Goalkeepers
Andrey Medvedev. The last year and a half did not play. Gained excess weight and lost in the vastness of the country. So that even the Spartak trainers could not find him.
Konstantin Barulin. In Halifax, he was the second goalkeeper. Now he is in favor of Mytishchi “Chemist”, often losing the competition to Kazakhstani Vitaly Kolesnik.
DEFENDERS
Fedor Tyutin. Halifax made the assist in the final match. Pretty confident playing in the New York Rangers. Not a star, but without such hockey players you can’t imagine any team.
Denis Grebeshkov. He played in the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, then ingloriously went to the NHL without scoring a single goal in 32 games for Los Angeles and Islanders. Now again at Lokomotiv.
Dmitry Fakhrutdinov. It is strange that he was generally invited to that team. Neither before nor after the World Cup did not remember anything. He played in Voronezh, Tver (when there was not yet the HC MVD). Last summer I tried in the Penza "Diesel", but did not gain a foothold.
Kirill Koltsov . In the final of the World Cup he made an assist. He played a little overseas (two years in the AHL), then returned. One of the best defenders of the national championship. Regularly invited from the Omsk “Vanguard” to the national team.
Konstantin Korneev . Last year, he became the champion of the country as part of Ak Bars. Now stands for CSKA. He plays unevenly, but was urgently called up to the national team for the Channel One Cup. The weather is not ruined.
Mikhail Lyubushin. Over the past eight years, played in seven teams. Now in the "Vanguard", where nothing stands out, holding, however, a solid level. I did not try to play in the NHL.
Maxim Kondratiev . Played in the NHL for the “Toronto” and “Rangers”. He returned last year. Defender of Lada and the national team. It is noticeable by the fact that it always goes onto the ice in dazzling white leggings.
Denis Yezhov . Over the past five years, played in four teams, scoring just two goals. And one - more recently, at the gates of Ak Bars. I didn’t go to the NHL. Now in the Chelyabinsk "Tractor". Very rarely made his way into the composition.
FORWARDING
Igor Grigorenko . At the World Cup, he scored a goal and made a transfer. He was considered one of the most talented hockey players of the country and the world of his age. But he did not have time to leave for the NHL. After a party at the club, he got into a serious car accident and received serious injuries. He returned to the ice a year later, but did not regain his previous form. Threatens to leave for Detroit next season.
Yuri Trubachev . The author of the winning puck in the World Cup finals. I didn’t go to the NHL. He plays for his native Severstal (absented for the season in SKA). Perhaps he buried talent in Cherepovets. To play in a team that claims to be medals once every five years is futile for a career.
Alexander Perezhogin . He made two assists in the finals of the World Cup. It was not without difficulty that he made his way into the main squad of Montreal and now regularly goes out on the ice, steadily improving statistics. Last year I really wanted to play at the World Cup in Riga. But Vladimir Krikunov did not include him in the application, which offended him mortally.
Alexander Polushin . He scored an assistant point in the finals of the World Cup. In the NHL did not hit. He began the season at Chemist, but was expelled in December without playing a single meeting. I didn’t remember anything before, defending the colors of CSKA and Severstal.
Andrey Taratukhin . In the finals of the youth world championship scored a goal. That offseason went to look for happiness in the NHL, but so far is not impressive even at the farm club. Last winter, unexpectedly for everyone, he performed at the Olympics in Turin. Not to say that I remember.
Alexander Ovechkin . The real star of world hockey. He plays for Washington.
Alexey Kaygorodov . I traveled over the ocean, but did not gain a foothold in Ottawa, returning to Magnitogorsk Metallurg. Recently, “senators” exchanged him for the “Phoenix”, but Alexey does not want to go to America anymore.
Sergey Anshakov . Too fond of breaking the regime. As a result, he ruined himself as a hockey player. Now plays for Siberia. The NHL does not take these.
Timothy Shishkanov . He played America, balancing between farm clubs and main squads, first at St. Louis, then at Nashville. Now he plays for Chekhov's Vityaz. Nothing stands out.
Evgeny Artyukhin . He played in the NHL and pretty good. But for some reason he returned and now moved to Yaroslavl.
One of the best power strikers in Russia. True, playing for the “Locomotive”, receives too many penalty minutes.
Nikolai Zherdev . At one time, with a scandal, he fled from Russia to the NHL, and then focused on improving the terms of the contract, and not on the game. Spilled talent. He began the season in Mytishchi, but was not impressed. Now at Columbus.
Dmitry Pestunov . To appear in the NHL and did not try. As he began in 2001 in Magnitogorsk, he is playing there now (not counting several matches for Spartak Moscow). The team is considered a reliable forward. But this season he scored just three goals, and in one game. Cannot score 28 matches in a row.
Alexey Shevchenko