Belarus national ice hockey team

Belarus

The coat of Arms of Belarus is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Nickname(s) The Bisons
Association Belarus Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach Dave Lewis
Assistants Oleg Antonenko
Vladimir Bure
Yuri Faikov
Jari Kaarela
Andrei Mezin
Craig Woodcroft
Captain Andrei Stas
Most games Alexander Makritsky (175)
Most points Andrei Skabelka (114)
Team colors               
IIHF code BLR
Ranking
Current IIHF 10 Decrease1
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 20 (first in 1994)
Best result 6th (2006)
Olympics
Appearances 3 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
202–168–27

The Belarusian national ice hockey team is currently ranked 9th in the world by the IIHF in their 2016 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. Andrei Stas was named the captain for the 2017 World Championships.

Tournament record

Belarus players in 2017.

Olympic Games

World Championship

Year Location Result
1994 Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia 22nd place
1995 Sofia, Bulgaria 21st place
1996 Eindhoven, Netherlands 15th place
1997 Katowice / Sosnowiec, Poland 13th place
1998 Zurich / Basel, Switzerland 8th place
1999 Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway 9th place
2000 Saint Petersburg, Russia 9th place
2001 Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany 14th place
2002 Eindhoven, Netherlands 17th place
2003 Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland 14th place
2004 Oslo, Norway 18th place
2005 Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria 10th place
2006 Riga, Latvia 6th place
2007 Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia 11th place
2008 Quebec City / Halifax, Canada 9th place
2009 Bern / Kloten, Switzerland 8th place
2010 Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany 10th place
2011 Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia 14th place
2012 Helsinki / Stockholm, Finland / Sweden 14th place
2013 Stockholm / Helsinki, Sweden / Finland 14th place
2014 Minsk, Belarus 7th place
2015 Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic 7th place
2016 Moscow / Saint Petersburg, Russia 12th place
2017 Cologne / Paris, Germany / France 13th place

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2017 IIHF World Championship.[1]

Head Coach: Dave Lewis

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
7 D Denisov, VladimirVladimir Denisov – A 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 29 June 1984 Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk
8 D Shinkevich, IlyaIlya Shinkevich 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 1 September 1989 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
10 F Stefanovich, MikhailMikhail Stefanovich 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 27 November 1989 Belarus HK Neman Grodno
11 F Kulakov, AlexanderAlexander Kulakov 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 15 May 1983 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
13 F Drozd, SergeiSergei Drozd 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 14 April 1990 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
14 D Lisovets, YevgeniYevgeni Lisovets 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 12 November 1994 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
15 F Demkov, ArtemArtem Demkov 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 26 September 1989 Belarus HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
17 F Sharangovich, YegorYegor Sharangovich 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 6 June 1998 Belarus Dinamo-Raubichi Minsk
18 D Khenkel, KristianKristian Khenkel 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 11 July 1995 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
22 F Karaban, DanilaDanila Karaban 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 26 July 1996 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
23 F Stas, AndreiAndrei Stas – C 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 18 October 1988 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
25 D Yevenko, OlegOleg Yevenko 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 21 January 1991 United States Cleveland Monsters
35 G Lalande, KevinKevin Lalande 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 19 February 1987 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
46 F Kostitsyn, AndreiAndrei Kostitsyn 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 3 February 1985 Russia HC Sochi
55 D Vorobey, PavelPavel Vorobey 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 10 September 1997 Belarus HC Dinamo Molodechno
69 G Karnaukhov, MikhailMikhail Karnaukhov 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 22 February 1994 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
70 F Linglet, CharlesCharles Linglet 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 22 June 1982 Germany Eisbären Berlin
71 F Pavlovich, AlexanderAlexander Pavlovich – A 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 12 July 1988 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
74 F Kostitsyn, SergeiSergei Kostitsyn 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 20 March 1987 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
79 G Trus, VitaliVitali Trus 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 24 June 1988 Belarus HK Neman Grodno
85 F Volkov, ArtyomArtyom Volkov 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 28 January 1985 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
88 F Kovyrshin, EvgeniEvgeni Kovyrshin 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 25 January 1986 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
89 D Korobov, DmitryDmitry Korobov 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 12 March 1989 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
92 D Hrabarenka, RamanRaman Hrabarenka 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 24 August 1992 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
95 F Kogalev, AlexanderAlexander Kogalev 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 22 May 1994 Belarus Yunost Minsk

Retired numbers

References

  1. ↑ 2017 IIHF World Championship roster
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