Russia men's national ice hockey team

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Russia men's national ice hockey team
Shirt badge/Association crest
The coat of arms of Russia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Nickname(s) Большая Красная Машина (The Big Red Machine)
Association Russian Hockey Federation
General Manager Andrei Safronov
Head coach Oleg Znarok
Assistants Harijs Vītoliņš
Sergei Zubov
Captain Ilya Kovalchuk
Most games Maxim Sushinski (119)
Most points Alexei Morozov (89)
IIHF code RUS
IIHF ranking 2 Increase1
Highest IIHF ranking 1 (first in 2009)
Lowest IIHF ranking 7 (2004)
Team colors               
Russia national hockey team jerseys - 2014 Winter Olympics.png
First international
 Russia 2–2 Sweden 
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 12 April 1992)
Biggest win
 Russia 12–3 Great Britain 
(Bolzano, Italy; 26 April 1994)
 Russia 10–1 Kazakhstan 
(Riga, Latvia; 6 May 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Finland 7–1 Russia 
(Helsinki, Finland; 22 April 1997)
 Russia 1–7 Czech Republic 
(Moscow, Russia; 20 December 1997)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 24 (first in 1992)
Best result Gold medal with cup.svg (1993, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
Olympics
Appearances 6 (first in 1994)
Medals Silver medal.svg (1998)
Bronze medal.svg (2002)
International record (W–L–T)
382–220–43
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1993 Germany Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Canada Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Switzerland Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Finland/Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Belarus Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Sweden Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Czech Republic Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Austria Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Russia Team

The Russian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Russia, overseen by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. As of May 2015, they are rated second in the IIHF World Rankings; with 3675 points. The team has been competing internationally since 1993, and is recognized by the IIHF as the successor to the Soviet Union Hockey Federation and have passed its ranking on to Russia. Today, it still follows a long tradition of Soviet hockey teams, composed mostly of Russian players. The Russian team replaced the Unified Team of the ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the Commonwealth of Independent States team of the 1992 World Championships and is a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and the United States.[1]

The Soviets were the most dominant teams of all time in international play. The team won nearly every world championship and Olympic tournament between 1954 and 1991 held by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Russia won the 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014 World Ice Hockey Championships. Russia has a total of 84,270 players,[2] about 0.05% of its population. As of May 2014, their head coach is Oleg Znarok.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

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See also: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
The bronze medal winning Russian team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

From 1956 to 1988, the Soviet Union national ice hockey team won seven gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal in nine appearances. The Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics also won the gold medal.

Year Location Result
1994 Norway Lillehammer 4th place
1998 Japan Nagano Silver medal
2002 United States Salt Lake City Bronze medal
2006 Italy Turin 4th place
2010 Canada Vancouver 6th place
2014 Russia Sochi 5th place
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang Qualified

World Championship

Alexander Semin's first goal in IIHF World Championship 2008 Final

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See also: List of IIHF World Championship tournaments
Year Location Result
1992 Prague / Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 5th place
1993 Dortmund / Munich, Germany Gold
1994 Bolzano / Canazei / Milan, Italy 5th place
1995 Stockholm / Gävle, Sweden 5th place
1996 Vienna, Austria 4th place
1997 Helsinki / Turku / Tampere, Finland 4th place
1998 Zurich / Basel, Switzerland 5th place
1999 Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway 5th place
2000 Saint Petersburg, Russia 11th place
2001 Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany 6th place
2002 Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping, Sweden Silver
2003 Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland 7th place
2004 Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic 10th place
2005 Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria Bronze
2006 Riga, Latvia 5th place
2007 Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia Bronze
2008 Quebec City / Halifax, Canada Gold
2009 Bern / Kloten, Switzerland Gold
2010 Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany Silver
2011 Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia 4th place
2012 Helsinki, Finland / Stockholm, Sweden Gold
2013 Helsinki, Finland / Stockholm, Sweden 6th place
2014 Minsk, Belarus Gold
2015 Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic Silver

In recent years, starting in 2007, the Russian team has put a strong team on the ice for the World Championships. They had a record of 8–1–0 in the 2007 tournament, 9–0–0 in the 2008 tournament, 9–0–0 in 2009, 8–1–0 in 2010, and best of all 10–0–0 in 2012 and 2014.

World Cup

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See also: World Cup of Hockey
  • 1996 – Finished fourth place
  • 2004 – Finished fifth place
President Dmitry Medvedev meets with the national hockey team

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2015 IIHF World Championship.[3]

Head coach: Oleg Znarok

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
7 D Dmitri Kulikov 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 34) United States Florida Panthers
8 F Alexander Ovechkin 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 99 kg (218 lb) (1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 (age 39) United States Washington Capitals
9 F Artemy Panarin 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1991-10-30) 30 October 1991 (age 33) Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
10 F Sergei Mozyakin 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1981-03-30) 30 March 1981 (age 43) Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk
11 F Evgeni Malkin – A 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1986-07-31) 31 July 1986 (age 38) United States Pittsburgh Penguins
14 F Viktor Tikhonov 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988 (age 36) Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
16 F Sergei Plotnikov 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 (age 34) Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
25 F Danis Zaripov 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1981-03-26) 26 March 1981 (age 43) Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk
30 G Konstantin Barulin 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (1984-09-04) 4 September 1984 (age 40) Russia Avangard Omsk
31 G Anton Khudobin 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1986-05-07) 7 May 1986 (age 38) United States Carolina Hurricanes
41 F Nikolay Kulemin 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 96 kg (212 lb) (1986-07-14) 14 July 1986 (age 38) United States New York Islanders
42 F Artem Anisimov 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 36) United States Chicago Blackhawks
44 D Igor Yakovlev 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 33) Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
48 D Yevgeny Biryukov 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (1986-04-19) 19 April 1986 (age 38) Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk
52 F Sergei Shirokov 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1986-03-10) 10 March 1986 (age 38) Russia Avangard Omsk
63 F Evgenii Dadonov 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 35) Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
71 F Ilya Kovalchuk – C 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 103 kg (227 lb) (1983-04-15) 15 April 1983 (age 41) Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
72 G Sergei Bobrovsky 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 36) United States Columbus Blue Jackets
73 D Maxim Chudinov 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (1990-03-25) 25 March 1990 (age 34) Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
77 D Anton Belov 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (1986-07-29) 29 July 1986 (age 38) Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
82 D Yevgeny Medvedev – A 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1982-08-27) 27 August 1982 (age 42) United States Philadelphia Flyers
87 F Vadim Shipachyov 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (1987-03-12) 12 March 1987 (age 37) Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
91 F Vladimir Tarasenko 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 32) United States St. Louis Blues
93 D Viktor Antipin 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 31) Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk
94 D Andrei Mironov 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1994-07-29) 29 July 1994 (age 30) Russia HC Dynamo Moscow

Coaching history

Olympics
World Championships
World Cups

See also

References

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  3. ↑ 2015 Roster

External links

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