Dmitri Sergeevich Upper

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Dmitri Upper
Date of birth July 27, 1978
place of birth Ust-Kamenogorsk
size 187 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 5th round, 136th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
until 1999 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
1999-2000 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2000-2001 Ak Bars Kazan
2001-2003 HK Spartak Moscow
2003-2007 HK CSKA Moscow
2007-2010 HK Spartak Moscow
2010–2012 Atlant Mytishchi
2012-2016 Barys Astana

Dmitri Sergejewitsch Upper ( Russian Дмитрий Сергеевич Уппер ; born July 27, 1978 in Ust-Kamenogorsk ) is a Kazakh ice hockey striker of German descent who was last under contract with Barys Astana in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Dmitri Upper began his career as a hockey player with Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Vysschaja Liga , the second Russian division, in the 1997/98 season . During the following season he moved to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod . With his new team, he made it into the first-class super league . The winger then played in the Super League for Nizhny Novgorod and Ak Bars Kazan for a year .

From 2001 to 2003 he was active for the capital club HK Spartak Moscow , before he joined its city neighbor HK CSKA Moscow . He stayed with the latter until 2007 before returning to Spartak Moscow. With Spartak he took part in the game operations of the newly founded Continental Hockey League from 2008 to 2010 . For the 2010/11 season , Upper moved to Atlant Mytishchi . With the team he immediately reached the final of the Gagarin Cup , which, however, was lost to Salawat Yulayev Ufa .

From 2012 Upper played in his Kazakh homeland at Barys Astana in the Continental Hockey League . During the 2015 playoffs, he suffered trauma, so that he was out of the 2015/16 season.

International

For Kazakhstan , Upper took part in the junior division of the U20 Junior C World Championship in 1996 , the U20 Junior B World Championship in 1997 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 1998 . In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the B-World Championships in 1999 and 2000 , Division I of the World Championships in 2011 and 2013 , when he made a significant contribution to the rise of the Kazakhs with the best plus / minus balance and the most assists World Championships of the top division in 2004 , 2005 , 2012 and 2014 . He also represented Kazakhstan at the 2011 Asian Winter Games . There he won the gold medal with his team. Upper also took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the Olympic qualification for the 2014 Games in Sochi . Although he scored a goal in the decisive game against Latvia , his team lost 3-2, so that the team from the Baltic States qualified for the Winter Games.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Vysschaya League 27 10 6th 16 26th 20th 6th 6th 12 18th
1998/99 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk FHR league 29 10 11 21st 44
1998/99 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Vysschaya League 11 4th 10 14th 16 17th 6th 6th 12 49
1999/00 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Super league 36 14th 5 19th 48 5 1 1 2 4th
2000/01 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Super league 6th 0 2 2 4th
2000/01 Ak Bars Kazan Super league 31 7th 4th 11 6th
2001/02 Spartak Moscow Super league 50 16 9 25th 74 1 0 0 0 0
2002/03 Spartak Moscow Super league 43 7th 13 20th 63 - - - - -
2003/04 CSKA Moscow Super league 57 10 5 15th 50 - - - - -
2004/05 CSKA Moscow Super league 41 7th 3 10 30th - - - - -
2005/06 CSKA Moscow Super league 51 11 17th 28 54 7th 2 0 2 8th
2006/07 CSKA Moscow Super league 54 13 8th 21st 46 12 0 4th 4th 8th
2007/08 Spartak Moscow Super league 57 8th 17th 25th 50 5 1 4th 5 6th
2008/09 Spartak Moscow KHL 49 15th 9 24 24 5 1 3 4th 8th
2009/10 Spartak Moscow KHL 54 14th 16 30th 40 10 3 1 4th 8th
2010/11 Atlant Mytishchi KHL 32 1 2 3 10 24 3 1 4th 8th
2011/12 Atlant Mytishchi KHL 52 9 9 18th 24 12 0 2 2 10
2012/13 Barys Astana KHL 51 12 10 22nd 38 7th 0 0 0 6th
2013/14 Barys Astana KHL 54 10 12 22nd 24 10 2 1 3 6th
2014/15 Barys Astana KHL 58 3 5 8th 28 2 1 1 2 0

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1996 Kazakhstan U20-C-WM 4th 2 2 4th 4th -
1997 Kazakhstan U20-B-WM 7th 0 2 2 0
1998 Kazakhstan U20 World Cup 7th 1 0 1 2 −11
1999 Kazakhstan B-WM 7th 3 2 5 4th -
2000 Kazakhstan B-WM 7th 6th 4th 10 16 7th
2004 Kazakhstan WM 6th 3 1 4th 16 1
2005 Kazakhstan WM 6th 1 1 2 8th −2
2006 Kazakhstan Olympia 5 0 1 1 8th −3
2011 Kazakhstan Asian Games 3 2 2 4th 2 10
2011 Kazakhstan WM Div. I. 4th 0 0 0 2 0
2012 Kazakhstan WM 7th 0 3 3 0 −3
2013 Kazakhstan Olympic qualification 3 1 2 3 2 3
2013 Kazakhstan WM Div. I. 5 0 6th 6th 4th 5
2014 Kazakhstan WM 7th 0 1 1 6th −3

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Private

Dmitri Upper is married. He met his Russian wife in Nizhny Novgorod . The marriage resulted in son Alexander (* 2006).

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personal data
SURNAME Upper, Dmitri Sergeyevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Upper, Dmitri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kazakh ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR