Belarusian Ice Hockey Association is the Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

ian 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...

 federation. It was founded on March 6, 1992 and became a member of the IIHF in two months (May 2, 1992).


In May 2009 the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association enjoyed a major success in its history, getting the right to host the 2014 IIHF World Championship.

2010 IIHF World Championship

The Belarus National men's ice hockey team competed at the 2010 IIHF World Championship

2010 IIHF World Championship

The 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 7 and 23 May 2010 in Germany. The games were played in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, SAP Arena in Mannheim, and one game at Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen...

 where they place 10th out of the 16 teams.

Roster

Eduard Zankovets (coach), Vitali Koval

Vitali Koval

Vitaly Nikolayevich Koval is a Belarusian professional ice hockey goaltender. He currently plays for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League...

 (G), Sergei Shabanov

Sergei Shabanov

Sergei Shabanov is a Belarussian professional ice hockey goaltender who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Belarus men's national ice hockey team.-External links:...

 (G), Andrel Mezin (G), Alexander Makritski

Alexander Makritski

Alexander Makritski is a Belarussian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Belarus National men's ice hockey team.-References:...

, Nikolai Stasenko

Nikolai Stasenko

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Stasenko is a Belarusian professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League....

, Vladimir Denisov, Andrei Mikhalev

Andrei Mikhalev

Andrei Aleksandrovich Mikhalev is a Belarusian professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for Dynamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Mikhalev began his professional career in 1995 and played five season with Yunost Minsk...

, Alexander Kulakov, Sergei Drozd

Sergei Drozd

Sergei Drozd is a Belarusian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Belarus National men's ice hockey team. He currently plays for HC Dinamo Minsk in the KHL.-External Links:...

, Mikhail Stefanovich

Mikhail Stefanovich

Mikhail Stefanovich is a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. Stefanovich currently plays for the HC Dinamo Minsk of the KHL...

, Alexei Ugarov

Alexei Ugarov

Alexei Mikhailovich Ugarov is a Belarusian professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for HC MVD of the Kontinental Hockey League...

, Dmitri Meleshko

Dmitri Meleshko

Dmitri Viktorovich Meleshko is a Belarussian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Belarus National men's ice hockey team. He also participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics.-References:...

, Ruslan Salei

Ruslan Salei

Ruslan Albertovich "Rusty" Salei was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. Salei played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, who selected him ninth overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft...

, Sergei Kolosov

Sergei Kolosov

Sergei Afanasyevich Kolosov is a professional Belarusian ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with HK Neman Grodno of the Belarusian Extraleague...

, Andrel Stas, Viktor Kostyuchenok

Viktor Kostyuchenok

Viktor Pavlovich Kostyuchenok is a Belarusian professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in the Kontinental Hockey League, where he serves as an alternate captain.-Playing career:He began playing professionally for Yunost Minsk in the Eastern European...

, Alexander Ryadinski, Sergei Demagin

Sergei Demagin

Sergei Aleksandrovich Demagin is a Belarusian professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. He previously played for HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. During the 2005–06 season he led the Belarus second league with 61 points in 39 games...

, Yaroslav Chupris, Alexei Kalyuzhny

Alexei Kalyuzhny

Alexei Nikolayevich Kalyuzhny is a Belarusian professional ice hockey forward. He currently plays for Avangard Omsk...

, Artyom Senkevich

Artyom Senkevich

Artyom Senkevich is a Belarussian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Belarus National men's ice hockey team.-References:...

, Mikhail Grabovski, Yevgeni Kovyrshin, Kirill Gotovets

Kirill Gotovets

Kirill Gotovets is a Belarussian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Belarus National men's ice hockey team. He is currently playing for Cornell University and was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning as number 183 overall, in the...

External links

• Belarus at IIHF.com