RUSSIA NATIONAL ICE HOCKEY TEAM

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The 'Russian national men's ice hockey team' is one of the top rated and most successful (the USSR team was dominated by Russian players) national ice hockey teams in the world, currently ranked 5th by the IIHF. It has been competing internationally since 1993 and follows a long tradition of Soviet Union team mostly composed of Russian players. The Russian team has not been as dominant as the Soviet team, winning the gold in the World Championships only once in 12 years but it remains one of the top teams in the world. Russia finished 4th at the 2006 Torino Olympics. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Russia has a total of 77,702 players, about 0.05% of its population (hockey is a national sport in Russia, but because the cost of equipment is high, many people cannot afford to play). As of August 2006, their head coach is Vyacheslav Bykov. Team Russia also has more goals total then any other IIHF team.

Contents

2007 IIHF World Championship team

2006 Olympic team

Olympic record

World Cup record

World Championship record

See also

2007 IIHF World Championship team

:''See: 2007 IIHF World Championship rosters

2006 Olympic team

'Players - Current Team'
'Goaltenders'

★ Ilya Bryzgalov - Anaheim Mighty Ducks

★ Evgeni Nabokov - San Jose Sharks

★ Maxim Sokolov - SKA Saint Petersburg
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★ ) Sokolov was selected to replace Nikolai Khabibulin who had withdrawn due to injury.
'Defensemen'

★ Sergei Gonchar - Pittsburgh Penguins

★ Darius Kasparaitis-New York Rangers-A

★ Andrei Markov - Montreal Canadiens

★ Danny Markov - Detroit Red Wings

★ Vitaly Vishnevski - New Jersey Devils

★ Sergei Zhukov - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

★ Anton Volchenkov - Ottawa Senators
'Forwards'

★ Maxim Afinogenov - Buffalo Sabres

★ Pavel Datsyuk - Detroit Red Wings

★ Alexander Frolov - Los Angeles Kings

★ Alexander Kharitonov - HC Dynamo Moscow

★ Alexander Korolyuk - Vityaz Chekhov

★ Ilya Kovalchuk - Atlanta Thrashers

★ Alexei Kovalev - Montreal Canadiens-C

★ Viktor Kozlov - New York Islanders

★ Evgeni Malkin - Pittsburgh Penguins

★ Alexander Ovechkin - Washington Capitals

★ Maxim Sushinsky - HC Dynamo Moscow

★ Alexei Yashin - New York Islanders-A

Olympic record

★ 1994 - Finished in 4th place

★ 1998 - Won silver medal

★ 2002 - Won bronze medal

★ 2006 - Finished in 4th place

World Cup record

★ 1996 - Lost semi-final

★ 2004 - Lost quarter-final

World Championship record

★ 1993 - 'Won gold medal'

★ 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 - Won silver medal

★ 2003 - Finished in 6th place

★ 2004 - Finished in 10th place

★ 2005 - Won bronze medal

★ 2006 - Finished in 5th place

★ 2007 - Won bronze medal

See also

★ Soviet national ice hockey team