Ukraine men's national ice hockey team

Ukraine
Nickname(s) Yellow and Blue
(Жовто-сині / Zhovto-syni;
Жёлто-синие / Zholto-siniye)
Association Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
General Manager Sergi Mazur
Head coach Oleksandr Savytskyi
Assistants Pavlo Mikhonik
Oleg Shafarenko
Captain Viktor Zakharov
Most games Vasily Bobrovnikov (182)
Most points Vitaly Litvinenko (105)
Team colors          
IIHF code UKR
Ranking
Current IIHF 24 Decrease 1
Highest IIHF 11 (2003)
Lowest IIHF 24 (2018)
First international
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Armenian SSR 0–26 Ukrainian SSR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
(Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union; 3 March 1962)
as Ukraine
 Kazakhstan 5–1 Ukraine 
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992)
Biggest win
 Ukraine 37–2 Belgium 
(Bled, Slovenia; 13 March 1993)
Biggest defeat
 Finland 9–0 Ukraine 
(Helsinki, Finland; 3 May 2003)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 18 (first in 1993)
Best result 9th (2002)
Olympics
Appearances 1 (first in 2002)
International record (W–L–T)
169–134–28

The Ukrainian national ice hockey team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з хокею з шайбою; Russian: Сборная Украины по хоккею с шайбой) is the national men's ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). As of February 2018, Ukraine is currently ranked 23rd in the World Ranking. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in 9th place.

Following the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Russia, Ukraine was relegated to Division 1.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

  • 2002 – Finished in 10th place

World Championship

  • 1954–1991 – Participated as part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team
  • 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 (1st in Pool C)
  • 1998 – Finished in 17th place (1st in 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
  • 2008 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
  • 2009 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I Group B)
  • 2010 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I Group A)
  • 2011 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I Group B)
  • 2012 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)
  • 2013 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B)
  • 2014 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I Group A)
  • 2015 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)
  • 2016 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I Group B)
  • 2017 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I Group A)
  • 2018 – Finished in 26th place (4th in Division I Group B)

Roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[1]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Height Weight Date of birth Club
1 Sergei Gaiduchenko L 196 cm 101 kg 6 June 1989 Ukraine Free agent
30 Bohdan Dyachenko L 184 cm 79 kg 6 October 1998 Ukraine HC Donbass
Defencemen
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
6 Volodymyr Aleksyuk L 181 cm 83 kg 22 June 1987 Ukraine Donbass Donetsk
2 Vitali Andreikiv L 180 cm 88 kg 3 January 1996 Ukraine HK Kremenchuk
21 Denys Isayenko L 175 cm 90 kg 17 March 1980 Ukraine HK Kremenchuk
26 Denys Petrukhno L 190 cm 93 kg 18 September 1989 Ukraine Donbass Donetsk
14 Olexander Pobyedonostsev L 180 cm 82 kg 19 September 1981 Ukraine HK Generals Kiev
23 Volodymyr Romanenko L 189 cm 95 kg 13 August 1992 Ukraine HK Kremenchuk
4 Vsevold Tolstushko L 178 cm 80 kg 31 May 1993 Ukraine Donbass Donetsk
5 Kyrylo Zhovnir L 193 cm 101 kg 7 March 1995 Ukraine HK Kremenchuk
Forwards
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
15 Sergi Babynets L 184 cm 80 kg 5 September 1987 Ukraine Donbass Donetsk
24 Roman Blagy R 190 cm 100 kg 25 October 1987 Kazakhstan Saryarka Karagandy
25 Artem Bondaryev L 181 cm 92 kg 12 January 1983 Romania Steaua București
19 Dmytro Chernyshenko R 179 cm 82 kg 10 May 1994 Ukraine HK Kremenchuk
11 Vladyslav Gavryk R 193 cm 100 kg 21 May 1991 United States Columbus Cottonmouths
22 Artem Gnidenko R 177 cm 82 kg 3 February 1980 Ukraine HK Generals Kiev
9 Georgi Kicha R 175 cm 78 kg 12 March 1990 Ukraine HK Generals Kiev
8 Andri Mikhnov L 200 cm 98 kg 26 November 1983 Belarus Yunost Minsk
20 Yuri Petrangovsky L 187 cm 89 kg 9 December 1994 Ukraine HK Kremenchuk
7 Oleg Shafarenko L 184 cm 80 kg 31 October 1981 Belarus Yunost Minsk
3 Yevgen Tymchenko L 185 cm 85 kg 25 May 1996 Ukraine HK Generals Kiev
10 Viktor Zakharov L 195 cm 90 kg 8 January 1994 Ukraine Donbass Donetsk

Coaches

  • Oleksandr Fadeiev (1993–1994)
  • Anatoliy Bohdanov (1994–2003)
  • Oleksandr Seukand (2004–2007)
  • Volodymyr Golubovych (2007–2008)
  • Oleksandr Seukand (2009)
  • Mikhail Zakharov (2009–2010)
  • Dave Lewis (2010–2011)
  • Anatoliy Khomenko (2011–2012)
  • Oleksandr Kulikov (2012–2013)
  • Andrei Nazarov (2013–2014)
  • Oleksandr Hodyniuk (2014–15)
  • Oleksandr Savytskyi (2015–present)

References

  1. ↑ "2016 World Championships Division 1B Team UkraineRoster. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
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