Ukraine national ice hockey team

The Ukrainian national men's ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2006 Ukraine is ranked 15th in the IIHK World Rankings. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in 9th place. Ukraine has a total of 4,190 players (0,008% of its population). Their head coach is Oleksandr Seukand.

During the 2007 World Hockey Championship, Ukraine was relegated to Division 1.

2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships roster

Goaltenders

*22 Buriy Andrew - flagicon|UKR HC Sokil Kyiv
*20 Igor Karpenko - flagicon|UKR HC Sokil Kyiv
*22 Oleksandr Fyodorov - flagicon|UKR HC Sokil Kyiv

Defensemen

*3 Serhiy Klementev - flagicon|RUS AK Bars Kazan
*4 Vasiliy Polonytskyi - flagicon|UKR HC Sokil Kyiv
*5 Denis Isayenko - flagicon|UKR HC Sokil Kyiv
*6 Andriy Sryubko - flagicon|RUS HC MVD Tver
*9 Yuriy Navarenko - flagicon|UKR HC Sokil Kyiv
*11 Artem Ostroushko - flagicon|RUS HC MVD Tver
*31 Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk - flagicon|RUS HC Sibir Novosibirsk
*2 Yuriy Hunko - flagicon|UKR HC Sokil Kyiv

Forwards

*7 Valentin Oletskyi - flagicon|UKR HC Sokil Kyiv
*10 Vadym Shakhraichuk - flagicon|RUS HC Dynamo Moscow
*15 Vitaly Litvinenko - flagicon|UKR HC Sokil Kyiv
*16 Vasiliy Bobrovnikov - flagicon|UKR HC Sokil Kyiv
*18 Yuri Dyachenko - flagicon|RUS Vityaz Chekhov
*21 Oleksandr Materykhin - flagicon|BLR HC Khimvolokno Mohilyev
*23 Roman Salnikov - flagicon|BLR HC Keramin Minsk
*25 Oleh Shafarenko - flagicon|BLR HC Khimvolokno Mohilyev
*27 Konstantin Kosyanchuk - flagicon|RUS Traktor Chelyabinsk
*29 Vitaly Semenchenko - flagicon|BLR HC Yunost Minsk
*30 Andriy Mikhnov - flagicon|RUS HC Lada Togliatti
*34 Boris Protsenko - flagicon|BLR HC Tivali Minsk
*16 Vladislav Makorevich- flagicon|UKR HC Sokol Kyiv

Olympic Record

*1920-1992 - Did not participate
*1994-1998 - Did not qualify
*2002 - Finished in 10th place
*2006 - Did not qualify

World Championship Record

*1930-1992 - participated from 1954 to 1991 as part of the Soviet Union national ice hockey team
*1993 - Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool C")
*1994 - Finished in 23rd place (3rd in "Pool C")
*1995 - Finished in 23rd place (3rd in "Pool C")
*1996 - Finished in 22nd place (2nd in "Pool C")
*1997 - Finished in 21st place (Won "Pool C")
*1998 - Finished in 17th place (Won "Pool B")
*1999 - Finished in 14th place
*2000 - Finished in 14th place
*2001 - Finished in 10th place
*2002 - Finished in 9th place
*2003 - Finished in 12th place
*2004 - Finished in 14th place
*2005 - Finished in 11th place
*2006 - Finished in 12th place
*2007 - Finished in 16th place and was relegated to Division 1

Notable Games

*First match: April 14, 1992 in St. Petersburg, Russia: ih|KAZ 5-1 ih|UKR
*Largest victory: March 13, 1993 in Bled, Slovenia: ih|UKR 37-2 ih|BEL
*Largest defeat: May 3, 2002 in Finland: ih|FIN 9-0 ih|UKR

External links

* [http://www.fhu.com.ua/ Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine]
* [http://www.hockey.org.ua/ Ukrainian Ice Hockey Agency]