Ruslan Alievich Batyrshin (Russian: Руслан Алиевич Батыршин; born February 19, 1975) is a Russian former professional hockey player. He played 2 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 1995–96 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1991 to 2005, was mainly spent in Russia. Batyrshin was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 4th round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.[1] He is an ethnic Tatar. As a youth, he played in the 1989 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Moscow.[2] His brother, Rafael, also played hockey.
| Ruslan Batyrshin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
February 19, 1975 Moscow, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Dynamo Moscow Los Angeles Kings Avangard Omsk Krylya Sovetov Moscow Sibir Novosibirsk | ||
| NHL draft |
79th overall, 1993 Winnipeg Jets | ||
| Playing career | 1993–2004 | ||
Career statistics edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1991–92 | Dynamo Moscow-2 | USSR-3 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Dynamo Moscow-2 | RUS-2 | 55 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Dynamo Moscow | IHL | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| 1993–94 | Dynamo Moscow-2 | RUS-3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Dynamo Moscow | IHL | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1994–95 | Dynamo Moscow-2 | RUS-2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 71 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1996–97 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 59 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 123 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Grand Rapids Griffins | IHL | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997–98 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 47 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 130 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Dynamo Moscow | RSL | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 1998–99 | Dynamo Moscow-2 | RUS-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Anchorage Aces | WCHL | 61 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 243 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2000–01 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | ||
| 2001–02 | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | RSL | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | Avangard-VDV Omsk | RUS-3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Anchorage Aces | WCHL | 59 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 252 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Sibir Novosibirsk | RSL | 39 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| RSL totals | 131 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 273 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 | ||||
International edit
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Russia | EJC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1995 | Russia | WJC | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| Junior totals | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Ruslam Batyrshin NHL player page". NHL.com. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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