height_ft former_teams weight_lb shoots birth_place draft_year image_size team position draft_team league birth_date height_in image article_title draft ntl_team career_start
6 torpedo moscow cska moscow atlant moscow oblast ust-kamenogorsk torpedo nizhny novgorod ak bars kazan spartak 203 right ust-kamenogorsk , kazakh ssr , soviet union 2000 250px barys astana center new york islanders khl 27 july 1978 1 dmitri upper.jpg dmitri upper
 136th overall kaz 1998
dmitri upper

dmitri sergeyevich upper -lrb- ; born july 27 , 1978 -rrb- is a kazakhstani professional ice hockey center who currently serves as captain of the barys astana of the kontinental hockey league -lrb- khl -rrb- .
he also holds russian citizenship .
