Player's Profile
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- Name: Maxim Kitsyn
- Position: LW
- Shoots: Right
- Height: 6-2
- Weight: 192 lbs
- Birthdate: 1991-12-24
- Eligible for Draft: 2010
- Drafted: 2010
- Hometown: Novokuznetsk, Russia
- Acquired: 6th round (158th overall), 2010
- Playing In: CHL
Maxim Kitsyn
Prospect Grade: 7.0 C (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: HF Staff
History
2008-09: Played for Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the KHL. In 31 games, he scored 5 goals and added 2 assists for 7 points. Kitsyn played for Russia at the U-18 World Junior Championships. In 7 games, he scored 4 goals and added 4 assists for 8 points.
2009-10: Split the season between Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the KHL and Kuznetskie Medvedi in the MHL. In 21 KHL games, Kitsyn scored 1 goal and 1 assist for 2 points. In the MHL, he netted 6 goals and added 12 assists for 18 points in 11 games. In 17 playoff games for that club, he scored 9 goals and added 12 assists for 21 points. At the 2010 U-20 WJC, Kitsyn picked up 3 assists in 6 games.
2010-11: Kitsyn opened the season with Novokuznetsk Metallurg, skating in 18 games for the weakest team in Russia's KHL. After leading gold medal-winning Russia with five goals at the 2011 U20 World Junior Tournament in Buffalo he remained in North America and finished the season with Mississauga St. Michaels in the OHL. Kitsyn scored 3 goals with 4 assists and was -2 with 8 PMs for Metallurg. In addition to his 5 goals, he had 4 assists and was +7 with Team Russia. Kitsyn joined a Majors team with the OHL's best record as it prepared to host the Memorial Cup. After scoring 9 goals with 17 assists in 32 regular season games, Kitsyn was the Majors' second-leading scorer in the playoffs with 10 goals and 9 assists in 19 playoff games as the Majors lost to Midwest Division champion Owen Sound in the OHL Finals. Kitsyn had 1 goal with 1 assist and was +3 with 8 PMs in five Memorial Cup games for the runner-up Majors (3-2).
Talent Analysis
Kitsyn is a supremely talented young forward withthe body and skill package to suggest he could one day develop into a power forward. Playing in the KHL however, he was inconsistent shift-to-shift, let alone game-to-game, failing to display his offensive ability with any sort of regularity. However, when playing against lesser competition, Kitsyn has shown a great confidence and elite play, suggesting he simply needs more time to physically mature.
Future
Kitsyn will join Mississuaga of the OHL for 2010-11.
Stats
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Profile Last Updated: December, 6th 2011
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