Season 2018/19:
Before the reporting season, Kirill Slepets won his second Youth World Cup club teams together with Loko, now scoring 5 (4+1) points in five matches. The debut in the KHL was also not long in coming, and he played the first match for Lokomotiv on September 15 against Severstal, and over the next half a month, Kirill played four more games in the main Russian league. After that, there were small trips to the VHL and MHL, and in November, as part of the Russian youth team, the forward went to Canada to take part in the next Super Series. In six games, Slepets scored two goals, showing himself well on the power play and significantly increasing his own chances of getting into the final squad by main tournament year, if we talk about youth hockey. After returning from Canada, Kirill played two more matches in the KHL, but his appearances on the ice in fights against Barys and Ak Bars were rather episodic. Almost the whole of December, Slepets, together with the youth team, was preparing for the World Championship and eventually got into the final application for the tournament itself. In seven games, the striker scored 7 (5+2) points, including having scored a hat-trick in the match for third place, became the best sniper of the Russians and the owner of bronze award. It is symbolic that already in the second match after returning from the World Championship, Kirill Slepets scored his first goal in the KHL, scoring in the game against Admiral. He finished the regular season in Loko, where he was one of the leaders, in some matches he came out with a captain's patch, scored 19 (12+7) points in 17 regular season matches. It was while in the status of a Loko player that Slepets made his debut in the adult team, playing two matches within swedish games. In the MHL playoffs, Kirill scored 10 (4+6) points in 17 games, scored the most important goal in the sixth match of the final series and won the main MHL trophy for the second time in a row.
Career:
Kirill Slepets was born in Khabarovsk on April 6, 1999. He started playing hockey at the school of the local Amur, and at the age of 13 he moved to Yaroslavl. Kirill acted as a striker in the Lokomotiv-2004 SDUSHOR team, gradually becoming one of the leaders of the team.
Already in the 2013/2014 season. as part of the combined team of two Yaroslavl schools, Slepets became the Champion of Russia among juniors, gaining 4 (3 + 1) points in 6 matches. With his performance that season, Kirill, among other things, earned a call to the junior national team of Russia by his age, which first met in the summer of 2014. In the course of the regular season, Slepets reached a new level of performance, scored in almost every game for the school team, and also became one of the most notable players national team, scored points in each of its tournaments. Season 2014/2015 for the forward again ended with participation in the final competitions of the Russian Championship, for six games Kirill Slepets scored 10 (2 + 8) points, now becoming the silver medalist of the tournament.
For the 2015/2016 season Kirill Slepets trained with the Russian junior national team under 18, where the vast majority of players were a year older than the Yaroslavl forward. Nevertheless, already in his fifth game, Kirill scored the first goal in the MHL - this happened on September 20 in a match against the SKA-Silver Lions team. Five days later, Slepets scored a hat-trick and scored 4 points in the game against the Dinamo-Raubichi team, and in the next match he scored a double against HC Riga. According to the results of the regular season, Kirill Slepets scored 12 goals, becoming one of the team's best snipers, and in just 26 games he scored 16 points, with a usefulness index of "+17". Unfortunately, in the spring of 2016, Kirill did not play at the World Junior Championships, performing for the third time at the final competitions of the Russian Championship and again becoming a silver medalist.
In the summer of 2016, Slepets was already preparing for the season with Loko, and in August, as part of the Yaroslavl youth team, he won the World Cup among youth club teams, and it was Kirill who was one of the top scorers of the railroad workers, gaining 7 ( 2+5) points in six meetings. The season at Loko was not easy for him, including because of the constant departures to the location of the junior team, with which he already went through the second cycle of preparation for the World Championship. As a result, in the regular championship of the JHL, Kirill played 41 matches, scored 18 (8 + 10) points, with a utility indicator of "+10". In the playoffs for four games, the striker scored three more assists. Of course, now the main event for him was participation in the World Championship among juniors, held in Slovakia. Slepets became one of the main characters in the Russian national team - in seven games he scored 6 (4+2) points, including the winning goal in the quarterfinal overtime against the Slovaks. Together with his teammates, Kirill won bronze medals at the world championship.
The 2017/2018 season, which Kirill Slepets spent almost entirely at Loko, did not start well for the striker. Suffice it to say that he scored his first goal only at the end of September, but at the same time his scoring streak reached three meetings. After that, Slepets began to upset the opponent's goalkeepers with more enviable constancy and, for example, on November 27 he scored a hat-trick against the "Captain". In early February, Kirill scored points in seven games in a row, scoring six goals in this section of the season. In just 54 games, the striker scored 33 (19 + 14) points, with a usefulness indicator of "+22". In the playoffs, he scored 8 (2 + 6) points in 16 meetings, becoming the owner of the Kharlamov Cup together with Loko.
Achievements:
Champion of the JHL (2018, 2019), Bronze medalist of the World Championship among youth (2019), Winner of the World Cup among youth club teams (2016, 2018), Bronze medalist of the World Championship among juniors (2017), Silver medalist Championship of Russia among juniors (2015, 2016), Champion of Russia among juniors (2014)
Yesterday in Canada, the Russian youth hockey team played the first match in a series of games against local teams of their age. Among others Main coach our national team Valery Bragin called the forward of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv Kirill Slepts. In the spring, a 19-year-old hockey player as part of the railwaymen's farm club Loko won the main prize of the Youth hockey league(MHL) Kharlamov Cup. This autumn, young hockey players at the level of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) began to enroll in the main team of Yaroslavl.
Lokomotiv head coach Dmitry Kvartalnov made a dozen of yesterday's juniors key players in his team. Blind has played only in four meetings so far, he has chances to gain a foothold in highest level while trying to prove his right to ride on youth championship world, which will be held on New Year's holidays in Montreal.
On the eve of departure to Canada, Kirill Slepets gave an interview to Izvestia and spoke about trust in young people at Lokomotiv and moving to Yaroslavl from Khabarovsk.
Does the way in which Lokomotiv is now massively introducing young players to the first team make this year special for you and your peers?
The year is special. Almost everyone in the club is given a chance to somehow gain a foothold in the first team. The coach trusts the young, average age in Lokomotiv it is now very small, but very ambitious players have gathered in Yaroslavl who want to achieve victories at the highest level.
Do Dmitry Kvartalnov and his staff spend a lot of time on young guys or give them general instructions, like more experienced hockey players?
The team has a tactic - coaches explain it to newcomers. They tell us how the team plays and demand to stick to this scheme, not to fall out of it. And the rest is nothing special - they just make it clear that the chances to play in the KHL do not fall out every day, so you have to cling to them.
- KHL level much different from MHL?
KHL and MHL are two opposites. In the MHL, sometimes something goes without tactics. And in the KHL, you need to stick to a clear plan, then it will be easier to play.
It is believed that Dmitry Kvartalnov's hockey does not involve excessive combination play. What did the coach require of you on the ice in those matches where you received playing time?
They demand from us that there is a constant threat to other people's gates. It's just pointless to ride around the site. It is necessary to constantly aggravate the situation in a foreign zone, to strain the opponent so that he does not feel that his goal is safe.
- Are the requirements of Dmitry Krasotkin's headquarters different in Loko?
In youth you have more freedom. And more time. Because it's still youth hockey- you can overexpose the puck and not notice it, there will still be time to make a decision: to throw, go to the beat or pass. Therefore, you can more freely dispose of the situation.
- Even in the playoffs of the MHL a lot of freedom?
The playoffs are a different game and different speeds. There is more responsibility for each player. But even compared to the Kharlamov Cup, it is felt that the level is higher in the KHL.
Did Denisenko's successful power moves help Loko in the decisive series of the Kharlamov Cup against Dynamo St. Petersburg and SKA-1946?
You have to fight in the playoffs. Such moments as with Denisenko are sometimes even necessary. Anyone could be in his place. And it's good that Gregory started the team with this. There are situations when the game goes poorly, and Denisenko collides with an opponent, the team manages to wake up, and the match turns in our favor.
After Denisenko made some noise in the Gagarin Cup with his skirmishes with Nikolai Prokhorkin and Viktor Tikhonov and returned to the position youth team Loko, did they accept him as a celestial?
Not really (laughs). He is our player. How can we take it badly? And it would also be wrong to take it too well. Denisenko is our player and we are ready to fight for him just as he is for us.
- Is hockey different in the youth team compared to the club teams?
I would not say that the team has a different kind of hockey. It's just that there is a big responsibility here - you represent the country. And you have to prove that it was not in vain that you were entrusted with this mission.
You constantly have to shuttle between different leagues and games for the youth team. Is it hard to readjust?
Not that much. It just takes a little more time to get used to when moving from league to league.
- It was hard to play KHL matches when the team is mostly young people?
I can't say that the abundance of young people affects Lokomotiv. Everyone wants to get on the ice and help the team, contribute to the game. It appears to be working now.
- Now there is a general trend of youth confidence in the KHL? Or is it a personal story of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv?
I think that in our club the coach and management agreed that we must trust the young and teach them. And that we deserve chances at the KHL level.
- Does Kvartalnov teach you how to play? Does he give technical advice?
Most importantly, he trusts the young. Anyway, it's already a great experience. And our job is to set ourselves up for the game, obey the coach and justify his trust.
- In those four KHL matches where you took to the ice, which of the opponents made the greatest impression?
Can't tell what I've been playing with strong teams. Except perhaps with Magnitogorsk, but I didn’t notice anything in it against the general background. Usually, few people make a personal impression on me at all. I go out on the ice and fight against any opponent - no matter what his name is.
- You are from Khabarovsk. How did the move to Yaroslavl happen?
It's been five years since I moved to Yaroslavl from Khabarovsk. I first wanted to go there when I was little. I was not yet 10 years old, I went to review training. But according to their results, Amur did not let me go. A few years later, Lokomotiv itself invited me to their system - then I did not want to transfer. And the third time I got there a year or two after the tragedy, when their main team died in a plane crash. Then I was already ripe for moving, I wanted to try something new, at the age of 13 I moved from Khabarovsk. And he got into a group with Timashev Eduard Finatovich, thanks to whom he began to grow in the club system.
Did your parents play a big role in the move?
When I finally moved, it was rather my decision. And when I tried to break into Yaroslavl for the first time, they rather advised me there. Then seven of us from Khabarovsk went to watch - I was among them. And the second time they called my parents from Yaroslavl, they gave me an invitation, but I said that I did not want to leave Khabarovsk.
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The team born in 1999 replaced Prokhorov's team at the last junior world championship. This story is incomprehensible, but it is impossible to draw any conclusions, let alone forecasts, regarding the level of players who played in this tournament.
The best team in Russia at this age is called Dynamo Moscow. It brings together talent from all over the country. The coach of the blue and white team also heads the national team, born in 1999.
Of course, the generation of hockey players born in 1998 looks more powerful and promising. But those whom we consider are in no way inferior to the star guys a year older.
10. His Owl ("Dieselist" Penza)
4th number of the KHL Draft-2016 ("CSKA"). Penza forward, not the first year top scorer in the Volga region. Behind Yegor there is not a single international performance in the national team sweater, although he was called up. upcoming season should draw a line under his youthful career stage. Will the system of “soldiers” reveal the full potential of Owl? Will show time. The challenge to YJWCH-2017 will justify the advances given to him.
9. Daniil Tarasov (Tolpar Ufa)
The Russian goalkeeping school is one of the few bright spots in our hockey. Tarasov, along with many goalkeepers of this age, demonstrates a confident game. He made it to our list after the World Junior Championships, where he showed his skills against older players. Yes, he is not Sukhachev and not Kalyaev (both 1998) in terms of talent, but he is obliged to grow into a good goalkeeper and finally free Salavat-Yulaev from searching for the main goalkeeper abroad.
8. Mark Pavlikov (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
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"Russia lacks defenders" How often do we hear this. Mark inspires optimism in hockey minds. Cold-blooded, beyond his years, the defender is ready to join the KHL team. He is distinguished by the choice of position, which does not allow the opponent to easily beat him, the attacker needs to come up with something extraordinary in order to pass him.
7. Nikita Anohovsky (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
Nikita is somewhat reminiscent of another pupil of Lokomotiv, who recently won silver at the MFM - Pavel Kraskovsky. He centered a child prodigy born in 2000. Grigory Denisenko in Lokomotiv-99. If someone else had replaced Nikita, it is not known how they would talk about Denisenko. This, first of all, characterizes him as a thinking center forward. Anohovsky does not shy away from defensive play. Although not clean, he is a kind of box-to-box hitter.
6. Mark Rubinchik (Dynamo Moscow)
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The only player on the list with North American club experience. Returning to Dynamo, he firmly took his place in the first pair of defenders. It cannot be attributed to any type of defenders. It is useful both in the attack zone and in the defense zone. Mark knows how and loves to join the attack, but does not always come out successfully. He feels much more confident on the blue line, in the majority. And at his gate he will not let anyone down. Hits a solid four.
5. Pavel Koltygin (Dynamo Moscow)
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Pavel has long been considered the main talent of his age. At the age of 14-15, he had no equal on the field. But as everyone improved in their skills, Koltygin grew more slowly in this regard. And the fact that his level was already very high, he is still in the top 5. Hockey intelligence and an incredible shot are the forward's trump cards.
4. Kirill Slepets (Russia U18)
One of the few hockey players born in 1999 whom Vitaly Prokhorov attracted to his experimental team. Cyril stands out for his scoring flair, where he is - the puck will definitely come there. Leader of "Lkomotiv-2004" in Open Championship Moscow. There are players who don't score, Cyril, just the same from the droppers, who will definitely score their only moment in the match.
3. Dmitry Samorukov (CSKA Moscow)
Leader of CSKA-99. A skilled all-around defender. Dmitry is useful in the majority, and, in turn, does not allow mistakes in his zone. Great starts his team's attacks and destroys the opponent's attacks. Should become the leader of the defense of the Russian team at YUChM-17.
2. Yaroslav Alekseev (Dynamo Moscow)
In narrow hockey circles, he has a nickname: Pavel Bure version 2.0. A speedy native of Tyumen, another leader of Dynamo-99. The blue-and-whites should think hard about how not to lose all their talents. Yes, Yaroslav lacks dimensions, but there is time to grow meat, especially at such a speed he will not be lost. All the main qualities that a top winger should have are fully represented in the hockey player Alekseev.
1. Klim Kostin (Dynamo Moscow)
The captain, the leader, and already can be called a solid hockey player. Klim is predicted to have a bright future. Dimensional striker who knows how to throw perfectly, and give cool, sharpening passes. His bright head always chooses correct solution: when to push due to the dimensions, and when you can go to the stroke. It is rightfully considered Top prospect in the 2017 NHL Draft.
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Kirill Slepets from Khabarovsk, who now lives in Yaroslavl, became the bronze medalist of the junior world championship. The striker scored four goals, one of which brought the Russian team to the semifinals. The hockey player has earned laudatory reviews from experts and has every chance of becoming a new star from the regional capital.
Today, Khabarovsk hockey is experiencing some of the best times in the last ten years. Sergey Plotnikov and Artem Zub won the Gagarin Cup, Alexey Murygin and Dmitry Lugin are in the second strongest team of the West, a whole galaxy of Khabarovsk players spent a productive season in the MHL for the Amur Tigers, albeit without getting into the playoffs, and the Khabarovsk goalkeeper Daniil Chechelev became the main player in the Russian national team under 16 years old. But another success of the Far Eastern capital in hockey happened last weekend. Kirill Slepets won bronze medal as part of the Russian under-18 team at the World Championships. IN last time national team climbed the podium in 2011 (third place), and for 19 tournaments Russian hockey players only nine times they took medals, three of which are gold.
And Kirill Slepets from Khabarovsk played a big role in this tournament. In the quarterfinals, he scored the winning goal in overtime against Slovakia. In the semi-finals, he equalized the score with the Finns, but this did not save him from an offensive defeat 1: 2 in the same overtime. In total, the Khabarovsk junior has four goals and two assists.
There could have been more emotions from the World Cup, if not for the defeat from the Finns in the semi-finals. And so, I am glad that our team managed to take medals, our team has not had them for a long time. I consider this success as a team success. This is a national team, and the best players are taken here. All the leaders are here, even though I managed to score the necessary goals, said Kirill Slepets, a hockey player.
Kirill has been living and performing in Yaroslavl for four years now. In 2012, a Lokomotiv breeder noticed him and persistently called him to the club.
We went to the games in Novosibirsk, where a breeder from Yaroslavl was present. As far as I know, he came to look at the players of the other team, but accidentally noticed me. After that, there were calls to my parents, but I did not want to move at that time and refused. But Lokomotiv was persistent, and about six months later they called again, and then I agreed. After the New Year, in the 2012-2013 season, he moved to Yaroslavl, Kirill shared his memories.
Khabarovsk, on the same principle as the coaches of Lokomotiv, ended up in hockey. IN kindergarten Kirill saw a photo of his peer in hockey uniform and began to beg his parents to give him to the sport. And on her birthday on April 6, mom took her son to the hockey section.
I think that this is the best hockey player of his age not only in the Far East, but also in Siberia. He repeatedly rescued the team, scored the most important goals in the last minutes and seconds at all-Russian tournaments and was repeatedly recognized best player. He has real leadership qualities, extraordinary technique and unconventional thinking to play. There were cases when, at competitions in Chita, a full arena gathered to look at him. Unfortunately, after his departure, our results dropped, many followed him to other cities. But in the west of the country the conditions are better and there are more chances,” said Victor Bratukhin, one of the coaches of Kirill Slepts.
The mentor notes that Kirill always wanted to play for Amur. But the club was not interested in him.
We constantly came to the leadership and persuaded him to sign an additional agreement with him so that he would stay in Khabarovsk. But in response they heard: "What to take from this guy? He is 13 years old, he will get injured later and finish with hockey." Unfortunately, the Amur club and the Amur hockey school are two different systems, and the first to have their pupils in the team are not particularly needed, Victor Bratukhin explained.
After a season in the Russian national team under 18 in the MHL, the Khabarovsk resident played in Loko. In 41 games, he scored 28 points (18+10). And only at the end of the championship he played for the first time against the "Amur Tigers" in Khabarovsk. In the first of the two meetings, he provided an assist in overtime.
