). Panarin opened the 2023–24 season with a franchise-record 15-game point streak, eclipsing the 14-game point streak to open a season set by Rod Gilbert during the 1972–73 season. On 12 December 2023, during a game against the
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, Panarin recorded his 700th NHL career point. On 13 January 2024, he became the fastest player in Rangers history to record 400 points in the fewest games with 310, surpassing Mark Messier (322), Brian Leetch (380), Phil Esposito (405), and Andy Bathgate (423).


International play


Junior

Panarin was part of the Russian men's junior team that won a gold medal at the 2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Russia was trailing
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3–0 in the third period of the championship game; Panarin made the score 3–1 with 17:27 remaining in the third period to prompt a Russia comeback. He would go on to score the game-winner with 4:38 left to play en route to a 5–3 Russia win.


Senior

Panarin made his Russian senior team debut, when he was included on the roster, in one of the rounds of EuroHockeyTour in the 2013–14 season. He was selected to the top senior squad for Russia's hockey team in the 2015 IIHF World Championship, earning a silver medal. He recorded ten points in 10 games. Panarin also played in the 2016 IIHF World Championship, where Russia earned a bronze medal. Early in the tournament, head coach Oleg Znarok formed a highly-productive line of Panarin (six goals and nine assists) and his former SKA Saint Petersburg teammates Vadim Shipachyov (6 goals and 12 assists) and Evgenii Dadonov (six goals and seven assists). Panarin, Shipachyov and Dadonov finished as the top three scorers of the tournament. Panarin represented Russia at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.


Personal life

Panarin moved to the United States in August 2015 after joining the Chicago Blackhawks. He did not speak English at the time and moved in with a Russian-born family who were Chicago residents. The family helped Panarin transition to his new surroundings and culture. Panarin also has a personal translator who helps him conduct interviews before and after games. His fellow Russian teammates, Viktor Tikhonov, who briefly played with the Blackhawks in 2015, and Artem Anisimov, also helped Panarin understand English while playing in North America. Panarin was affectionately nicknamed the "Breadman", a reference to the Panera Bread restaurant chain, by his teammates and coaches on the Blackhawks. In a July 2019 interview with Vsemu Golovin, Panarin strongly criticised
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, saying, "The mistake in our society is treating him like a superhuman. He is a regular person, like us, and he is serving us... Yes, to be a president you have to be smart and enlightened, but our biggest mistake, among many, is thinking that we have nobody better than Vladimir Vladimirovich. This is nonsense. How many million people live here? No question there is someone better."
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claimed that Panarin is by far the biggest Russian athlete to speak out against Putin, and Russian-American ice hockey reporter Slava Malamud, who translated the interview, claimed that it was unprecedented in Russian sports for someone of Panarin's caliber to be so critical of Putin. On 22 February 2021, Panarin announced he would take a personal leave of absence after the Russian tabloid newspaper ''
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'' published allegations that he physically assaulted an 18-year-old woman in 2011, and bribed law enforcement to drop the charges. Panarin and the Rangers denied the story's veracity, stating: "This is clearly an intimidation tactic being used against anarinfor being outspoken on recent political events." The allegations were made by his former KHL coach Andrei Nazarov, who coached him during his time with Vityaz Chekhov. The story was released after Panarin voiced his support for Russian opposition leader
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, openly criticizing Putin. Nazarov said that he was motivated to make the allegations after Panarin voiced his support for anti-government protests in Russia. Nazarov claimed that Panarin's then teammate, Mikhail Anisin, was there at the incident. While Anisin confirmed there was an encounter with young women, he denied that there was any violence or bribery, and called the allegations "disgusting". Panarin returned to practice on 10 March. On 17 April 2025,
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reported that in 2024, the Rangers retained a law firm to investigate a former team employee's allegation that Panarin sexually assaulted her. Panarin and Madison Square Garden Sports, which owns the Rangers, paid settlements to the former employee without an admission of wrongdoing. The terms of the settlement included a
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Panarin, Artemi 1991 births Living people Ak Bars Kazan players Calder Trophy winners Chicago Blackhawks players Columbus Blue Jackets players HC Vityaz players New York Rangers players People from Korkino Russian expatriate ice hockey people Russian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Russian ice hockey left wingers SKA Saint Petersburg players Ice hockey people from Chelyabinsk Oblast Undrafted National Hockey League players