The Russian men's national ice hockey team () is the national men's

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team of Russia, overseen by the

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. As of 2021, they were rated third in the

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. The team has competed internationally from 1992 until it was provisionally suspended in 2022, and is recognized by the

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as the successor to the

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team and CIS team. Russia has been one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called " Big Six," the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with

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, the

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, and the

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. The European nations of the Big Six participate in the

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, which Russia won nine times since 2005. Since September 2021, the head coach is

Alexei Zhamnov Alexei Yuryevich "Alex" Zhamnov (; born October 1, 1970) is a former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Winnipeg Jets, Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins. He is currently s ...

, who took over from

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. Since the establishment of the team, Russia has participated in 29

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tournaments and nine Olympic ice hockey tournaments, winning five world championships and one Olympic gold medal. After the

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, the

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suspended Russia from all levels of competition on 28 February 2022. In April 2022, the Federation banned Russia from participating in the

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History

Origins

The Allrussian Hockey League was founded by some clubs in the

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and entered the

(IIHF) in 1911. However, probably due to misunderstandings ("hockey" was identified with

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or Russian hockey in Russia, not with the modern ice hockey rules developed in Canada) the Russian team left the organization. There were no matches involving a team from Imperial Russia. Interest in this sport grew in the

in the second 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. The national team was formed shortly after, playing their first matches in a series of exhibitions against LTC Praha in 1948. In 1952, the Hockey Federation of the USSR joined the International Ice Hockey League, and so received the permission to play in the

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and the

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. 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

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, and two years later they won gold at the

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. From then until the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the "Red Machine" (; ''Krasnaya Mashina'') was one of the most dominant teams in international play, winning nearly every World Championship and Olympic tournament, as well as defeating many teams with professional players, such as in the

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, the

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, and the

1981 Canada Cup The 1981 Labatt Canada Cup was the second best-on-best ice hockey world championship and involved the world's top six hockey nations. Tournament games were held in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa. The Soviet Union defeated Canada in a s ...

. 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 hired by Soviet enterprises (

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, food workers, tractor industry) or organizations (

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) that sponsored what would be presented as an after-hours social sports society hockey team for their workers but were set-up for the athletes to train full-time. This type of amateur player was contested by Canada and the United States whose best players were participating in professional leagues.

After the USSR's dissolution

The Soviet Union dissolved shortly before the

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, so a Unified Team largely consisting of the former Soviet republics competed instead. The

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, composed almost entirely of Russians, with Lithuanian-born

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and Ukrainian-born

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the only non-Russians, 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

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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

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and

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, all taking place in April 1992, the debut game occurring 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

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they finished fourth overall, losing the bronze medal match to

. Russia also competed at the 1996 World Cup, the successor tournament to the

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, where the team lost in the semi-finals to the eventual winner, the

. At the

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, Russia won five consecutive games and reached the gold medal match, where they lost to the

, 0–1. In 1994, Russian journalist

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reported that "The people are upset. Russia is a nation of critics." He said the Russian team was struggling with finances to support training, no funding was received from the national level, and professional teams in Russia were struggling to stay afloat. He also reported that the Russian people were upset at losing the nation's best players to the

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, and not playing on the Russian national team.

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

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and

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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

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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 then led 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. Russia earned a medal in each subsequent tournament, including the silver medal in 2015 and the bronze medals in 2016 and 2017. The team also reached the semi-finals of the

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, losing to Canada, the eventual winner. In 2018, the

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was disqualified by the

for doping, but the Russian players were cleared to participate by the IOC under the

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as the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) using 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,

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, 8 from

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and 2 from

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). After a loss in their first game to Slovakia, the OAR 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. Kovalchuk and

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each won their first gold in their fifth Olympic appearance and together with

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, were the only players with prior Olympic experience on the team. In its post-Olympics World Ranking, the IIHF considered the OAR team as the Russian team in its rankings. The IIHF considers this victory to be Russia's second gold medal in the Olympics, as they also attributed the 1992 Unified Team gold medal to Russia, however, the IOC does not attribute either of these results to Russia. After the Olympics, Znarok became a consultant for 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.

Vorobiev as head coach

Ilya Vorobiev was hired as the interim head coach of the Russian national hockey team in April 2018 for the

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and the second half of

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. In the remainder of

, Vorobiev led the Russian team to a 1–5 record, following the 5–1 record of the Znarok-led team in the first half of 2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour, for the team to finish 6–6 on the season. At the 2018 World Championship, Russia finished second in its group and lost to Canada 4–5 in the quarterfinal, finishing sixth overall. Next season, Russia went 8–4 in the

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, winning the competition and went all the way to the semi-final at the 2019 World Championship, where it lost to Finland before beating the Czech Republic for the bronze. Following the World Championship, Vorobiev was dismissed and replaced with

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Kudashov's realm

Kudashov went 3–6 at the

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before the

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was canceled due to the

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. Kudashov was sacked in June 2020 and replaced with

, a decorated coach of the Russia men's U20 team.

Bragin's team

Bragin proceeded to win the

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with a 10–2 record. At the

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, Russia went 6–1 in the group stage but then lost in the quarter-finals to Canada, which finished with a 3–4 record in the group stage but went on to win the tournament. Bragin was replaced by

in September 2021.

Zhamnov's team

With Zhamnov the Russian national team participated at the 2022 Olympics in

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(under the

flag and the moniker ROC), where they reached the second Olympic final in a row, losing to

1–2 and winning silver medals. After the

, the

suspended Russia from all levels of competition. In April 2022, the Federation banned Russia from participating in the

. Due to the ban, a second Russian team consisting of players under 25 took part in the 2023 Channel One Cup alongside the main roster, and newcomers

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and

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Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

Euro Hockey Tour

The

(EHT) started in 1996 and is held every season between the quartet of European nations of the Big Six nations of ice hockey. 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. There are occasional deviations from the format if additional nations, such as Canada, are invited to compete. Russia has won the EHT nine times .

Euro Hockey Tour medal table

=Men

=Women

Tournament summary

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: ** Gold medal (

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

) ** Silver medal (

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

) ** Bronze medal (

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

) * Channel One Cup: ** Gold medal (

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

) ** Silver medal (

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

) ** Bronze medal (

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

) *

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: ** Gold medal (

) ** Silver medal (

) ** Bronze medal (

) *

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: ** Gold medal (

, 2009 (April)) ** Silver medal (

, 2009 (September),

, 2013 (April), 2013 (August)) ** Bronze medal (

)

Russia's Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) Cup medal table

As of January 2025

Other tournaments

Deutschland Cup The Deutschland Cup is an in-season international ice hockey tournament hosted by the German Ice Hockey Federation which has been contested in most years since 1987. Early years (1987–1997) In 1987, the German Ice Hockey Federation created the ...

: Gold medal (

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

) * Nissan Cup: Silver medal (

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

) * Northern Lights Tournament: Bronze medal (

)

Team

Current roster

Roster for the

. Head coach:

Coaching history

;Olympics *

– Viktor Tikhonov *

– Vladimir Yurzinov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov) *

–

Viacheslav Fetisov Viacheslav Alexandrovich "Slava" Fetisov State Duma, MP (; born 20 April 1958) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman, coach, politician and sports official. He played for HC CSKA Moscow for 13 seasons before joining the National ...

(Vladimir Yurzinov,

Vladislav Tretiak Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak State Duma, MP ( rus, links=no, Владислав Александрович Третьяк, p=trʲɪˈtʲjak; born 25 April 1952) is a Russian former goaltender for the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. ...

) *

– Vladimir Krikunov (Vladimir Yurzinov, Boris Mikhailov) *

– Vyacheslav Bykov ( Igor Zakharkin) *

– Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (Valery Belov, Dmitry Yushkevich, Igor Nikitin, Valeri Belousov, Vladimir Myshkin) *

– Oleg Znarok (Harijs Vītoliņš, Ilya Vorobiev, Rashit Davydov, Igor Nikitin,

) *

– Alexei Zhamnov (

Sergei Fedorov Sergei Viktorovich Fyodorov (; born December 13, 1969) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and the former head coach of HC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) from 2021 to 2024. During his playing care ...

Sergei Gonchar Sergei Viktorovich Gonchar ( rus, Серге́й Ви́кторович Гонча́р, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪdʑ ɡɐnʲˈtɕar; born 13 April 1974) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who is currently a Defensive D ...

) ;World Championships *

– Viktor Tikhonov *

– Boris Mikhailov ( Pyotr Vorobyov, Igor Tuzik, Gennady Tsygurov) *

– Boris Mikhailov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Igor Tuzik, Gennady Tsygurov) *

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

– Boris Mikhailov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Igor Tuzik, Gennady Tsygurov) *

– Vladimir Vasiliev (Gennady Tsygurov, Viktor Tikhonov) *

– Igor Dmitriev (Boris Mikhailov, Igor Tuzik) *

– Vladimir Yurzinov (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov) *

–

Alexander Yakushev Alexander Sergeyevich Yakushev (; born January 2, 1947) is a Russian former ice hockey player and coach. As a member of the Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team, he played in the Summit Series, the Ice Hockey World Championships, and the ...

(Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov) *

– Alexander Yakushev (Pyotr Vorobyov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov) *

– Boris Mikhailov (Valeri Belousov, Vladimir Krikunov) *

– Vladimir Plyushchev (Alexander Yakushev, Nikolai Tolstikov) *

– Viktor Tikhonov *

–

Vladimir Krikunov Vladimir Vasilievich Krikunov (, born March 24, 1950) is retired Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and former head coach of Russia men's national ice hockey team, team Russia. He is currently a coach of the Kontinental Hockey Leag ...

(Vladimir Yurzinov, Boris Mikhailov) *

– Vladimir Krikunov (Vladimir Yurzinov, Boris Mikhailov) *

– Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin) *

– Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin,

Andrei Nazarov Andrei Viktorovich Nazarov (; born May 22, 1974) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and head coach of HC Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has formerly managed the Kazakh team Barys Astana (of the Kontinental Hoc ...

) *

– Vyacheslav Bykov (Igor Zakharkin) *

– Zinetula Bilyaletdinov (Valery Belov, Dmitry Yushkevich, Igor Nikitin, Vladimir Myshkin) *

– Oleg Znarok (

Harijs Vītoliņš Harijs Vītoliņš (Harijs Vitolinsh; born April 30, 1968) is a Latvian former professional ice hockey centre. After being selected twice in the NHL Entry Draft, Vītoliņš played eight games in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets ...

, Vladimir Fedosov, Igor Nikitin, Yuri Zhdanov, Rashit Davydov, Oleg Kupryanov) *

– Oleg Znarok (Harijs Vītoliņš, Vladimir Fedosov, Igor Nikitin, Yuri Zhdanov, Rashit Davydov, Oleg Kupryanov) *

– Oleg Znarok (Harijs Vītoliņš, Ilya Vorobiev, Rashit Davydov, Igor Nikitin) *

– Ilya Vorobiev (

, Anvar Gatiyatulin, Rashit Davydov, Igor Nikitin) *

– Ilya Vorobiev (Alexei Zhamnov, Anvar Gatiyatulin, Rashit Davydov, Igor Nikitin) *

–

(Albert Leschov, Stefan Persson, Konstantin Shafranov, Alexander Titov) ;World Cup *

– Boris Mikhailov *

– Zinetula Bilyaletdinov *

– Oleg Znarok

Uniform evolution

File:Russia national ice hockey team jerseys 1994 (WOG).png, 1994 Olympic jersey File:Russia national ice hockey team jerseys 1998-1999.png, 1998–1999 IIHF jerseys File:Russia national ice hockey team jerseys 2000.png, 2000–2004 IIHF jerseys File:Russia national hockey team jerseys.png, 2010–2013 IIHF jerseys File:Russia national hockey team jerseys - 2014 Winter Olympics.png, 2014 Olympic jersey File:Russia national hockey team jerseys 2014.png, 2014–2017 IIHF jerseys File:Russian national team jerseys 2016 (WCH).png, 2016 WCH jersey File:OAR national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 (WOG).png, 2018 OAR Olympic jersey File:Russia national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 IHWC.png, 2018–2020 IIHF jerseys File:ROC national ice hockey team jerseys 2021 IHWC.png, 2021 ROC IIHF jerseys File:ROC national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 (WOG).png, 2022 ROC Olympic jersey

Notes

References

External links

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{{National sports teams of Russia National ice hockey teams in Europe Ice hockey teams in Russia 1992 establishments in Russia Men's national ice hockey teams

History

Origins

After the USSR's dissolution

The post-Soviet drought

The Russian resurgence

The Bykov period

Bilyaletdinov at the helm

The Znarok years

Vorobiev as head coach

Kudashov's realm

Bragin's team

Zhamnov's team

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

Euro Hockey Tour

Euro Hockey Tour medal table

=Men

=Women

Tournament summary

Russia's Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) Cup medal table

Other tournaments

Team

Current roster

Coaching history

Uniform evolution

See also

Notes

References

External links