Belarus men's national ice hockey team
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Nickname(s) | Bisons (Зубры / Zubry) |
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Association | Belarusian Ice Hockey Association |
Head coach | Craig Woodcroft |
Assistants | Dmitri Karpikov Mikhail Kravets Vladimir Vorobiev |
Captain | Yegor Sharangovich |
Most games | Alexander Makritsky (175) |
Most points | Andrei Skabelka (114) |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | BLR |
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Ranking | |
Current IIHF | 14 ![]() |
Highest IIHF | 8 (2009) |
Lowest IIHF | 15 (2014) |
First international | |
Ukraine ![]() ![]() (Minsk, Belarus; 7 November 1992) | |
Biggest win | |
Belarus ![]() ![]() (Riga, Latvia; 30 August 1996) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Finland ![]() ![]() (Mikkeli, Finland; 7 April 1997) Canada ![]() ![]() (Lloydminster, Canada; 19 March 1998) Canada ![]() ![]() (Prague, Czech Republic; 14 May 2015) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 27 (first in 1994) |
Best result | 6th (2006) |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 1998) |
International record (W–L–T) | |
202–174–27 |
The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team (Belarusian: Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; Russian: Сборная Беларуси по хоккею с шайбой) is the national ice hockey team that represents Belarus. The team is controlled by the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association. Belarus is currently ranked 14th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2021 World Ranking.
The team achieved their best result at the Winter Olympics in the quarter-finals of the 2002 Winter Olympics where they beat Sweden and ultimately finished fourth. At the 2005 and 2006 World Championships their coach was Glen Hanlon, who brought their 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[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/FinlandBelarusHockey2002.jpg/220px-FinlandBelarusHockey2002.jpg)
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Olympic Games[]
Games | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Place |
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1920–1988 | Part of the ![]() | |||||||
1992 | Part of the ![]() | |||||||
1994 | Did not enter | |||||||
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 7th |
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6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 4th |
2006 | Did not qualify | |||||||
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4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 9th |
2014–2022 | Did not qualify |
World Championship[]
Year | Location | Result |
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1994 | Poprad / Spišská Nová Ves, ![]() |
22nd place (2nd in Group C1) |
1995 | Sofia, ![]() |
21st place (1st in Group C1, promoted) |
1996 | Eindhoven, ![]() |
15th place (3rd in Group B) |
1997 | Katowice / Sosnowiec, ![]() |
13th place (1st in Group B, promoted) |
1998 | Zürich / Basel, ![]() |
8th place |
1999 | Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, ![]() |
9th place |
2000 | Saint Petersburg, ![]() |
9th place |
2001 | Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, ![]() |
14th place (relegated) |
2002 | Eindhoven, ![]() |
17th place (1st in D1A, promoted) |
2003 | Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, ![]() |
14th place (relegated) |
2004 | Oslo, ![]() |
18th place (1st in D1A, promoted) |
2005 | Innsbruck / Vienna, ![]() |
10th place |
2006 | Riga, ![]() |
6th place |
2007 | Moscow / Mytishchi, ![]() |
11th place |
2008 | Quebec City / Halifax, ![]() |
9th place |
2009 | Bern / Kloten, ![]() |
8th place |
2010 | Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, ![]() |
10th place |
2011 | Bratislava / Košice, ![]() |
14th place |
2012 | Helsinki / Stockholm, ![]() ![]() |
14th place |
2013 | Stockholm / Helsinki, ![]() ![]() |
14th place |
2014 | Minsk, ![]() |
7th place |
2015 | Prague / Ostrava, ![]() |
7th place |
2016 | Moscow / Saint Petersburg, ![]() |
12th place |
2017 | Cologne / Paris, ![]() ![]() |
13th place |
2018 | Copenhagen / Herning, ![]() |
15th place (relegated) |
2019 | Nur-Sultan, ![]() |
17th place (1st in D1A, promoted) |
2020 | Zürich / Lausanne, ![]() |
Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[2] |
2021 | Riga, ![]() |
15th place |
2022 | Helsinki / Tampere, ![]() |
Team[]
Current roster[]
Roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[3]
Head coach: [4]
No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
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2 | D | Ilya Solovyov | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 20 July 2000 | ![]() |
7 | D | Stepan Falkovsky | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 112 kg (247 lb) | 18 December 1996 | ![]() |
8 | D | Ilya Shinkevich | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 1 September 1989 | ![]() |
9 | F | Stanislav Lopachuk | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 16 February 1992 | ![]() |
10 | D | Nick Bailen | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 12 December 1989 | ![]() |
12 | F | Aliaksei Protas | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | 6 January 2001 | ![]() |
13 | F | Mikhail Stefanovich | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 27 November 1989 | ![]() |
14 | D | Yevgeni Lisovets | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 12 November 1994 | ![]() |
15 | F | Artem Demkov | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 26 September 1989 | ![]() |
16 | F | Geoff Platt – A | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 10 July 1985 | ![]() |
17 | F | Yegor Sharangovich – C | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 6 June 1998 | ![]() |
18 | D | Kristian Khenkel – A | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 7 November 1995 | ![]() |
19 | F | Nikita Komarov | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 28 June 1988 | ![]() |
21 | F | Vladislav Kodola | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 30 October 1996 | ![]() |
22 | F | Francis Paré | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 30 June 1987 | ![]() |
30 | G | Konstantin Shostak | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 28 March 2000 | ![]() |
31 | G | Danny Taylor | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 28 April 1986 | ![]() |
40 | G | Alexei Kolosov | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 4 January 2002 | ![]() |
73 | D | Dmitri Znakharenko | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 4 August 1993 | ![]() |
74 | F | Sergei Kostitsyn | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 20 March 1987 | ![]() |
81 | F | Sergei Drozd | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 14 April 1990 | ![]() |
85 | D | Andrei Antonov | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 27 April 1985 | ![]() |
88 | F | German Nesterov | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 31 August 1991 | ![]() |
89 | D | Dmitry Korobov | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 108 kg (238 lb) | 12 March 1989 | ![]() |
90 | F | Danila Klimovich | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 9 January 2003 | ![]() |
92 | F | Shane Prince | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 16 November 1992 | ![]() |
93 | F | Andrei Belevich | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 27 August 1997 | ![]() |
94 | D | Vladislav Yeryomenko | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 23 April 1999 | ![]() |
Retired numbers[]
- 24 – Ruslan Salei
References[]
- ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Хоккеисты сборной Беларуси определились с игровыми номерами" (in Russian). hockey.by. 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Team Roster Belarus" (PDF). iihf.com. 21 May 2021.
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