The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team that represented Belarus. The team is controlled by the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association. Belarus was ranked 14th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2021 World Ranking.
The Belarusian Ice Hockey Association is the governing body of ice hockey in Belarus. It was founded on 6 March 1992 and became a member of the IIHF on 2 May 1992.
Geoff Platt is a Canadian–Belarusian professional ice hockey player for Tappara of Liiga.
The International Ice Hockey Federation is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 member countries.
The 2014 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Belarus in its capital, Minsk, held from 9 to 25 May 2014. Sixteen national teams were competing in two venues, the Minsk-Arena and Chizhovka-Arena. It was the first time Belarus hosted the tournament. The selection of Belarus to host this competition was the subject of much debate, with some politicians in the European Union and North America calling for the IIHF to move the tournament to another country.
The Belarusian men's national under-20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Belarus. The team represented Belarus at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship. Prior to independence in 1991, Belarusian players played for the Soviet Union, which played in the World Juniors from its inception in 1974. Belarus has played in the top division eight times, first in 1999 and most recently in 2018, with their best finish being ninth overall in both 2001 and 2002. The most recent tournament, the 2019 tournament, had Belarus finished second in Division I, the second tier, and twelfth overall.
Alexander Viktorovich Kulakov is a Belarusian professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing for Yunost Minsk of the Belarusian Extraleague (BXL). He previously joined Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod after a lengthy first tenure with HC Dinamo Minsk. He has also competed in the Eastern European Hockey League and the Belarusian Extraliga.
Artyom Sergeyevich Senkevich is a Belarusian former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the United Arab Emirates national team.
Ice hockey in Belarus is governed by the Belarus Ice Hockey Federation. Belarusian men's and junior national teams participated at the IIHF World Championships. Belarus has been a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since May 6, 1992.
Alexei Yefimenko is a Belarusian ice hockey player.
Andrei Vladimirovich Skabelka is a Belarusian ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently head coach with Barys Nur-Sultan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Artyom Leonidovich Volkov is a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. He spent most of his career, which lasted from 2000 to 2021, in the Belarusian Extraliga, though also played four seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League. Internationally he played for the Belarus national team at five World Championships.
Nikita Ustinenko is a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. He is currently plays for HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk of the Belarusian Extraliga (BXL). He has formerly played with top flight club, HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and the Belarus men's national ice hockey team.
The 2021 IIHF World Championship took place from 21 May to 6 June 2021. It was originally to be co-hosted by Minsk, Belarus and Riga, Latvia, as the IIHF announced on 19 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany. Their joint bid won by a very tight margin against the Finnish bid with the cities of Tampere and Helsinki. On 18 January 2021 the IIHF decided to remove Belarus as a co-host due to the rising political unrest there. On 2 February, the IIHF voted to confirm Latvia as the sole host for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.
Ilya Ivanovich Solovyov is a Belarusian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing with the Calgary Wranglers in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract as a prospect to the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). Internationally he played for the Belarusian national team at the 2021 World Championship.
Vladislav Kodola is a Belarusian professional ice hockey player for HC Dinamo Minsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and the Belarusian national team.
Konstantin Dmitriyevich Shostak is a Belarusian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Severstal Cherepovets in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), and the Belarusian national team. He has also formerly played with JYP in the Liiga
Dmitri Znakharenko is a Belarusian professional ice hockey player currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Amur Khabarovsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and the Belarusian national team.
German Vyacheslavovich Nesterov is a Belarusian ice hockey player for Rubin Tyumen in the Supreme Hockey League (VHL) and the Belarusian national team.
Andrei Belevich is a Belarusian ice hockey player for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and the Belarusian national team.
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