Ivan Nikolajewitsch Neprjajew

Ivan Nepryayev
Date of birth	4th February 1982
place of birth	Yaroslavl , Russian SFSR
size	188 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	center
number	# 13
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 5th round, 163rd position Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 2008	Yaroslavl locomotive
2008-2010	HK Dynamo Moscow
2010-2011	Atlant Mytishchi
2011-2013	SKA Saint Petersburg
2013-2014	HK CSKA Moscow
2014-2015	HK Awangard Omsk

Ivan Nikolajewitsch Neprjajew ( Russian Иван Николаевич Непряев ; born February 4, 1982 in Yaroslavl , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with HK Avangard Omsk in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Ivan Neprjajew began his active career in 2000 with the Russian first division club Lokomotive Yaroslavl . In the 2000 NHL Entry Draft , the Washington Capitals selected him in the fifth round in 163rd place, for which he never played.

In 2002 and 2003 he was Russian champion with Yaroslavl . In addition, he and his team took second place at the IIHF Continental Cup 2002/03 . In 2005 Yaroslavl reached third place in the Russian championship before becoming Russian runner-up in 2008. After this success, Neprjajew moved after eight seasons in his native city to HK Dynamo Moscow , for which he played in the Continental Hockey League until 2010 .

He spent the 2010/11 season at Atlant Mytishchi after HK Dynamo Moscow merged with HK MWD Balaschicha in the summer of 2010 . With Atlant he reached the playoff finals of the KHL. After this success, Neprjajew was signed by SKA Saint Petersburg for two years in June 2011 . After collecting 29 scorer points in the 2011/12 season, he only got 9 scorer points from 52 games in the following season. Therefore, his contract was not extended and Neprjajew moved to HK CSKA Moscow , for which he completed 43 KHL games, but only collected 5 points scorer. He therefore left CSKA and was signed by HK Awangard Omsk in July 2014 .

International

Ivan Neprjajew played for the Russian national team at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships , where he won the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 Russian champion with Yaroslavl locomotive
• 2003 Russian champion with Yaroslavl locomotive
• 2003 2nd place at the IIHF Continental Cup
• 2008 Russian runner-up with Yaroslavl locomotive
• 2008 Spengler Cup win with HK Dynamo Moscow

International

• 2002 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2005 bronze medal at the world championship
• 2007 bronze medal at the world championship

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	+/-	Penalty minutes
Main round	6th	285	40	45	85	+6	260
Playoffs	6th	68	8th	14th	18th	+9	73

(Status: end of the 2013/14 season)

Web links

• Iwan Neprjajew at hockeydb.com (English)
• Iwan Neprjajew at eliteprospects.com (English)