Dmitri Upper

 ( 1978 Births ) 

Dmitri Sergeyevich Upper (; born July 27, 1978) is a former professional ice hockey center. He also holds citizenship.

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Career Upper was selected by the New York Islanders in the 5th round (136th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, after scoring 20 points and 50 penalty minutes in his first season in the Russian Superleague with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. He was traded to Ak Bars Kazan midway through the 2000–01 season, and joined Spartak Moscow the following year. He had a career high 16 goals, as well as 76 penalty minutes in his first year with the club. He played four seasons with CSKA Moscow, scoring 27 points in 2005–06, before rejoining Spartak Moscow in 2007. He was named team captain in 2009, and had 30 points that season, but was traded to Atlant Moscow Oblast in the 2010 offseason. Injuries limited his productivity in his first season with the team. In 2012, he joined Kazakhstan team Barys Astana.

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International career Upper has represented his native Kazakhstan in multiple tournaments, including the 1996 and 1997 IIHF World U20 Championship, the Ice Hockey World Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2011, and the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

1994–95	Dynamo–2 Moscow	RUS.2	0	—
1995–96	Torpedo–2 Ust–Kamenogorsk	RUS.2	36	—
1996–97	Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk	RUS.2	4	—
1996–97	Torpedo–2 Ust–Kamenogorsk	RUS.3	36	—
1997–98	Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk	RUS.2	26	—
1998–99	Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk	RUS.2	44	—
1998–99	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	RUS.2	16	—
1999–2000	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	RSL	48	4
2000–01	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	RSL	4	—
2000–01	Ak Bars Kazan	RSL	6	0
2001–02	Spartak Moscow	RSL	76	—
2002–03	Spartak Moscow	RSL	63	—
2003–04	CSKA Moscow	RSL	48	—
2004–05	CSKA Moscow	RSL	30	—
2005–06	CSKA Moscow	RSL	54	8
2006–07	CSKA Moscow	RSL	46	8
2007–08	Spartak Moscow	RSL	50	6
2008–09	Spartak Moscow	KHL	24	8
2009–10	Spartak Moscow	KHL	40	8
2010–11	Atlant Moscow Oblast	KHL	10	8
2011–12	Atlant Moscow Oblast	KHL	24	10
2012–13	Barys Astana	KHL	38	6
2013–14	Barys Astana	KHL	24	6
2014–15	Barys Astana	KHL	28	0

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International

1996	Kazakhstan	WJC C	4
1997	Kazakhstan	WJC B	0
1997	Kazakhstan	WJC	2
1999	Kazakhstan	WC B	4
1999	Kazakhstan	WC Q	4
2000	Kazakhstan	WC B	16
2004	Kazakhstan	WC	16
2005	Kazakhstan	WC	8
2006	Kazakhstan	OG	8
2011	Kazakhstan	AWG	2
2011	Kazakhstan	WC D1	2
2012	Kazakhstan	WC	0
2014	Kazakhstan	OGQ	2
2013	Kazakhstan	WC D1A	4
2014	Kazakhstan	WC	6

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