Russia national ice hockey team
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The Russian national men's ice hockey team is one of the top rated and most successful (the USSR team was dominated by Russian players) 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, about 0.05% of its population (hockey is a national sport in Russia, but because the cost of equipment is high, many people cannot afford to play). As of August 2006, their head coach is Vyacheslav Bykov. Team Russia also has more goals total then any other IIHF team.
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[edit] 2007 IIHF World Championship team
[edit] 2006 Olympic team
Players - Current Team
Goaltenders
- Image:Flag of Samara Oblast.svg Ilya Bryzgalov - Phoenix Coyotes
- Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Evgeni Nabokov - San Jose Sharks
- Image:Flag of St Petersburg (Russia).png Maxim Sokolov - SKA Saint Petersburg*
(*) Sokolov was selected to replace Nikolai Khabibulin who had withdrawn due to injury.
Defensemen
- Image:Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast.svg Sergei Gonchar - Pittsburgh Penguins
- Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Darius Kasparaitis-New York Rangers-A
- Image:Flag of Moscow Oblast.png Andrei Markov - Montreal Canadiens
- Image:Flag of Moscow Oblast.png Danny Markov - Detroit Red Wings
- Image:Flag of Moscow Oblast.png Vitaly Vishnevski - New Jersey Devils
- Image:Flag of Yaroslavl Oblast.png Sergei Zhukov - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
- Image:Flag of Moscow Oblast.png Anton Volchenkov - Ottawa Senators
Forwards
- Image:Moscow-flag.png Maxim Afinogenov - Buffalo Sabres
- Image:Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast.svg Pavel Datsyuk - Detroit Red Wings
- Image:Moscow-flag.png Alexander Frolov - Los Angeles Kings
- Image:Flag of St Petersburg (Russia).png Alexander Kharitonov - HC Dynamo Moscow
- Image:Moscow-flag.png Alexander Korolyuk - Vityaz Chekhov
- Image:Flag of Tver Oblast.png Ilya Kovalchuk - Atlanta Thrashers
- Image:Flag of Samara Oblast.svg Alexei Kovalev - Montreal Canadiens-C
- Image:Flag of Samara Oblast.svg Viktor Kozlov - New York Islanders
- Image:Flag of Chelyabinsk Oblast.svg Evgeni Malkin - Pittsburgh Penguins
- Image:Moscow-flag.png Alexander Ovechkin - Washington Capitals
- Image:Flag of St Petersburg (Russia).png Maxim Sushinsky - HC Dynamo Moscow
- Image:Flag of Sverdlovsk Oblast.svg Alexei Yashin - New York Islanders-A
[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
[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
- 2007 - Won bronze medal
[edit] See also
Men's ice hockey teams of the IIHF |
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