Belarus men's national ice hockey team

Belarus

The Coat of Arms of Belarus is the badge used on the players jerseys
Nickname(s)	The Bisons
Association	Belarus Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Dave Lewis
Assistants	Oleg Antonenko Alexander Zhurik Craig Woodcroft
Captain	Alexei Kalyuzhny
Most games	Alexander Makritsky (175)
Most points	Andrei Skabelka (114)
IIHF code	BLR
IIHF ranking	9 2
Highest IIHF ranking	8 (2009)
Lowest IIHF ranking	15 (2014)
Team colors
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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)
200–163–27

The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team is currently ranked 11th in the world by the IIHF in their 2014 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 2,850 players in their national pool (0.02% of the total population). On 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 2009 World Championships in Switzerland. Mikhail Grabovski was named captain on the eve of 2011 World Championships.

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A match between Belarus and Russia.

Tournament record

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
1995	Sofia, Bulgaria	21st place
1996	Eindhoven, Netherlands	15th place
1997	Katowice / Sosnowiec, Poland	13th place
1998	Zurich / Basel, Switzerland	8th place
1999	Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway	9th place
2000	Saint Petersburg, Russia	9th place
2001	Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany	14th place
2002	Eindhoven, Netherlands	17th place
2003	Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland	14th place
2004	Oslo, Norway	18th place
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

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2015 IIHF World Championship.

Head coach: Dave Lewis

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Vitali Koval	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	(1980-03-31) March 31, 1980	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
5	D	Nikolai Stasenko	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1987-02-15) February 15, 1987	Severstal Cherepovets
8	D	Ilya Shinkevich	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1989-09-01) September 1, 1989	HC Dinamo Minsk
11	F	Alexander Kulakov	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1983-05-14) May 14, 1983	HC Dinamo 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	Artem Demkov	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1989-09-26) September 26, 1989	HC Dinamo Minsk
17	F	Alexei Kalyuzhny – C	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1977-06-13) June 13, 1977	HC Dinamo Minsk
22	D	Oleg Goroshko	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1989-11-19) November 19, 1989	HC Dinamo Minsk
23	F	Andrei Stas	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1988-10-18) October 18, 1988	CSKA Moscow
25	D	Oleg Yevenko	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	(1991-01-21) January 21, 1991	Lake Erie Monsters
26	D	Nikita Ustinenko	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1995-04-22) April 22, 1995	HK Gomel
27	F	Alexei Yefimenko	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1985-08-20) August 20, 1985	Sibir Novosibirsk
31	G	Igor Brikun	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1986-09-06) September 6, 1986	HK Gomel
35	G	Kevin Lalande	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1987-02-19) February 19, 1987	CSKA Moscow
46	F	Andrei Kostitsyn – A	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	(1985-02-03) February 3, 1985	HC Sochi
57	D	Ivan Usenko	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1983-02-12) February 12, 1983	Dinamo Minsk
59	F	Sergei Demagin	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1986-07-19) July 19, 1986	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
61	F	Andrei Stepanov	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1986-04-14) April 14, 1986	Dinamo Minsk
74	F	Sergei Kostitsyn	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1987-03-20) March 20, 1987	Ak Bars Kazan
77	F	Alexander Kitarov	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1987-06-18) June 18, 1987	Dinamo Minsk
85	F	Artyom Volkov	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1985-01-28) January 28, 1985	Avangard Omsk
88	F	Evgeni Kovyrshin	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1986-01-25) January 25, 1986	Severstal Cherepovets
89	D	Dmitry Korobov – A	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	(1989-03-12) March 12, 1989	Atlant Moscow Oblast
91	F	Artur Gavrus	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1994-01-03) January 3, 1994	Dinamo Minsk

Retired numbers

• 24 - Ruslan Salei

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile