Kirill Koltsov joins elite group of defensemen

A milestone that is one hundred career goals is notable for forwards and even more notable for the D-men. On August 27, Traktor’s Kirill Koltsov became only the eleventh defenseman with 100 or more goals scored in Soviet or Russian hockey championships. The list below includes only "pure” defensemen, that is, only those who played were pointmen for their entire careers.

1. Vyacheslav Fetisov – 153 goals
2. Alexander Guskov – 145 goals
3. Yuri Lyapkin – 126 goals
4. Alexey Kasatonov – 124 goals
5. Kevin Dallman – 121 goals
6. Denis Kulyash – 118 goals
7. Ilya Nikulin – 116 goals
8. Nikolay Makarov – 113 goals
9. Nikolay Sologubov – 106 goals
10. Yuri Fedorov – 102 goals
11. Kirill Koltsov – 100 goals