Belarus men's national ice hockey team

The Belarusian national ice hockey team (Belarusian: Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; Russian: Сборная Белоруссии по хоккею с шайбой) is 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.

Belarus
The coat of Arms of Belarus is the badge used on the players jerseys
Nickname(s)Bisons (Зубры / Zubry)
AssociationBelarus Ice Hockey Federation
Head coachMikhail Zakharov
AssistantsVitali Koval
Andrei Kovalev
Pavel Perepekhin
CaptainAlexander Kitarov
Most gamesAlexander Makritsky (175)
Most pointsAndrei Skabelka (114)
Team colors              
IIHF codeBLR
Ranking
Current IIHF13 1 (24 April 2020)[1]
Highest IIHF8 (2009)
Lowest IIHF15 (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
Appearances21 (first in 1994)
Best result6th (2006)
Olympics
Appearances3 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
202–174–27

Tournament record
Belarus players in 2017.

Olympic Games
Games GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Place
1920–1988 Part of the  Soviet Union
1992 Part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
1994 Did not enter
Nagano 1998 4 0 0 0 4 5 19 7th
Salt Lake City 2002 6 1 0 0 5 13 39 4th
2006 Did not qualify
Vancouver 2010 4 1 0 1 2 10 15 9th
2014–2018 Did not qualify

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)
2019Nur-Sultan,  Kazakhstan17th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2020Zürich / Lausanne,   SwitzerlandCancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[2]
2021Minsk / Riga,  Belarus /  Latviaqualified as co-host

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship.[3]

Head coach: Dave Lewis was the acting head coach until 8 May 2018, after that Sergei Pushkov took over.[4]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1GMikhail Karnaukhov1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1994-02-22) 22 February 1994 HC Dinamo Minsk
7DVladimir Denisov1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)94 kg (207 lb) (1984-06-29) 29 June 1984 HC Dinamo Minsk
9DRoman Dyukov1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)90 kg (200 lb) (1995-09-29) 29 September 1995 Saryarka Karagandy
10FPavel Razvadovsky1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 Yunost Minsk
13FSergei Drozd1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)77 kg (170 lb) (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 HC Dinamo Minsk
14DYevgeni Lisovets1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)90 kg (200 lb) (1994-11-12) 12 November 1994 HC Dinamo Minsk
15FArtyom Demkov1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)81 kg (179 lb) (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
16FGeoff Platt1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1985-07-10) 10 July 1985 HC CSKA Moscow
17FYegor Sharangovich1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)87 kg (192 lb) (1998-06-06) 6 June 1998 HC Dinamo Minsk
18DKristian Khenkel1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 HC Dinamo Minsk
23DNikita Ustinenko1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)78 kg (172 lb) (1995-04-22) 22 April 1995 Yunost Minsk
28FOleksandr Materukhin1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)90 kg (200 lb) (1981-10-17) 17 October 1981 HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
31GIvan Kulbakov1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)78 kg (172 lb) (1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 Cleveland Monsters
51DStepan Falkovsky2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)102 kg (225 lb) (1996-12-18) 18 December 1996 Ontario Reign
55DPavel Vorobey1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)90 kg (200 lb) (1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 Kunlun Red Star
70FCharles Linglet1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)92 kg (203 lb) (1982-06-22) 22 June 1982 HC Dinamo Minsk
71FAlexander Pavlovich – C1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1988-07-12) 12 July 1988 HC Dinamo Minsk
74FArtyom Levsha1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)78 kg (172 lb) (1992-09-24) 24 September 1992 HK Neman Grodno
77FAlexander Kitarov – A1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)96 kg (212 lb) (1987-06-18) 18 June 1987 HC Dinamo Minsk
79GVitali Trus1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1988-06-24) 24 June 1988 HK Neman Grodno
82FArtyom Kisly1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1989-04-28) 28 April 1989 HK Neman Grodno
84FMaxim Sushko1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)81 kg (179 lb) (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 Lehigh Valley Phantoms
88FEvgeni Kovyrshin1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)78 kg (172 lb) (1986-01-25) 25 January 1986 HC Dinamo Minsk
89DDmitry Korobov – A1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)108 kg (238 lb) (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 HC Dinamo Minsk
91FArtur Gavrus1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)87 kg (192 lb) (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994 Dinamo-Molodechno

Retired numbers

References
  1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  2. Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. 2018 IIHF World Championship roster
  4. "Belarus changes coach". new-iihf.com. 8 May 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
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