Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) Playing career Current team HC Sochi KHL team Ak Bars Kazan Weight 95 kg | Shoots Left Role Ice hockey player Position Defence Name Ziyat Paigin | |
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Born February 8, 1995 (age 29)
Penza, Russia ( 1995-02-08 ) NHL Draft 209th overall, 2015
Edmonton Oilers | ||
Ziyat Paigin drafted by Edmonton Oilers (NHL Draft)
Ziyat Asiyatovich Paigin (Зият Асиятович Пайгин; born 8 February 1995) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Edmonton Oilers in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected with the Oilers last pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, 209th overall.
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Playing career
Paigin played youth hockey with Dizel Penza before he was drafted in the 2012 KHL Junior Draft, 82nd overall by Ak Bars Kazan. Paigin made his Kontinental Hockey League debut playing with Ak Bars Kazan during the 2014–15 KHL season registering a goal and assist in 33 games.
In the following 2015–16 season, despite Paigin's size and potential he was unable to break into Kazan's blueline full-time and after 8 games was traded to HC Sochi on 10 October 2015. Inserted into a regular role on Sochi's defense, Paigin instantly broke out offensively, scoring 9 goals and 27 points in 37 games and as a result was selected to participate in the 2016 KHL All-Star Game.
In the off-season, despite Sochi's attempts to extend the contract of Paigin, he was traded back to original club, Ak Bars Kazan, in exchange for financial compensation on May 2, 2016. In the following 2016–17 season, Paigin failed to build upon his previous season's success with Sochi. With reduced ice-time and also hampered by injury, Paigin posted 1 goal and 4 points in 17 games with Ak Bars. Incurring a demotion with Bars Kazan of the VHL at seasons end, Paigin opted to pursue his NHL ambitions in agreeing to an amateur try-out contract with the Oilers American Hockey League affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors, on April 5, 2017. Paigin reportedly was not happy with his ice time and role within his KHL team. On April 11, 2017, Paigin was signed by the Oilers to a two-year entry-level contract.