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December 16, 1999
Russian All-Star Game
The first Russian All-Star game was a great success by all accounts and
there is no need to prove how popular ice hockey is among the fans of the "poor
country of politicians". Imagine Novokuznetsky Ice Palace was sold out! Initially, it
was built only for 7,800 attendees but the organizers managed to accommodate 8,200 fans!
The only disappointing fact was that Russian TV heads deprived millions
of Russians of the pleasure of seeing the first hockey fest. At least there were small
local TV companies that tried to popularize and promote the show. They do know that there
are lots of fans who love and appreciate the work of those who do their best on the ice.
After all the players for the All-Star Game were chosen according to fan
voting that was held by one authoritative Russian sporting newspaper.
Eastern Team:
Goalies:
Vitalie Yeremeyev (Dynamo Moscow)
24 , 184 cm, 90 kg,15 GP, 19 GA, 1.27 GAA
Yegor Podomatsky (Torpedo Yaroslavl)
23 , 177 cm, 79 kg, 21 GP, 34 GA, 1.64 GAA
Defensemen:
Oleg Davydov (Lada Togliatti)
28 , 178 cm, 81 kg, 22 GP, 3G, 7A, 51 PIM
Dimitri Krasotkin (Torpedo Yaroslavl)
28 , 182 cm, 90 kg, 21 GP, 5G, 7A, 10 PIM
Andrei Markov (Dynamo Moscow)
21 , 184 cm, 86 kg, 23 GP, 8G, 8A, 26 PIM
Oleg Orekhovsky (Dynamo Moscow)
22 , 176 cm, 76 kg, 22 GP, 1G, 3A, 28 PIM
Vitalie Proshkin (Dynamo Moscow)
23 , 192 cm, 96 kg, 21 GP, 1G, 2A, 10 PIM
Alexei Troschinsky (Dynamo Moscow)
26 , 180 cm, 80 kg, 23 GP, 3G, 4A, 28 PIM
Alexander Khavanov (Dynamo Moscow)
27 , 183 cm, 85 kg, 23 GP, 3G, 8A, 35 PIM
Forwards:
Dennis Arkhipov (AkBars Kazan)
20 , 190 cm, 88 kg, 22 GP, 3G, 8A, 10 PIM
Dimitri Vlasenkov (Torpedo Yaroslavl)
21 , 184 cm, 88 kg, 23 GP, 12G, 12A, 6 PIM
Yuri Dobryshkin (AkBars Kazan)
20 , 182 cm, 82 kg, 19 GP, 4G, 4A, 22 PIM
Alexander Zybin (CSKA Moscow)
39 , 178 cm, 93 kg, 13 GP, 0G, 1A, 4 PIM
Mikhail Ivanov (Dynamo Moscow)
28 , 187 cm, 84 kg, 23 GP, 12G, 7A, 12 PIM
Denis Kartsev (Dynamo Moscow)
23 , 184 cm, 83 kg, 21 GP, 4G, 5A, 4 PIM
Alexai Koznev (SKA St.Peterburg)
24 , 174 cm, 85 kg, 23 GP, 7G, 3A, 32 PIM
Alexander Kuvaldin (Dynamo Moscow)
25 , 177 cm, 76 kg, 20 GP, 8G, 4A, 12 PIM
Alexei Kudashov (AkBars Kazan)
28 , 182 cm, 84 kg, 22 GP, 9G, 9A, 10 PIM
Albert Leshev (CSKA Moscow)
28 , 190 cm, 90 kg, 20 GP, 6G, 15A, 20 PIM
Alexander Prokopyev (Dynamo Moscow)
27 , 182 cm, 85 kg, 23 GP, 4G, 8A, 38 PIM
Dimitri Upper (Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod)
21 , 186 cm, 82 kg, 22 GP, 9G, 4A, 18 PIM
Alexander Kharitonov (Dynamo Moscow)
23 , 172 cm, 68 kg, 20 GP, 9G, 13A, 10 PIM
Coach:
Zinutala Bilyaletdinov (Dynamo Moscow)
Assistant-Coach:
Rafail Ishmatov |
Western Team:
Goalies:
Vadim Tarasov (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
22 , 183 cm, 80 kg,18 GP, 42 GA, 2.51 GAA
Leonid Fatikov (Molot Prikamye Perm)
31 , 190cm, 109kg, 20 GP, 39 GA, 1.93 GAA
Defensemen:
Andrei Yevstafyev (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
27 , 176 cm, 80 kg, 22 GP, 4G, 8A, 12 PIM
Oleg Mikulchik (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
35 , 184 cm, 90 kg, 12 GP, 1G, 4A, 22 PIM
Yuri Panov (Avangard Omsk)
28 , 190 cm, 100 kg, 21 GP, 3G, 4A, 32 PIM
Yevgeny Petrochinin (Met. Novokuznetsk)
27 , 176 cm, 80 kg, 22 GP, 4G, 8A, 12 PIM
Dimitri Ryabikin (Avangard Omsk)
23 , 188 cm, 97 kg, 21 GP, 4G, 4A, 14 PIM
Sergey Tertyshny (Met. Magnitogorsk)
29 , 183 cm, 85 kg, 19 GP, 0G, 6A, 6 PIM
Dimitri Filimonov (Molot Prikamye Perm)
28 , 191 cm, 103 kg, 22 GP, 4G, 2A, 16 PIM
Oleg Shargorodsky (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
30 , 187 cm, 97 kg, 23 GP, 6G, 5A, 35 PIM
Forwards:
Yevgeny Askmetov (Molot Prikamye Perm)
24 , 188 cm, 92 kg, 22 GP, 8G, 12A, 42 PIM
Nickolay Bardin (Molot Prikamye Perm)
23 , 174 cm, 70 kg, 23 GP, 7G, 10A, 26 PIM
Maxim Bets (Met. Magnitogorsk)
25 , 184 cm, 91 kg, 21 GP, 2G, 2A, 12 PIM
Alexander Gulyavtsev (Prikamye Perm)
26 , 173cm, 83kg, 23 GP, 13G, 10A, 36 PIM
Ravil Gusmanov (Met. Magnitogorsk)
27 , 186 cm, 89 kg, 23 GP, 6G, 8A, 18 PIM
Georgy Evtukhin (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
29 , 182 cm, 90 kg, 23 GP, 7G, 24A, 8 PIM
Dimitri Zatonsky (Avangard Omsk)
28 , 175 cm, 79 kg, 21 GP, 9G, 8A, 32 PIM
Valerie Karpov (Met. Magnitogorsk)
28 , 178 cm, 90 kg, 23 GP, 4G, 10A, 14 PIM
Evgeny Koreshkov (Met. Magnitogorsk)
29 , 170 cm, 80 kg, 20 GP, 11G, 9A, 51 PIM
Maxim Krayev (Ekaterinsborough)
20 , 184 cm, 84 kg, 23 GP, 8G, 6A, 6 PIM
Maxim Sushinsky (Avangard Omsk)
25 , 172cm, 79kg, 21 GP, 12G, 13A, 30 PIM
Alexei Tkachuk (Metallurg Novokuznetsk)
35 , 171 cm, 78 kg, 22 GP, 13G, 10A, 8 PIM
Sergey Gomolyako
Coach:
Valerie Belousov (Met. Magnitogorsk)
Assistant-Coaches:
Sergei Nikolayev
Vladimir Golubovick |
The festivities started in Novokuznetsk with the bright
opening ceremony. Then Alexander Prokopyev and Sergey Gomolyako who were the captains for
the Western and Eastern teams respectively lead their teammates out onto the ice. The
representatives of the All-Star teams exchanged handshakes and the game started.
Yevgeny Koreshkov was the first player to score in the Russian All-Star
game. Then one goal followed the other: Zybin, Vlasenkov, Sushinsky sco-ooooooo-re!!! The
first period is over.
During this short pause, Alexander Pashkov presented Vadim Tarasov with
the title of the best 1998/1999 goaltender of Russia.
Then the representatives of the teams demonstrated its skills in the
shoot-out. The West was a success but in the second intermission the East maintained the
duce. Nevertheless the Western team finally won the shoot-out competition (3-2).
The game went on and once again one goal followed another: Gorshkov,
Dobryshkin, Kudashov, Yevtukhin and at the end of the game Yevgeny Koreshkov scored his
second goal. Final score 8-8.
Fatikov and Podomatsky were acknowledged as the best goaltenders,
Mikulchik and Turikov as the best defensemen. Sushinsky, Ivanov, Tkachuk and Zybin were
noted as the best of the best among forwards.
Maxim Sushisky (G1+A3=PTS4) comments on the game," The show was
well-organized and I hope everybody was content. After all here the best hockey players in
Russia were here. Believe me the game was interesting not only for the fans but for all
hockey players as well.
Oleg Mikulchik said, "I have not been this content in a long time.
It was a pure game of aesthetics. It was great to play with such experienced and skilled
players."
Denis Neznanov
HockeyZone's Russian Correspondent
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