IIHF All-Time Teams

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The IIHF All-Time Teams are the All-Time Teams of the countries that would have participated at the 2020 IIHF World Championship. To honor the 100-year anniversary of the Ice Hockey World Championships. [1] [2]

List

Country Goaltender Right defenceman Left defenceman Right wing Centre Left wing Honourable mentions
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Andrei Mezin Ruslan Salei Vladimir Kopat Alexei Kalyuzhny Vladimir Tsyplakov Mikhail Grabovski [3]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Sean Burke Scott Niedermayer Chris Pronger Wayne Gretzky Mario Lemieux Sidney Crosby [4]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Dominik Hašek František Pospíšil Tomáš Kaberle Jaromír Jágr Václav Nedomanský Vladimír Martinec [5]
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Frederik Andersen Jesper Damgaard Daniel Nielsen Frans Nielsen Lars Eller Morten Green [6]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Ben Bowns Carl Erhardt Ben O'Connor Tony Hand Kevin Conway Robert Farmer [7]
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany / Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Olaf Kölzig Uwe Krupp Christian Ehrhoff Erich Kühnhackl Leon Draisaitl Marco Sturm [8]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Pekka Rinne Teppo Numminen Kimmo Timonen Jari Kurri Teemu Selänne Saku Koivu [9]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Mike Rosati Robert Oberrauch Armin Helfer Lucio Topatigh Mario Chitaroni Roland Ramoser [10]
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Vitali Yeremeyev Evgeni Paladiev Alexei Troschinsky Talgat Zhailauov Nik Antropov Yevgeni Koreshkov [11]
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia / Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Artūrs Irbe Sandis Ozoliņš Kārlis Skrastiņš Helmuts Balderis Sergejs Žoltoks Oleg Znarok [12]
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Lars Haugen Jonas Holøs Mats Trygg Patrick Thoresen Mathis Olimb Mats Zuccarello [13]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia / Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Vladislav Tretiak Viacheslav Fetisov Alexander Ragulin Vsevolod Bobrov Valeri Kharlamov Evgeni Malkin [14]
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Vladimír Dzurilla Ľubomír Višňovský Zdeno Chára Peter Šťastný Miroslav Šatan Žigmund Pálffy [15]
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Henrik Lundqvist Börje Salming Nicklas Lidström Peter Forsberg Mats Sundin Sven Johansson [16]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Hans Bänninger Mark Streit Mathias Seger Bibi Torriani Hans-Martin Trepp Ferdinand Cattini
17 players
Reto Berra, David Aebischer, Martin Gerber, Albert Künzler, Roman Josi, Emil Handschin, Julien Vauclair, Severin Blindenbacher, Hans Cattini, Ulrich Poltera, Alfred Bieler, Ivo Rüthemann, Martin Plüss, Sandy Jeannin, Nico Hischier, Nino Niederreiter & Timo Meier
[17]
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Gerry Cosby Chris Chelios Ryan Suter John Mayasich Patrick Kane Herb Drury [18]

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