Ukraine men's national ice hockey team explained

Ukraine
Badge:Ukr_hckylogo.png
Badge Size:135px
Nickname:Yellow and Blue
Association:Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine
General Manager:Olexander Butkevych
Coach:Dmitri Khristich
Asst Coach:Igor Karpenko
Nicholas Phelan
Oleg Shafarenko
Oleg Zadoienko
Captain:Igor Merezhko
Most Games:Vasily Bobrovnikov (182)
Top Scorer:Vadym Shakhraychuk (42)
Most Points:Andriy Mikhnov
Vadym Shakhraychuk (73)
Iihf Code:UKR
Iihf Max:11
Iihf Max Date:2003, 2005
Iihf Min:28
Iihf Min Date:2022
First Game: 5–1
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992)
Largest Win: 37–2
(Bled, Slovenia; 13 March 1993)
Largest Loss: 9–0
(Helsinki, Finland; 3 May 2003)
World Champ Apps:30
World Champ First:1993
World Champ Best:9th (2002)
Olympic Apps:1
Olympic First:2002
Record:167–180–27

The Ukrainian national ice hockey team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з хокею з шайбою) is the national men's ice hockey team of Ukraine, and is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Ukraine is currently ranked 27th in the world by the IIHF as of the 2020 IIHF World Ranking,[1] while their highest IIHF ranking is 11th. As part of the Soviet Union, Ukraine played internationally from 1954 to 1991, and made their international debut as an independent country in 1992.

Ukraine has played at the Winter Olympics once, in 2002. The team's top finish was at the 2002 World Championships when they finished in ninth place. Following the 2007 World Championship, Ukraine was relegated to Division I.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

Coaches

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IIHF- World Ranking. International Ice Hockey Federation. 22 January 2022.
  2. Web site: IIHF cancels Division I tournaments. 17 March 2019. iihf.com.
  3. Web site: IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations. 18 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.