Ilya Proskuryakov (; born February 21, 1987) is a Russian professional

goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as goalie or netminder) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their own team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays ...

who is currently playing for

Avangard Omsk Hockey Club Avangard (, Vanguard), also known as Avangard Omsk, is a professional ice hockey club based in Omsk, Russia. It is a member of the Chernyshev Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Franchise history Early years of Omsk hock ...

in the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; ) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs based in Russia (20), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1), and China (1) for a total of 23 clubs. It was considered in ...

(KHL).

Playing career

Ilya Proskuryakov began his professional career in 2003, playing with Metallurg-2 Magnitogorsk of the

Russian Hockey First League The All-Russian Hockey League B or VHL-B (, ''Pervenstvo Vserossiyskoy hokkeynoy ligi'') is an ice hockey league in Russia. It stands at the third-tier of the Russian ice hockey pyramid, below the second-level VHL and the top-tier KHL. Histor ...

(Pervaya Liga). At just 18 years of age, Proskuryakov made his debut for parent team

Metallurg Magnitogorsk Metallurg Magnitogorsk () is a professional ice hockey club based in Magnitogorsk, Russia. It is a member of the Kharlamov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The club also competed in the Champions Hockey League (2008–09), Champion ...

of the

Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague (, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was considered the second-best league in the world, after the Nation ...

.He saves, wins, and even scores
Martin Merk & Florian Russmann, IIHF.com, January 26, 2009. Retrieved June 2, 2009 Proskuryakov amassed less than 463 minutes within the Superleague over the next four years, but after Metallurg starter

Andrei Mezin Andrei Anatolyevich Miezin (, ; born 8 July 1974) is a Belarusian ice hockey coach and a retired goaltender. Playing career Mezin left his native Belarus in 1993 to head to North America and would spend five seasons playing in different leagues ...

became injured in

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, Proskuryakov rocketed up the charts as one of the brightest KHL rookies. In late January, 2009, Proskuryakov played one of his greatest games yet, earning a 2-0 win for his team, and stopping 26 saves for the shutout. Proskuryakov's night did not end there though as he became the first netminder to score a goal in a KHL game, when he added an

empty net goal An empty net goal, abbreviated as EN or ENG and colloquially called an empty netter, occurs in several team sports when a team scores a goal into a net with no goaltender ''(goalie)'' present. Ice hockey Empty net goals usually occur on two occas ...

with 15 seconds left in the game.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

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