Belarus men's national ice hockey team

Belarus

The coat of Arms of Belarus is the badge used on the players jerseys
Nickname(s)	Bisons (Зубры / Zubry)
Association	Belarus Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Sergei Pushkov
Assistants	Vyacheslav Gusov Andrei Mezin Sergei Pushkov Mikhail Zakharov
Captain	Alexander Pavlovich
Most games	Alexander Makritsky (175)
Most points	Andrei Skabelka (114)
Team colors
IIHF code	BLR
Ranking
Current IIHF	14 3
Highest IIHF	8 (2009)
Lowest IIHF	15 (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
Appearances	20 (first in 1994)
Best result	6th (2006)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
202–174–27

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

Tournament record

Belarus players in 2017.

Olympic Games

• 1998 – Finished in 7th place
• 2002 – Finished in 4th place
• 2010 – Finished in 9th place

World Championship

Year	Location	Result
1994	Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia	22nd place (2nd in Group C1)
1995	Sofia, Bulgaria	21st place (1st in Group C1, promoted)
1996	Eindhoven, Netherlands	15th place (3rd in Group B)
1997	Katowice / Sosnowiec, Poland	13th place (1st in Group B, promoted)
1998	Zürich / Basel, Switzerland	8th place
1999	Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway	9th place
2000	Saint Petersburg, Russia	9th place
2001	Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany	14th place (relegated)
2002	Eindhoven, Netherlands	17th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2003	Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland	14th place (relegated)
2004	Oslo, Norway	18th place (1st in D1A, promoted)
2005	Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria	10th place
2006	Riga, Latvia	6th place
2007	Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia	11th place
2008	Quebec City / Halifax, Canada	9th place
2009	Bern / Kloten, Switzerland	8th place
2010	Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany	10th place
2011	Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia	14th place
2012	Helsinki / Stockholm, Finland / Sweden	14th place
2013	Stockholm / Helsinki, Sweden / Finland	14th place
2014	Minsk, Belarus	7th place
2015	Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic	7th place
2016	Moscow / Saint Petersburg, Russia	12th place
2017	Cologne / Paris, Germany / France	13th place
2018	Copenhagen / Herning, Denmark	15th place (relegated)

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship.

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

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Mikhail Karnaukhov	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1994-02-22) February 22, 1994	HC Dinamo Minsk
7	D	Vladimir Denisov	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1984-06-29) June 29, 1984	HC Dinamo Minsk
9	D	Roman Dyukov	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1995-09-29) September 29, 1995	Saryarka Karagandy
10	F	Pavel Razvadovsky	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1989-08-07) August 7, 1989	Yunost Minsk
13	F	Sergei Drozd	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1990-04-14) April 14, 1990	HC Dinamo Minsk
14	D	Yevgeni Lisovets	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1994-11-12) November 12, 1994	HC Dinamo Minsk
15	F	Artyom Demkov	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1989-09-26) September 26, 1989	HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
16	F	Geoff Platt	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1985-07-10) July 10, 1985	HC CSKA Moscow
17	F	Yegor Sharangovich	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1998-06-06) June 6, 1998	HC Dinamo Minsk
18	D	Kristian Khenkel	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1995-07-11) July 11, 1995	HC Dinamo Minsk
23	D	Nikita Ustinenko	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1995-04-22) April 22, 1995	Yunost Minsk
28	F	Oleksandr Materukhin	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1981-10-17) October 17, 1981	HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
31	G	Ivan Kulbakov	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1996-09-18) September 18, 1996	Cleveland Monsters
51	D	Stepan Falkovsky	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	(1996-12-18) December 18, 1996	Ontario Reign
55	D	Pavel Vorobey	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1997-09-10) September 10, 1997	Kunlun Red Star
70	F	Charles Linglet	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1982-06-22) June 22, 1982	HC Dinamo Minsk
71	F	Alexander Pavlovich – C	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1988-07-12) July 12, 1988	HC Dinamo Minsk
74	F	Artyom Levsha	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1992-09-24) September 24, 1992	HK Neman Grodno
77	F	Alexander Kitarov – A	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1987-06-18) June 18, 1987	HC Dinamo Minsk
79	G	Vitali Trus	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1988-06-24) June 24, 1988	HK Neman Grodno
82	F	Artyom Kisly	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1989-04-28) April 28, 1989	HK Neman Grodno
84	F	Maxim Sushko	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1999-02-10) February 10, 1999	Owen Sound Attack
88	F	Evgeni Kovyrshin	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1986-01-25) January 25, 1986	HC Dinamo Minsk
89	D	Dmitry Korobov – A	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	(1989-03-12) March 12, 1989	HC Dinamo Minsk
91	F	Artur Gavrus	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1994-01-03) January 3, 1994	Dinamo-Molodechno

Retired numbers

• 24 - Ruslan Salei

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile