Russia men's national ice hockey team
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| Nickname(s) | Большая Красная Машина (Big Red Machine) |
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| Association | Russian Hockey Federation |
| General Manager | Alexei Kasatonov |
| Head coach | Zinetula Bilyaletdinov |
| Assistants | Valeri Belov Vladimir Myshkin Igor Nikitin Dmitri Yushkevich |
| Captain | Ilya Nikulin |
| Most games | Maxim Sushinski (119) |
| Most points | Ilya Kovalchuk (102) |
| IIHF code | RUS |
| IIHF ranking | 3  2 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 1 (first in 2009) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 7 (2004) |
| Team colours | |
| First international | |
 Russia 2–2 Sweden  (Saint Petersburg, Russia; April 12, 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |
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 Russia 10–1 Kazakhstan  (Riga, Latvia; May 6, 2006) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Slovakia 9–1 Russia (Chamonix, France; December 29, 1993) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 22 (first in 1992) |
| Best result |  4 (1993, 2008, 2009, 2012) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1994) |
| Medals |  1 (1998) 1 (2002) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 314–171–45 | |
| Medal record | ||
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Silver | 1998 Nagano | Team |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | Team |
| World Championship | ||
| Gold | 1993 Germany | Russia |
| Gold | 2008 Canada | Russia |
| Gold | 2009 Switzerland | Russia |
| Gold | 2012 Finland/Sweden | Russia |
| Silver | 2002 Sweden | Russia |
| Silver | 2010 Germany | Russia |
| Bronze | 2005 Austria | Russia |
| Bronze | 2007 Russia | Russia |
The Russian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Russia, and are controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. They are currently rated number one in the IIHF World Rankings; with 3980 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 team, 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.
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. As Russia has won the 1993, 2008, 2009 and 2012 World Ice Hockey Championships, and excelled at a very high level, they are currently ranked 1st in the IIHF World Rankings for the past 4 years. Russia has a total of 63580 players,[1] about 0.05% of its population. As of June 2011, their head coach is Zinetula Bilyaletdinov.
The top three nominees for the 2009 Hart Memorial Trophy (the most valuable player award in the National Hockey League) all play for the Russian team: Alexander Ovechkin, Pavel Datsyuk, and Evgeni Malkin
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USSR – RUSSIA[edit]
Team Russia is the successor to USSR team, in all aspects. Team Russia duration of glorious traditions of Soviet hockey school.
Olympic record[edit]
- 1994 – Finished in 4th place
- 1998 – Silver medal winner
- 2002 – Bronze medal winner
- 2006 – Finished in 4th place
- 2010 – Finished in 6th place
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.
World Cup record[edit]
World Championship record[edit]
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.
Coaching history[edit]
- World Cups
- 1996 World Cup – Boris Mikhailov
- 2004 World Cup – Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
- World Championships
- 1993 World Championships – Boris Mikhailov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Igor Tuzik, Gennady Tsygurov)
- 1994 World Championships – Boris Mikhailov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Igor Tuzik, Gennady Tsygurov)
- 1995 World Championships – Boris Mikhailov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Igor Tuzik, Gennady Tsygurov)
- 1996 World Championships – Vladimir Vasiliev (Gennady Tsygurov, Viktor Tikhonov)
- 1997 World Championships – Igor Dmitriev (Boris Mikhailov, Igor Tuzik)
- 1998 World Championships – Vladimir Yurzinov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov)
- 1999 World Championships – Alexander Yakushev (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov)
- 2000 World Championships – Alexander Yakushev (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov)
- 2001 World Championships – Boris Mikhailov (Valeri Belousov, Vladimir Krikunov )
- 2002 World Championships – Boris Mikhailov (Valeri Belousov, Vladimir Krikunov)
- 2003 World Championships – Vladimir Plyushchev (Alexander Yakushev, Nikolai Tolstikov)
- 2004 World Championships – Viktor Tikhonov
- 2005 World Championships – Vladimir Krikunov (Vladimir Yurzinov, Boris Mikhailov)
- 2006 World Championships – Vladimir Krikunov (Vladimir Yurzinov, Boris Mikhailov)
- 2007 World Championships – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin)
- 2008 World Championships – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin)
- 2009 World Championships – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin)
- 2010 World Championships – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin, Valeri Bragin, Andrei Nazarov)
- 2011 World Championships – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin)
- 2012 World Championships – Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (Valery Belov, Dmitry Yushkevich, Igor Nikitin, Vladimir Myshkin)
- Olympics
- 1994 Winter Olympics – Viktor Tikhonov
- 1998 Winter Olympics – Vladimir Yurzinov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov)
- 2002 Winter Olympics – Viacheslav Fetisov (Vladimir Yurzinov, Vladislav Tretiak)
- 2006 Winter Olympics – Vladimir Krikunov (Vladimir Yurzinov, Boris Mikhailov)
- 2010 Winter Olympics – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin)
Current roster[edit]
| Position | Name | Date of birth | Club |
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| G | Ilya Bryzgalov | 1980 |  Flyers |
| G | Semyon Varlamov | 1988 | Avalanche |
| G | Vasiliy Koshechkin | 1983 | Severstal |
| G | Konstantin Barulin | 1984 | Ak Bars |
| D | Ilya Nikulin | 1982 | Ak Bars |
| D | Anton Belov | 1986 | Avangard |
| D | Evgeny Biryukov | 1986 | Metallurg (MR) |
| D | Evgeny Ryasensky | 1987 | CSKA |
| D | Yevgeny Medvedev | 1982 | Ak Bars |
| D | Denis Denisov | 1981 | CSKA |
| D | Yakov Rylov | 1985 | CSKA |
| D | Nikita Zaitsev | 1991 | Sibir |
| D | Fedor Tyutin | 1983 | Blue Jackets |
| W | Ilya Kovalchuk | 1983 | Devils |
| W | Artem Anisimov | 1988 | Blue Jackets |
| W | Andrei Loktionov | 1990 | Devils |
| W | Alexander Radulov | 1986 | Dynamo (Moscow) |
| W | Sergei Mozyakin | 1981 | Metallurg (MR) |
| W | Alexander Svitov | 1982 | Salavat |
| W | Viktor Tikhonov | 1988 | SKA |
| W | Denis Kokarev | 1985 | Dynamo (Moscow) |
| W | Alexei Tereshchenko | 1980 | Ak Bars |
| W | Alexander Popov | 1980 | Avangard |
| W | Alexander Perezhogin | 1983 | Avangard |
| W | Sergei Soin | 1982 | Severstal |
| W | Egor Averin | 1989 | Lokomotiv |
| W | Evgeny Kuznetsov | 1992 | Traktor |
| W | Kirill Petrov | 1990 | Ak Bars |
| W | Vadim Schipachev | 1987 | Severstal |
| W | Alexander Ovechkin | 1985 | Capitals |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Russia IIHF". Retrieved 4 May 2010.
External links[edit]
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