Ukraine national ice hockey team
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The Ukrainian national men's ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2006 Ukraine is ranked 15th in the IIHK World Rankings. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in 9th place. Ukraine has a total of 4,190 players (0,008% of its population). Their head coach is Oleksandr Seukand.
During the 2007 World Hockey Championship, Ukraine was relegated to Division 1.
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[edit] 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships roster
[edit] Goaltenders
- 22 Buriy Andrew - HC Sokil Kyiv
- 20 Igor Karpenko - HC Sokil Kyiv
- 22 Oleksandr Fyodorov - HC Sokil Kyiv
[edit] Defensemen
- 3 Serhiy Klementev - AK Bars Kazan
- 4 Vasiliy Polonytskyi - HC Sokil Kyiv
- 5 Denis Isayenko - HC Sokil Kyiv
- 6 Andriy Sryubko - HC MVD Tver
- 9 Yuriy Navarenko - HC Sokil Kyiv
- 11 Artem Ostroushko - HC MVD Tver
- 31 Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk - HC Sibir Novosibirsk
- 2 Yuriy Hunko - HC Sokil Kyiv
[edit] Forwards
- 7 Valentin Oletskyi - HC Sokil Kyiv
- 10 Vadym Shakhraichuk - HC Dynamo Moscow
- 15 Vitaly Litvinenko - HC Sokil Kyiv
- 16 Vasiliy Bobrovnikov - HC Sokil Kyiv
- 18 Yuri Dyachenko - Vityaz Chekhov
- 21 Oleksandr Materykhin - HC Khimvolokno Mohilyev
- 23 Roman Salnikov - HC Keramin Minsk
- 25 Oleh Shafarenko - HC Khimvolokno Mohilyev
- 27 Konstantin Kosyanchuk - Traktor Chelyabinsk
- 29 Vitaly Semenchenko - HC Yunost Minsk
- 30 Andriy Mikhnov - HC Lada Togliatti
- 34 Boris Protsenko - HC Tivali Minsk
- 16 Vladislav Makorevich- HC Sokol Kyiv
[edit] Olympic Record
- 1920-1992 - Did not participate
- 1994-1998 - Did not qualify
- 2002 - Finished in 10th place
- 2006 - Did not qualify
[edit] World Championship Record
- 1930-1992 - Did not participiate
- 1993 - Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool C")
- 1994 - Finished in 23rd place (3rd in "Pool C")
- 1995 - Finished in 23rd place (3rd in "Pool C")
- 1996 - Finished in 22nd place (2nd in "Pool C")
- 1997 - Finished in 21st place (Won "Pool C")
- 1998 - Finished in 17th place (Won "Pool B")
- 1999 - Finished in 14th place
- 2000 - Finished in 14th place
- 2001 - Finished in 10th place
- 2002 - Finished in 9th place
- 2003 - Finished in 12th place
- 2004 - Finished in 14th place
- 2005 - Finished in 11th place
- 2006 - Finished in 12th place
- 2007 - Finished in 16th place and was relegated to Division 1
[edit] Notable Games
*Incomplete - Need more information between 1992 and 1997
- First match: April 14, 1992: Kazakhstan 5-1 Belarus
- Largest victory: March 13, 1993 in Bled, Slovenia: Ukraine 37-2 Belgium
- Largest defeat: May 3, 2002 in Finland: Finland 9-0 Ukraine