Kirill Kaprizov, born on 26 April 1997, is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and alternate captain of the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League, nicknamed Kirill the Thrill by fans. He grew up in a village outside Novokuznetsk, began playing at age four and joined the senior Metallurg Novokuznetsk team in 2014. In the Kontinental Hockey League he also played for Salavat Yulaev Ufa and CSKA Moscow, won the Gagarin Cup with CSKA in 2019 and became the youngest player in league history to score 100 goals. Drafted by Minnesota in 2015, he signed in 2020, scored the winning overtime goal in his January 2021 debut and won the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year, the first Wild player to do so.
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born 26 April 1997
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He played in the 2018 and 2019 Gagarin Cup finals, winning the latter.
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Kaprizov won the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 2021
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traded to CSKA Moscow in 2017
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