Russian hockey player Denis Khlystov

Denis Khlystov is a famous Russian hockey player. He plays at the position of the striker. Medalist of Continental Hockey League Championship. Currently, he plays for Kazan "Ak Bars".

Biography of the hockey player

Denis Khlystov was born in Ufa in 1979. Hockey was carried away in his youth. In the capital of Bashkiria he began to play in youth teams.

In the professional club made his debut in 1997, when he was 18 years old. The first team was the Ufa "Novoil", which at that time played in the First League. Denis Khlystov scored 26 points per season - scored 13 goals and gave 13 assists.

The young striker showed himself very well and the next year he was in the main team of Ufa, "Salavat Yulaev". First spent the season in the First League in a double, then moved to the main team.

Debut in the Super League

In his debut season in the Premier League Denis Khlystov regularly appeared on the site. His team took 9th place in the regular season and got a ticket to the playoffs. However, in the first round, "Salavat Yulaev" lost to the Perm "Molot-Prikamye" with a score of 1: 3.

In the season 1999/00 Ufimtsev extremely unsuccessfully held a regular championship, being overboard the playoffs. By the way, in that year, a series of games on the elimination did not fall only 4 teams. Therefore, "Salavat" had to defend their right to speak in the Super League in the transitional tournament. Having won 10 matches out of 14, Ufimtsy retained a residence permit in the elite division.

In "Salavat" played until 2006, Denis Khlystov. The hockey player spent 267 matches on the court, in which he scored 56 points. Scored at the same time 23 washers. His team several times went to the playoffs, but always dropped out in the first round.

New Clubs

In 2006, Khlystov signed a contract with Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik. For two seasons he played more than 100 matches, in which he scored 16 goals. The highest place for his team during this time in the Super League was the 12th.

In 2008, Denis Khlystov moved to Magnitogorsk Metallurg. The hockey player first appeared in the club, really struggling for the medal of the championship. With this team, he made his debut in the newly formed Continental Hockey League.

The first season was successful. "Metallurg" was the sixth in the regular season. In 1/8 finals in three matches knocked out of the draw Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo, in 1/4 defeated Atlant from Mytischi 3: 1. Only in the semifinals he lost 4 of 5 games to Yaroslavl "Locomotives".

More such serious success in "Metallurg" Khlystov did not achieve. I played in the team until 2012. I spent 137 matches on the court. He scored 23 goals, scored 58 points on the system "goal + pass."

Return to Ufa

In 2012 Denis Khlystov, whose photo regularly got on the strip of sports newspapers, returned to the Ufa Salavat Yulaev. The team performed much more confidently. In the season 2012/13 Ufimtsev became the fifth in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs, Magnitogorsk "Metallurg" won in 7 games. In the semifinals of the conference they played with the more recent Kazan "Ak Bars", which passed the previous stage without defeats. Kazan won 4: 3.

In the season of 2031/14 Khlystov again won bronze medals. In the regular season the Ufimians shared 3-5 places in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs in a bitter struggle, they defeated Nizhny Novgorod's Torpedo 4-3, and then Kazakhstan's Barys 4-2. Only in the final of the conference "Salavat" lost in five matches Magnitogorsk "" Metallurg ".

In the 2015/16 season, Khlystov became a three-time bronze medalist of the Russian championship. In that season he was a key player, spent 48 matches on the site.

Regular season "Salavat Yulaev" finished 4th in the Eastern Conference, having passed ahead Omsk "Avangard", Magnitogorsk "Metallurg" and "Siberia" from Novosibirsk.

In the quarter finals of the conference Ufimtsev led in the confrontation with the Kazan "Ak Bars" 3: 1. However, later they lost 3: 4 at home, and then 0: 8 in the capital of Tatarstan. In the decisive meeting, Khlystov's team was able to win 3-2.

In the semifinals of the conference "Salavat" met with Omsk "Vanguard". Again Ufimtsev led 3: 1 in the series to 4 wins and again brought the confrontation to the seventh, the decisive match. This time they played on a visit, but again won. This time 2: 1.

In the final of the conference for the right to play in the Gagarin Cup final, Ufimtsev played with Magnitogorsk Metallurg. We started with two defeats (2: 3 in overtime and 1: 6). Then they won home 3: 2, but lost again in the second match. So the account in the series became 1: 3. Correct mistakes "Salavat" had to the opponent's field. Team Khlystov transferred the game to overtime, but could not win and again satisfied with only bronze medals.

In 2016, Khlystov became a free agent. The contract with him was signed by Yekaterinburg Motorist. In the regular season, the team took only 11th place in the Eastern Conference and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Tragedy in his personal life

In 2013, a hockey tragedy occurred in the family of a hockey player. Recover after it for a long time could not Denis Khlystov. The wife, whose photo was adorned with family albums, committed suicide. It is known that she was in a prolonged depression.

The wife's family blamed the athlete for everything. According to them, he regularly and severely beaten her. This led to depression and subsequent death. However, the criminal case on the fact of bringing to suicide was not instituted.