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.
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[edit] 2006 Olympic team
Players - Current Team
Goaltenders
Ilya Bryzgalov - Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Evgeni Nabokov - San Jose Sharks
Maxim Sokolov - SKA Saint Petersburg*
(*) Sokolov was selected to replace Nikolai Khabibulin who had withdrawn due to injury.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 - Nashville Predators
- Vitaly Vishnevski - Anaheim Mighty Ducks
- 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 Jersey Devils
- Evgeni Malkin - Metallurg Magnitogorsk
- Alexander Ovechkin - Washington Capitals
- Maxim Sushinsky - HC Dynamo Moscow
- Alexei Yashin - New York Islanders-A
[edit] Olympic record
- 1994 - Finished in 4th place
- 1998 - Won silver medal
- 2002 - Won bronze medal
- 2006 - Finished in 4th place
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] 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
