Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team
The Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan is ranked 16th in the world as of 2022. They have competed at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. The national team joined the IIHF in 1992 and first played internationally at the 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[2] The team has frequently played at the elite division of the World Championship, often moving between there and the Division I level.
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| Association | Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation |
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| Head coach | Yuri Mikhailis |
| Assistants | Maxim Semyonov Andrei Shayanov Alexander Shimin |
| Captain | Roman Starchenko |
| Most games | Alexander Koreshkov (78) |
| Most points | Alexander Koreshkov (83) |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | KAZ |
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| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 15  2 (30 March 2022)[1] |
| Highest IIHF | 11 (2006) |
| Lowest IIHF | 21 (2003) |
| First international | |
Kazakhstan  5–1  Ukraine(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992) | |
| Biggest win | |
Kazakhstan  52–1  Thailand(Changchun, China; 29 January 2007) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
United States  10–0 Kazakhstan(Cologne, Germany; 15 May 2010) | |
| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 28 (first in 1993) |
| Best result | 10th (2021) |
| Asian Winter Games | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1996) |
| Best result |  Gold (1996, 1999, 2011, 2017) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1998) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 150–106–14 | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Asian Winter Games | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1996 Harbin | Team |
| 1999 Kangwon | Team |
| 2011 Astana-Almaty | Team |
| 2017 Sapporo | Team |
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 2003 Aomori | Team |
| 2007 Changchun | Team |
History
Kazakhstan joined the IIHF in 1992, applying as a separate member with six other former Soviet republics.[3] They played their first IIHF tournament at the 1993 World Championship; as a new member they had to play in Group C, the lowest level. They reached the elite division for the first time in 1998, and have played at the elite level seven times (1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016).
The national team has appeared at the Winter Olympics twice, in 1998 and 2006. In their debut in 1998, the Kazakhs were able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place. They returned for the 2006 Winter Olympics, and finished ninth overall.
The team is the most successful team at the Asian Games, winning it four times, and are the current highest ranked Asian team.
Tournament record
World Championships
- 1953–1991 As part of
Soviet Union / Kazakh SSR - 1993 – Finished in 23rd 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 (1st in 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 (1st in Division I, Group A)
- 2004 – Finished in 13th place
- 2005 – Finished in 12th place
- 2006 – 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)
- 2010 – Finished in 16th place
- 2011 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group B)
- 2012 – Finished in 16th place
- 2013 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
- 2014 – Finished in 16th place
- 2015 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
- 2016 – Finished in 16th place
- 2017 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IA)
- 2018 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IA)
- 2019 – Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[4]
- 2021 – Finished in 10th place
Asian Winter Games
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[5]
Head coach: Yuri Mikhailis[6]
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | D | Yegor Shalapov | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 27 January 1995 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 9 | D | Jesse Blacker | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 19 April 1991 |  Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg |
| 10 | F | Nikita Mikhailis | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 18 June 1995 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 11 | F | Artyom Likhotnikov | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 11 May 1994 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk |
| 14 | F | Curtis Valk | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 8 February 1993 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 15 | F | Yegor Petukhov | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 28 February 1994 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 18 | F | Pavel Akolzin | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 25 November 1990 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 20 | G | Demid Yeremeyev | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 25 September 1999 | Saryarka Karagandy |
| 22 | F | Kirill Panyukov | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 22 May 1997 | Ak Bars Kazan |
| 23 | D | Kirill Polokhov | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 23 March 1998 | Saryarka Karagandy |
| 28 | D | Valeri Orekhov | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 17 July 1999 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 30 | G | Nikita Boyarkin | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 7 October 1998 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 31 | G | Andrei Shutov | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 4 March 1998 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 44 | D | Darren Dietz – A | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 17 July 1993 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 48 | F | Roman Starchenko – C | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 12 May 1986 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 49 | F | Alexander Shin | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | 21 November 1985 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk |
| 55 | D | Ivan Stepanenko | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 12 November 1995 | Beibarys Atyrau |
| 58 | D | Viktor Svedberg | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | 108 kg (238 lb) | 24 May 1991 | HC CSKA Moscow |
| 64 | F | Arkadiy Shestakov | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 24 March 1995 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 65 | D | Samat Daniyar | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 24 January 1999 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 68 | F | Dmitri Gurkov | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 75 kg (165 lb) | 3 June 1996 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 77 | F | Sayan Daniyar | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 5 October 1999 | Saryarka Karagandy |
| 84 | F | Kirill Savitski | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 9 March 1996 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
| 85 | D | Alexei Maklyukov | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 19 September 1993 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 88 | F | Evgeni Rymarev | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 9 September 1988 | Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk |
| 89 | F | Anton Sagadeyev | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 6 September 1993 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| 95 | F | Dmitri Shevchenko | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 105 kg (231 lb) | 15 December 1995 | Avangard Omsk |
| 96 | F | Alikhan Asetov – A | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 91 kg (201 lb) | 26 August 1996 | Barys Nur-Sultan |
List of head coaches
- Vladimir Goltze 1993–94
- Vladimir Koptsov 1994–95
- Boris Alexandrov 1996–02
- Nikolay Myshagin 2003–06
- Anatoli Kartayev 2007
- Yerlan Sagymbayev 2007–09
- Andrei Shayanov 2009–10
- Andrei Khomutov 2010–11
- Andrei Shayanov 2011–12
- Vladimir Krikunov 2012–13
- Ari-Pekka Selin 2013–14
- Andrei Nazarov 2014–2016
- Eduard Zankovets 2016–2017
- Galym Mambetaliyev 2017–2018
- Andrei Skabelka 2018–2020
- Yuri Mikhailis 2020–
References
- "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- "KAZ – Kazakhstan". IIHF.com. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- IIHF (2008). "Breakup of old Europe creates a new hockey world". IIHF.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- "Обнародован состав сборной Казахстана на чемпионат мира" (in Russian). shaiba.kz. 9 May 2021.
- "Team Roster Kazakhstan" (PDF). iihf.com. 21 May 2021.
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