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Russia

The coat of arms of Russia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Nickname(s)	Красная Машина (The Red Machine)
Association	Russian Hockey Federation
Head coach	Ilya Vorobiev
Assistants	Anvar Gatiyatulin Alexei Kudashov Igor Nikitin Alexei Zhamnov
Captain	Pavel Datsyuk
Team colors
IIHF code	RUS
Ranking
Current IIHF	2 1 (27 May 2024)
Highest IIHF	1 (first in 2009)
Lowest IIHF	7 (2004)
First international
Russia 2–2 Sweden  (Saint Petersburg, Russia; 12 April 1992)
Biggest win
Russia 12–3 Great Britain  (Bolzano, Italy; 26 April 1994)  Russia 10–1 Kazakhstan  (Riga, Latvia; 6 May 2006)  Russia 10–1 Denmark  (Moscow, Russia; 12 May 2016)  Russia 10–1 Italy  (Cologne, Germany; 7 May 2017)
Biggest defeat
Finland 7–1 Russia  (Helsinki, Finland; 22 April 1997)  Czech Republic 7–1 Russia  (Moscow, Russia; 20 December 1997)
Olympics
Appearances	7 (first in 1994)
Medals	Gold (2018) Silver (1998) Bronze (2002)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	26 (first in 1992)
Best result	Gold (1993, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1996)
Best result	4th (1996, 2016)

Medal record
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
	2018 Pyeongchang	Team as OAR
	1998 Nagano	Team
	2002 Salt Lake City	Team
World Championship
	1993 Germany
	2008 Canada
	2009 Switzerland
	2012 Finland/Sweden
	2014 Belarus
	2002 Sweden
	2010 Germany
	2015 Czech Republic
	2005 Austria
	2007 Russia
	2016 Russia
	2017 Germany/France

The Russian men's national ice hockey team (Template:Lang-ru) is the national men's ice hockey team of Russia, overseen by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. As of 2018, they are rated third in the IIHF World Ranking. The team has been competing internationally since 1992, and is recognized by the IIHF as the successor to the Soviet Union team and CIS team. The Russian team is a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and the United States. The European nations of the Big Six participate in the Euro Hockey Tour, which Russia won seven times since 2005. Russia has 84,270 ice hockey players registered with its ice hockey federation. The head coach is Ilya Vorobiev, who has been coach since 2018.

Since the establishment of the team, Russia has participated in every IIHF World Championships tournament and every Olympic ice hockey tournament, winning five world championships and one Olympic gold.

History

Origins

The Allrussian Hockey League was founded by some clubs in the Russian Empire and entered the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1911. However, probably due to misunderstandings ("hockey" was identified with bandy in Russia, not with the modern ice hockey rules developed in Canada) the Russian team was excluded from the organization. There were no matches involving a team from Imperial Russia.

Interest in this exotic sport grew in the Soviet Union in the 2nd half of the 1940s. The first reactions were skeptical; one sports journal, Physical Culture and Sports, characterized it as such: "The game is quite individual and primitive, with few combinations, not as in bandy. Therefore, Canadian hockey should not be cultivated into our country..." However, Canadian hockey became more and more popular in the Soviet Union.

The first Soviet Championships League was introduced in 1946. Two years later the Muscovian team defeated LTC Praha in their very first international game. In 1952, the Hockey Federation of the USSR joined the International Ice Hockey League, and so received the permission to play in the World Championships and the Olympics. That year is seen as the birth of the Soviet national ice hockey team, the predecessor team of the Russia men's national ice hockey team. The Soviets won the 1954 Ice Hockey World Championships, and two years later they won gold at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

From then until the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the "Red Machine" (Template:Lang-ru; Krasnaya Mashina) was one of the most dominant teams in international play, winning nearly every World Championship and Olympic tournament. Until 1977, professional players were not able to participate in the World Championship, and it was not until 1988 that they could play in the Winter Olympics. The Soviet team was populated with amateur players who were actually full-time athletes hired as regular workers of a company (aircraft industry, food workers, tractor industry) or organization (KGB, Red Army, Soviet Air Force) that sponsored what would be presented as an after-hours social sports society hockey team for their workers. This type of amateur player was common throughout the Eastern Bloc nations and was contested by the Western nations due to their best players participating in the National Hockey League, eventually leading to the allowance of professionals.

After the USSR's Dissolution

The Soviet Union dissolved shortly before the 1992 Winter Olympics, so a Unified Team largely consisting of the former Soviet republics competed instead. The CIS national ice hockey team, consisting of 21 Russian players, 1 Lithuanian and 1 Ukrainian, competed as part of this Olympic delegation. The team finished second in its preliminary group, beating co-favorites Canada, 5–4, but losing to Czechoslovakia, 3–4. The CIS team then defeated the Finns and Americans, 6–1 and 5–2, respectively. In the final, they played Canada again, winning 3–1 and claimed the gold medal. The team was coached by the Russian and former Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov. In later years, the IIHF recognized this gold medal as being won by the Russian national team, rather than by the CIS. However, the International Olympic Committee has not recognized Russia as the Olympic champions for this Winter Games.

Russia joined the IIHF as an independent state on 6 May 1992, along with 10 other states, including seven other former Soviet republics. Unlike the others, which applied as new member states and had to begin playing at the bottom tiers of the World Championship, Russia was allowed to replace the Soviet Union in its position, and was thus entered into the elite division for the 1992 World Championship. Russia's first actual games after the Soviet dissolution were a series of five friendly games between Sweden, Germany and Switzerland, all taking place in April 1992, the debut game occuring on 12 April 1992 against Sweden and ending in a 2–2 draw. At the 1992 World Championship Russia finished first in its preliminary group but lost to Sweden in the quarterfinals, 2–0. They, however, won the next edition of the tournament, beating Germany, Canada and Sweden in the playoffs and clinching their first title as Russia and 23rd, including the USSR's totals.

The Post-Soviet Drought

As the USSR fell apart, so did Russia's elite hockey program. At the 1994 Winter Olympics they finished fourth overall, losing the bronze medal match to Finland. Russia also competed at the 1996 World Cup, the successor tournament to the Canada Cup, though several players on NHL teams refused to play and the team lost in the semi-finals to the eventual winner, the United States. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, Russia won five consecutive games and reached the gold medal match, where they lost to the Czech Republic, 0–1.

The Russian Resurgence

The Bykov Period

After failing to win the gold medal between 1993 and 2007, the Russians restructured the national league as the KHL and hired the 1993 World Champion, Vyacheslav Bykov, as the head coach. Another 1993 champion, Sergey Fedorov, was named the team captain. Afterwards, Russia won the 2008 and 2009 World Ice Hockey Championships with perfect records, beating Canada in the finals two times in a row. The Russians would make another run in 2010, losing to the Czech Republic in the gold medal game. However, the disastrous 2010 Olympics and 2011 World Championships led to Bykov's removal.

Bilyaletdinov at the Helm

Bykov was replaced with Bilyaletdinov, under whose leadership Russia won the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships with yet another perfect record, beating Slovakia, 6–2, in the gold medal game. However, as a result of the 2013 Championship and 2014 Olympic performances, Bilyaletdinov was replaced with Oleg Znarok.

The Znarok Years

Znarok met the expectations, leading the Russians to the gold medal in the 2014 World Ice Hockey Championship after defeating Finland, 5–2, in the final, with a perfect record. The 2014 tournament result set the most perfect records in the IIHF World Championships. For this accomplishment, the Russian team was honored in the Kremlin.

In each subsequent tournament, Russia earned a medal, including the silver medal in 2015, and the bronze medals in 2016 and 2017. The team also reached the semifinals of the World Cup, losing to Canada, the eventual winner.

In 2018, the Russian Olympic Committee was disqualified by the International Olympic Committee for doping, but the Russian National Team was allowed to participate under the Olympic flag as the Olympic Athletes from Russia, and could recruit any professional Russian hockey players with no previous drug violations, and a consistent history of drug testing. Like the rest of the Olympic hockey teams in 2018, the Russian team could not use NHL players due to the league's prohibiting player participation in the Olympics. As a result, the team relied on players from the KHL (15 from a reigning champion, SKA Saint Petersburg, 8 from HC CSKA Moscow and 2 from Metallurg Magnitogorsk). After a loss in their first game to Slovakia, the Russian team defeated Slovenia and the United States, qualifying for the quarterfinals. The team then defeated Norway and the Czech Republic to reach the finals. The team won the gold medal after a 4–3 overtime victory over the German team in the final. Nikita Gusev, Kirill Kaprizov and Ilya Kovalchuk were the top scorers for the team, with Gusev the top scorer of the tournament. Goaltender Vasily Koshechkin had a 0.936 saves percentage, second to Jonas Hiller. Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk each won their first gold in their fifth Olympic appearance and together with Slava Voynov, were the only players with prior Olympic experience on the team. Koshechkin, Voynov, Kovalchuk, and Datsyuk were named the to the media-voted all-star team, with Gusev named the best forward, Voynov the best defenseman, and Kovalchuk as the tournament MVP. In its post-Olympics World Ranking, the IIHF considered this to be a result of the Russian team.

After the Olympics, Znarok was moved in a consulting role with the Russian National Team. He retired as Russia's most decorated modern head coach, with a World Championship, an Olympic gold medal, and a Euro Hockey Tour victory under his belt.

Vorobiev as head coach

Ilya Vorobiev was hired as the interim head coach of the Russian national hockey team, and been given the tasks to win the Euro Hockey Tour and the 2018 IIHF World Championship. His contract was renewed in June. Under Vorobiev, the Russian Team had a 1–5 record at the European Hockey Tour, below Znarok's 5–1 record. Vorobiev became the first Russian head coach to hold a 6–8 overall record after the Euro Hockey Tour and the World Championship, and the first to hold a 1–8 record against the other top six hockey teams. At the 2018 World Championship, Russia finished second in its group and lost to Canada 4–5 in the quarterfinal, finishing sixth overall.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Games	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish
1956–1988	As part of  Soviet Union
1992, Albertville	As part of Unified Team
1994, Lillehammer	8	4	4	0	26	24	Viktor Tikhonov	Alexander Smirnov	4th
1998, Nagano	6	5	1	0	26	12	Vladimir Yurzinov	Pavel Bure	Silver
2002, Salt Lake City	6	3	2	1	19	14	Viacheslav Fetisov	Igor Larionov	Bronze
2006, Turin	8	5	3	0	25	18	Vladimir Krikunov	Alexei Kovalev	4th
2010, Vancouver	4	2	2	0	16	13	Vyacheslav Bykov	Alexei Morozov	6th
2014, Sochi	5	3	2	0	13	8	Zinetula Bilyaletdinov	Pavel Datsyuk	5th
2018, Pyeongchang	As  Olympic Athletes from Russia
	6	5	1	0	27	9	Oleg Znarok	Pavel Datsyuk	Gold

World Championship

World Cup

Euro Hockey Tour

The Euro Hockey Tour started in 1996, between the quartet of European nations of the Big Six nations of ice hockey. It ran continuously ever since, and is currently in its 22nd season. The usual format is to have the teams play against each other four times, once in Finland, once in Russia, once in Sweden, and once in the Czech Republic. Sometimes there are deviations from the format, if additional nations, such as Canada, are invited to compete. Russia won 5 out of the last 10 competitions.

Tournament summary

• Karjala Tournament:
  • Gold medal (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2018)
  • Silver medal (1998, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2013)
  • Bronze medal (1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2015)

• Channel One Cup:
  • Gold medal (2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017)
  • Silver medal (1996, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2016)
  • Bronze medal (1998, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2013)

• Oddset Hockey Games:
  • Gold medal (2003, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2017)
  • Silver medal (2007, 2009, 2011)
  • Bronze medal (1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013)

• Czech Hockey Games:
  • Gold medal (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009 (April), 2011)
  • Silver medal (2001, 2005, 2009 (September), 2013 (August))
  • Bronze medal (1997, 2000, 2003, 2012, 2017)

Russia's League Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) Cup Medal Table

Team EHT Medal Table

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
Finland	9	6	6	21
Russia	7	6	5	18
Sweden	4	6	3	13
Czech Republic	2	4	8	14
Total	22	22	22	66

EHT 2017-2018 Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	12	8	1	1	2	37	25	+12	27
2	Czech Republic	12	6	1	0	5	32	31	+1	20
3	Russia	12	6	0	1	5	31	22	+9	19
4	Sweden	12	6	0	0	6	28	30	−2	18
5	Canada	6	2	0	0	4	11	16	−5	6
6	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	3	6	12	−6	0
7	South Korea	3	0	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0

Other tournaments

• Deutschland Cup: Gold medal (1992, 1993, 2017, 2018)
• Nissan Cup: Silver medal (1992, 1994)
• Northern Lights Tournament: Bronze medal (1993)

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship.

Head coach: Ilya Vorobiev

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
3	D	Dinar Khafizullin	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1989-01-05) 5 January 1989 (age 36)	SKA Saint Petersburg
4	D	Vladislav Gavrikov	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	(1995-11-21) 21 November 1995 (age 29)	SKA Saint Petersburg
7	F	Kirill Kaprizov	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1997-04-26) 26 April 1997 (age 27)	CSKA Moscow
11	F	Sergei Andronov – A	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1989-07-19) 19 July 1989 (age 35)	CSKA Moscow
13	F	Pavel Datsyuk – C	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1978-07-20) 20 July 1978 (age 46)	SKA Saint Petersburg
15	F	Artem Anisimov	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 36)	Chicago Blackhawks
19	F	Pavel Buchnevich	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 (age 29)	New York Rangers
22	D	Nikita Zaitsev	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1991-10-29) 29 October 1991 (age 33)	Toronto Maple Leafs
25	F	Mikhail Grigorenko	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1994-05-16) 16 May 1994 (age 30)	CSKA Moscow
29	F	Ilya Kablukov	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1988-01-18) 18 January 1988 (age 37)	SKA Saint Petersburg
30	G	Igor Shestyorkin	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1995-12-30) 30 December 1995 (age 29)	SKA Saint Petersburg
31	G	Ilya Sorokin	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29)	CSKA Moscow
41	F	Nikita Soshnikov	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 (age 31)	St. Louis Blues
44	D	Egor Yakovlev	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 33)	SKA Saint Petersburg
51	D	Alexei Bereglazov	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1994-04-20) 20 April 1994 (age 30)	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
55	D	Bogdan Kiselevich	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1990-02-14) 14 February 1990 (age 34)	CSKA Moscow
63	F	Evgenii Dadonov – A	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1989-03-12) 12 March 1989 (age 35)	Florida Panthers
66	F	Ilya Mikheyev	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1994-10-10) 10 October 1994 (age 30)	Avangard Omsk
78	F	Maxim Mamin	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 30)	Florida Panthers
83	G	Vasily Koshechkin	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	110 kg (240 lb)	(1983-03-27) 27 March 1983 (age 41)	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
87	F	Maxim Shalunov	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 31)	CSKA Moscow
88	D	Nikita Tryamkin	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	116 kg (256 lb)	(1994-08-30) 30 August 1994 (age 30)	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
89	D	Nikita Nesterov	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1993-03-28) 28 March 1993 (age 31)	CSKA Moscow
94	F	Alexander Barabanov	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 30)	SKA Saint Petersburg
97	F	Nikita Gusev	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 32)	SKA Saint Petersburg

Coaching history

Olympics

• 1994 – Viktor Tikhonov
• 1998 – Vladimir Yurzinov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov)
• 2002 – Viacheslav Fetisov (Vladimir Yurzinov, Vladislav Tretiak)
• 2006 – Vladimir Krikunov (Vladimir Yurzinov, Boris Mikhailov)
• 2010 – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin)
• 2014 – Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (Valery Belov, Dmitry Yushkevich, Igor Nikitin, Valeri Belousov, Vladimir Myshkin)
• 2018 – Oleg Znarok (Harijs Vītoliņš, Ilya Vorobyov, Rashit Davydov, Igor Nikitin, Alexei Zhamnov)

World Championships

• 1993 – Boris Mikhailov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Igor Tuzik, Gennady Tsygurov)
• 1994 – Boris Mikhailov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Igor Tuzik, Gennady Tsygurov)
• 1995 – Boris Mikhailov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Igor Tuzik, Gennady Tsygurov)
• 1996 – Vladimir Vasiliev (Gennady Tsygurov, Viktor Tikhonov)
• 1997 – Igor Dmitriev (Boris Mikhailov, Igor Tuzik)
• 1998 – Vladimir Yurzinov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov)
• 1999 – Alexander Yakushev (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov)
• 2000 World Championships – Alexander Yakushev (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov)
• 2001 World Championships – Boris Mikhailov (Valeri Belousov, Vladimir Krikunov )
• 2002 – Boris Mikhailov (Valeri Belousov, Vladimir Krikunov)
• 2003 – Vladimir Plyushchev (Alexander Yakushev, Nikolai Tolstikov)
• 2004 – Viktor Tikhonov
• 2005 – Vladimir Krikunov (Vladimir Yurzinov, Boris Mikhailov)
• 2006 – Vladimir Krikunov (Vladimir Yurzinov, Boris Mikhailov)
• 2007 – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin)
• 2008 – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin)
• 2009 – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin)
• 2010 – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin, Valeri Bragin, Andrei Nazarov)
• 2011 – Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin)
• 2012 – Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (Valery Belov, Dmitry Yushkevich, Igor Nikitin, Vladimir Myshkin)
• 2013 – Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (Valery Belov, Dmitry Yushkevich, Igor Nikitin, Vladimir Myshkin)
• 2014 – Oleg Znarok (Harijs Vītoliņš, Vladimir Fedosov, Igor Nikitin, Yuri Zhdanov, Rashit Davydov, Oleg Kupryanov)
• 2015 – Oleg Znarok (Harijs Vītoliņš, Vladimir Fedosov, Igor Nikitin, Yuri Zhdanov, Rashit Davydov, Oleg Kupryanov)
• 2016 – Oleg Znarok (Harijs Vītoliņš, Ilya Vorobyov, Rashit Davydov, Igor Nikitin)
• 2017 – Oleg Znarok (Harijs Vītoliņš, Ilya Vorobyov, Rashit Davydov, Igor Nikitin)

World Cup

• 1996 – Boris Mikhailov
• 2004 – Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
• 2016 – Oleg Znarok

See also

• Soviet Union national ice hockey team
• CIS national ice hockey team

Notes

1. ^ Some controversy exists over how many Olympic gold medals should be attributed to the Russian national team. The IIHF and Ice Hockey Federation of Russia consider Russia to have won gold at the Olympics twice, attributing the 1992 gold medal victory to the Russian national team as the immediate successor of the CIS team, as well as the 2018 gold medal by the Olympic Athletes from Russia. However, the International Olympic Committee does not recognize Russia as ever having won the gold medal in an Olympic tournament, as the 1992 and 2018 tournaments were won by athletes from the Unified Team and Olympic Athletes from Russia delegations, respectively, and not by a Russian delegation.

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