Dmitry Upper

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

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.

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.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 Dynamo–2 Moscow RUS.2 10000 ————— 1995–96 Torpedo–2 Ust–Kamenogorsk RUS.2 36991836 ————— 1996–97 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk RUS.2 1775124 ————— 1996–97 Torpedo–2 Ust–Kamenogorsk RUS.3 351562136 ————— 1997–98 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk RUS.2 271061626 ————— 1998–99 Torpedo Ust–Kamenogorsk RUS.2 2910112144 ————— 1998–99 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RUS.2 114101416 ————— 1999–2000 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RSL 361451948 51124 2000–01 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod RSL 60224 ————— 2000–01 Ak Bars Kazan RSL 3174116 10000 2001–02 Spartak MoscowRSL 511692576 ————— 2002–03 Spartak Moscow RSL 437132063 ————— 2003–04 CSKA Moscow RSL 581091948 ————— 2004–05 CSKA Moscow RSL 41731030 ————— 2005–06 CSKA Moscow RSL 5111142554 72028 2006–07 CSKA Moscow RSL 541372046 120338 2007–08 Spartak Moscow RSL 578162450 51456 2008–09 Spartak Moscow KHL 491592424 51348 2009–10 Spartak Moscow KHL 5414163040 103148 2010–11 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 3212310 233148 2011–12 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 52991824 1202210 2012–13 Barys Astana KHL 5112102238 70006 2013–14 Barys Astana KHL 5410122224 122136 2014–15 Barys Astana KHL 5835828 21120 RSL totals 428 93 82 175 425 30 4 8 12 26 KHL totals 350 64 63 127 188 70 10 9 19 46

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1996 Kazakhstan WJC C 42244 1997 Kazakhstan WJC B 70220 1997 Kazakhstan WJC 71012 1999 Kazakhstan WC B 73254 1999 Kazakhstan WC Q 31014 2000 Kazakhstan WC B 7641016 2004 Kazakhstan WC 631416 2005 Kazakhstan WC 61128 2006 Kazakhstan OG 50118 2011 Kazakhstan AWG 32242 2011 Kazakhstan WC D1 40002 2012 Kazakhstan WC 70330 2014 Kazakhstan OGQ 31232 2013 Kazakhstan WC D1A 50664 2014 Kazakhstan WC 70116 Junior totals 18 3 4 7 6 Senior totals 63 17 23 40 72