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Russia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Большая Красная Машина (Big Red Machine)
AssociationRussian Hockey Federation
Head coachRussia Vyacheslav Bykov
AssistantsRussia Igor Zakharkin
CaptainIlya Kovalchuk
Most gamesMaxim Sushinski (119)
Most pointsMaxim Sushinski (86)
Team colors     
IIHF codeRUS
Ranking
Current IIHF1
Highest IIHF1 (first in 2009)
Lowest IIHF7 (2004)
First international
 Russia 2–2 Sweden 
(St. Petersburg, Russia; April 12, 1992)
Biggest win
 Russia 12–3 Great Britain 
(Bolzano, Italy; April 26, 1994)
 Russia 10–1 Kazakhstan 
(Riga, Latvia; May 6, 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Finland 7–1 Russia 
(Helsinki, Finland; April 22, 1997)
 Czech Republic 7–1 Russia 
(Moscow, Russia; December 20, 1997)
Olympics
Appearances4 (first in 1994)
Medals 1 (1998)
1 (2002)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances18 (first in 1992)
Best result 3 (1993, 2008, 2009)
International record (W–L–T)
299-168-45
Olympic medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Nagano Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Salt Lake City Team
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1993 Germany Russia
Silver medal – second place 2002 Sweden Russia
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Austria Russia
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Russia Russia
Gold medal – first place 2008 Canada Russia
Gold medal – first place 2009 Switzerland Russia
Silver medal – second place 2010 Germany 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 Ranking; with 3980 points. The team has been competing internationally since 1993 and follows a long tradition of Soviet teams mostly composed 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 Russian team has not been as dominant as the Soviet team, winning the gold in the World Championships three times in 18 years, but it remains one of the top teams in the world. Russia's finishes in "best-on-best" tournaments (NHL era Olympics and the World Cup of Hockey) has been less than stellar however. Out of seven tournaments, they have won only a silver and bronze medal. In these tournaments, Canada, USA, the Czech Republic and Finland have all finished better than Russia. Russia has a total of 84,720 players,[1] about 0.05% of its population. As of February 2010, their head coach is Vyacheslav Bykov.

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 Opennisface, Pavel Datsyuk, and Evgeni Dickkin.

Olympic record

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

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

World Championship record

Alexander Semin's first goal in IIHF World Championship 2008 Final
See also: List of IIHF World Championship tournaments
  • 1992 - Finished in 5th place
  • 1993 - Gold medal winner
  • 1994 - Finished in 5th place
  • 1995 - Finished in 5th place
  • 1996 - Finished in 4th place
  • 1997 - Finished in 4th place
  • 1998 - Finished in 5th place
  • 1999 - Finished in 5th place
  • 2000 - Finished in 11th place
  • 2001 - Finished in 6th place
  • 2002 - Silver medal winner
  • 2003 - Finished in 6th place
  • 2004 - Finished in 10th place
  • 2005 - Bronze medal winner
  • 2006 - Finished in 5th place
  • 2007 - Bronze medal winner
  • 2008 - Gold medal winner
  • 2009 - Gold medal winner
  • 2010 - Silver medal winner

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, and 8-1-0 in 2010.

2010 Olympics roster

Template:2010 Winter Olympics Russia men's ice hockey team roster

2010 World Ice Hockey Championship roster

The following is the Russian roster in the 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championship.[2]

No. Pos.
Name
 Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2009–10 team
30 G Alexander Eremenko 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 10 April 1980 Moscow Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
40 G Semyon Varlamov 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 27 April 1988 Kuybyshev Washington Capitals (NHL)
83 G Vasili Koshechkin 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 March 1983 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
5 D Ilya Nikulin 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 12 March 1982 Moscow Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)
7 D Dmitri Kalinin 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 22 July 1980 Chelyabinsk Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
22 D Konstantin Korneyev 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 5 June 1984 Moscow CSKA Moscow (KHL)
27 D Vitali Atyushov 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 4 June 1979 Penza Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
37 D Denis Grebeshkov 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 11 October 1983 Yaroslavl Edmonton Oilers (NHL)
74 D Alexei Yemelin 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 25 April 1986 Tolyatti Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)
55 D Sergei Gonchar 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 13 April 1974 Chelyabinsk Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
8 LW Alexander Ovechkin 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 17 September 1985 Moscow Washington Capitals (NHL)
10 RW Sergey Mozyakin 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 30 March 1981 Yaroslavl Atlant Moscow Oblast (KHL)
11 C Evgeni Malkin 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 31 July 1986 Magnitogorsk Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
13 C Pavel Datsyuk 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 20 July 1978 Sverdlovsk Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
23 C Alexei Tereshchenko 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 16 December 1980 Mozhaysk Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)
24 LW Alexander Frolov 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 19 June 1982 Moscow Los Angeles Kings (NHL)
28 LW Alexander Semin 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 3 March 1984 Krasnoyarsk Washington Capitals (NHL)
29 C Sergei Fedorov 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 13 December 1969 Pskov Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
33 RW Maxim Sushinski 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 1 June 1974 Leningrad SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL)
41 LW Nikolai Kulemin 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 14 July 1986 Magnitogorsk Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL)
42 C Artem Anisimov 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 24 May 1988 Yaroslavl New York Rangers (NHL)
52 C Viktor Kozlov 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 14 February 1975 Tolyatti Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
61 RW Maxim Afinogenov 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 4 September 1979 Moscow Atlanta Thrashers (NHL)
71 LW Ilya Kovalchuk 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 15 April 1983 Kalinin New Jersey Devils (NHL)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Russia IIHF". Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey: Team Russia Tournamement Standings and Statistics". International Olympic Committee.
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