Ilya Alexejewitsch Samsonow

Ilya Samsonov
Date of birth	February 22, 1997
place of birth	Magnitogorsk , Russia
size	190 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 30
Catch hand	Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft	2014 , 1st round, 34th position HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
NHL Entry Draft	2015 , 1st round, 22nd position Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 2018	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2018-2019	Hershey Bears
since 2019	Washington Capitals

Ilya Alexeyevich Samsonov ( Russian Илья Алексеевич Самсонов ; English transcription: Ilya Alexeyevich Samsonov * 22. February 1997 in Magnitogorsk ) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender who since May 2018 with the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League is under contract and in parallel for their farm team who have favourited Hershey Bears , is used in the American Hockey League . The Capitals selected him in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft in 22nd position.

Career

Ilja Samsonow began his career in his hometown in the junior department of HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , which subsequently selected him in 34th position in the KHL Junior Draft 2014 . With the beginning of the 2014/15 season he was in the squad of the professional team in the Continental Hockey League , before he was also considered in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft 2015 as a 22nd player by the Washington Capitals . In the course of the following seasons, the Russian established himself in the KHL squad of Magnitogorsk and acted there primarily as the second goalkeeper behind Vasily Koschetschkin . At the end of the 2015/16 season he won the Gagarin Cup and the Russian Championship with Metallurg .

In May 2018, Samsonow decided to move to North America and signed an entry-level contract with Washington Capitals. There he made 37 appearances for Washington's farm team , the Hershey Bears , in the American Hockey League during the 2018/19 season . At the beginning of the 2019/20 season, the young Russian stood behind the established Braden Holtby as a substitute goalkeeper in Washington's NHL squad for the first time and made his debut in the highest North American professional league a little later.

International

For Russia , Samsonov took part in the junior division of the U18 Junior World Championship 2015 , U20 Junior World Championship 2016 and the U20 Junior World Championship 2017 and won the silver medal with his team in 2016 and the bronze medal in 2017. He made his debut for the senior national team as part of the Euro Hockey Tour 2016/17 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2016 Gagarin Cup win and Russian champion with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk

International

2014 bronze medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge (January) 2015 Best goalkeeper in the U18 World Junior Championship 2016 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship

2017 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship 2017 All-Star Team of the U20 Junior World Championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season										Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	S.	N	OTN	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%		Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2014/15	Stalnye Lissy Magnitogorsk	MHL		18th	11	4th	1	1039	46	2	2.66	90.8		2	1	1	127	6th	0	2.83	93.7
2014/15	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		1	0	0	0	21st	2	0	5.50	50.0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Stalnye Lissy Magnitogorsk	MHL		5	5	0	0	300	9	1	1.80	93.5		1	0	1	63	3	0	2.82	87.5
2015/16	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		19th	6th	4th	3	853	29	2	2.04	92.5		6th	2	2	263	10	0	2.28	91.6
2016/17	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		27	15th	3	5	1127	40	2	2.13	93.6		3	1	0	93	2	0	1.28	94.9
2017/18	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		26th	12	9	1	1325	51	3	2.31	92.6		5	1	2	234	9	0	2.30	91.3
2018/19	Hershey Bears	AHL		37	20th	14th	2	2202	99	3	2.70	89.8		5	2	3	342	17th	0	2.99	89.7
MHL total				23	16	4th	1	1339	55	3	2.47	91.4		3	1	2	190	9	0	2.83	91.6
KHL total				73	33	16	9	3327	122	7th	2.20	92.9		14th	4th	4th	590	21st	0	2.13	92.0
AHL total				37	20th	14th	2	2202	99	3	2.70	89.8		5	2	3	342	17th	0	2.99	89.7

International

Represented Russia in:

• World U-17 Hockey Challenge January 2014
• U18 Junior World Championship 2015
• U20 World Junior Championship 2016
• U20 Junior World Championship 2017

year	team	event	result		Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2014	Russia	U17-WHC			3	1	2	179	17th	0	5.71	88.7
2015	Russia	U18 World Cup	5th place		3	2	1	180	8th	0	2.67	93.4
2016	Russia	U20 World Cup			2	2	0	120	2	0	1.00	95.6
2017	Russia	U20 World Cup			6th	3	3	370	13	2	2.11	93.0
Juniors overall					14th	8th	6th	849	40	2	2.83	92.5

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Player biography on the Washington Capitals website
• Ilja Samsonow at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Ilja Samsonow at hockeygoalies.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Capital Sign Ilya Samsonov. nhl.com, May 4, 2018, accessed May 4, 2018 .