Belarus men's national ice hockey team
The Belarusian national ice hockey team (Belarusian: Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; Russian: Сборная Белоруссии по хоккею с шайбой) is ranked 13th in the world by the IIHF in their 2020 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.
.svg) 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 | Mikhail Zakharov |
| 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 |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 13  1 (24 April 2020)[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 | |
Tournament recordEdit
Olympic GamesEdit
| Games | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Place |
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| 1920–1988 | Part of the  Soviet Union
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| 1992 | Part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
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| 1994 | Did not enter | |||||||
 Nagano 1998
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 7th |
 Salt Lake City 2002
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6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 4th |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| Vancouver 2010
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4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 9th |
| 2014–2018 | Did not qualify | |||||||
World ChampionshipEdit
TeamEdit
Current rosterEdit
Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship.[3]
Head coach: Dave Lewis was the acting head coach until 8 May 2018, after that Sergei Pushkov took over.[4]
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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| 1 | G | Mikhail Karnaukhov | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 22 February 1994 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 7 | D | Vladimir Denisov | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 29 June 1984 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 9 | D | Roman Dyukov | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 29 September 1995 |  Saryarka Karagandy
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| 10 | F | Pavel Razvadovsky | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 7 August 1989 | Yunost Minsk
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| 13 | F | Sergei Drozd | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 14 April 1990 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 14 | D | Yevgeni Lisovets | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 12 November 1994 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 15 | F | Artyom Demkov | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 26 September 1989 | HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
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| 16 | F | Geoff Platt | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 10 July 1985 |  HC CSKA Moscow
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| 17 | F | Yegor Sharangovich | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 6 June 1998 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 18 | D | Kristian Khenkel | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 11 July 1995 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 23 | D | Nikita Ustinenko | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 22 April 1995 | Yunost Minsk
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| 28 | F | Oleksandr Materukhin | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 17 October 1981 | HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
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| 31 | G | Ivan Kulbakov | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 18 September 1996 | Cleveland Monsters
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| 51 | D | Stepan Falkovsky | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | 18 December 1996 | Ontario Reign
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| 55 | D | Pavel Vorobey | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 10 September 1997 |  Kunlun Red Star
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| 70 | F | Charles Linglet | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 22 June 1982 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 71 | F | Alexander Pavlovich – C | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 12 July 1988 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 74 | F | Artyom Levsha | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 24 September 1992 | HK Neman Grodno
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| 77 | F | Alexander Kitarov – A | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 18 June 1987 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 79 | G | Vitali Trus | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 24 June 1988 | HK Neman Grodno
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| 82 | F | Artyom Kisly | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 28 April 1989 | HK Neman Grodno
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| 84 | F | Maxim Sushko | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 10 February 1999 | Lehigh Valley Phantoms
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| 88 | F | Evgeni Kovyrshin | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 25 January 1986 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 89 | D | Dmitry Korobov – A | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 108 kg (238 lb) | 12 March 1989 | HC Dinamo Minsk
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| 91 | F | Artur Gavrus | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 3 January 1994 | Dinamo-Molodechno
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Retired numbersEdit
- 24 – Ruslan Salei
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ 2018 IIHF World Championship roster[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Belarus changes coach". new-iihf.com. 8 May 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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