Defender of the hockey club CSKA Nikita Pivtsakin

One of the Russian hockey players on the verge of falling into the Russian national team is the defender of CSKA Nikita Pivtsakin. 25-year-old student of Omsk hockey, despite a fairly mature age for sports standards, while the main national team was not, however, the experience of speaking in the ranks of juniors and young people is sufficient.

Beginning of sports biography

Pivtsakin Nikita Vasilievich was born on July 23, 1991 in Omsk. Starting out as a hockey school, the young player was among a large number of talents, however, most of them could not distinguish themselves with perseverance and demonstrate themselves in all their glory. Pivtsakin, who distinguished himself with a selfless game on the ice, quickly enough could be in the youth composition of the Omsk "Vanguard" - in the club MHL "Omsk Yastrebakh".

Coming to the "Vanguard"

Since 2008, in parallel with the games in the MHL, Nikita Pivtsakin began to be called to the games for "Vanguard", and also took part in junior competitions of the Russian national team, which in 2009 won the silver medal of the World Cup. The debut of the young defender as the basis of the Omsk team took place on January 25, 2008, when he appeared on the ice in the KHL match against Khabarovsk "Cupid". The newcomer did not manage to score effective actions, and also did not appear in the team's application this season.

A year later Pivtzakin was again included in the lists of "Vanguard", and now the Russian defender has become one of the players of the base. During the season, he played in 19 meetings and was summoned to the youth world championship as part of the Russian national team, where in the quarter-finals Russians in the over-time lost to Switzerland. Nevertheless, the experience gained during the competition helped the professional development of the athlete.

For the next five seasons, Nikita Pivtsakin was also among the key players of the club. The hockey player, who once again played at the youth world championship in 2011, returned to the team as a champion and regularly appeared on the ice as part of the KHL games. In the same season, he was able to score his first scoring points, making 5 assists in 32 meetings. A year later, Pivtzakin managed to throw his debut in the KHL, as well as become a silver medalist in the "Vanguard".

Transfer to CSKA

As part of the "Vanguard" Nikita Pivtsakin built a successful career and was going to continue to speak in his colors, but because of little-known disagreement with the leadership of the Omsk club in 2015, the player was exchanged for CSKA in cash compensation. In the "army", as many believed, the Russian had only to increase competition for the place at the base, but Pivtzakin not only made the first players nervous at the time, but soon began to regularly go on the ice, bringing the Muscovites bonuses as a game in defense , And score points.

In his first season in CSKA Nikita went to the site only in 20 regular games, making one scoring pass, contributed to a fairly successful passage of the playoffs, gaining 2 points in 14 games, and also becoming the second time in his career in silver Winner of the championship of the KHL. After the off-season, Pivtsakin returned as one of the solid base hockey players, and following the results of 39 meetings of the 2016/17 season, he had 4 abandoned washers in the asset, as well as 8 successful pre-Gear programs. A successful game as part of the "army team" was the reason for the statements of several specialists about the possible challenge of a Russian to the main national team.

Statistics of performances in the KHL

To date, in the KHL Nikita Pivtsakin acted as part of two clubs - "Vanguard" and CSKA. As part of the Omsk club, he took part in the 38th meetings of the Gagarin Cup playoffs, as well as in the 252 games of the regular championship, gaining in total 42 points. For the Moscow team, the Russian went to the ice in 73 games, gaining 15 points.