Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics , and permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924. Ukraine has participated in one tournament, the 2002 Winter Olympics , sending 3 goaltenders and 20 skaters.[ 1] They played three preliminary-round games and one classification game, finishing tenth of the fourteen nations competing.[ 2] [ 3] Prior to 1991, Ukraine participated as a member of the Soviet Union , competing in every Winter Olympics from 1952 until 1992 (the country competed as part of the Unified Team in 1992).[ 4]
Four players – Igor Chybirev , Valentyn Oletsky , Dmytro Khristich , and Vadym Shakhraychuk – tied for the most goals , two, while Roman Salnikov had the most assists , three. Chybirev, Oletsky, and Salnikov had the most points , three.[ 5] [ 6]
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