Yakovlev made his Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) debut playing with Ak Bars Kazan during the 2010 – 11 KHL season . On 20 October 2011 , Yakovlev signed a three-year deal with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl . He was the first player signed by the club after the plane crash that killed the majority of its roster six weeks earlier . On 7 June 2015 , he signed a three-year contract with SKA Saint Petersburg
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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Egor Yakovlev