Belarus national men's ice hockey team

The Belarusian national ice hockey team is currently ranked tenth in the world by IIHF as of 2006. The team is controlled by the Belarus Ice Hockey Federation. Arguably, the greatest moment in Belarusian hockey history was the victory over Sweden in the Quarter-finals of the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the team ultimately finished fourth. Belarus has 2,850 players in their national pool (0.02% of the total population). Their coach, until 2006 was Glen Hanlon. He was succeeded by Curt Fraser.

• First match: November 7, 1992 in Minsk, Belarus:  Ukraine 4-1 Belarus
• Biggest victory: August 30, 1996 in Riga, Latvia: Belarus 22-1  Lithuania
• Biggest loss: March 19, 1998 in Lloydminster, Canada:  Canada 11-2 Belarus and April 7, 1997 in Mikkeli, Finland:  Finland 11-2 Belarus
• Most points: Andrei Skabelka (105 points)
• Most games: Oleg Khmyl (133 games)

Current top players

• Mikhail Grabovsky
• Konstantin Koltsov
• Andrei Kostitsyn
• Andrei Mezin
• Ruslan Salei
• Andrei Skabelka
• Vladimir Kopat

Olympic Record

• 1920-1992 - Did not participate
• 1994 - Did not qualify
• 1998 - Finished in 7th place
• 2002 - Finished in 4th place
• 2006 - Did not qualify

World Championship Record

• 1930-1993 - Did not participiate
• 1994 - Finished in 22nd place (2nd in "Pool C")
• 1995 - Finished in 21st place (Won "Pool C")
• 1996 - Finished in 15th place (3rd in "Pool B")
• 1997 - Finished in 13th place (Won "Pool B")
• 1998 - Finished in 8th place
• 1999 - Finished in 9th place
• 2000 - Finished in 9th place
• 2001 - Finished in 14th place
• 2002 - Finished in 17th place (Won "Division I, Group A")
• 2003 - Finished in 14th place
• 2004 - Finished in 18th place (Won "Division I, Group A")
• 2005 - Finished in 10th place
• 2006 - Finished in 6th place
• 2007 - Finished in 11th place

External links

• All-time results of the Belorussian National team - sorted by country
• A fansite dedicated to Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn
• International Hockey Forums

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