Oleg Saprykin

Oleg Saprykin
Born	February 12, 1981 (1981-02-12) (age 30) Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
KHL team Former teams	SKA Saint Petersburg Phoenix Coyotes Calgary Flames Ottawa Senators CSKA Moscow HC Dynamo Moscow
National team	Russia
NHL Draft	11th overall, 1999 Calgary Flames
Playing career	2000–present

Oleg Dmitrievich Saprykin (Russian: Олег Дмитриевич Сапрыкин; born February 12, 1981) is a Russian professional ice hockey player. Saprykin currently plays for the Ufa Salavat Yulayev of the Kontinental hockey league

Playing career

Saprykin was drafted by the Calgary Flames in the first round (11th overall) in 1999. He played a total of five seasons with the Calgary Flames before being traded along with Denis Gauthier to the Phoenix Coyotes on 26 August 2004 in exchange for Daymond Langkow.

On February 27, 2007 he was traded to the Ottawa Senators with a 2007 NHL Entry Draft seventh-round draft pick for a second-round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.

Awards

1999–2000 - WHL - West Second All-Star Team
1998–1999 - WHL - West Second All-Star Team

International play

Saprykin played for the CSKA Moscow hockey club from 1997–98, until he played in the WHL with the Seattle Thunderbirds. He returned to his old hockey club, CSKA Moscow, during the 2004–05 NHL lockout and for the 2008-09 KHL season. Saprykin was a member of Team Russia in the 2009 IIHF World Championships, which went on to win the gold medal.

International statistics

Year	Team	Event	Place		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2003	Russia	WC	5th		7	1	3	4	6
2009	Russia	WC	1 !		9	4	3	7	0
Senior int'l totals					16	5	6	11	6

External links

• Oleg Saprykin's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Oleg Saprykin's NHL player profile
• Oleg Saprykin – player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net

Preceded by Rico Fata

Calgary Flames' first round draft pick 1999

Succeeded by Brent Krahn

Persondata
Name	Saprykin, Oleg
Alternative names
Short description	Russian ice hockey player
Date of birth	1981-02-12
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death