Ilya Solovyov
| Ilya Solovyov | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
20 July 2000 Mogilev, Belarus | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team (P) Cur. team Former teams |
Calgary Flames Calgary Wranglers (AHL) Dinamo Minsk | ||
| National team |
 Belarus | ||
| NHL draft |
205th overall, 2020 Calgary Flames | ||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||
Ilya Ivanovich Solovyov (Russian: Илья Иванович Соловьёв; born 20 July 2000) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing with the Calgary Wranglers in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Internationally he played for the Belarusian national team at the 2021 World Championship.
Playing career
[edit]Solovyov played as a youth in Belarus, developing within the Belarus under-20 national squad while participating in the Belarusian Extraliga (BXL). He was selected 53rd overall in the 2019 CHL Import Draft by the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and made his North American major junior debut in the following 2019–20 season, where he scored seven goals and had 33 assists for 40 points in 53 games.
He was drafted in the seventh round, 205th overall, in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames and returned to Belarus to play with HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). As a rookie in the 2020–21 season, Solovyov recorded 2 goals and 7 assists for 9 points and 36 penalty minutes in 41 games.
Solovyov was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Calgary Flames on 6 April 2021.[1] [2] Before the start of the 2024–25 NHL regular season, Solovyov re-signed with the Flames on a two-year contract on 19 September 2024 as a restricted free agent.[3]
International play
[edit]Solovyov represented Belarus at the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[4][5][6]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2016–17 | Belarus U20 | BLR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Belarus U20 | BLR | 53 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL | 53 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Dinamo-Molodechno | BLR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Stockton Heat | AHL | 51 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL | 68 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL | 51 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| KHL totals | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
[edit]| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Belarus | U18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | Belarus | WJC-D1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Belarus | WC-D1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Belarus | WJC-D1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2021 | Belarus | WC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Senior totals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Flames select Ilya Solovyov at 205th overall". flamesnation.ca. 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Flames sign Ilya Solovyov". nhl.com. 6 April 2021.
- ^ Keshavjee, Khalid. "Calgary Flames re-sign Ilya Solovyov to a two-year, $775K AAV contract". The Win Column. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Хоккеисты сборной Беларуси определились с игровыми номерами" (in Russian). hockey.by. 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Team Roster Belarus" (PDF). iihf.com. 21 May 2021.
- ^ "Player Statistics Belarus" (PDF). iihf.com. 4 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database