RSB Top 30: Preliminary Rankings
December 2002
Prospects eligible for 2003 NHL ENTRY DRAFT.
Rankings only for players based in Russia for the 02-03 season.
 
Rank
 +/- Player
Pos
 02/03 club
BD
Height
Weight
1
=
 Nikolai Zherdev
R/C/L
 CSKA Moscow
Nov.5/84
6-1
186
2
=
 Igor Mirnov
RW
 Dynamo Moscow
Sept.19/84
6-0
190
3
+1
 Dmitry Pestunov
C
 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Jan.22/85
5-10
200
4
-1
 Denis Ezhov
D
 Lada-2 Togliatti (R1)
Feb.28/85
6-0
200
5
=
 Konstantin Glazachev
LW
 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Feb.18/85
6-0
160
6
+2
 Evgeny Tunik
R/L
 Elemash Elektrostal (HL)
Nov.17/84
6-3
207
7
-1
 Grigory Shafigullin
C
 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Jun.13/85
6-2
175
8
-1
 Dmitry Kosmachev
D
 CSKA Moscow
Jan.7/85
6-3
190
9
=
 Ivan Khomutov
RW
 Elemash Elektrostal (HL)
Mar.11/85
6-3
195
10
=
 Andrei Kostitsyn
C/W
 CSKA Moscow
Feb.3/85
5-11
180
11
=
 Evgeny Isakov
LW
 Severstal Cherepovets
Oct.13/84
6-0
180
12
+1
 Ruslan Khasanshin
LW
 CSK VVS Samara (HL)
Feb.7/85
5-10
161
13
+1
 Alexei Ivanov
C
 Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1)
Jan.5/85
5-10
175
14
-2
 Roman Petrov
C
 Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1)
Apr.24/85
5-10
167
15
=
 Alexander Voronin
C
 Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1)
Sep.26/84
6-0
187
16
=
 Andrei Pervyshin
D
 Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1)
Jun.7/85
5-9
160
17
+1
 Arseny Bondarev
LW
 Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1)
Sept.4/85
6-1
160
18
-1
 Yuri Ermolin
RW
 Avangard Omsk
May.6/84
6-0
187
19
=
 Rafik Khairetdinov
D
 Krylia Sovetov-2 Moscow (R1)
May.5/85
6-1
170
20
+1
 Sergei Shtymenko
LW
 CSKA-2 Moscow (R1)
Aug.5/85
5-10
180
21
+2
 Dmitry Kostyuk
D
 Elemash Elektrostal (HL)
Oct.6/84
6-0
180
22
=
 Anton Ponomarev
D
 Molot-Prikamie Perm
Oct.24/84
6-1
175
23
+2
 Alexander Zhurun
F
 Molot-Prikamie Perm
Apr.8/85
5-10
178
24
+6
 Alexander Shinin
D
 Severstal Cherepovets
Jan.7/84
5-10
181
25
-5
 Artyom Nosov
D
 Metallurg Magnitogorsk
Apr.4/85
5-11
187
26
+1
 Georgy Misharin
D
 Dynamo-Energia  (HL)
May.11/85
6-0
190
27
-3
 Dmitry Chernykh
RW
 Khimik Voskresenks (HL)
Feb.2/85
6-1
170
28
new
 Kirill Stepanov
D
 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Jan.28/84
5-11
191
29
new
 Artur Garipov
D
 Amur-2 Khabarovsk (R1)
Jan.26/84
6-4
219
30
-4
 Nikita Bazhukov
RW/D
 Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1)
Jul.31/85
6-2
190

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