Belarus men's national ice hockey team

Belarus
	The coat of Arms of Belarus is the badge used on the players jerseys
Nickname(s)	Bisons (Зубры / Zubry)
Association	Belarus Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Andrei Sidorenko
Assistants	Vitali Koval; Andrei Kovalev; Pavel Perepekhin
Captain	Alexander Kitarov
Most games	Alexander Makritsky (175)
Most points	Andrei Skabelka (114)
Team colors
IIHF code	BLR
Ranking
Current IIHF	14 (26 May 2019)
Highest IIHF	8 (2009)
Lowest IIHF	15 (2014)
First international
	Ukraine 4–1 Belarus; (Minsk, Belarus; 7 November 1992)
Biggest win
	Belarus 21–1 Lithuania; (Riga, Latvia; 30 August 1996)
Biggest defeat
	Finland 11–2 Belarus; (Mikkeli, Finland; 7 April 1997); Canada 11–2 Belarus; (Lloydminster, Canada; 19 March 1998); Canada 9–0 Belarus; (Prague, Czech Republic; 14 May 2015)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	21 (first in 1994)
Best result	6th (2006)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
	202–174–27

The Belarusian national ice hockey team (Belarusian: Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; Russian: Сборная Белоруссии по хоккею с шайбой) is currently ranked 11th in the world by the IIHF in their 2018 World Ranking. The team is controlled by the Belarus Ice Hockey Federation. Arguably, the greatest moment in Belarusian hockey history was the victory over Sweden in the quarter-finals of the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the team ultimately finished fourth. Belarus has 4,968 players in their national pool (0.05% of the total population). At the 2005 and 2006 World Championships their coach was Glen Hanlon, who brought the best-ever result in the IIHF World Championship – 6th place in 2006. He was succeeded by Curt Fraser, who led the team in 2007 and 2008. Hanlon returned to coach the team for the 2009 World Championships in Switzerland.

Tournament recordEdit

Belarus players in 2017.

Olympic GamesEdit

Games	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Place
1920–1988	Part of the Soviet Union
1992	Part of the Unified Team
1994	Did not enter
Nagano 1998	4	0	0	0	4	5	19	7th
Salt Lake City 2002	6	1	0	0	5	13	39	4th
2006	Did not qualify
Vancouver 2010	4	1	0	1	2	10	15	9th
2014–2018	Did not qualify

World ChampionshipEdit

Year	Location	Result
1994	Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia	22nd place (2nd in Group C1)
1995	Sofia, Bulgaria	21st place (1st in Group C1, promoted)
1996	Eindhoven, Netherlands	15th place (3rd in Group B)
1997	Katowice / Sosnowiec, Poland	13th place (1st in Group B, promoted)
1998	Zürich / Basel, Switzerland	8th place
1999	Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway	9th place
2000	Saint Petersburg, Russia	9th place
2001	Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany	14th place (relegated)
2002	Eindhoven, Netherlands	17th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2003	Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland	14th place (relegated)
2004	Oslo, Norway	18th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2005	Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria	10th place
2006	Riga, Latvia	6th place
2007	Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia	11th place
2008	Quebec City / Halifax, Canada	9th place
2009	Bern / Kloten, Switzerland	8th place
2010	Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany	10th place
2011	Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia	14th place
2012	Helsinki / Stockholm, Finland / Sweden	14th place
2013	Stockholm / Helsinki, Sweden / Finland	14th place
2014	Minsk, Belarus	7th place
2015	Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic	7th place
2016	Moscow / Saint Petersburg, Russia	12th place
2017	Cologne / Paris, Germany / France	13th place
2018	Copenhagen / Herning, Denmark	15th place (relegated)
2019	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan	17th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2020	Zürich / Lausanne, Switzerland	qualified
2021	Minsk, Belarus/Riga, Latvia	qualified as co-host

TeamEdit

Current rosterEdit

Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship.^[2]

Head coach: Dave Lewis was the acting head coach until 8 May 2018, after that Sergei Pushkov took over.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Mikhail Karnaukhov	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1994-02-22) 22 February 1994 (age 25)	HC Dinamo Minsk
7	D	Vladimir Denisov	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1984-06-29) 29 June 1984 (age 34)	HC Dinamo Minsk
9	D	Roman Dyukov	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1995-09-29) 29 September 1995 (age 23)	Saryarka Karagandy
10	F	Pavel Razvadovsky	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 (age 29)	Yunost Minsk
13	F	Sergei Drozd	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 (age 29)	HC Dinamo Minsk
14	D	Yevgeni Lisovets	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1994-11-12) 12 November 1994 (age 24)	HC Dinamo Minsk
15	F	Artyom Demkov	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 29)	HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
16	F	Geoff Platt	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1985-07-10) 10 July 1985 (age 33)	HC CSKA Moscow
17	F	Yegor Sharangovich	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 (age 21)	HC Dinamo Minsk
18	D	Kristian Khenkel	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 (age 23)	HC Dinamo Minsk
23	D	Nikita Ustinenko	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 (age 24)	Yunost Minsk
28	F	Oleksandr Materukhin	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1981-10-17) 17 October 1981 (age 37)	HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
31	G	Ivan Kulbakov	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 (age 22)	Cleveland Monsters
51	D	Stepan Falkovsky	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	(1996-12-18) 18 December 1996 (age 22)	Ontario Reign
55	D	Pavel Vorobey	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 (age 21)	Kunlun Red Star
70	F	Charles Linglet	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1982-06-22) 22 June 1982 (age 37)	HC Dinamo Minsk
71	F	Alexander Pavlovich – C	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1988-07-12) 12 July 1988 (age 30)	HC Dinamo Minsk
74	F	Artyom Levsha	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1992-09-24) 24 September 1992 (age 26)	HK Neman Grodno
77	F	Alexander Kitarov – A	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 (age 32)	HC Dinamo Minsk
79	G	Vitali Trus	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1988-06-24) 24 June 1988 (age 31)	HK Neman Grodno
82	F	Artyom Kisly	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1989-04-28) 28 April 1989 (age 30)	HK Neman Grodno
84	F	Maxim Sushko	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 20)	Owen Sound Attack
88	F	Evgeni Kovyrshin	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1986-01-25) 25 January 1986 (age 33)	HC Dinamo Minsk
89	D	Dmitry Korobov – A	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	(1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 30)	HC Dinamo Minsk
91	F	Artur Gavrus	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 (age 25)	Dinamo-Molodechno

Retired numbersEdit

24 – Ruslan Salei

ReferencesEdit

^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
^ 2018 IIHF World Championship roster
^ "Belarus changes coach". new-iihf.com. 8 May 2018.

External linksEdit

[IIHF_Men's_World_Ranking-1] "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

[2] 2018 IIHF World Championship roster

[3] "Belarus changes coach". new-iihf.com. 8 May 2018.

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Ranking
The coat of Arms of Belarus is the badge used on the players jerseys
Nickname(s)	Bisons (Зубры / Zubry)
Association	Belarus Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Andrei Sidorenko
Assistants	Vitali Koval Andrei Kovalev Pavel Perepekhin
Captain	Alexander Kitarov
Most games	Alexander Makritsky (175)
Most points	Andrei Skabelka (114)
Team colors
IIHF code	BLR

Current IIHF	14 (26 May 2019)^[1]
Highest IIHF	8 (2009)
Lowest IIHF	15 (2014)
First international
Ukraine 4–1 Belarus (Minsk, Belarus; 7 November 1992)
Biggest win
Belarus 21–1 Lithuania (Riga, Latvia; 30 August 1996)
Biggest defeat
Finland 11–2 Belarus (Mikkeli, Finland; 7 April 1997) Canada 11–2 Belarus (Lloydminster, Canada; 19 March 1998) Canada 9–0 Belarus (Prague, Czech Republic; 14 May 2015)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	21 (first in 1994)
Best result	6th (2006)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
202–174–27