Vitali Nikolayevich Koval (russian: Виталий Николаевич Коваль) (born March 31, 1980) is a Belarusian professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

goaltender In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near t ...

. He has previously played for Molot-Prikamye Perm, Dinamo Minsk, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and

Atlant Moscow Oblast Hockey Club Atlant Moscow Oblast (russian: ХК Атлант Московская область, en, Atlas Hockey Club Moscow Region) was a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast. They were members of the Bobrov ...

Salavat Yulaev Ufa Hockey Club Salavat Yulaev (russian: Хоккейный клуб «Салават Юлаев», Hokkejnyj klub «Salavat Julajev»; ba, «Салауат Юлаев» хоккей клубы, «Salawat Yulayev» xokkey klubı), commonly referred ...

with whom reached Gagarin Cup Final in

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

. Koval was selected for the

Belarus national men's ice hockey team The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team ( be, Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; russian: Сборная Беларуси по хоккею с шайбой) is the national ice hockey team that represented Bela ...

in the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

. He also participated at the

2010 IIHF World Championship The 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 7 and 23 May 2010 in Germany. The games were played in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, SAP Arena in Mannhei ...

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* 1980 births Living people Belarusian ice hockey goaltenders HC Dinamo Minsk players Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Molot-Prikamye Perm players Olympic ice hockey players for Belarus Sportspeople from Perm, Russia Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players Belarusian expatriate ice hockey people Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia VIK Västerås HK players HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players Salavat Yulaev Ufa players Atlant Moscow Oblast players Belarus men's national ice hockey team coaches {{Belarus-icehockey-bio-stub