Belarus men's national ice hockey team

Belarus
The coat of Arms of Belarus is the badge used on the players jerseys
Nickname(s) Bisons (Зубры / Zubry)
Association Belarus Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach Sergei Pushkov
Assistants Vyacheslav Gusov
Andrei Mezin
Sergei Pushkov
Mikhail Zakharov
Captain Alexander Pavlovich
Most games Alexander Makritsky (175)
Most points Andrei Skabelka (114)
Team colors               
IIHF code BLR
Ranking
Current IIHF 14 Decrease3
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)
202–174–27

The Belarusian national ice hockey team (Belarusian: Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; Russian: Сборная Белоруссии по хоккею с шайбой) is currently ranked 11th in the world by the IIHF in their 2018 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.

Tournament record

Belarus players in 2017.

Olympic Games

  • 1998 – Finished in 7th place
  • 2002 – Finished in 4th place
  • 2010 – Finished in 9th place

World Championship

YearLocationResult
1994Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia22nd place (2nd in Group C1)
1995Sofia, Bulgaria21st place (1st in Group C1, promoted)
1996Eindhoven, Netherlands15th place (3rd in Group B)
1997Katowice / Sosnowiec, Poland13th place (1st in Group B, promoted)
1998Zürich / Basel, Switzerland8th place
1999Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway9th place
2000Saint Petersburg, Russia9th place
2001Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany14th place (relegated)
2002Eindhoven, Netherlands17th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2003Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland14th place (relegated)
2004Oslo, Norway18th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2005Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria10th place
2006Riga, Latvia6th place
2007Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia11th place
2008Quebec City / Halifax, Canada9th place
2009Bern / Kloten, Switzerland8th place
2010Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany10th place
2011Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia14th place
2012Helsinki / Stockholm, Finland / Sweden14th place
2013Stockholm / Helsinki, Sweden / Finland14th place
2014Minsk, Belarus7th place
2015Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic7th place
2016Moscow / Saint Petersburg, Russia12th place
2017Cologne / Paris, Germany / France13th place
2018Copenhagen / Herning, Denmark15th place (relegated)

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship.[1]

Head coach: Dave Lewis was the acting head coach until 8 May 2018, after that Sergei Pushkov took over.[2]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1GMikhail Karnaukhov1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)80 kg (180 lb)February 22, 1994Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
7DVladimir Denisov1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)94 kg (207 lb)June 29, 1984Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
9DRoman Dyukov1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)90 kg (200 lb)September 29, 1995Kazakhstan Saryarka Karagandy
10FPavel Razvadovsky1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)85 kg (187 lb)August 7, 1989Belarus Yunost Minsk
13FSergei Drozd1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)77 kg (170 lb)April 14, 1990Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
14DYevgeni Lisovets1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)90 kg (200 lb)November 12, 1994Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
15FArtyom Demkov1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)81 kg (179 lb)September 26, 1989Belarus HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
16FGeoff Platt1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)82 kg (181 lb)July 10, 1985Russia HC CSKA Moscow
17FYegor Sharangovich1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)87 kg (192 lb)June 6, 1998Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
18DKristian Khenkel1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb)July 11, 1995Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
23DNikita Ustinenko1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)78 kg (172 lb)April 22, 1995Belarus Yunost Minsk
28FOleksandr Materukhin1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)90 kg (200 lb)October 17, 1981Belarus HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
31GIvan Kulbakov1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)78 kg (172 lb)September 18, 1996United States Cleveland Monsters
51DStepan Falkovsky2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)102 kg (225 lb)December 18, 1996United States Ontario Reign
55DPavel Vorobey1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)90 kg (200 lb)September 10, 1997China Kunlun Red Star
70FCharles Linglet1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)92 kg (203 lb)June 22, 1982Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
71FAlexander Pavlovich – C1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb)July 12, 1988Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
74FArtyom Levsha1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)78 kg (172 lb)September 24, 1992Belarus HK Neman Grodno
77FAlexander Kitarov – A1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)96 kg (212 lb)June 18, 1987Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
79GVitali Trus1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)80 kg (180 lb)June 24, 1988Belarus HK Neman Grodno
82FArtyom Kisly1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)82 kg (181 lb)April 28, 1989Belarus HK Neman Grodno
84FMaxim Sushko1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)81 kg (179 lb)February 10, 1999Canada Owen Sound Attack
88FEvgeni Kovyrshin1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)78 kg (172 lb)January 25, 1986Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
89DDmitry Korobov – A1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)108 kg (238 lb)March 12, 1989Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk
91FArtur Gavrus1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)87 kg (192 lb)January 3, 1994Belarus Dinamo-Molodechno

Retired numbers

References

  1. ↑ 2018 IIHF World Championship roster
  2. ↑ "Belarus changes coach". new-iihf.com. 8 May 2018.


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