{"id":522398,"date":"2026-03-25T18:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/522398\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:25:20","slug":"yakemchuk-making-headlines-after-nhl-debut-belleville-sens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/522398\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakemchuk making headlines after NHL debut \u2013 Belleville Sens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senators defenceman Carter Yakemchuk is making waves and headlines after notching two points in his National Hockey League debut with the Ottawa Senators.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old, who has 36 points (10 goals, 26 assists) in 50 American Hockey League games with Belleville this season, picked up his first assist (a cheeky, between-the-legs, no-look pass across the blue line to Tim Stutzle) and his first goal (a trademark wrist shot from the right point), in a win for the NHL Senators at Detroit this week, and that\u2019s got the beat reporters buzzing.<\/p>\n<p>From local outlets like Quinte News to national media like The Athletic, Sportsnet, TSN and more, Yakemchuk\u2019s name has been all over the headlines since Tuesday evening. Check out some of the stories from around the media landscape highlighting Yak\u2019s impressive debut. Note that a subscription may be required to read some full articles.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to\u00a0remaining\u00a0home games\u00a02025-26 home games\u00a0are now on sale\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ca\/belleville-senators-tickets\/artist\/2292870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">via Ticketmaster<\/a>\u00a0or at the Belleville Sens Box Office\u00a0located\u00a0inside the Quinte Sports &amp; Wellness Centre. Details on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bellevillesens.com\/tickets\/new-ssm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">season seat memberships<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bellevillesens.com\/tickets\/2025flexpack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">flex packs<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bellevillesens.com\/tickets\/premium-seating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">premium seating<\/a>, the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bellevillesens.com\/tickets\/business-edge-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Business Edge program<\/a>, and more can be found by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bellevillesens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">visiting the Belleville Sens Website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to\u00a0remaining\u00a0home games\u00a02025-26 home games\u00a0are now on sale\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ca\/belleville-senators-tickets\/artist\/2292870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">via Ticketmaster<\/a>\u00a0or at the Belleville Sens Box Office\u00a0located\u00a0inside the Quinte Sports &amp; Wellness Centre. Details on\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bellevillesens.com\/tickets\/new-ssm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">season seat memberships<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bellevillesens.com\/tickets\/2025flexpack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">flex packs<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bellevillesens.com\/tickets\/premium-seating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">premium seating<\/a>, the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bellevillesens.com\/tickets\/business-edge-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Business Edge program<\/a>, and more can be found by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/bellevillesens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">visiting the Belleville Sens Website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senators defenceman Carter Yakemchuk is making waves and headlines after notching two points in his National Hockey League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5104],"tags":[1081,5,2474,4,72,25,5157,73],"class_list":["post-522398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa-senators","tag-carter-yakemchuk","tag-hockey","tag-news-release","tag-nhl","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-ottawasenators","tag-senators"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116291221887539048","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}