Russian national ice hockey team

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The Russian national men's ice hockey team is one of the top rated 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 (0.05% of its population) . As of August 2006, their head coach is Vyacheslav Bykov. Team Russia also has more goals total then any other IIHF team.((1987-2007))

Contents

1 2006 Olympic team
2 Olympic record
3 World Cup record
4 World Championship record
5 See also

Players - Current Team

Goaltenders

(*) Sokolov was selected to replace Nikolai Khabibulin who had withdrawn due to injury.

Defensemen

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

1994 - Finished in 4th place
1998 - Won silver medal
2002 - Won bronze medal
2006 - Finished in 4th place

1996 - Lost semi-final
2004 - Lost quarter-final

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

Soviet national ice hockey team

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