Nikita Bespalov
Nikita Viktorovich Bespalow (Russian: Никита Викторович Беспалов; born December 28, 1987 in the Russian SFSR ) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender who is under contract with Sibir Novosibirsk HK in the Kontinental Hockey League since December 2013.
Career
Nikita Bespalow began his career as a hockey player in the junior department of the HK CSKA Moscow, for its second team, he was active from 2004 to 2008 in the third-class Perwaja league. Then the goalkeeper spent among the professionals of HK Belgorod and Chimik Woskressensk in Wysschaja League, the second Russian league a year each. He stood in a total of 67 games in the main round on the ice and had a Gegentorschnitt of 2.61 at.
For the season 2010/11 Bespalow Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League was committed, but early in the season in the farm team, the HK Sarov from the Wysschaja Hockey League sent. During the following season he came to KHL 12 missions before his contract was extended with torpedo in May 2012.
In December 2013 he transferred in exchange for the right to vote for the KHL Junior Draft for HK Sibir Novosibirsk.
Internationally
For Russia took part in the Bespalow U20 World Junior Championship in 2007 and won with his team the silver medal. As a goalkeeper he remained without use.
Awards and achievements
- 2007 Silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championships