1999 IIHF World Junior Championship

NAME POS CLUB BORN HT. WT. NHL STATUS
Evgeny Cherepanov G Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 05/08/80 5'11 167 Eligible 1999 Draft
Vitali Kolesnik G Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 20/08/79 6'3 170 Eligible 1999 Draft
Alexandre Kolyuzhnyy G Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 14/07/81 6'0 161 Eligible 1999 Draft
Kirill Zinovyev G Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 22/02/79 5'10 170 Eligible 1999 Draft
Sergei Axyutenko D Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 02/05/79 5'0 168 Eligible 1999 Draft
Evgeny Blokhin D Izhstal 29/05/79 6'1 187 Eligible 1999 Draft
Evgeny Ivanov D Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 24/05/80 6'1 187 Eligible 1999 Draft
Alexei Litvinenko D Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 07/03/80 6'6 182 Eligible 1999 Draft
Vladimir Logvin D Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 27/01/80 5'11 160 Eligible 1999 Draft
Sergei Miroshnichenko D Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 21/06/79 5'11 178 Eligible 1999 Draft
Roman Rylskiy D Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 23/04/80 6'1 182 Eligible 1999 Draft
Andrei Ryumin D Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 19/11/80 5'11 174 Eligible 1999 Draft
Pavel Yakovlev D Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 29/03/80 6'2 188 Eligible 1999 Draft
Nikolai Antropov F Moscow Dynamo 18/02/80 6'5 178 Toronto
Maxim Belayev F Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 24/08/79 5'10 178 Eligible 1999 Draft
Sergei Chebotarevskiy F Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 13/05/80 6'3 187 Eligible 1999 Draft
Roman Kozlov F Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 30/09/81 5'11 167 Eligible 2000 Draft
Alexandre Krevsun F Lada 06/06/80 6'2 190 Eligible 1999 Draft
Mikhail Medvedev F Avangard 01/01/79 5'9 160 Eligible 1999 Draft
Evgeny Petrukhin F Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 31/08/80 5'9 160 Eligible 1999 Draft
Fedor Polichshuk F Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 04/07/79 5'8 146 Eligible 1999 Draft
Vadim Rifel F Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 19/02/79 5'10 195 Eligible 1999 Draft
Alexei Rodionov F Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 13/05/80 5'9 161 Eligible 1999 Draft
Ivan Tuyembayev F Yekaterinburg Dynamo 19/04/80 6'0 161 Eligible 1999 Draft
Inar Uteyev F Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 22/10/80 5'10 162 Eligible 1999 Draft
Oleg Yeremeyev F Soviet Wings 11/06/79 5'9 167 Eligible 1999 Draft
Rustam Yessirkenov F Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 28/06/80 5'11 160 Eligible 1999 Draft
Mikhail Yuryev F Ust-Kamenogorsk Torpedo 31/03/81 5'7 155 Eligible 1999 Draft
Nikolai Zarzhitskiy F Yekaterinburg Dynamo 18/02/79 6'1 170 Eligible 1999 Draft

STAFF/PERSONNEL

Coach: Jukka Rautakorpi
Assistant Coach: Kari Makkonen
Assistant Coach: Jukka Holtari
Goaltending Coach: Kalle Kettukangas
General Manager: Timo Bäckman

Kazakhstan made a big splash internationally at the 1998 World Junior Hockey Championship by stunning Canada 6-3 in the game that decided seventh and eighth place.

Nikolai Antropov, the Toronto Maple Leafs first-round draft pick, had three assists in that game and obviously impressed the Leafs' scouting corps, which attended the game.

At 6-foot-3, Antropov is a physical presence with excellent skills. He certainly won't be an unknown factor this time around.

Only eight members of last year's team are eligible to return to this year's World Junior Championship, so it's unknown how the athletes from Ust-Kamenogorsk will match up this year against the best in the world.