Mikhail Sergeyevich Vorobyev (; born 5 January 1997) is a

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professional

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forward who currently plays for

SKA Saint Petersburg Hockey Club SKA (), often referred to as SKA Saint Petersburg and literally as the Sports Club of the Army, is a professional ice hockey club based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is a member of the Bobrov Division in the Kontinental Hockey Le ...

of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

(KHL). He was selected 104th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft by the

Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team play ...

Playing career

Vorobyev made his

(KHL) debut playing with

Salavat Yulaev Ufa Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (; ), commonly referred as Salavat Yulaev Ufa, is a professional ice hockey club based in Ufa, Russia. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Established in 1957, Salavat Yu ...

during the

2015–16 KHL season The 2015–16 KHL season was the eighth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The season started on 24 August 2015 with the Opening Cup between defending champions SKA Saint Petersburg and last year's Continental Cup winners CSKA Moscow, repl ...

. On 27 April 2017 Vorobyev signed a three-year, entry-level contract with

. Following the Flyers training camp prior to the 2017–18 season, Vorobyov was assigned to the Flyers

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affiliate, the

Lehigh Valley Phantoms The Lehigh Valley Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The team competes in the American Hockey League (AHL) and serves as the primary development team for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey Le ...

. After playing one season with the Phantoms, Vorobyev made the Flyers 2018–19 season opening night roster out of training camp. He made his NHL debut on 4 October 2018, where he earned one assist in a 5–2 win over the

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. Vorobyev recorded his first career NHL goal in 5–2 loss to the

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on 7 October 2018. During the second period Avalanche's goalie, Semyon Varlamov, was crashed into by a teammate, allowing Vorobyev to shoot the puck into the empty net and tie the game 2–2. Vorobyev played three seasons within the Flyers organization before leaving as an impending restricted free agent to return to his original Russian club, Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the KHL. He agreed to a three-year contract starting in the 2020–21 season on 30 June 2020. Approaching the 2021–22 season, Vorobyev was traded by Salavat Yulaev to SKA Saint Petersburg in exchange for Dinar Khafizullin on 28 August 2021. On 6 March 2024, Vorobyev's signing rights were traded to the

, as part of a three-team trade involving the Flyers and

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that sent Noah Hanifin to Vegas.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1997 births Living people Lehigh Valley Phantoms players Philadelphia Flyers draft picks Philadelphia Flyers players Russian ice hockey centres Salavat Yulaev Ufa players SKA Saint Petersburg players Ice hockey people from Ufa Tolpar Ufa players {{Russia-icehockey-centre-stub