Ruslan Batyrshin Explained

Birth Date:February 19, 1975
Birth Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:185
Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
Played For:Dynamo Moscow
Los Angeles Kings
Avangard Omsk
Krylya Sovetov Moscow
Sibir Novosibirsk
Draft:79th overall
Draft Year:1993
Draft Team:Winnipeg Jets
Career Start:1993
Career End:2004

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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1991–92Dynamo Moscow-2USSR-340 0 2 2 52
1992–93Dynamo Moscow-2RUS-255 5 3 8 96
1993–94Dynamo MoscowIHL19 0 0 0 103 0 0 0 22
1993–94Dynamo Moscow-2RUS-313 0 2 2 18
1994–95Dynamo MoscowIHL36 2 2 4 6512 1 1 2 6
1994–95Dynamo Moscow-2RUS-211 0 1 1 20
1995–96Los Angeles KingsNHL2 0 0 0 6
1995–96Phoenix RoadrunnersIHL71 1 9 10 1442 0 0 0 2
1996–97Phoenix RoadrunnersIHL59 3 4 7 123
1997–98Grand Rapids GriffinsIHL22 0 2 2 54
1997–98Springfield FalconsAHL47 0 6 6 130
1998–99Dynamo MoscowRSL29 0 4 4 4215 0 1 1 16
1998–99Dynamo Moscow-2RUS-21 0 1 1 2
1999–00Anchorage AcesWCHL61 5 7 22 2434 0 1 1 10
2000–01Avangard OmskRSL31 1 2 3 3616 0 1 1 28
2001–02Krylya Sovetov MoscowRSL25 0 1 1 66
2001–02Avangard OmskRSL7 0 1 1 269 0 0 0 2
2001–02Avangard-VDV OmskRUS-32 1 2 3 0
2002–03Anchorage AcesWCHL59 2 6 8 252
2003–04Sibir NovosibirskRSL39 0 2 2 103
NHL totals2 0 0 0 6
RSL totals131 1 10 11 27340 0 2 2 40

International

YearTeamEventGP G A Pts PIM
1993RussiaEJC6 1 2 3 8
1995RussiaWJC7 1 4 5 10
Junior totals13 2 6 8 18

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruslam Batyrshin NHL player page. NHL.com. 17 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA. 2018. Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2019-01-29. 2019-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf. dead.