Russian Captains in the NHL

Below you will find a list of every Russian-trained hockey player who has ever worn the Captain or Alternate Captain letter on his jersey. So far, 23 different Russian names have seen either an "A" or "C" on thier jersey and only 4 have ever had the privilage of wearing the "C". Can you name the 4 before you scroll down? New names will most certainly be added each and every year. Take a look and see if your favourite Russian hockey player has ever worn a captaincy letter in the NHL!

Alexei Yashin
           

Alexei Kovalev
        

Sergei Fedorov
        

Pavel Bure
     

Alexander Mogilny
       

Alexei Zhamnov
     

Igor Larionov
  

Valeri Bure
  

Dimtri Yushkevich
  

Darius Kaspariatis
  

Sergei Gonchar
  

Ilya Kovalchuk

Slava Kozlov

Viktor Kozlov

Boris Mironov

Sergei Samsonov

Oleg Tverdovsky

Sergei Zubov

Alexei Zhitnik

Dmitri Kalinin

Aleksey Morozov

Sandis Ozolinsh

 

Andrei Nikolishin

 

Danius Zubrus

 

Maxim Afinogenov

Pavel Datsyuk

Alexander Ovechkin

Evgeni Malkin

Andrei Markov

We are still looking for good pics for those in my list below and any others that are not on this page:

CAPTAINS:

Zhamnov, Winnipeg Jets

ALTERNATE:

Valeri Bure, Canadians
Igor Larionov, Panthers
Mogilny, Sabres

* If you could only find 3 captains in this list, that is because the 4th was Johnny Gottselig, Born Jun 24, 1906 in Odessa, Russia and he captained the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1920's and 30's!

** A very special thanks goes out to the good members over at HFboards and Russianhockey.us for all their help in compiling this great list!