Kazakhstani national ice hockey team
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The Kazakh
men's national ice hockey
team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation
. Kazakhstan is currently ranked 16th in the world. In their first Olympic Games
in 1998
, the Kazakhs were able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place. Their head coach is Andrei Khomutov
. The World Junior team played a game in late December 1999 in Carman, Manitoba
against the local senior team. The Kazakhs won 7-4. Unlike most European countries, the national team officially began competing against other nations as a member of the IIHF in the 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
, one year after being admitted in to the federation.
Since the country's independence in 1992, a total of 27 players have been drafted into the NHL. However Vitaly Kolesnik
who was never drafted but had a brief stint with the Colorado Avalanche
.
The hockey system of Kazakhstan is ranked 12th best in the world.
r Ice Hockey Championships]] in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Kazakhstan tied Belarus 2-2 and defeated Switzerland 3-0 to finish third place in Group B and went on to play Canada in the quarter-finals. Canada won 12-2. Nikolai Zarzhitskiy scored both Kazakhstan goals and got player-of-the-game award. Kazakhstan finished 8th and avoided relegation. they really should look at improving.
Kazakhstan was without Nikolai Antropov when he decided to stay with the Maple Leafs for the 1999–2000 NHL season. Kazakhstan was demolished 14-1 by Russia on December 25, 1999. Kazakhstan's only win was a 5-2 win over Ukraine to qualify for the quarter-finals. Kazakhstan lost to the Czech-Republic 6-3.
Kazakhstan's four-year stay at the World Junior Hockey Championships ended in 2001 when the Kazakhs went win-less and lost their fight to avoid relegation to Belarus.
Kazakhstan spent six years in Division I and nearly came close to being promoted back to the top level (just needed one more win in the 2005 and 2006 games). In 2007, Kazakhstan was finally promoted by edging Norway 3-2 in an IIHF U20 Division I tournament in Torre Pellice, Italy.
Kazakhstan played in the 2008 World Junior Hockey Championships in Liberic, Czech-Republic. The Kazakhs wore only their white nike swift jerseys during the tournament because blue jerseys were not available. Kazakhstan was up 2-0 against Russia, but lost 5-4. They also lost to the US by a score of 4-2. Kazakhstan went on to defeat Switzerland 3-1 and defeated Denmark 6-3 to finished 8th.
Yakov Vorobyov became only the third Kazakh player to play in the Canadian Hockey League
. Vorobyov played for the Ottawa 67's
, but was released shortly after. Vadim Sozinov played for the Ottawa 67's in 2000-01 and Konstantin Pushkarev
played for the Calgary Hitmen in 2004-05.
Kazakhstan boosted plenty of returning players from 2008 upon coming to Ottawa, Ontario to compete in the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
. Kazakhstan scored only 4 goals during the entire tournament and was relegated back to Division I after a 7-1 loss to Latvia.
Oleg Bolyakin will remain as head coach for Kazakhstan as the Kazakhs will play in the 2010 World Junior Championships, Division 1
held in Gdansk, Poland from December 14–20, 2009. Kazakhstan will compete against Belarus, Italy, Norway, Croatia, and Poland.
For the 2011 IIHF world championships they swept their group winning all 5 games and were promoted back to the championship level after being relegated last year.
Defensemen
Forwards
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
men's national ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation
Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation
The Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation is the governing body of ice hockey in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan was one of nine former republics of the Soviet Union to join the International Ice Hockey Federation on May 6, 1992....
. Kazakhstan is currently ranked 16th in the world. In their first Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
in 1998
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
, the Kazakhs were able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place. Their head coach is Andrei Khomutov
Andrei Khomutov
Andrei Valentinovich Khomutov was a Soviet ice hockey right winger and is currently the head coach of Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League and Kazakhstan national team. He played for CSKA Moscow from 1979–1990, then in Switzerland for HC Fribourg-Gottéron from 1990-1998...
. The World Junior team played a game in late December 1999 in Carman, Manitoba
Carman, Manitoba
Carman is a small Agricultural town of about 2,900 people that lies in the Pembina Valley Region of southern Manitoba. Carman is located at the junction of Highways 3 and 13, just 40 minutes southwest of Winnipeg . It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Dufferin...
against the local senior team. The Kazakhs won 7-4. Unlike most European countries, the national team officially began competing against other nations as a member of the IIHF in the 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
- Group 2 :- Quarterfinals :- Consolation Round 9-12 Place :- Semifinals :- Consolation Round 11-12 Place :Switzerland was relegated to Group B.- Match for third place :- Final :-World Championship Group B :...
, one year after being admitted in to the federation.
Since the country's independence in 1992, a total of 27 players have been drafted into the NHL. However Vitaly Kolesnik
Vitaly Kolesnik
Vitaly Nikolaevich Kolesnik is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
who was never drafted but had a brief stint with the Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1995–96 and 2000–01. The franchise...
.
The hockey system of Kazakhstan is ranked 12th best in the world.
National Junior U20 Team
Kazakhstan was promoted out of Pool B into Pool A for 1998. In Helsinki, Finland, the Kazakhs defeated Slovakia 5-2 to earn a spot in the quarter-finals. However, a devastating 14-1 loss to eventual gold-medalists Finland sent Kazakhstan to the placement games, where they defeated Canada 6-3 to finish 7th. It still stands as Kazakhstan's biggest win at the U20 level.r Ice Hockey Championships]] in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Kazakhstan tied Belarus 2-2 and defeated Switzerland 3-0 to finish third place in Group B and went on to play Canada in the quarter-finals. Canada won 12-2. Nikolai Zarzhitskiy scored both Kazakhstan goals and got player-of-the-game award. Kazakhstan finished 8th and avoided relegation. they really should look at improving.
Kazakhstan was without Nikolai Antropov when he decided to stay with the Maple Leafs for the 1999–2000 NHL season. Kazakhstan was demolished 14-1 by Russia on December 25, 1999. Kazakhstan's only win was a 5-2 win over Ukraine to qualify for the quarter-finals. Kazakhstan lost to the Czech-Republic 6-3.
Kazakhstan's four-year stay at the World Junior Hockey Championships ended in 2001 when the Kazakhs went win-less and lost their fight to avoid relegation to Belarus.
Kazakhstan spent six years in Division I and nearly came close to being promoted back to the top level (just needed one more win in the 2005 and 2006 games). In 2007, Kazakhstan was finally promoted by edging Norway 3-2 in an IIHF U20 Division I tournament in Torre Pellice, Italy.
Kazakhstan played in the 2008 World Junior Hockey Championships in Liberic, Czech-Republic. The Kazakhs wore only their white nike swift jerseys during the tournament because blue jerseys were not available. Kazakhstan was up 2-0 against Russia, but lost 5-4. They also lost to the US by a score of 4-2. Kazakhstan went on to defeat Switzerland 3-1 and defeated Denmark 6-3 to finished 8th.
Yakov Vorobyov became only the third Kazakh player to play in the Canadian Hockey League
Canadian Hockey League
The Canadian Hockey League is an umbrella organization that represents the three Canadian-based major junior ice hockey leagues for players 16 to 20 years of age. The CHL was founded in 1975 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, and is composed of its three member leagues, the Western Hockey...
. Vorobyov played for the Ottawa 67's
Ottawa 67's
The Ottawa 67’s are a junior ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario. They have played in the Ontario Hockey League since 1967, Canada's centennial year. The current coach is Chris Byrne.-History:...
, but was released shortly after. Vadim Sozinov played for the Ottawa 67's in 2000-01 and Konstantin Pushkarev
Konstantin Pushkarev
Konstantin Vladimirovich Pushkarev is an ethnic Russian, Kazakh professional ice hockey player currently with the Astana Barys of the Kontinental Hockey League...
played for the Calgary Hitmen in 2004-05.
Kazakhstan boosted plenty of returning players from 2008 upon coming to Ottawa, Ontario to compete in the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
- Group B :ScheduleAll times local - Relegation round :The results from matches between teams from the same group in the preliminary round are carried forward to this round.-Schedule:...
. Kazakhstan scored only 4 goals during the entire tournament and was relegated back to Division I after a 7-1 loss to Latvia.
Oleg Bolyakin will remain as head coach for Kazakhstan as the Kazakhs will play in the 2010 World Junior Championships, Division 1
2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2010 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred to as the 2010 World Junior Hockey Championships , was the 34th edition of World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was hosted in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, from December 26, 2009 to January 5, 2010...
held in Gdansk, Poland from December 14–20, 2009. Kazakhstan will compete against Belarus, Italy, Norway, Croatia, and Poland.
For the 2011 IIHF world championships they swept their group winning all 5 games and were promoted back to the championship level after being relegated last year.
1998 Olympics
Kazakhstan finished 8th, with their first game a loss to Finland by a score of 8-2. The Kazakhs were officially eliminated from the Olympics with a loss to Canada by a score of 4-1.2006 Olympic team
Goaltenders- Vitaliy YeremeyevVitaliy YeremeyevVitaliy Yeremeyev is a Kazakhstani ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing with Barys Astana in the Kontinental Hockey League. He was drafted in the 9th round in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He played four games for them in the 2000-2001 season before being released...
- Vitaly KolesnikVitaly KolesnikVitaly Nikolaevich Kolesnik is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
- Kirill ZinovyevKirill ZinovyevKirill Zinovyev is a Kazakhstani goaltender who was the third string goalie for the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympics-References:...
Defensemen
- Artyom ArgokovArtyom ArgokovArtyom Argokov is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for Beibarys Atyrau. He played for the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships....
- Alexey Koledayev
- Oleg KovalenkoOleg KovalenkoOleh Kovalenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer, who plays in Estonian Meistriliiga, for FC Pärnu Vaprus. He plays the position of midfielder or striker. His former clubs include FC Helios Kharkiv....
- Yevgeniy PupkovYevgeniy PupkovYevgeniy Pupkov is a Kazakhstani ice hockey defenseman who was a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He last played for the Voskresensk Khimik in the KHL.-References:...
- Denis ShemelinDenis ShemelinDenis Nikolaevich Shemelin is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League .-External links:...
- Vitaly TregubovVitaly TregubovVitaly Tregubov is a retired Kazakhstani ice hockey defenceman who was a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team at the 2002 World Ice Hockey Championships where he netted 4 points in 5 games.-References:...
- Alexei Troshchinskiy
- Alexei Vassilchenko
Forwards
- Sergey AlexandrovSergey Alexandrov (ice hockey)Sergey Alexandrov is a Kazakhstani ice hockey forward who was a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...
- Nik AntropovNik AntropovNikolai Aleksandrovich Antropov is a Kazakhstani-Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League...
(C) - Dmitriy DudarevDmitriy DudarevDmitri Viktorovich Dudarev is a Kazakh professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Kontinental Hockey League . He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team.-External links:...
- Alexander KoreshkovAlexander Koreshkov (ice hockey)Alexander Koreshkov is a retired Kazakh professional ice hockey left winger who last competed at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team.-External links:...
(A) - Yevgeniy KoreshkovYevgeniy KoreshkovYevgeniy Koreshkov is a Kazakhstani former ice hockey player of Russian descent and a Russian ice hockey coach. He is an young brother of Alexander Koreshkov....
- Andrei OgorodnikovAndrei OgorodnikovAndrei Ogorodnikov is a Kazakhstani ice hockey forward currently playing for Yermak Angarsk in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga. He was a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:...
- Andrei PchelyakovAndrei PchelyakovAndrei Pchelyakov is a Kazakhstani ice hockey forward currently playing right wing for Metallurg Zhlobin in Belarus. He was a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics as well as the IIHF 2006 World Ice Hockey Championships.-References:...
- Fedor PolishchukFedor PolishchukFedor Vasilievich Polischuk is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League....
- Andrei SamokhvalovAndrei SamokhvalovAndrei Samokhvalov is a Kazakhstani ice hockey forward currently playing right wing for Khimvolokno in Belarus. He was a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2006 World Ice Hockey Championships. He was drafted in the 8th round 208 overall...
- Konstantin ShafranovKonstantin ShafranovKonstantin Shafranov is a professional ice hockey player who played five games in the National Hockey League. He played for the St. Louis Blues. In 1996 he won the Gary F. Longman Memorial Trophy as the best rookie in the International Hockey League...
- Andrey TroshchinskiyAndrey TroshchinskiyAndrey Troshchinskiy is a Kazakhstani ice hockey defenceman who was a part of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics-References:....
- Dmitry UpperDmitry UpperDmitry Sergeyevich Upper is a Kazakh professional ice hockey center who currently plays for Atlant Mytishchi in the Kontinental Hockey League.-International career:...
(A)
Olympic record
- 1920–1992 – Part of the Soviet Union
- 1994 – Did not qualify
- 1998Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter OlympicsIce hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics was played at The Big Hat and Aqua Wing Arena in Nagano, Japan.-Men's tournament:The 1998 Olympic men's ice hockey tournament was the first in which professional players from the National Hockey League were allowed to participate, allowing national teams to...
– Finished in 8th place - 2002 – Did not qualify
- 2006 – Finished in 9th place
- 2010 – Did not qualify
World Championships record
- 1930–1992 – Part of the Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
- 1993 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in "Pool C")
- 1994 – Finished in 24th place (4th in "Pool C")
- 1995 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in "Pool C")
- 1996 – Finished in 21st place (Won "Pool C")
- 1997 – Finished in 14th place (2nd in "Pool B")
- 1998 – Finished in 16th place
- 1999 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in "Pool B")
- 2000 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool B")
- 2001 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in "Division I, Group B")
- 2002 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in "Division I, Group A")
- 2003 – Finished in 17th place (Won "Division I, Group A")
- 20042004 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held April 24-May 9, 2004, in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic. Games for this Ice Hockey World Championships tournament were played at Sazka Arena and ČEZ Aréna...
– Finished in 13th place - 20052005 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2005 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held March 7 - May 15, 2005, in 7 cities in 6 countries: Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria ; Debrecen, Hungary ; Eindhoven, the Netherlands ; Zagreb, Croatia ; Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro ; Mexico City, Mexico...
– Finished in 12th place - 20062006 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 70th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 45 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2007 competition...
– Finished in 15th place - 2007 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in "Division I, Group A")
- 2008 – Finished in 20th place (2nd in "Division I, Group A")
- 2009 - Finished in 17th place (1st in "Division I, Group A")
- 20102010 Men's World Ice Hockey ChampionshipsThe 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 74th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition...
- Finished in 16th place - 2011 - Finished in 17th place (Win "Division 1, Group B")