Russian National Hockey Team  |
| Nickname(s) | Big Red Machine |
| Association | Russian Hockey Federation |
| Head coach |  Vyacheslav Bykov |
| Assistants | Igor Zakharkin |
| Captain | Aleksey Morozov |
| Most games | Maxim Sushinski (85) |
| Most points | Maxim Sushinski (70) |
| IIHF ranking | 1 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 1 (2009) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 7 (2004) |
| Team colours | |
| First international |
 Russia 2–2 Sweden 
(St. Petersburg, Russia; April 12, 1992) |
| Biggest win |
Russia 12–3 Great Britain 
(Bolzano, Italy; April 26, 1994)
Russia 10–1 Kazakhstan 
(Riga, Latvia; May 7, 2006) |
| Biggest defeat |
 Finland 7–1 Russia
(Helsinki, Finland; April 22, 1997)
 Czech Republic 7–1 Russia
(Moscow, Russia; December 20, 1997) |
| IIHF World Championships |
| Appearances | 18 (first in 1992) |
| Best result | 1st (1993, 2008, 2009) |
| Olympics |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1994) |
| Medals |  Silver: 1998
 Bronze: 2002 |
| International record (W-L-T) |
| 267-151-42 |
The Russian men's national ice hockey team is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world, rated number one in IIHF world rankings. It has been competing internationally since 1993 and follows a long tradition of Soviet Union team mostly composed of Russian players. The Russian team replaces the Unified Team of the ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the CIS team of the 1992 World Championships. In 1991 and earlier, players competed with the Soviet Union national ice hockey team.
The Russian team has not been as dominant as the Soviet team, winning the gold in the World Championships three times in 18 years but it remains one of the top teams in the world. Russia finished 4th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Russia has a total of 77,702 players, about 0.05% of its population. As of August 2006, their head coach is Vyacheslav "Slava" Bykov.
The top three nominees for the 2009 Hart Memorial Trophy (the most valuable player award in the National Hockey League) all play for the Russian team: Alexander Ovechkin, Pavel Datsyuk, and Evgeni Malkin.
[edit] Roster
Roster announced for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.
[edit] Olympic record
- 1994 - Finished in 4th place
- 1998 - Won silver medal
- 2002 - Won bronze medal
- 2006 - Finished in 4th place
From 1956 to 1988, the Soviet Union national ice hockey team won seven gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal in nine appearances. The Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics also won the gold medal.
[edit] World Cup record
- 1996 - Lost semi-final
- 2004 - Lost quarter-final
[edit] World Championship record
- 1992 - Finished in 5th place
- 1993 - Gold medal winner
- 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 - Silver medal winner
- 2003 - Finished in 6th place
- 2004 - Finished in 10th place
- 2005 - Bronze medal winner
- 2006 - Finished in 5th place
- 2007 - Bronze medal winner
- 2008 - Gold medal winner
- 2009 - Gold medal winner
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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