The Hockey News: Prospect Watch - Dmitry Sinitsyn

By Ryan Kennedy of The Hockey News

Defenseman Dmitry Sinitsyn will be a redshirt freshman in 2012-13.

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The seventh round of the draft is often the time for teams to mine for hidden gold and pluck that prospect other franchises didn't know about. When you hear the story of how defenseman Dmitry Sinitsyn found himself taken 183rd overall in 2012 by the Dallas Stars, you'll understand why.

Sinitsyn is instantly intriguing for more than just his 6-foot-2, 200-pound frame – he's also a Russian kid attending the University of Massachusetts-Lowell who didn't play a game for the River Hawks last year, but has already lived in Dallas. Shall we back up?

Sinitsyn was raised in Moscow and played for the famed CSKA (Red Army) program from the ages of seven to 15, though his progression was far from easy.

“When you're seven, you just screw around with the puck,” he said. “But when I was nine, the coach didn't like me. I was on the sixth line.”

Sinitsyn languished on the bench until he was 12 and then steadily climbed up the depth chart thanks to a new coach. At 15, he heard about the Dallas Jr. Stars under-16 team from buddy Dmitry Maximov, so Sinitsyn made the decision to tackle North American hockey. Right away, he noticed a difference in culture.

“Moscow is a megapolis,” he said. “There's public transport everywhere, you don't even need a car. In Dallas you have to drive, but the good thing about it? There's like, 10 days of winter.”

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