height_ft former_teams weight_lb shoots birth_place draft_year team position draft_team league birth_date height_in article_title draft name career_start
6 khimik voskresensk cska moscow neftekhimik nizhnekamsk lada togliatti 198 left voskresensk , russian sfsr 2003 metallurg novokuznetsk right wing new york islanders khl 27 february 1985 0 dmitri chernykh -lrb- ice hockey -rrb-
 48th overall dmitri chernykh 2001
dmitri chernykh -lrb- ice hockey -rrb-

dmitri aleksandrovich chernykh -lrb- born february 27 , 1985 -rrb- is a russian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for metallurg novokuznetsk in the kontinental hockey league .
he was drafted 48th overall in the 2003 nhl entry draft by the new york islanders and is the son of former soviet hockey player aleksandr chernykh .
chernykh developed in the khimik voskresensk hockey system , the club his father also played for .
he was a member of russia 's u18 national team , but struggled to make the u20 squad in the following years .
chernykh has primarily spent time skating in russia 's second - and third-tier leagues , struggling to break back into the khl .
he played one season of hockey in north america for the dayton bombers during the 2006 -- 07 season before returning to russia .
