SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota Wild General Manager and President of Hockey Operations Bill Guerin today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed center Yakov Trenin (YA-kawv TREH-nihn) to a four-year, $14 million contract ($3.5 million AAV) through the 2027-28 season.
Trenin, 27 (1-13-97), registered 17 points (12-5=17), 40 penalty minutes (PIM), 116 shots, a plus-15 rating and a career-high 207 hits in 76 games with the Nashville Predators (60 games) and Colorado Avalanche (16 games) during the 2023-24 NHL season. He added one goal and 30 hits in 110 Stanley Cup Playoff games with Colorado. The 6-foot-2, 201-pound native of Chelyabinsk, Russia, has tallied 82 points (48-34=82), 164 PIM, 479 shots, 129 blocked shots, a plus-20 rating and 705 hits in 299 career games through five NHL seasons with Nashville (2019-24) and Colorado (2024). He has also appeared in 20 career Stanley Cup Playoff games, logging six points (6-0=6), eight PIM, 28 shots and 65 hits.
The left-shot center has also totaled 87 points (40-47=87), 86 PIM, 268 shots and a plus-43 rating in 155 career games through four seasons (2016-20) with the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL). Trenin also posted four points (0-4=4) and six PIM in eight career Calder Cup Playoff games and was named to the 2019-20 AHL All-Star Classic. Trenin played 21 games with SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) during the 2020-21 season, tallying seven points (4-3=7) and a plus-five rating. He also recorded 195 points (74-121=195) and a plus-55 rating in 169 games over three seasons with the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and participated in the 2014-15 Canadian Hockey League (CHL) Top Prospects Game. Internationally, he helped Russia to a Bronze Medal at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship, finishing with four points (2-2=4) in seven games. Trenin was originally selected by Nashville in the second round (No. 55 overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft.
Yakov Trenin Career Stats (www.hockeydb.com)
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | Lge | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2013-14 | Chelyabinsk Belye Medvedi | Rus-MHL | 22 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 8 | |||||
| 2014-15 | Gatineau Olympiques | QMJHL | 58 | 18 | 49 | 67 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| 2015-16 | Gatineau Olympiques | QMJHL | 57 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 56 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015-16 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016-17 | Gatineau Olympiques | QMJHL | 54 | 30 | 37 | 67 | 84 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| 2016-17 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 44 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018-19 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 74 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019-20 | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL | 32 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 29 | 16 | |||||
| 2019-20 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020-21 | St. Petersburg SKA | KHL | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020-21 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 45 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 80 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022-23 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 77 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 47 | -7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-24 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 60 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 12 | |||||
| 2023-24 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| NHL Totals | 299 | 48 | 34 | 82 | 164 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
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