Russian Penguins

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The Russian Penguins were a touring Russian ice hockey club that competed in the 1993-94 International Hockey League season, playing one game against each of the 13 teams involved in the regular IHL season. The results of the games played by the Russian Penguins counted in the standings for that season. They would finish with a record of 2 wins, 9 losses, and 2 overtime losses earning them 6 points.

The Russian Penguins were "born" in 1993, when Pittsburgh Penguins owner Harold Baldwin bought a 50 percent interest in the struggling Moscow-based Central Red Army team and signed a management contract to run that club's arena. The aim was to provide the team with Western sponsorship and much-needed capital, as well as providing the Pittsburgh club with easier access to Russian players. The partnership lasted two years until Baldwin and other sponsors pulled out.

Nikolai Khabibulin is probably the most notable player on the roster. Other roster highlights included first-round draft pick Yan Golubovsky and New Jersey Devils forward Sergei Brylin.

[edit] Roster with records

Goalie	GP	Min	GA	GAA	W	L	T	Svs	Pct	EN	SO
Nikolai Khabibulin	12	639	47	4.41	2	7	2	323	0.873	1	0
Sergei Zvyagin	4	140	14	6	0	2	0	58	0.806	0	0

#	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
23	Andrei Vasilyev	13	10	6	16	4
--	Sergei Brylin	13	4	5	9	18
21	Valentin Morozov	11	3	5	8	2
9	Denis Vinokurov	13	3	3	6	12
16	Vladislav Yakovenko	6	0	6	6	10
5	Oleg Belov	11	3	2	5	10
22	Albert Leschev	12	2	3	5	4
7	Alexander Osadchy	11	0	5	5	24
17	Alexander Kharlamov	12	2	2	4	4
13	Vladimir Zhashkov	9	2	1	3	19
24	Mikhail Belobragin	7	1	2	3	2
38	Boris Zelenko	9	1	2	3	0
27	Roman Mozgunov	8	2	0	2	4
3	Andrei Yakovenko	3	1	1	2	2
6	Vasily Turkovsky	6	0	2	2	11
28	Yuri Yuresko	6	0	2	2	16
--	Artur Oktyabrev	10	0	2	2	12
11	Dmitri Gorenko	8	1	0	1	2
--	Sergei Reshetnikov	5	0	1	1	2
--	Alexei Ysaikin	6	0	1	1	10
2	Sergei Selyanin	9	0	1	1	24
4	Stanislav Shalnov	2	0	0	0	2
31	Sergei Zvyagin (G)	4	0	0	0	0
25	Yan Golubovsky	8	0	0	0	23
39	Alexander Titov	9	0	0	0	8
1	Nikolai Khabibulin (G)	12	0	0	0	0
	Bench	13	0	0	0	4
Totals			35	52	87	229