Maxim Yuryevich Solovyov

Maxim Solovyov
Date of birth	20th February 1979
place of birth	Moscow , Russian SFSR
size	177 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
number	# 50
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
until 1998	HK CSKA Moscow
1999-2000	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
2000-2001	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2001-2004	Vityaz Chekhov
2004-2007	HK MWD Tver
2007-2010	HK MWD Balashikha
2010-2018	OHK Dynamo HK Dynamo Moscow

Maxim Jurjewitsch Solowjow ( Russian Максим Юрьевич Соловьёв ; born February 20, 1979 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player and current coach who was under contract for many years with OHK Dynamo and HK Dynamo Moscow in the Continental Hockey League . Since October 2018 he has been an assistant coach at HK Spartak Moscow .

Career

Maxim Solovyov began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the HK CSKA Moscow , for whose professional team he made his debut in the super league in the 1997/98 season . The defender then played for one year each for Krylja Sowetow Moscow in the Wysschaja Liga , the second Russian division, and Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the super league. From 2001 to 2004 he was under contract with the second division club Vitjas Chekhov , where he ended the 2002/03 season at the Belarusian club HK Chimwolokno Mahiljou in the East European Hockey League .

From 2004 to 2007 Solovyov ran on for the HK MWD Tver , with whom he rose straight away as the second division champion in the super league in the 2004/05 season. Following the 2006/07 season, the team was relocated to Balaschicha and the former junior national player stayed in the club, for which he participated in the newly founded Continental Hockey League from the 2008/09 season . In the following season he failed with his team only in the playoff final for the Gagarin Cup at Ak Bars Kazan . Then the HK MWD Balaschicha was merged with the HK Dynamo Moscow and the Russian received a contract for the 2010/11 season with their successor team OHK Dynamo .

With Dynamo he won the Gagarin Cup in 2012 and 2013 .

In April 2018, at the age of 39, he ended his career and was to become a coach for Dynamo's junior team MHK Dynamo from the Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja Liga (MHL). However, this engagement did not materialize, instead Solovyov initially worked as a player observer for HK Spartak Moscow . He has been an assistant trainer at Spartak since October 2018.

International

For Russia Solovyov took part in the 1997 European Junior Championships. He scored one goal and one assist in six games.

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 Wysschaja Liga champion and promotion to the super league with HK MWD Tver
• 2010 Russian runner-up with the HK MWD Balaschicha
• 2011 KHL All-Star Game
• 2012 Gagarin Cup win with the OHK Dynamo
• 2013 Gagarin Cup win with HK Dynamo Moscow

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes	Plus minus
KHL main round	10	428	34	87	121	241	+45
KHL playoffs	8th	85	4th	9	13	42	+8
Super League main round	5	178	11	19th	30th	86	−11
Super League Playoffs	3	10	0	2	2	16	−3

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Maxim Solowjow at hockeydb.com (English)
• Maxim Solowjow at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Соловьев завершил карьеру хоккеиста и стал тренером молодежной команды «Динамо». In: news.sportbox.ru. April 10, 2018, Retrieved August 28, 2018 (Russian). 
2. ↑ Igor Novikov: “Спартак” подтвердил отставку Епанчинцева. Жамнов и Максим Соловьев вошли в тренерский штаб. In: sports.ru. October 19, 2018, accessed October 26, 2018 (Russian).