Ukraine: Ukrainian Top Players All Time

[PanniniClaus]

In the spirit of the IIHF doing to top players for all countries during the 100 year celebrations. Can anyone do a Ukrianian top line?

Here is what I have.

G - Igor Karpenko
D- Alex Godynyuk
D- Sergei Klimentyev
LW-Ruslan Fedotenko
RW- Dmitri Khristich
C - Igor Chibirev

Honorable mention to Alex Ponikarovsky on the Wing..

There may be older Ukrainians that played under the banner of the Soviet Union. Feel free to add.

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[Albatros]

I guess it depends on the definition, a lot of Ukrainian top guys chose to play for Russia. But at least Zhitnik I would count in as he has been actively involved in Ukrainian hockey.

 

[filip85]

In the spirit of the IIHF doing to top players for all countries during the 100 year celebrations. Can anyone do a Ukrianian top line?

Here is what I have.

G - Igor Karpenko
D- Alex Godynyuk
D- Sergei Klimentyev
LW-Ruslan Fedotenko
RW- Dmitri Khristich
C - Igor Chibirev

Honorable mention to Alex Ponikarovsky on the Wing..

There may be older Ukrainians that played under the banner of the Soviet Union. Feel free to add.

Wasn't 100 year back in 2008. ?

 

[PanniniClaus]

I guess it depends on the definition, a lot of Ukrainian top guys chose to play for Russia. But at least Zhitnik I would count in as he has been actively involved in Ukrainian hockey.

Zhitnik would be better than the two I mentioned.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Wasn't 100 year back in 2008. ?

You are right...you would think I would remember that since I attended 4 games in Halifax!

 

[Albatros]

Other names one could consider for D are Shiryayev, Babchuk, Tverdovsky. The latter played for Russia though, but that has in part to do with the sorry state of Ukraine's program. Conversely there are some guys that played for Ukraine although they weren't Ukrainian, like Yuldashev. Or guys that were Ukrainian but were separated from the country by Soviet circumstances like Nikolishin whose father was sent to gulag and so he grew up in Vorkuta.

 

[limkangyoung]

Other names one could consider for D are Shiryayev, Babchuk, Tverdovsky. The latter played for Russia though, but that has in part to do with the sorry state of Ukraine's program. Conversely there are some guys that played for Ukraine although they weren't Ukrainian, like Yuldashev. Or guys that were Ukrainian but were separated from the country by Soviet circumstances like Nikolishin whose father was sent to gulag and so he grew up in Vorkuta.

It's probably not too right to compare provenance and citizenship...

 

[Albatros]

It's probably not too right to compare provenance and citizenship...

Everyone in the region were born as Soviet citizens until 1992 and after that the Russian government continued to issue Soviet passports until the early 2000s after which Russian passports were issued instead. That being the case, having a Russian passport is fairly meaningless when it comes to former Soviet citizens regardless of national origin.

 

[sdf]

Pavel Datsyuk

 

[Eye of Ra]

Was also a good player: Sergei Varlamov at eliteprospects.com

Another one : Vadim Slivchenko at eliteprospects.com

Not among best but seemed like a very decent player: Vadim Shakhraichuk at eliteprospects.com

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

I guess it depends on the definition, a lot of Ukrainian top guys chose to play for Russia. But at least Zhitnik I would count in as he has been actively involved in Ukrainian hockey.

Zhitnik was a beauty for the Kings before they traded him to Buffalo! I was so pissed off I didn't watch the Kings much for years after. The only D-man I ever saw who could stop the Great Russian Rocket Pavel Bure

 

[Uncle Rotter]

Nikolai Zherdev grew up in Ukraine, Dainus Zubrus played there from the age of 11 until he was 17.