Russia's Roster

Russia has announced their roster for the World Junior "A" Challenge. No names that stick out for this years draft but there's a few few names for the 2010 Draft.

Dmitry Shikin	6'1	183	08/28/1991	Kristall Electrostal
Igor Bobkov	6'4	192	01/02/1991	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Eduard Reyzvikh	5'10	159	03/20/1991	Avangard Omsk
Georgy Dulnev	6'4	181	03/25/1991	Kristall Electrostal
Nikita Pivtsakin	5'9	174	07/23/1991	Avangard Omsk
Stanislav Kalashnikov	5'9	163	10/26/1991	Avangard Omsk
Kirll Yuryev	6'0	181	02/22/1991	Lada Togliatti
Alexander Karpushkin	6'0	177	09/18/1991	Dynamo Moscow
Dmitry Kanifadin	6'3	196	04/03/1991	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Vitaly Zotov	6'1	166	04/01/1992	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Anton Kavera	5'11	161	02/11/1991	Neftyanik Almetyevsk
Georgy Berdyukov	6'1	179	08/19/1991	SKA St. Petersburg
Dmitry Orlov	5'11	179	07/23/1991	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Kirill Kabanov	6'3	177	07/16/1992	Spartak Moscow
Sergey Chvanov	6'0	177	05/20/1991	Severstal Cherepovets
Vladimir Tarasenko	5'10	166	12/13/1991	Syberia Novosibirsk
Vladimir Malinovsky	5'11	181	06/09/1991	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Stanislav Bocharov	5'11	170	06/20/1991	AK Bars Kazan
Evgeny Kuznetsov	5'11	168	05/19/1992	Traktor Chelyabinsk
Pavel Zotov	6'0	183	08/14/1991	Dynamo Moscow
Anton Burdasov	6'3	185	05/09/1991	Traktor Chelyabinsk
Alexander Burmistrov	5'11	172	10/21/1991	AK Bars Kazan
Kirill Lebedev	6'1	181	10/01/1991	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Maxim Kitsin	6'2	183	12/24/1991	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Roman Berdnikov	6'0	190	07/18/1992	Avangard Omsk
Sergey Barbashev	6'0	166	07/26/1992	CSKA Moscow
Stanislav Solovyev	6'4	190	01/01/1991	Traktor Chelyabinsk
Semen Valuyskiy	5'10	168	02/10/1991	Lada Togliatti

The two guys to watch out is Krill Kabanov and Maxim Kitsin both 2010 eligible. Andrei Kuchin isn't listed but he's one of the top Russians for the 2009 draft. Some say he will be named to the roster. Kitsin has four goals in 12 KHL games. Kabanov stormed onto the scene last year at the World Under-17 Challenge in London.

That's My Take

(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)