Kirill Kaprizov
| Kirill Kaprizov | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
26 April 1997 Novokuznetsk, Russia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
CSKA Moscow Metallurg Novokuznetsk Salavat Yulaev Ufa | ||
| National team |
 | ||
| NHL Draft |
135th overall, 2015 Minnesota Wild | ||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||
Kirill Olegovich Kaprizov (Russian: Кирилл Олегович Капризов; born 26 April 1997) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
Kaprizov made his Kontinental Hockey League debut playing with Metallurg Novokuznetsk during the 2014–15 KHL season.[1] Kaprizov was drafted by the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League in the 5th Round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, 135th overall. On 21 August 2015, Kaprizov was signed to a three-year contract extension to remain and continue his development with Metallurg Novokuznetsk.[2] On May 2, 2016 he was traded to Salavat Yulaev Ufa.[3]
International play
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ice hockey | ||
Representing  | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2018 Pyeongchang | |
| Representing | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2016 Helsinki | |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2017 Canada | |
Kaprizov has played for the Russian national team in the World Under-18 Championships and World Junior Championships. He was the youngest player in the Russian Team on the 2018 Winter Olympics at Pyeongchang, Korea. He scored the Golden Goal at 9:40 of overtime to give the team representing the Olympic Athletes from Russia a 4-3 win over Germany to capture the Gold Medal in Men's Hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. He also scored the last point in the 2018 Olympic Hockey game which decisively ended the first tie in Olympic Hockey history.[4]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2013–14 | Kuznetskie Medvedi | MHL | 52 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | KHL | 31 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Kuznetskie Medvedi | MHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | KHL | 53 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Kuznetski Medvedi | MHL | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 49 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | CSKA Moscow | KHL | 46 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | ||
| KHL totals | 179 | 50 | 67 | 117 | 96 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Russia | WJC18 | 5th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Russia | IH18 | 5th | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Russia | WJC |  |
7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2017 | Russia | WJC |  |
7 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | |
| 2018 | OAR | OG |  |
6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Russia | WC | 6th | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 22 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 6 | ||||
| Senior totals | 14 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 4 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Kirill Kaprizov player profiles". Kontinental Hockey League. 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
- ↑ "Kaprizov signs a three-year contract with Novokuznetsk" (in Russian). allhockey.ru. 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- ↑ Metallurg Novokuznetsk (2016-05-02). "Кирилл Капризов перешел в "Салават Юлаев"" (in Russian). Metallurg-nk.ru. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
- ↑ "Ice Hockey Men – Team Roster – OAR" (PDF). Pyeongchang 2018. International Olympic Committee. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
