Kirill Olegowitsch Kaprisow

Russia Kirill Kaprisow


Date of birth	April 26, 1997
place of birth	Novokuznetsk , Russia
size	178 cm
Weight	87 kg

position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left

Draft

KHL Junior Draft	2014 , 1st round, 1st position Metallurg Novokuznetsk
NHL Entry Draft	2015 , 5th round, 135th position Minnesota Wild

Career stations

until 2016	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2016-2017	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2017-2020	HK CSKA Moscow
since 2020	Minnesota Wild

Kirill Olegowitsch Kaprisow ( Russian Кирилл Олегович Капризов ; English transcription: Kirill Olegovich Kaprizov ; born April 26, 1997 in Novokuznetsk ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Minnesota Wild from the National Hockey League (NHL) since July 2020 plays in the position of the left winger . Kaprisow was selected as the overall first in the KHL Junior Draft 2014 by Metallurg Novokuznetsk .

Career

Kaprisow in the jersey of Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Kaprisow spent his junior years in the offspring of Metallurg Novokuznetsk . In the 2014/15 season he made his debut in the first team in the Continental Hockey League , as the club had secured its services through the KHL Junior Draft 2014 . In the 2015 NHL Entry Draft , the Russian was selected in the fifth round in 135th position by Minnesota Wild from the National Hockey League (NHL).

In the summer of 2016, the winger was signed by league rival Salawat Yulayev Ufa and was the second-best scorer behind Sweden's Linus Omark with 42 points in the following season , before moving to HK CSKA Moscow in May 2017 in return for financial compensation . There he played for three years and won the Gagarin Cup with the team . For the 2020/21 season, the striker moved to the Minnesota Wild in the NHL.

International

For his home country, Kaprisow played in the junior division at the U18 World Junior Championship in 2014 , the U20 World Junior Championship in 2016 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2017 and won the silver medal with his team in 2016 and as captain and top scorer of the tournament with nine goals in 2017 the bronze medal in seven games.

With the Russian national team , Kaprisow took part in the 2018 Winter Games and became Olympic champion there under a neutral flag. He was the top scorer (5) of the tournament together with Ilya Kovalchuk and Ryan Donato .

Achievements and Awards

2016 participation in the KHL All-Star Game
2017 participation in the KHL All-Star Game
2018 participation in the KHL All-Star Game
2018 Order of Friendship
2019 participation in the KHL All-Star Game

2019 Gagarin Cup win and Russian champion with HK CSKA Moscow
2019 top scorer in the KHL main round
2020 participation in the KHL All-Star Game
2020 KHL player of the month February
2019 best goalscorer in the KHL main round

International

2014 bronze medal at the World Junior A Challenge
2016 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
2017 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
2017 Best striker in the U20 World Junior Championship
2017 top scorer of the U20 World Junior Championship

2017 best goalscorer of the U20 World Junior Championship
2017 All-Star Team of the U20 Junior World Championship
2018 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
2018 best goalscorer of the Olympic Winter Games (together with Ilja Kowaltschuk and Ryan Donato )
2019 bronze medal at the world championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

			Regular season					Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2013/14	Kuznetskie Medvedi	MHL	52	18th	16	34	30th	8th	1	2	3	2
2014/15	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	KHL	31	4th	4th	8th	6th	-	-	-	-	-
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	Kuznetskie Medvedi	MHL	4th	7th	3	10	0	-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	KHL	49	20th	22nd	42	66	5	3	0	3	0
2017/18	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL	46	15th	25th	40	14th	19th	2	8th	10	4th
2018/19	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL	57	30th	21st	51	16	19th	4th	10	14th	6th
2019/20	HK CSKA Moscow	KHL	57	33	29	62	10	4th	2	2	4th	2
MHL total			59	25th	21st	46	32	15th	2	4th	6th	4th
KHL total			293	113	117	230	122	47	11	20th	31	12

International

Represented Russia in:

Represented the Olympic athletes from Russia at:

Olympic Winter Games 2018

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2014	Russia	HIMT	7th place	4th	5	2	7th	0
2014	Russia	U19-WJAC		5	2	1	3	0
2015	Russia	U18 World Cup	5th place	4th	1	3	4th	2
2016	Russia	U20 World Cup		7th	1	2	3	2
2017	Russia	U20 World Cup		7th	9	3	12	2
2018	OA from Russia	Olympia		6th	5	4th	9	2
2018	Russia	WM	6th place	8th	6th	2	8th	2
2019	Russia	WM		9	2	0	2	2
Juniors overall				27	18th	11	29	6th
Men overall				23	13	6th	19th	6th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹ play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Kirill Kaprisow - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Player biography on the Minnesota Wild website
Kirill Kaprisow at eliteprospects.com (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Kaprisow, Kirill Olegowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Капризов, Кирилл Олегович (Russian spelling); Kaprizov, Kirill (English spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH	Novokuznetsk , Russia