Evgeny Ketov | |||
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Born | |||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Right wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | HC CSK VVS Samara Lada Togliatti Ak Bars Kazan Severstal Cherepovets SKA Saint Petersburg | ||
Current VHL coach | SKA-VMF | ||
National team | ![]() | ||
Playing career | 2001–2023 |
Evgeny Ketov (born January 17, 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey coach and former player, currently the head coach of SKA-VMF in the All-Russian Hockey League (VHL). He played extensively in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He holds SKA Saint Petersburg's team record for games played, and had his number 40 retired by SKA. [1]
Ketov was born in Gubakha, a town in the Perm Oblast. He started his career in Molot Perm's academy, then played for farm clubs of Avangard Omsk and Lada Togliatti. In 2005, at the age of 19, Ketov debuted for Lada's main team in the Russian Superleague and quickly became one of the team's scoring leaders. [1] In 2006, he won the IIHF Continental Cup with Lada and was recognized as the best forward of the tournament. [2]
Ketov played for Lada during the inaugural 2008–09 KHL season, playing his first KHL game on September 3, 2009. In the summer of 2009, Ketov joined Ak Bars Kazan. However, in Ak Bars his scoring declined, [1] and in January of 2010 he was traded to Severstal Cherepovets in exchange for Nikolai Lemtyugov. [3]
In Cherepovets, Ketov's results rebounded, and in 2011 he became Severstal's captain. In the 2013 Gagarin Cup playoffs, Severstal reached the second round of the playoffs for the first time by defeating Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, but lost the next series to SKA Saint Petersburg. [1]
On May 23, 2013, Ketov, along with Vadim Shipachev, was traded to SKA Saint Petersburg in exchange for Ivan Kasutin, Gleb Klimenko, Sergei Monakhov , Grigori Serkin , a first-round pick in the 2013 KHL Junior Draft and a monetary compensation. [4]
After the trade to SKA, Ketov had to transition from being one of the team's leaders into a defensive role with heavy emphasis on blocking shots and the penalty kill. In his new role, Ketov contributed to SKA winning the 2015 and 2017 Gagarin Cups. [1]
In the 2017–18 KHL season, Ketov became SKA's captain. [5]
On January 13, 2022, Ketov played his 507th game with SKA, a 2-1 victory over HC Sochi that guaranteed SKA a playoff spot, and beat a 46-year-old club record set by Igor Schyurkov . [6] In total, Ketov played 541 games for SKA. [1]
Following his tenth season with SKA Saint Petersburg in 2022–23, Ketov announced his retirement after 22 professional seasons on 25 April 2023. [7] On December 11, 2023, SKA retired Ketov's number 40 and raised his banner in the St. Petersburg Ice Palace. [8]
Ketov was a member of Russia's team at 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, which took silver medals. [2]
Ketov was first called to Russia's second team for the 2010 Euro Ice Hockey Challenge. [9]
In the 2011/12 season, he played at another Euro Ice Hockey Challenge, [10] then was for the first time called to play for Russia's main national team team at the 2012 Czech Hockey Games [11] and the 2012 IIHF World Championship, which. At the World Championship, while Ketov played on the fourth line and scored no points in the group stage and was scratched for the playoffs, Russia won the tournament and became the World Champions. [1] For his role in the team's victory, Ketov was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports of Russia. [12]
For the 2018 Karjala Cup, Ketov became the captain of Russia's national team. [13] He was also the captain for the Channel One Cup in 2018 [14] and 2019. [15]
After his retirement as a player, Ketov joined SKA's coaching staff as Roman Rotenberg's assistant. [16] He stayed an assistant coach after Rotenberg was replaced with Igor Larionov. [17] On October 11, 2025, he was appointed to become the head coach of SKA-VMF, SKA's farm club in the second-tier All-Russian Hockey League. [18]
Evgeny first met his wife, Valeria Ketova, when he was playing for Lada. They have three sons: Nikolay, Platon and Vladimir. [19]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2008–09 | Lada Togliatti | KHL | 39 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
2009–10 | Ak Bars Kazan | KHL | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Severstal Cherepovets | KHL | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Severstal Cherepovets | KHL | 43 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||
2011–12 | Severstal Cherepovets | KHL | 45 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2012–13 | Severstal Cherepovets | KHL | 48 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 69 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
2013–14 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 39 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
2014–15 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 49 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
2015–16 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 55 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | ||
2016–17 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 47 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | ||
2017–18 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 47 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
2018–19 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 46 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
2019–20 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 59 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
2020–21 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 49 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
2021–22 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
KHL totals [20] | 661 | 118 | 113 | 231 | 448 | 125 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 123 |
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2006 | Russia | WJC | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2012 | Russia | WC | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Junior totals | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Senior totals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Award | Year | |
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IIHF Continental Cup (Lada Togliatti) | 2006 | [2] |
KHL | ||
Gagarin Cup (SKA Saint Petersburg) | 2015, 2017 | [21] |
Kontinental Cup (SKA Saint Petersburg) | 2018, 2023 | [22] |