Russian national ice hockey team

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The Russian national men's ice hockey team is one of the top rated national ice hockey teams in the world, currently ranked 5th by the IIHF. It has been competing internationally since 1993 and follows a long tradition of Soviet Union team mostly composed of Russian players. The Russian team has not been as dominant as the Soviet team, winning the gold in the World Championships only once in 12 years but it remains one of the top teams in the world. Russia finished 4th at the 2006 Torino Olympics. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Russia has a total of 77,702 players (0.05% of its population) . As of August 2006, their head coach is Vyacheslav Bykov. Team Russia also has more goals total then any other IIHF team.((1987-2007))

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[edit] 2006 Olympic team

Players - Current Team

Goaltenders

(*) Sokolov was selected to replace Nikolai Khabibulin who had withdrawn due to injury.

Defensemen

Forwards

[edit] Olympic record

  • 1994 - Finished in 4th place
  • 1998 - Won silver medal
  • 2002 - Won bronze medal
  • 2006 - Finished in 4th place

[edit] World Cup record

  • 1996 - Lost semi-final
  • 2004 - Lost quarter-final

[edit] World Championship record

  • 1993 - Won gold medal
  • 1994 - Finished in 5th place
  • 1995 - Finished in 5th place
  • 1996 - Finished in 4th place
  • 1997 - Finished in 4th place
  • 1998 - Finished in 5th place
  • 1999 - Finished in 5th place
  • 2000 - Finished in 11th place
  • 2001 - Finished in 6th place
  • 2002 - Won silver medal
  • 2003 - Finished in 6th place
  • 2004 - Finished in 10th place
  • 2005 - Won bronze medal
  • 2006 - Finished in 5th place

[edit] See also

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