Ruslan Batyrshin

Ruslan Alievich Batyrshin (Руслан Алиевич Батыршин; born February 19, 1975) is a Russian former professional hockey player. He played 2 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 1995–96 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1991 to 2005, was mainly spent in Russia. Batyrshin was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 4th round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He is an ethnic Tatar. As a youth, he played in the 1989 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Moscow. His brother, Rafael, also played hockey.