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ERIC MESTERY
Defense • Height: 6’5” • Weight: 202 • Shoots: Left
Born: May 28, 1990 (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Drafted: Capitals’ second-round choice, 57th overall, in the 2008
Entry Draft
Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2005-06 Winnipeg MMHL 39 5 18 23 28 - - - - -
2006-07 Tri-City WHL 43 1 6 7 20 - - - - -
2007-08 Tri-City WHL 71 2 14 16 65 16 2 1 3 10
2008-09 Tri-City WHL 16 0 6 6 10 - - - - -
Lethbridge WHL 42 1 11 12 30 11 0 1 1 2
2008-09: Split the season between Tri-City (16 games) and Lethbridge (42 games)
in the WHL … Finished third among Lethbridge defensemen in assists (17), points
(18) and plus/minus rating (+4). Personal: Looked up to Steve Yzerman as a kid
… Favorite sport outside of hockey is golf … Would want to be a firefighter if he
weren’t playing hockey.
GARRETT MITCHELL
Right Wing • Height: 5’11” • Weight: 181 • Shoots: Right
Born: Sept. 2, 1991 (Regina, Saskatchewan)
Drafted: Capitals’ sixth-round choice, 175th overall, in the 2009
Entry Draft
Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006-07 Regina WHL 4 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2007-08 Regina WHL 62 8 5 13 73 6 1 0 1 6
2008-09 Regina WHL 71 10 5 15 140 - - - - -
2008-09: Recorded 10 goals and 15 points in 71 games for Regina (WHL) … Led
the Pats with 140 PIM. Personal: A fan of Brenden Morrow of the Dallas Stars …
Enjoys listening to country music.
IVAN NEPRAYAYEV
Center • Height: 6’1” • Weight: 180 • Shoots: Left
Born: Feb 4, 1982 (Yaroslavl, Russia)
Drafted: Capitals’ fifth-round choice, 163rd overall, in the 2000 Entry
Draft
Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997-98 Yaroslavl Russia 6 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1998-99 Yaroslavl 2 Russ.-3 15 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
1999-00 Yaroslavl 2 Russ.-3 40 8 14 22 - - - - - -
2000-01 Yaroslavl Russia 10 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2001-02 Yaroslavl Russia 36 3 8 11 28 - - - - -
Yaroslavl 2 Russ.-3 2 1 0 1 18 - - - - -
2002-03 Yaroslavl Russia 26 3 6 9 12 6 1 0 1 0
2003-04 Yaroslavl 2 Russia-3 13 5 10 15 12 - - - - -
2004-05 Yaroslavl Russia 56 10 10 20 73 9 1 0 1 16
2005-06 Yaroslavl Russia 44 6 16 22 70 - - - - -
Russia Oly. 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2006-07 Yaroslavl Russia 52 17 9 26 66 7 0 4 4 2
Russia WC 9 0 3 3 12 - - - - -
2007-08 Yaroslavl Russia 56 9 17 26 84 - - - - -
2008-09 Dynamo Mosc. KHL 52 14 13 27 48 12 0 4 4 10
2007-08: Played with Semyon Varlamov with Yaroslavl. 2006-07: Led Yaroslavl
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(Russia) in goals with 17 … Represented Russia at the World Championship, where
he was a teammate of Alex Ovechkin. 2005-06: Played two games for Russia at
the Olympics in Torino, Italy.
DMITRI ORLOV
Defense • Height: 5’11” • Weight: 202 • Shoots: Left
Born: July 23, 1991 (Novokuznetsk, Russia)
Drafted: Capitals’ second-round choice, 55th overall, in the 2009
Entry Draft
Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2007-08 Novakuznetsk Russia 6 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2008-09 Novakuznetsk Russia 16 1 0 1 4 - - - - -
MAXIM ORLOV
Center • Height: 6’0” • Weight: 176 • Shoots: Left
Born: March 31, 1981 (Moscow, Russia)
Drafted: Capitals’ eighth-round choice, 219th overall, in the 1999 Entry
Draft
Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998-99 CSKA Russia 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
1999-00 CSKA Russia 25 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
2000-01 CSKA Russia 41 5 4 9 14 - - - - -
2001-02 CSKA Russia 35 3 5 8 14 - - - - -
CSKA 2 Russ.-3 7 7 4 11 4 - - - - -
2002-03 Leninog. Russ.-2 25 3 8 11 24 - - - - -
MGU Mosc. Russ.-3 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2003-04 Leninog. Russ.-2 35 5 9 14 39 2 0 0 0 0
2004-05 Saratov Russ.-2 47 13 23 36 46 4 0 0 0 2
2005-06 Ufa Russia 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
Ufa 2 Russ.-3 20 8 8 16 10 - - - - -
2006-07 Neftekamsk Russ.-2 55 5 22 27 46 - - - - -
2007-08 Neftekamsk Russ.-2 50 7 12 19 20 3 1 2 3 0
2008-09 Neftekamsk Russ.-2 41 10 9 19 14 - - - - -