He also played with the Oji Eagles in Japan for one year before returning to Kryla for a final season before retiring in 2000.

Pryakhin's debut with the Soviet national team came the 1982 World Junior Hockey Championship in a fourth-place finish.

[1] A mid-level player on both the Wings and the national team,[2] Pryakhin's best seasons in the Soviet league came in 1983–84 when he scored 18 goals, and 1986–87 when he had 32 points.

[1] The National Hockey League (NHL)'s Calgary Flames, anticipating that it would be easier to convince the Soviet Hockey Federation to release a non-star member of their national team to play in North America, opted to select Pryakhin with the 252nd, and last, pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.

He added 1 goal and 6 assists in 24 games in 1990–91 and made appearances with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles, Calgary's International Hockey League affiliate in both seasons.

Internationally, Pryahkin appeared in three games and won a gold medal with the Soviet team at the 1990 World Championship.