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Top 50 European skaters, as ranked by the NHL Central Scouting Service, listed with position, team and league, date of birth, height, weight, 2001-02 games played, goals, assists, points and penalty minutes:
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#
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NAME
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POS
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TEAM (LEAGUE)
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D.O.B
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HT
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WT
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GP, G-A-P, PIM
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1
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Joni Pitkanen
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D
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Karpat (FIN)
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9/19/83
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6-3
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202
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49, 4-15-19, 65
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2
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Alexander Semin
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LW
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Cheljabinsk (RUS1)
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3/3/84
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6-0
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174
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46, 13-8-21, 52
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3
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Jiri Hulder
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C
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Vsetin (CZE)
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1/4/84
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5-9
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176
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46, 15-31-46, 54
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4
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Denis Grebeshkov
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D
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Yaroslavl (RUS)
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10/11/83
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6-0
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189
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26, 1-2-3, 11
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5
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Michal Barinka
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D
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Budejovice (CZEJR)
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6/12/84
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6-3
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200
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29, 4-13-17, 77
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6
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Kirill Koltsov
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D
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Omsk (RUS)
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2/1/83
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5-11
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183
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41, 1-6-7, 33
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7
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Anton Babchuk
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D
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Elektrostal(RUS1)
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5/6/84
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6-4
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194
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40, 7-8-15, 90
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8
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Sergei Anshakov
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LW
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CSKA (RUS1)
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1/13/84
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6-2
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183
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39, 17-12-29, 10
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9
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Alexei Kaigorodov
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C
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Magnitogorsk (RUS)
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7/29/83
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6-1
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183
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44, 4-12-16, 24
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10
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Jakub Koreis
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C
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Plzen (CZEJR)
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6/26/84
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6-3
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205
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20, 12-13-25, 36
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11
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Denis Grot
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D
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Elektrostal (RUS1)
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1/6/84
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6-1
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180
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33, 1-1-2, 42
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12
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Alexander Steen
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C
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Frolunda (SWE)
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3/1/84
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5-11
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183
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26, 0-3-3, 14
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13
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Joakim Lindstrom
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W
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Modo (SWE)
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12/5/83
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6-0
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187
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42, 4-3-7, 20
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14
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Ondrej Nemec
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D
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Vsetin (CZE)
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4/18/84
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6-0
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196
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44, 5-3-9, 79
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15
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Sean Bergenheim
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W
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Jokerit (FIN)
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2/8/84
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5-11
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194
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28, 2-2-4, 4
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16
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Maxim Sheviev
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C
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Elektrostal (RUS1)
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7/5/84
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6-1
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176
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49, 6-9-15, 34
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17
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Jan Kubista
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RW
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Pardubice (CZEJR)
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4/12/84
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6-0
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189
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30, 7-9-16, 14
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18
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Alexander Shinin
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D
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Cheljabinsk (RUS1)
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1/7/84
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6-0
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180
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38, 1-4-5, 18
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19
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Jonas Johansson
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W
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HV 71 (SWEJR)
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3/18/84
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6-1
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189
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26, 15-19-34, 20
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20
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Topi Jaakola
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D
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Karpat (FIN)
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11/15/83
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6-1
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185
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44, 0-4-4, 20
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21
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Alexei Shkotov
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RW
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Elektrostal (RUS1)
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6/22/84
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5-10
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161
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52, 17-9-26, 40
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22
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Tomas Linhart
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D
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Pardubice (CZEJR)
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2/16/84
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6-2
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209
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32, 3-2-5, 24
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23
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Vladislav Evseev
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LW
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CSKA (RUS1)
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9/10/84
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6-2
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196
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15, 2-5-7, 10
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24
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Richard Stehlik
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D
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Skalica (SVK)
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6/22/84
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6-4
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227
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35, 1-0-1, 12
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25
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Martin Cizek
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D
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Slavia (CZEJR)
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5/17/84
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6-2
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192
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30, 2-5-7, 24
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26
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Daniel Fernholm
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D
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Djurgarden (SWEJR)
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12/20/83
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6-4
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218
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n/a
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27
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Emanuel Peter
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F
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Kloten (SWI)
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6/9/84
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6-1
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207
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39, 1-7-8, 14
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28
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David Turon
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D
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Havirov (CZEJR)
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10/4/83
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6-2
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200
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33, 4-10-14, 57
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29
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Alexei Stonkus
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D
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Elektrostal (RUS1)
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6/6/84
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6-0
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174
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31, 1-3-4, 26
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30
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Patrick Bartschi
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C/W
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Kloten (SWI)
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8/20/84
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5-10
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194
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24, 4-4-8, 8
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31
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Romano Lemm
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C
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Kloten (SWI)
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6/25/84
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6-0
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189
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11, 5-2-7, 0
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32
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Fredrik Johansson
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C
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Frolunda (SWEJR)
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2/27/84
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5-11
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180
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37, 12-20-32, 37
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33
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Mikko Kalteva
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D
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Jokerit (FINJR)
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5/25/84
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6-3
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187
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29, 5-3-8, 10
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34
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Konstantin Korneev
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D
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Krylja (RUS2)
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6/5/84
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5-11
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176
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26, 9-19-28, 44
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35
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Dimitri Kazionov
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C
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Dynamo (RUS2)
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5/13/84
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6-3
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185
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11, 1-1-2, 4
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36
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Alexander Sulzer
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D
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Kaufbeuren (GER2)
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5/30/84
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6-2
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205
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Injured
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37
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Jiri Cetkovsky
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C
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Zlin (CZEJR)
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11/4/83
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6-4
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209
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20, 6-4-10, 32
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38
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Ivan Koltsov
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D
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Cherepovec (RUS2)
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3/7/84
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6-2
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185
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27, 2-2-4, 24
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39
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Thomas Fleischmann
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C/W
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Vitkovice (CZEJR)
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5/16/84
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6-1
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172
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34, 21-17-38, 14
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40
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Valtteri Filppula
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C
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Jokerit (FINJR)
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3/20/84
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5-11
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174
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40, 8-15-23, 14
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41
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Sergei Shemetov
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W
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Elektrostal(RUS1)
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9/3/84
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6-1
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174
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15, 1-1-2, 26
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42
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Dimitri Utkin
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LW
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Yaroslavl (RUS2)
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6/10/84
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6-0
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169
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32, 15-7-22, 33
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43
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Yuri Artemenkov
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W
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Krylja (RUS2)
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2/3/84
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6-1
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174
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32, 24-18-42, 10
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44
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Jakub Langhammer
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LW
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Sparta (CZEJR)
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8/17/84
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6-2
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194
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33, 8-8-16, 16
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45
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Jarno Virkki
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D
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HPK (FINJR)
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5/12/84
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6-2
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198
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41, 5-3-8, 42
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46
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Jonas Almtorp
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C
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Modo (SWEJR)
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11/17/83
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6-1
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189
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37, 26-18-44, 102
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47
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Alexei Gloukhov
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W
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Chimik (RUS2)
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4/5/84
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6-3
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176
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33, 7-22-29, 54
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48
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Franz Nielsen
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C
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Malmo (SWEJR)
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4/24/84
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5-11
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172
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29, 15-27-42, 2
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49
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Denis Bayev
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D
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Podolsk (RUS1)
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11/25/83
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6-0
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183
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46, 0-2-2, 44
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50
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Jesse Niinimaki
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C
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Ilves (FIN)
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8/19/83
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6-2
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183
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16, 2-4-6, 4
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