Nikita Michailis

Nikita Michailis
Date of birth	June 18, 1995
place of birth	Karagandy , Kazakhstan
size	173 cm
Weight	72 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
KHL Junior Draft	2012 , 4th round, 121st position Barys Astana
Career stations
2011–2012	Barys Astana II
2012-2015	Snezhnye Barsy Astana
since 2014	Barys Astana / Nur-Sultan
2015-2019	Nomad Astana
2016-2017	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk

Nikita Yuryevich Michailis ( Russian Никита Юрьевич Михайлис * 18th June 1995 in Karaganda ) is a Kazakh hockey player who since 2014 when Sultan Only Barys Astana / in the Continental Hockey League is under contract.

Career

Nikita Michailis started his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the junior division of Junost Karaganda. Since 2011 he has been playing in the Barys Astana system . After he was first used in the club's second team in the Kazakh championship , he played from 2012, when Barys pulled him in the fourth round of the KHL Junior Draft as the 121st player, until 2015 for Snezhnye Barsy Astana in Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja Liga , a Russian-dominated junior league.

Since 2014 he has been playing for the professional team of Barys in the Continental Hockey League , but was also used in the second team, which from 2013 called itself Nomad Astana . He also played for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk in the Russian Vysschaya Hockey League in 2016/17 .

International

Michailis played in the junior division for Kazakhstan at the U18 World Championships in 2012 , when he was also voted the best player of his team as the top scorer, and in 2013 , when he was the top scorer with his compatriot Semjon Koschelew and behind him was also the second best scorer of the tournament and again for best player of his team was chosen, as well as the U20 World Championships in 2013 , 2014 , when he was top scorer and behind his compatriot Yuri Sergijenko also the second top scorer and had the best plus / minus balance of the tournament, and 2015 , when he was not only top scorer again was and had the best plus / minus balance, but also the best preparer and after his compatriot Arkadi Shestakov and the Japanese Yūshirō Hirano was also the third best scorer, each in Division I. He also represented his colors at the 2017 Winter Universiade , when in native Almaty the silver medal was achieved behind the Russian student selection urde.

For the Kazakh men's selection , he played for the first time at the Winter Asian Games 2017 , which the team won. Later that year he also took part in the 2017 World Cup in Division I. Also in 2018 he played in Division I.

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 Top scorer at the U18 World Cup in Division I, Group B
• 2013 Promotion to Division I, Group A at the U18 World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2013 top scorer at the U18 World Cup in Division I, Group B
• 2014 Top scorer and best plus / minus balance at the U20 World Cup in Division I, Group B
• 2015 Promotion to Division I, Group A at the U20 World Cup, Division I, Group B
• 2015 Top scorer, best preparer and best plus / minus balance at the U20 World Cup in Division I, Group A.
• 2017 silver medal at the Winter Universiade
• 2017 gold medal at the Asian Winter Games
• 2019 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship of Division I, Group A.
• 2019 Most Valuable Player of the World Cup Division I, Group A.
• 2019 All-Star Team of the World Championship Division I, Group A.

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	5	166	29	36	65	28
Playoffs	3	20th	2	5	7th	0

(Status: end of the 2018/19 season)

Web links

Commons : Nikita Mikhailis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nikita Michailis at eliteprospects.com (English)