Russian Legion (paintball team)

The Russian Legion is a professional paintball team based in Moscow, Russia that plays in the National X-Ball League or NXL.

We now have three players offically that made the roster, Mike Finchelle, Bob McCready, and Ryan Doherty, our youngest player. We still need five players so if your interested please contact Paul Muzzey (Team director) Everyones welcome. We are a new team and we are looking to prove our selfs in the NEPBC. Thanks

2006-2007

In 1999 they joined the NXL and were forced to change their team name because all teams must have an American city as their representative city. They chose Boston and became the Boston Red Legion. In the off season of 2005-2006, they picked up American-born players, brothers Bart and Matt Blonski, both former players of New York Xtreme. They also picked up Swedish-born Alexander Lundqvist, also formerly of New York Xtreme. After winning 3 events in the 2006 NXL season, including the World Cup, the Boston Red Legion’s final ranking for that year was 1st place. [cite web |url= http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://team.russianlegion.ru/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRussian%2BLegion%2Bpaintball%2Bteam%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG |title=Final ranking series NXL 2006 |publisher=team.russianlegion.ru/|accessdate=2007-05-14]

During the 2006-2007 off season, they added 2 new players to their roster, David "The Beast" Bains (American) who helped them win World Cup the year before, and Hamen Chapman (American). In spite of adding two new players, all star, and original Russian Legion player Dan Maskell (England) left the team.

In the 2007 season, they placed 2nd in the Los Angeles Open, in a 9-8 loss to the Los Angeles Ironmen, in overtime. During the Mid-Atlantic Open they placed first by defeating Xfactor in the finals with a 9-4 victory.

Players Alex Lundqvist, Matt Blonski, and Bart Blonski formed a team called New Jersey Authority, to play in the NPPL series. These players play on both Red Legion, and NJ Authority.

2007 roster

* Matthew Alesi Staff
* Aleksandr Berdnikov Pro
* Bart Blonski Pro
* Matt Blonski Pro
* Austin Wolford Pro
* Konstantin Fedorov Pro [left the team at the end of the season to play with Philly All Americans]
* Alexander Galka Division 1
* Mikhail Knyazev Pro
* Alex Lundqvist Pro [Also a professional model for big brands such as Calvin Klein]
* Maxim Morozov Pro
* Vasiliy Panteleev Pro
* Kirill Prikhidni Pro
* Sergei Samuylov Division 1
* Sergey Solnyshkov Division 4
* Alexander Solodovnikov Division 4
* Alexey Soloviev Pro
* Alexander Tarando Division 1

2008

*Phoenix OpenDates: March 13th-16thLocation: Glendale Youth Sports Complex at the University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ

2008 Phoenix Open NXL Results Round Score Opponent Score Preliminaries 7 St. Louis Avalance 2 Preliminaries 7 Edmonton Impact 3 Preliminaries 7 Oakland Infamous 1 Preliminaries 7 Chicago Aftershock 3 Preliminaries 6 San Diego Dynasty 7 Quarter Final 7 Edmonton Impact 5 Semi Final 7 Los Angeles Ironmen 4 Final 6 Oakland Infamous 7 Overall Finish 2nd *Mid-Atlantic OpenDates: May 8th-11thLocation: PBC Sports Park, Rock Hill, SC *Chicago OpenDates: June 25th-29thLocation: Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Center, Bolingbrook, IL *Northeast OpenDates: August 14th-17thLocation: All American Paintball Park, Greensburg, PA *World CupDates: October 20th-26thLocation: Disney’s Wide World of Sports® Complex, Orlando, FL 2008 Roster *John Amabisca Staff Staff *David Bains Pro *Aleksandr Berdnikov Pro *Don Besancon Pro Staff *Bart Blonski Pro *Matt Blonski Pro *Hamen Chapman Pro *Corey Hall Staff Staff *Chase Hudder Staff Staff *Benjamin Huson Staff Staff *Mikhail Knyazev Pro *Dmitry Kulikov Division 1 *Michael Mccluskey Staff Staff *Maxim Morozov Pro *Vasiliy Panteleev Pro *Maxim Preobrazhensky Staff Staff *Kirill Prikhidni Pro *Harrison Robbs Staff Staff *Kevin Rudulph Pro *Alexey Soloviev Staff Staff *Alexander Tarando Staff Staff References External links * [http://www.russianlegion.ru/en/news.html Official Website-English Version] * [http://www.pspevents.com/ Official PSP/NXL Website] * [http://www.pbnation.com/forumdisplay.php?f=346 PbNation Team Forum] Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР Branch Township South Branch Township Look at other dictionaries: List of professional paintball teams — This is a list of notable professional and semi professional paintball teams that have played in a professional tournament. A professional paintball team is one that plays paintball with the financial, equipment or other kind of support of one or …   Wikipedia National Professional Paintball League — The National Professional Paintball League (NPPL) is one of two American paintball national tournament series that travel throughout the United States each year, and was also the largest professional seven man paintball league in the… …   Wikipedia Oliver Lang — Oliver Ollie Lang is an American professional paintball player, who by the age of 22 in 2005, had already been awarded the International Paintball Player of the Year award. Paintballer Matt Marshall has stated that Lang “wins so frequently, plays …   Wikipedia Palacký University of Olomouc — Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci Latin: Universitatis Palackianae Olomoucencis Established 1573 (1573) (as a universit …   Wikipedia Rugby league — An attacking player attempts to evade two defenders Highest governing body Rugby League International Federation Nickname(s) …   Wikipedia 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”