All-Time IIHF Rosters: Russia - The Near-Misses

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Based on THIS roster

RW - (S48) Bogdan Podarok, TPE: 747 - I'm not sure since we don't really keep great track of VHLM trophies, but I think Podarok may have the most all-time; he collected 3 individual awards (Osborne, Higgins, and Chershenko Trophies) and two Founders Cups in S47 and S48. Regardless, the reason Podarok doesn't make Russia's all-time team is because he really only had two good seasons in the VHL, S52 and S53, in which he broke the 100-point plateau in both campaigns. Outside of those seasons, he never broke 80 points. @FacePuncher

 

D/RW - (S53) Roman Sokolov, TPE: 860 - Roman Sokolov was a team player, through and through; he played his entire six season career with the Toronto Legion, and he even switched positions from Defense to Forward when they asked of him. He never won an individual award in his career, only winning two Founders Cups in S51 and S52. While he was a solid player, he wasn't really remarkable enough to crack Russia's all-time roster. @Beketov

 

C - (S62) Vyacheslav Smirnov, TPE: 813 - The only thing keeping Vyacheslav Smirnov off the roster is his relatively short career of only 5 seasons. He was absolutely dominant in those seasons though, as his 1.41 PPG is 2nd all-time among Russian players, only behind Hall-of-Famer Alexander Beketov. Had Smirnov played a full career of 8 (or even 7) seasons, there is no doubt in my mind that he would have made the All-Time roster. @Banackock

 

C - (S37) Konstantin Azhishchenkov, TPE: 396 - A journeyman with an interesting name, Azhishchenkov bounced around between the Americans, Reign, and Meute in his 6-year career, only ever scoring more than a PPG once (S39). He would receive the Funk Trophy for Most Improved Player that season, but I wouldn't consider his career better than any of the forwards I selected for Team Russia.  @d3vilsfire

 

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Name	Position	Draft Season	TPE	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	+/-	PIMs	Hits	Hit Tkn	Shots	SBs	PPG	SHG	GWG	GTG	EG	Hatties	Minutes	Pts/G
Alexander Beketov	F	6	593	506	291	461	752	299	236	134	790	3442	35	79	5	41	6	3	10	12466	1.49
Nikolai Lebedev	F	24	800	504	318	335	653	280	298	771	1066	2989	153	67	8	63	24	4	15	15349	1.3
Yuri Grigorenko	F	30	994	576	301	345	646	372	299	573	1103	3130	258	66	6	68	17	0	9	16531	1.12
Pavel Koradek	F	21	762	510	303	337	640	302	168	455	945	2715	114	65	2	51	18	1	22	14236	1.25
Sergei Komarov	F	56	862	504	215	298	513	214	759	1917		2336	232			38					1.02
Sergey Brovalenko	F	31	803	430	213	311	524	36	130	349	1554	2331	139	53	6	33	13	1	4	12540	1.22
Aleksei Federov	D	54	1030	576	203	404	607	86	912	1872		2347	842	73	3	37					1.05
Radislav Mjers	D	26	798	576	121	436	557	314	646	1012	779	1423	943	72	1	22	3	0	3	17399	0.97
Andrey Zadorov	D	36	646	504	34	336	370	133	580	807	719	513	799	20	0	6	5	0	0	14903	0.73
Nikita Lebedev	D	31	596	576	192	352	544	112	524	1177	983	2093	683	54	5	25	14	0	9	17416	0.94
Bogdan Podarok	F	48	747	360	204	220	424	158	92	226	855	2214	164	29	3	42	10	0	10	10588	1.18
Roman Sokolov	F	53	860	432	143	333	476	108	467	832		1881	863			28					1.1
Vyacheslav Smirnov	F	62	813	360	223	286	509	200	229	337		2146	140	48	2	36					1.41
Konstantin Azhishchenkov	F	37	396	499	173	236	409	-6	262	701	1432	1776	275	31	3	17	12	2	6	12373	0.82
				Games	Wins	Losses	OTL	Save %	GAA	Minutes	PIM	Shutouts	GA	SA
Alexander Labatte	G	28	1300	515	335	130	47	0.924	2.01	31127	30	69	1044	13662
Evgeni Chekhov	G	32	675	322	151	145	26	0.914	2.51	19471	16	31	815	9429