Russian Legion (paintball team)
The Russian Legion is a professional paintball team based in Moscow, Russia that plays in the PSP PRO division (former National X-Ball League or NXL).
2005
In 2005 the Russian Legion played all the NXL events in that year, placing 2nd, behind Baltimore Trauma. The score of the final game between Trauma and Legion was 8-9 in Trauma's favor. Russian Legion had the best win to loss record of any team that year in the NXL.
2006–2007
In December 2004 they joined the NXL and were forced to change their team name because all teams must have an American city as their representative city. They chose Boston and became the Boston Red Legion. In the off season of 2005–2006, they picked up Polish-born players, brothers Bart and Matt Blonski, both former players of New York Xtreme. They also picked up Swedish-born Alexander Lundqvist, also formerly of New York Xtreme. After winning 3 events in the 2006 NXL season, including the World Cup, the Boston Red Legion’s final ranking for that year was 1st place.[1]
During the 2006–2007 off season, they added 2 new players to their roster, David "The Beast" Bains (American) who helped them win World Cup the year before, and Hamen Chapman (American). In spite of adding two new players, all star, and original Russian Legion player Dan Maskell (England) left the team.
In the 2007 season, they placed 2nd in the Los Angeles Open, in a 9-8 loss to the Los Angeles Ironmen, in overtime. During the Mid-Atlantic Open they placed first by defeating Xfactor in the finals with a 9-4 victory.
Players Alex Lundqvist, Matt Blonski, and Bart Blonski formed a team called New Jersey Authority, to play in the NPPL series. These players play on both Red Legion, and NJ Authority.
2008-2010
- Matthew Alesi Staff
- Aleksandr Berdnikov Pro
- Bart Blonski Pro
- Matt Blonski Pro
- Konstantin Fedorov Pro [left the team at the end of the season to play with Philly All Americans(But Joined Back as of 2010 due to philly's team closing]
- Alexander Galka Division 1
- Mikhail Knyazev Pro
- Alex Lundqvist Pro [Also a professional model for big brands such as Calvin Klein]
- Maxim Morozov Pro
- Vasiliy Panteleev Pro
- Kirill Prihidni Pro
- Sergei Samuylov Division 1
- Sergey Solnyshkov Division 4
- Alexander Solodovnikov Division 4
- Alexey Soloviev Pro
- Denis Golev Pro
2008
- Phoenix Open
Dates: March 13–16 Location: Glendale Youth Sports Complex at the University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ
| 2008 Phoenix Open NXL Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Score | Opponent | Score |
| Preliminaries | 7 | St. Louis Avalanche | 2 |
| Preliminaries | 7 | Edmonton Impact | 3 |
| Preliminaries | 7 | Oakland Infamous | 1 |
| Preliminaries | 7 | Chicago Aftershock | 3 |
| Preliminaries | 6 | San Diego Dynasty | 7 |
| Quarter Final | 7 | Edmonton Impact | 5 |
| Semi Final | 7 | Los Angeles Ironmen | 4 |
| Final | 6 | Oakland Infamous | 7 |
| Overall Finish | 2nd | ||
- Mid-Atlantic Open
- Dates: May 8–11
- Location: PBC Sports Park, Rock Hill, SC
- Chicago Open
- Dates: June 25–29
- Location: Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Center, Bolingbrook, IL
- Northeast Open
- Dates: August 14–17
- Location: All American Paintball Park, Greensburg, PA
- World Cup
- Dates: October 20–26
- Location: Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, FL
2008 Roster
- Brad Hackathaul
2009
- PSP Phoenix: 4th Place finish in lost to San Diego Dynasty 7-3
- PSP MAO: Lost to Tampa Bay Damage in quarter finals 5-4
- PSP Chicago: 1st place finish against Aftermath. 7-2
- PSP World Cup: 1st place finish against Philadelphia All-Americans
References
- ↑ "Final ranking series NXL 2006". team.russianlegion.ru/. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
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