| Ilya Solovyov | |
| Birth Date: | 20 July 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Mogilev, Belarus |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lbs: | 187 |
| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| League: | NHL |
| Team: | Calgary Flames |
| Prospect League: | AHL |
| Prospect Team: | Calgary Wranglers |
| Former Teams: | Dinamo Minsk |
| Ntl Team: | Belarus |
| Draft: | 205th overall |
| Draft Year: | 2020 |
| Draft Team: | Calgary Flames |
| Career Start: | 2017 |
Ilya Ivanovich Solovyov (Russian: Илья Иванович Соловьёв; born 20 July 2000) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing with the Calgary Wranglers in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Internationally he played for the Belarusian national team at the 2021 World Championship.
Solovyov played as a youth in Belarus, developing within the Belarus under-20 national squad while participating in the Belarusian Extraliga (BXL). He was selected 53rd overall in the 2019 CHL Import Draft by the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and made his North American major junior debut in the following 2019–20 season, where he scored seven goals and had 33 assists for 40 points in 53 games.
He was drafted in the seventh round, 205th overall, in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames and returned to Belarus to play with HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). As a rookie in the 2020–21 season, Solovyov recorded 2 goals and 7 assists for 9 points and 36 penalty minutes in 41 games.
Solovyov was signed to a three-year, entry-level contract with the Calgary Flames on 6 April 2021.[1] [2]
Solovyov represented Belarus at the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[3] [4] [5]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 2016–17 | Belarus U20 | BLR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Belarus U20 | BLR | 53 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL | 53 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Dinamo-Molodechno | BLR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Stockton Heat | AHL | 51 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL | 68 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Calgary Wranglers | AHL | 51 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| KHL totals | 41 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Belarus | U18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2019 | Belarus | WJC-D1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | Belarus | WC-D1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | Belarus | WJC-D1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | Belarus | WC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Junior totals | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Senior totals | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||