November 4, 2000
Preparations of the Second Russian All-Star Game
The first Russian All-Star game held in Novokuznetsk, last year, was a great
success by all means and there is no need to remind how popular ice hockey is among
Russian fans. That game ended in a friendly 8:8 tie and all the participants of the
festivity were quite happy with the result. Now time has come to organize the next Russian
hockey show.
The possibility of including export players in the event is discussed by the
organizing committee. They want the show to be similar to what the NHL does. It's planned
to change the format of the game. Legionnaires, which is how foreign players are called in
Russia, will compete against the native players. The place and the date of the second
All-Star Game is still debated but it should take place exactly before the Baltic Cup, the
third stage of the Eurohockey tour, held in Moscow. Omsk city could possibly be the host
of the All-Star festivities. Here is the probable list of players who will make the teams
of Foreign Stars:
POS Name HGT WGT Birthdate Club
GK Alexander Vyukhin 175 72 09.01.73 Avangard Omsk, Ukrain
GK Paolo Dellabella 173 77 12.09.77 Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Switzerland
GK Igor Karpenko 172 77 23.07.76 Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Ukrain
Defensemen
LD Vladimir Antipin 189 90 18.04.70 Lada Togliatti, Kazakhstan
RD Vadim Glovatsky 174 88 01.01.70 Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Kazakhstan
RD Alexander Zhurik 194 89 29.05.75 Avangard Omsk, Belorussia
RD Igor Zemlyanoy 174 76 26.05.67 Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Kazakhstan
Vladimir Kopat 180 82 23.04.71 Severstal Cherepovets, Belorussia
LD Andrei Sokolov 183 80 22.01.68 Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Kazakhstan
RD Alexei Troschinsky 184 90 09.10.73 Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Kazakhstan
RD Steven Wilson 179 90 07.03.74 Molot-Prikamye Perm, Canada
RD Oleg Khmyl 182 85 30.01.70 Lada Togliatti, Belorussia
Forwards
RW Dmitry Dudarev 185 83 23.02.76 Dynamo Moscow, Kazakhstan
CE Alexei Kalyuzhny 178 76 13.06.77 Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Belorussia
LW Alexander Koreshkov 179 81 28.10.68 Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Kazakhstan
CE Yevgeny Koreshkov 170 80 11.03.70 Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Kazakhstan
LW Vitaly Litvinenko 181 85 14.03.70 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Ukrain
RW Alexander Nizhivijs 177 77 16.09.76 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Latvia
CE Andrei Pchelyakov 180 84 19.02.72 Severstal Cherepovets, Kazakhstan
CE Andrei Rasolko 177 81 13.09.68 Severstal Cherepovets, Belorussia
CE Mike Rutter Molot-Prikamye Perm, USA
LD Andrei Skabelka 186 88 20.01.70 Lada Togliatti, Belorussia
CE Dmitry Upper 186 86 27.07.78 AkBars Kazan, Kazakhstan
Anatoly Filatov 177 88 29.03.75 AkBars Kazan, Kazakhstan
CE Vadim Shakhraichuk 189 92 12.05.74 Avangard Omsk, Ukrain
LW Sergei Schitkovsky 174 87 31.08.70 Severstal Cherepovets, Belorussia
Denis Neznanov
HockeyZonePlus' Russian Correspondent |
