RSB Top 30: Preliminary RankingsNovember 2002Prospects eligible for 2003 NHL ENTRY DRAFT.
Rankings only for players based in Russia for the 02-03 season.
Rank Player Pos Team 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 Denis Ezhov D Lada-2 Togliatti (R1) Feb.28/85 6-0 200 4 Dmitry Pestunov C Metallurg Magnitogorsk Jan.22/85 5-10 200 5 Konstantin Glazachev LW Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1) Feb.18/85 6-0 160 6 Grigory Shafigullin C Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1) Jan.13/85 6-2 175 7 Dmitry Kosmachev D CSKA Moscow Jun.7/85 6-3 190 8 Evgeny Tunik R/L Elemash Elektrostal (HL) Nov.17/84 6-3 207 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 Roman Petrov C Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1) Apr.24/85 5-10 167 13 Ruslan Khasanshin LW CSK VVS Samara (HL) Feb.7/85 5-10 161 14 Alexei Ivanov C Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1) Jan.5/85 5-10 175 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 Yuri Ermolin RW Avangard Omsk May.6/84 6-0 187 18 Arseny Bondarev LW Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1) Sept.4/85 6-1 160 19 Rafik Khairetdinov D Krylia Sovetov-2 Moscow (R1) May.5/85 6-1 170 20 Artyom Nosov D Metallurg Magnitogorsk Apr.4/85 5-11 187 21 Sergei Shtymenko LW CSKA-2 Moscow (R1) Aug.5/85 5-10 180 22 Anton Ponomarev D Molot-Prikamie Perm Oct.24/84 6-1 175 23 Dmitry Kostyuk D Elemash Elektrostal (HL) Oct.6/84 6-0 180 24 Dmitry Chernykh RW Khimik Voskresenks (HL) Feb.2/85 6-1 170 25 Alexander Zhurun F Molot-Prikamie Perm Apr.8/85 5-10 178 26 Nikita Bazhukov RW/D Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1) Jul.31/85 6-2 190 27 Georgy Misharin D Dynamo-Energia Ekatirinbourg (HL) May.11/85 6-0 190 28 Sergei Nemolodyshev L/R Dynamo-Energia Ekatirinbourg (HL) Mar.30/85 NA NA 29 Dmitry Megalinsky D Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl (R1) Apr.15/85 6-2 220 30 Alexander Shinin D Severstal Cherepovets Jan.7/84 5-10 184 Note: The Report version offers you short scouting recap on each player included in the rankings.