Russia national ice hockey team

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Ice Hockey Federation of Russia
Association
Ice Hockey Federation of Russia
Current Olympic/World Cup coach
Vyacheslav Bykov
Current national team coach
Vyacheslav Bykov
Most Games
Alexandr Prokopiev (156 games)[1].
Most Points
Maxim Sushinski ? (?? points)
First Game
Russia 2-2 Sweden
12/04/1992
Largest win
Russia 12-3 Great Britain
26/04/1994

Russia 10-1 Kazakhstan
07/05/2006
Largest defeat
Russia 1-7 Finland
22/04/1997

Russia 1-7 Czech Republic
20/12/1997
World Championships
Gold medalists: 2 - 1993, 2008

The Russian national men's ice hockey team is one of the top rated and most successful national ice hockey teams in the world, rated number two in IIHF world rankings. It has been competing internationally since 1993 and follows a long tradition of Soviet Union team mostly composed of Russian players. The Russian team replaces the Unified Team of 1992. In 1991 and earlier, players competed with the Soviet Union national ice hockey team.

The Russian team has not been as dominant as the Soviet team, winning the gold in the World Championships only twice in 17 years but it remains one of the top teams in the world. Russia finished 4th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Russia has a total of 77,702 players, about 0.05% of its population. As of August 2006, their head coach is Vyacheslav "Slava" Bykov. Team Russia also has scored more goals than any other IIHF team.[citation needed]

Russia won the World Championship in 2008, after a 5-4 overtime win in the gold medal game versus Canada. Ilya Kovalchuk scored the game-winning goal on a powerplay. Canadian forward Rick Nash received a penalty for delay of game, due to a clearance attempt that went over the glass.

Contents

[edit] 2008 IIHF World Championship team

See: 2008 IIHF World Championship rosters

[edit] 2007 IIHF World Championship team

See: 2007 IIHF World Championship rosters

[edit] 2006 Olympic team

Goaltenders

(*) Sokolov was selected to replace Nikolai Khabibulin who had withdrawn due to injury.

Defensemen
Forwards

[edit] Olympic record

See also: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
Olympic medal record
Men’s Ice Hockey
Silver 1998 Nagano Men's team
Bronze 2002 Salt Lake City Men's team
  • 1994 - Finished in 4th place
  • 1998 - Won silver medal
  • 2002 - Won bronze medal
  • 2006 - Finished in 4th place

From 1956 to 1988, the Soviet Union national ice hockey team won seven gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal in nine appearances. The Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics also won the gold medal.

[edit] World Cup record

See also: World Cup of Hockey
  • 1996 - Lost semi-final
  • 2004 - Lost quarter-final

[edit] World Championship record

See also: List of IIHF World Championship tournaments
  • 1992 - Finished in 5th place
  • 1993 - Gold medal winner
  • 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 - Silver medal winner
  • 2003 - Finished in 6th place
  • 2004 - Finished in 10th place
  • 2005 - Bronze medal winner
  • 2006 - Finished in 5th place
  • 2007 - Bronze medal winner
  • 2008 - Gold medal winner

[edit] See also