HOCKEY CANADA
1999 IIHF World Junior Championship
| NAME | POS | CLUB | HT. | WT. | NHL STATUS |
| Evgeny Kononov | G | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 6'1 | 187 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Pavel Goncharov | G | Moscow Soviet Wings | 6'1 | 190 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Yuri Gerasimov | G | Moscow Dynamo | 6'1 | 182 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Alexei Volkov | G | Halifax (QMJHL) | Los Angeles | ||
| Mikhail Donika | D | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 6'0 | 190 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Maxim Maslennikov | D | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 6'0 | 187 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Dmitri Kokorev | D | Moscow Dynamo | 6'1 | 192 | Calgary |
| Vitali Vishnevsky | D | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 6'1 | 180 | Anaheim |
| Konstantin Gusev | D | Cheliabinsk Tractor | 5'11 | 185 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Kirill Safronov | D | St. Petersburg SKA | 6'1 | 180 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Artem Mariams | D | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 6'1 | 178 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Mikhail Gorbunov | D | Cherepovets Severstal | 6'5 | 178 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Mikhail Balandin | D | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 6'1 | 190 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Sergei Verenikin | F | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 6'1 | 188 | Ottawa |
| Roman Liashenko | F | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 6'1 | 187 | Dallas |
| Peter Schastlivyi | F | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 6'1 | 190 | Ottawa |
| Artem Chubarov | F | Moscow Dynamo | 6'1 | 192 | Vancouver |
| Denis Arkhipov | F | Kazen Ak Bars | 6'1 | 190 | Nashville |
| Denis Nikitenko | F | Tyumeh Rubin | 6'1 | 188 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Yuri Dobryshkin | F | Moscow Soviet Wings | 6'0 | 188 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Anton Bout | F | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 6'1 | 187 | New Jersey |
| Evgeny Lapin | F | Yaroslavl Torpedo | 5'9 | 167 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Denis Shvidky | F | Barrie Colts (OHL) | 6'1 | 185 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Maxim Afinogenov | F | Moscow Dynamo | 5'11 | 178 | Buffalo |
| Dmitri Afanasenkov | F | USA | 5'11 | 180 | Tampa Bay |
| Andrei Sidiakin | F | Ufa Salavat Yulaev | 5'11 | 178 | Montreal |
| Dmitri Kirilenko | F | Moscow CSKA | 6'0 | 182 | Eligible 1999 Draft |
| Alexander Zevakhin | F | Moscow CSKA | 6'1 | 187 | Pittsburgh |
STAFF/PERSONNEL
Delegation head: Vladimir Aseev
General manager: Valentin Kozin
Head coach:
Team physician: Alexander Zimin
Assistant coach: Valentin Gureev
Team therapist: Alexander Belyaev
Equipment manager: Oleg Kuchenev
Administrator: Viacheslav Volkov
Interpreter: Tatiana Lunina
Manager: Victor Starostine
At the 1998 World Junior Hockey Championship, it took an overtime goal by Niklas Hagman, the son of
Finnish hockey legend, Matti Hagman, to defeat an excellent Russian team in the gold-medal game.
It can't come as good news to the other teams competing at the 1999 World Junior Hockey Championship to know
that Russia has a strong nucleus of 12 players returning from the silver medal-winning team.
One of the key returning players should be Vitali Vishnevski, who played for Russia last year as a
17-year-old. Vishnevsky was selected fifth overall at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks,
who were obviously dazzled with the Russian defenceman's puckhandling and playmaking skills. Vishnevsky is
considered a brilliant powerplay quarterback.
Artem Chubarov, who had five points for Russia in the seven tournament games last year, leads a strong group
of returning forwards for head coach Peter Vorobiov's team.
Top 3 Prospects: Denis Shvidky, Kirill Safronov, Evgeny Lapin
