2008 IIHF World Championship rosters
The 2008 IIHF World Championship rosters consisted of 399 players on 16 national ice hockey teams. In honour of the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) 100th anniversary, the World Championship was hosted in Canada for the first time. Held in Quebec City and Halifax, Canada, the 2008 IIHF World Championship was the 72nd edition of the tournament.[1] Russia won the Championship, the second time they had done so and their 24th title if including those won by the Soviet Union.[2] Dany Heatley of Canada led the tournament in scoring with 20 points,[3] and was named the tournament's most valuable player and top forward. Canadian Brent Burns was named top defenceman, while Evgeni Nabokov of Russia was selected as top goaltender.[4]
Before the start of the World Championship, each participating nation had to submit a list of players for its roster. A minimum of 15 skaters and two goaltenders, and a maximum of 20 skaters and three goaltenders had to be selected. If a country selected fewer than the maximum allowed, they had to choose the remaining players prior to the start of the tournament. After the start of the tournament, each team was allowed to select an additional two players, either skaters or goaltenders, to their roster, for a maximum roster of 25 players. Once a player was registered to the team, he could not be removed from the roster.
To qualify for a national team under IIHF rules, a player must follow several criteria. He must be a citizen of the nation, and be under the jurisdiction of that national ice hockey association. Players are allowed to switch which national team they play for, providing they fulfill the IIHF criteria. If participating for the first time in an IIHF event, the player would have had to play two consecutive years in the national competition of the new country, without playing in another nation. If the player has already played for a national team before, he may switch nationality if he is a citizen of the new country, and has played for four consecutive years in the national competition of the new country. This switch may only happen once in the player's life.
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Belarus | Canada | Czech Republic | Denmark |
Finland | France | Germany | Italy |
Latvia | Norway | Russia | Slovakia |
Slovenia | Sweden | Switzerland | United States |
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Belarus
- Head coach: Curt Fraser
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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33 | Stepan Goryachevskikh | Junost Minsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Vitali Koval | HK Neman Grodno | 6 | 1 | 5 | 370 | 19 | 3.07 | .912 | 0 |
20 | Dmitry Milchakov | HK Vitebsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Canada
- Head coach: Ken Hitchcock
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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32 | Mathieu Garon | Edmonton Oilers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Pascal Leclaire | Columbus Blue Jackets | 4 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 8 | 2.00 | .925 | 1 |
30 | Cam Ward | Carolina Hurricanes | 5 | 4 | 1 | 302 | 13 | 2.58 | .900 | 0 |
Czech Republic
- Head coach: Alois Hadamczik
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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33 | Milan Hnilička | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 370 | 16 | 2.59 | .878 | 1 |
97 | Marek Pinc | Bílí Tygři Liberec | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 2.00 | .857 | 0 |
31 | Adam Svoboda | Slavia Praha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark
- Head coach: Mike Sirant
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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30 | Patrick Galbraith | SønderjyskE Vojens | 4 | 1 | 3 | 197 | 14 | 4.25 | .901 | 0 |
31 | Peter Hirsch | Aalborg IK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 164 | 14 | 5.12 | .870 | 0 |
1 | Simon Nielsen | Rødovre Mighty Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Finland
- Head coach: Doug Shedden
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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32 | Niklas Bäckström | Minnesota Wild | 8 | 6 | 2 | 483 | 17 | 2.11 | .922 | 1 |
31 | Karri Rämö | Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Petri Vehanen | Lukko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 1.95 | .895 | 0 |
France
- Head coach: Dave Henderson
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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1 | Eddy Ferhi | Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Cristobal Huet | Washington Capitals | 5 | 2 | 3 | 250 | 15 | 3.60 | .911 | 0 |
42 | Fabrice Lhenry | Esbjerg IK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 8.51 | .848 | 0 |
Germany
- Head coach: Uwe Krupp
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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1 | Dimitrij Kotschnew | Iserlohn Roosters | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 12.00 | .779 | 0 |
80 | Robert Müller | Kölner Haie | 3 | 1 | 2 | 159 | 11 | 4.14 | .878 | 0 |
32 | Dimitri Pätzold | Worcester Sharks | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 13 | 4.37 | .884 | 0 |
Italy
- Head coach: Fabio Polloni, Michel Goulet
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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73 | Günther Hell | HC Alleghe | 5 | 0 | 5 | 205 | 17 | 4.96 | .838 | 0 |
1 | Adam Russo | HC Bolzano 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Thomas Tragust | HC Fassa | 4 | 0 | 4 | 91 | 12 | 7.89 | .813 | 0 |
Latvia
- Head coach: Oļegs Znaroks
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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31 | Edgars Masaļskis | Metallurg Zhlobin | 6 | 2 | 4 | 321 | 18 | 3.37 | .910 | 1 |
30 | Sergejs Naumovs | HK Gomel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1.61 | .947 | 0 |
1 | Dmitrijs Žabotinskis | HK Liepājas Metalurgs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Norway
- Head coach: Roy Johansen
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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33 | Pål Grotnes | IK Comet Halden | 6 | 1 | 6 | 346 | 26 | 4.51 | .877 | 0 |
34 | André Lysenstøen | Stavanger Oilers | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 5 | 5.00 | .853 | 0 |
30 | Ruben Smith | Storhamar Dragons | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4.51 | .900 | 0 |
Russia
- Head coach: Vyacheslav Bykov
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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35 | Mikhail Biryukov | HK MVD Moscow Region | 3 | 3 | 0 | 162 | 6 | 2.22 | .912 | 0 |
30 | Alexander Eremenko | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 2.10 | .917 | 0 |
20 | Evgeni Nabokov | San Jose Sharks | 5 | 5 | 0 | 303 | 9 | 1.78 | .923 | 2 |
Slovakia
- Head coach: Július Šupler
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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31 | Peter Budaj | Colorado Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 3.03 | .903 | 0 |
60 | Karol Križan | Modo Hockey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Ján Lašák | HC Pardubice | 4 | 3 | 1 | 245 | 9 | 2.20 | .906 | 0 |
Slovenia
- Head coach: Mats Waltin
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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30 | Gar Glavič | HK Jesenice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | Andrej Hočevar | HK Jesenice | 2 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 4 | 2.82 | .923 | 0 |
33 | Robert Kristan | HK Jesenice | 4 | 0 | 4 | 219 | 17 | 4.66 | .904 | 0 |
Sweden
- Head coach: Bengt-Åke Gustafsson
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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1 | Stefan Liv | HV71 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 6 | 2.02 | .891 | 1 |
30 | Henrik Lundqvist | New York Rangers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 283 | 14 | 2.97 | .911 | 0 |
32 | Mikael Tellqvist | Phoenix Coyotes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 79 | 5 | 3.78 | .857 | 0 |
Switzerland
- Head coach: Ralph Krueger
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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26 | Martin Gerber | Ottawa Senators | 5 | 3 | 2 | 267 | 14 | 3.15 | .879 | 0 |
1 | Jonas Hiller | Anaheim Ducks | 3 | 1 | 2 | 151 | 7 | 2.79 | .915 | 0 |
66 | Ronnie Rueger | Kloten Flyers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
United States
- Head coach: John Tortorella
Skaters
Goaltenders
Number | Player | Club | GP | W | L | Min | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
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31 | Craig Anderson | Florida Panthers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 5.61 | .714 | 0 |
35 | Robert Esche | Ak Bars Kazan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 198 | 7 | 2.12 | .931 | 0 |
30 | Tim Thomas | Boston Bruins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 160 | 4 | 1.50 | .925 | 1 |
References
- ^ "Finally, Canada to host the World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ Podnieks, Andrew (2008-05-18). "Gold No. 24 for Big Red Machine". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- "Official Statistics for 2008 World Championship". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
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