Ruslan Faritowitsch Sainullin

Ruslan Sainullin
Date of birth	February 14, 1982
place of birth	Kazan , Russian SFSR
size	189 cm
Weight	103 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 25
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 2nd round, 34th position Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
1999-2002	Ak Bars Kazan
2002-2003	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2003-2004	HK Dynamo Moscow
2004-2006	HK Spartak Moscow
2006-2010	HK MWD Balashikha
2010-2011	OHK dynamo
2011-2013	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2013-2014	HK CSKA Moscow HK Kuban Krasnodar

Ruslan Faritowitsch Sainullin ( Russian Руслан Фаритович Зайнуллин ; born February 14, 1982 in Kazan , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who was last under contract with HK CSKA Moscow in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Ruslan Sainullin began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Ak Bars Kazan , for whose professional team he was active in the super league from 1999 to 2002 . In his rookie year he also came in parallel to two appearances for Neftjanik Leninogorsk in the second-rate Wysschaja Liga . After he had also started the 2003/04 season in Kazan, with which he was runner-up in 2000 and 2002, he ended the season with his league rivals Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk . From 2003 to 2006 he was under contract in the Russian capital, initially for one year with HK Dynamo Moscow and then for two years with HK Spartak Moscow .

From 2006 to 2010, Sainullin played for the HK MWD Balaschicha , with whom he participated in the newly founded Continental Hockey League from the 2008/09 season . With the HK MWD, the left-handed shooter was also defeated by his ex-club Ak Bars Kazan in the 2009/10 season in the final of the playoffs for the Gagarin Cup . After the season, the HK MWD was merged with the HK Dynamo Moscow and the left-handed shooter received a contract for the 2010/11 season with their successor team OHK Dynamo .

From September 2013, Sainullin was under contract with HK CSKA Moscow , having played for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod the previous two seasons . He was also used at HK Kuban Krasnodar during the 2013/14 season .

International

For Russia , Sainullin took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2000 and the U20 World Junior Championship in 2002 . At both tournaments he won medals with his team. First he was runner-up in 2000 with the U18 juniors and finally in 2002 with the U20 juniors.

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 Russian runner-up with Ak Bars Kazan
• 2002 Russian runner-up with Ak Bars Kazan

International

• 2000 silver medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2002 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
KHL main round	3	103	22nd	13	35	56
KHL playoffs	2	23	1	3	4th	18th
Super League main round	9	290	30th	36	66	175
Super League Playoffs	6th	16	0	0	0	8th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

Commons : Ruslan Sainullin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ruslan Sainullin at eliteprospects.com (English)