One of the Russian hockey players onthe threshold of getting into the national team of Russia, is the defender of CSKA Nikita Pivtsakin. 25-year-old student of Omsk hockey, despite a fairly mature age for sports standards, while in the main national team was not, however, the experience of speaking in the ranks of juniors and young people is sufficient.
Pivtsakin Nikita Vasilievich was born on July 23, 1991year in Omsk. Having started going to hockey school, the young player was among a large number of talents, however, most of them could not distinguish themselves by perseverance and demonstrate themselves in all their glory. Pivtsakin, who distinguished himself with a self-sacrificing game on the ice, quickly found himself in the youth structure of the Omsk "Vanguard" - in the MHL club "Omsk Yastrebakh".
Since 2008, in parallel with the games in the MHL, NikitaPivtsakin 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 rookie failed to score effective results, and also did not appear in the team's application this season.
A year later, Pivtzakin was re-listed"Vanguard", and now the Russian defender has become one of the players of the base. For the season he played in 19 meetings and was summoned to the youth world championship as part of the Russian national team, where the Russians in the quarter-finals lost to Switzerland in the over-time. Nevertheless, the experience gained during the competition, seriously helped in the professional development of the athlete.
The next five seasons among key playersThe club regularly turned out to be Nikita Pivtsakin. The hockey player, who once again played at the World Youth 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 by making 5 assists in 32 meetings. A year later, Pivtsakin managed to throw his debut in the KHL, as well as become a silver medalist in the "Vanguard".
As part of the "Vanguard" Nikita Pivtsakin was buildingsuccessful 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 the competition for the place in the basis, 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 onsite in only 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 silver medalist of the championship of the KHL. After the off-season, Pivtsakin returned already 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. Successful game as part of the "army team" was the reason for the statements of several experts about the possible challenge of a Russian to the main national team.
To date, within the KHL, Nikita Pivtsakinacted as part of two clubs - "Vanguard" and CSKA. As part of the Omsk club, he took part in the 38th playoff games of the Gagarin Cup, as well as in the 252 games of the regular championship, gaining a total of 42 points. For the Moscow team, the Russian went to the ice in 73 games, gaining 15 points.
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