NIKITA SCHERBAK
North American Skater - Saskatoon, WHL
Final Rank:15Midterm Rank:24
Position:Right WingShoots:Left
Height:6' 2"Weight:188
Born:December 30, 1995Hometown:Moscow, Russia
Born in:Moscow, RUS
Drafted: 2014: MTL (1st Round / 26th Overall) 
• In 2013-14, his first season in North America, Scherbak led all Western Hockey League rookies in scoring by 19 points with 28-50—78 in 65 games.

• Scherbak was named the Blades’ Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Plus/Minus Leader and 3-Star Award Winner. He earned the team’s Top Scorer Award after leading the Blades in goals, assists and points, becoming the first rookie to lead Saskatoon in scoring since Garett Bembridge in 1996-97.

• A vibrant personality who is known to talk a lot on road trips, Scherbak has been taking English classes and learning at an accelerated rate. Saskatoon head coach Dave Struch jokes: “On the five or six-hour bus trips he sits four seats behind us (coaches) and that’s all you can hear, him talking the whole way.”

• He lists Pavel Datsyuk as his childhood hockey idol and wears No. 27 in tribute to Russian superstar Alex Kovalev.

NEWS

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FAVORITES

NHL team: Detroit Red Wings
NHL player: Pavel Datsyuk
Shootout move: “The Pavel Datsyuk”
Video game: NHL 14
Movie: Project X
TV show: The Simpsons
Actor: Mark Wahlberg
Musician: Eminem
Website: NHL.com
Sport (other than hockey): Basketball
Athlete (non-hockey): Derrick Rose
Twitter follow: @NelsonNogier

STATISTICS

SEASONTEAMLEAGUEGPGAPPIM
2022-2023BRATISLAVASLOVAKIA102682
2022-2023MOUNTFIELD HKCZECHIA51454
2021-2022BANSKA BYSTRICASLOVAKIA256152120
2021-2022MOUNTFIELD HKCZECHIA1748124
2020-2021TEXASAHL285101512
2019-2020OMSKRUSSIA1624610
2019-2020CHELYABINSKRUSSIA1514512
2018-2019ONTARIOAHL23471118
2018-2019LOS ANGELESNHL81012
2018-2019LAVALAHL51012
2017-2018MONTREALNHL264268
2017-2018LAVALAHL267233020
2016-2017ST. JOHNS (AHL)DEFUNCT6613284132
2016-2017MONTREALNHL31010
2015-2016ST. JOHNS (AHL)DEFUNCT396121816
2014-2015EVERETTWHL6527558260
2013-2014SASKATOONWHL6528507846
2012-2013STUPINO JR.RUSSIA-JR.50771414