The composition of the Russian national hockey team. The best matches of the Russian national team at the world championships

The 82nd Ice Hockey World Championship starts in Denmark on Friday. Sport24 recalls the most striking games of Russian hockey players in the history of this tournament.

World Championship - 1993. Semi-final. Russia – Canada – 7:4

Eric Lindros, Paul Kariya, Rob Brindamore, Mike Gartner - the Maple Leafs brought a simply great lineup to the tournament in Germany. How powerful that Canadian team was can be seen in the group stage matches: 5 games, 5 wins, goal difference 31-4. The Russian team was luckier than other teams in the preliminary round - it lost to the main favorite of the tournament with a decent score of 1:3.

The Russians generally finished only third in their group, losing also to the Swedes, but thereby making life a little easier for themselves in the quarterfinals - where our opponent was the German team. Nothing similar to the final of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang happened on the ice; Boris Mikhailov’s team dealt with the Germans without any problems - 5:1.

In the semi-finals, Russian hockey players had to undergo another test by the scary and terrible Canadians. By the 22nd minute, ours were 1:3 and, it seemed, could begin to prepare for the bronze medal match. But the Russian team was awakened by a goal from German Titov - in the time remaining before the final siren, five more goals were scored by Mike Keenan’s team, and the Russians won with a score of 7:4. In the final, ours dealt with the Swedes and took the first gold of the World Championship in modern history countries.

World Championship – 2002. Russia – Czech Republic – 3:1

In February 2002, the Russian team won bronze at the Olympics in Salt Lake City, and the NHL players considered their mission accomplished before the May World Championships. Olympic composition only two people made it – goalkeeper Yegor Podomatsky and forward Maxim Afinogenov. To understand what kind of lineup Boris Mikhailov brought to Sweden, it is enough to know that even tough guy Alexander Yudin found a place in it.

The world championship was then held according to a complex scheme with two group stages. At the first, our team beat the hockey “dwarfs” from Austria and Slovenia, but lost to the Swedes. In the second, things went even worse - a draw with Ukraine and defeats from Finland and Slovakia. This result was enough to qualify for the playoffs, but already in the quarterfinals the Czechs faced the Russians with the great and then 30-year-old Jaromir Jagr.

At the right moment, Mikhailov’s team was able to pull itself together, and its goalkeeper Maxim Sokolov played the main match of his entire career. The goalkeeper of Cherepovets Severstal made 36 saves, dragged the team to the semi-finals and earned a contract with Omsk Avangard, with whom he won the national championship two years later. Another hero of the meeting with the Czechs was forward Valery Karpov, who scored a double. The World Championship brought silver medals to the Russian team - Sokolov’s magic was not enough for the final game against the Slovaks.

World Championship 2008. Final. Russia – Canada – 5:4

By 2008, the Russian team’s “non-golden” streak at the World Championships spanned 15 years. The situation did not look right for interrupting her. A year earlier, ours only won bronze at the planet’s home championship, and new tournament was held in Canada for the first time in history - everything was clear with the main and only contender for victory long before the first match.

The path to the playoffs again lay through two group stages, the Russians won all six games, but did not demonstrate much strength, twice bringing the matter to a shootout - in games with the Czechs and Belarusians. In the first two cup matches, our team tore through the national teams of Switzerland and Finland - goalkeeper Evgeniy Nabokov did not miss a single goal in these matches, and the star attack with Ovechkin, Fedorov, Morozov and Zaripov scored 10 goals.

From the second half of the playoff bracket, the Canadian team reached the final a little less confidently, but after the first period of the decisive match, the Maple Leaves were leading 3:1. The first attempt of the Russian hockey players to organize a comeback failed – Heatley quickly responded to Semin’s puck, but the second was successful. Goals from Tereshchenko and Kovalchuk sent the game into overtime, in which the same Kovalchuk organized a real national holiday for the country.

World Championship 2012. Group stage. Russia – Sweden – 7:3

In 2011, the Russian national team was entrusted to Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, a two-time winner of the Gagarin Cup at that time, who was given three years to prepare the national team for the Olympic Games in Sochi. Fans appointment experienced trainer were perceived differently - the main doubts were related to the fact that main team the country may begin to play closed and not the most interesting hockey, which is familiar to Bilyaletdinov.

Concerns intensified during the 2011/2012 season, in which Russia, for the first time in for a long time fell below second place in the overall Euro Hockey Tour standings. We are accustomed to being skeptical about this tournament, but failures at it have always been perceived quite painfully. But at the World Championships in Sweden and Finland, the team really lit it up.

The most striking game was the group stage game against the hosts, the Tre Kronur team. After 40 minutes of this meeting, the score was equal, and in the third period the Swedes were simply torn apart by the best attacking trio of this tournament, Perezhogin - Popov - Malkin. Two hockey players from the Omsk Avangard and one of the best Russian NHL players scored four goals and ensured our beautiful victory. At a hurricane pace, the Russians rushed to the final, took gold, and at that moment they did not think at all about a possible failure in Sochi.

World Championship 2014. Semi-final. Russia – Sweden – 3:1

Bilyaletdinov’s Sochi campaign ended in embarrassment; a new head coach, Oleg Znarok, led the team into the next Olympic cycle. The choice was obvious - by that time this specialist had made Dynamo Moscow twice the best club countries, it seems no one even considered other candidates.

The first test awaited Znark at the World Championships in Minsk - the team had to “excuse itself” not only for the Olympics, but also for the failure a year ago, when it lost to the Americans in the quarterfinals of the world championship with a score of 3:8. The Russian team played the group stage of the tournament in the capital of Belarus in an exemplary manner, winning all matches with a goal difference of 31-7. In the 1/4 finals, ours did not notice the French - 3:0.

The key was the semi-final against the Swedes, which turned out to be one of the most emotional matches in modern history national team. Russia conceded already in the 19th second, but by the middle of the second period they responded with goals from Plotnikov, Shirokov and Belov. The ending of the game turned out to be nervous, in which there was a conflict between Znark and assistant head coach of Tre Krunur Rikard Grönborg. Oleg Valerievich showed his colleague a gesture that would later be called the “gesture of death” and was disqualified for the final match. In it, Russian hockey players confidently beat the Finns and began their quest for Olympic gold with gold medals.

COPENHAGEN, May 17. /TASS/. The Russian national hockey team lost to the Canadian team in dramatic match 1/4 finals of the World Championship, which takes place in Denmark. The meeting ended in overtime with a score of 4:5, the Russian team was left without world championship medals for the first time in five years.

The day before the game, the Russian team held training session, in which only six players took part, who spent little time on the ice in past championship matches. Also riding was the captain of the Russian team, Pavel Datsyuk, who needed to test his new equipment. The Canadians, who played group stage matches in Herning, practiced on the ice for the first time in Copenhagen, preferring the training arena to the main arena. At the end of the training, head coach Bill Peters and main star Canadians Connor McDavid, who spoke with respect about Russian players, noting their dangerous actions in the opponent’s zone and playing in unequal lineups.

The Russian coaching staff made significant changes to the lineup for the match. Igor Shesterkin took his place in goal instead of Vasily Koshechkin, who played in the previous match with the Swedes (1:3). At the preliminary stage, the 22-year-old goalkeeper played against the national teams of Belarus (6:0) and Slovakia (4:0), as well as the third period in the game against the Austrians (7:0).

In addition, the links of the Russian team were shuffled. Evgeny Dadonov was assigned to Ilya Kablukov and Alexander Barabanov. Nikita Soshnikov was assigned to the trio of Sergei Andronov and Ilya Mikheev, and Pavel Buchnevich to Artem Anisimov and Mikhail Grigorenko. After the morning skate, the team's senior coach Alexey Zhamnov noted that there was a high probability of changes in combinations during the match.

Many experts agreed that the current Canadian team can be beaten, as the teams of the USA and Finland proved at this tournament. The Canadians have a powerful attack, but the same cannot be said about the defense and goal line. This year, the Canadians brought to Denmark very mediocre goalkeepers Darcy Kuemper and Curtis McElhinney, who cannot be considered among the stars of the National hockey league(NHL). Ilya Vorobyov’s charges should have taken advantage of this.

For a number of reasons, the Russian team was not able to seriously strengthen itself with NHL representatives, but the team included young and talented players. The head of the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF), Vladislav Tretyak, has repeatedly called this team nice, comparing its style with the play of the USSR national team in the 1972 Super Series. Russian hockey players had every reason to break the seven-year streak without victories over the Canadians in official matches.

Scattering of goals and removal in overtime

The Russians started the match extremely cautiously, although the Canadians offered far from the fastest pace. In the third minute, Andronov got sent off and the Canadians did not fail to take advantage of this. Ten seconds before the end of the power play, Colton Parayko sent the puck into the goal with a powerful throw. Note that Shesterkin did not see the moment of the throw, so the goalkeeper’s fault for the missed goal is minimal.

The beginning of the second period turned out to be similar in scenario to the first, again Andronov was sent off for two minutes, but this time Ryan Nugent-Hopkins converted the power play, which McDavid brought out for an open shot. After the second goal, the Canadians relaxed a little, but the Russians, on the contrary, perked up, realizing that they had nothing to lose. First active actions yielded results - Mikheev, assisted by Anisimov, sent the puck into the Kemper goal. And three minutes before the end of the twenty-minute period, Barabanov equalized the score with an accurate throw.

It is worth noting that in the second period the Russians increased their shooting activity. If in the first twenty minutes there were 4 shots on Kemper’s goal, then by the end of 40 minutes of the match there were already 19 of them. The Russian team started the final period more actively than the opponent, but it was not possible to extract dividends from this.

In the 48th minute, Kablukov made a mistake on his blue line, who lost the fight to Jaden Schwartz. The Canadian rolled the puck to Kyle Turris, who was accurate. A minute and a half later, Andronov was rehabilitated for his deletions. The forward skillfully moved the puck into the goal after Nikita Zaitsev's shot.

The equal score in the game lasted almost four minutes. Kablukov made a mistake again, unable to interfere with Pierre-Luc Dubois, after whose throw the puck passed between Shesterkin’s legs. But this time the Russians did not lose heart and found the strength to even the score. This time, Anisimov made a beautiful throw into the top corner closest to the goalkeeper from an awkward hand.

The game went into overtime. In the fourth minute of the extra period, Kaprizov was sent off for a controversial violation. The Canadians successfully played the odd man out for the third time in the match and sent the Russian team home. It is noteworthy that Ryan O'Reilly scored the winning goal, just like at last year's World Championship.

Vorobyov must stay

At the end of the match, the acting head coach of the Russian team summed up the results of the tournament. “We lost to the Czechs, Swedes and Canadians due to the very high level of the tournament. We all fought honestly, probably everyone saw that this was a team, this is the main positive. Today we played on equal terms, just like with everyone else,” Vorobiev emphasized.

“Today is the most disappointing defeat in my career. We could have beaten this Canada, we were closer than ever,” the specialist added.

When asked whether he will continue to coach the Russian national team, Vorobiev said that the decision will remain with the FHR. In turn, the head of the organization Tretyak gave a positive assessment of the specialist’s work. “It seems to me that he showed himself to be a worthy coach at this tournament,” the functionary believes.

Questionable removal of Kaprizov

According to the coach of the Russian team, Kaprizov's removal in overtime was fair. “I wouldn’t like to inflate the topic of refereeing now. In principle, it could have been sent off in overtime,” Vorobiev believes.

Tretyak did not agree with the specialist. “As a professional, I want to say that in overtime such deletions are not given. And if you do, then the Canadian should have been sent off for delaying Datsyuk. This is a 100% deletion,” the functionary believes.

“I’m not condemning anyone, I’m just stating a fact,” continued the head of the FHR. “I’m not saying that the judges are bad, they judged normally. In overtime, as a rule, in the NHL and at the World Championships, dubious deletions are not given. They are given for hitting with a stick, For example".

Kaprizov himself also remained perplexed by the actions of the referees. “The sending off decided everything - I played incorrectly, I should have stayed further away. A strange decision by the referees? I thought that they wouldn’t send off, but this is the judges’ decision,” said the forward.

Not ashamed of the team's performance

The President of the FHR noted that he is not ashamed of the performance of the Russian team at the World Championships. “I believe that the team did everything they could. We prepared them, they tried. We are not ashamed of the team, because they fought to the end from the first to the last minute,” Tretyak said.

“I’m glad that we have a team with young guys. We will go through losses to big victories. The most important thing is that they are fighters with character,” the functionary concluded.

Team captain Pavel Datsyuk complained about the lack of luck. “We skated well, combined, and it’s great that our young guys didn’t shy away, but played our hockey. We were a little bit unlucky somewhere. Our team is very young, energetic, wants to win, and it’s great that the team is going for rejuvenation, and I was rejuvenated,” said the 39-year-old forward.

Datsyuk added that he wants to continue playing for the national team. “If I’m healthy and they invite me, I’m ready to continue playing for the national team,” said the striker. “The main thing is that if I can help in some way, I’ll help, and not just to wear a T-shirt.”

Another Russian striker, Evgeny Dadonov, believes that the national team could hope to win the tournament. “All the matches showed that the Russian team could have claimed gold. And they could have won against the Swedes, everything could have gone the other way, but that’s what happened,” Dadonov noted.

For the first time in five years without medals

The Russian team suffered three defeats at the tournament. In addition to the Canadians, the Russians lost by group stage the Czechs (3:4 in overtime) and the Swedes (1:3). Victories were won over the teams of France, Austria (both matches 7:0), Belarus (6:0), Switzerland (4:3) and Slovakia (4:0). Datsyuk became the team's top scorer with 10 points (2 goals and 8 assists). Rank best sniper left for Kaprizov (6 goals).

Andronov, Datsyuk and Koshechkin were recognized as the best players of the Russian national team at the championship. According to the competition regulations, best hockey players are determined coaching staff each team.

The Russian team was left without World Championship medals for the first time in five years. This is also the first season in the history of Russian hockey when national teams of various ages failed to qualify for prizes at the adult, youth and junior world championships.

MOSCOW, May 6 - R-Sport. World Championship hockey will take place in Moscow and St. Petersburg from May 6 to May 22, 2016. The Russian team will meet with the national teams of Sweden, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Latvia, Norway, Denmark and Kazakhstan in the group stage of the tournament.

Below is background information about the history of the performance of the USSR and Russian national teams at the World Hockey Championships.

World Championship 2007 (April 27 - May 13, Russia). For the first time since 1986, the World Hockey Championship was hosted by Moscow (some of the matches took place in Mytishchi, near Moscow). At the preliminary stage, the Russian national team, under the leadership of new coach Vyacheslav Bykov, took 1st place in its qualifying group and advanced to the second group stage, where it also did not experience the bitterness of defeat, beating the teams of Italy (3:0), Switzerland (6:3) and Sweden (4:2). In the quarterfinals, the Russians defeated the Czech team (4:0), and in the semifinals they unexpectedly lost to the Finnish team in overtime (1:2). In the match for 3rd place, the Russian team beat the Swedish team (3:1) and won bronze medals championship. Russian hockey player Andrei Markov was recognized as the best defender, and his teammate Alexey Morozov was named the best defender. best striker World Championship.

World Championship 2008 (May 2-18, Canada). For the first time since 1962, the World Championships were held in North America and was dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the creation International Federation ice hockey. At the preliminary stage, the Russian national team under the leadership of Vyacheslav Bykov took 1st place in its qualifying group and advanced to the second group stage, where they won three victories in a row - over the national teams of Belarus (4:3) in a shootout and Sweden (3:2) , as well as over the Swiss national team (5:3) in regular time. In the quarterfinals, Russian hockey players defeated the Swiss team (6:0), in the semifinals they dealt with the Finnish team (4:0), and in the final, losing 2:4 after two periods, they managed to snatch victory from the Canadian team in overtime (5:4) , winning gold medals and repeating the success of the Russian team 15 years ago. Russian hockey player Evgeniy Nabokov was recognized as the best goalkeeper of the World Championship.

World Championship 2009 (April 24 - May 10, Switzerland). At the preliminary stage, the Russian team, led by Vyacheslav Bykov, took 1st place in its qualifying group and advanced to the second group stage, where they also won three victories in a row - over the teams of Sweden (6:5 in overtime), the USA (4:1) and Latvia (6:1). In the quarterfinals, Russian hockey players defeated the Belarusian team in a bitter struggle (4:3), in an equally tense quarterfinal they beat the US team (3:2), and in the final, as a year earlier, they defeated the Canadian team (2:1), winning gold medals at the championship. Russian hockey player Ilya Kovalchuk was recognized as the best forward and the most valuable player of the world championship.

World Championship 2010 (May 7-23, Germany). At the preliminary stage, the Russian national team under the leadership of Vyacheslav Bykov took 1st place in its qualifying group and entered the second group stage, where again it did not lose a single point, beating the teams of Germany (3:2), Denmark (6:1) and Finland (5:0). In the quarterfinals, the Russians beat the Canadian team (5:2). In the semi-finals, in a bitter struggle, the Russian team beat the sensation of the tournament - the German team (2:1), and in the no less tense final lost to the Czech team (1:2), winning the silver medals of the championship. Russian hockey player Pavel Datsyuk was recognized as the best forward of the tournament.

World Championship 2011 (April 29 - May 15, Slovakia). At the preliminary stage, the Russian team, led by Vyacheslav Bykov, took second place and advanced to the second group stage, where they beat the Danish team (4:3) and were defeated by the teams of Finland (2:3 in a shootout) and the Czech Republic (2:3) . The Russians finished the group stage with 7 points and took fourth place in Group E. In the quarterfinals, the Russians won difficult victory over the Canadian team (2:1), followed by a “dry” defeat from Finland in the semifinals (0:3). In the match for third place, the Czech team beat the Russian team (7:4), which for the first time in the last five years remained below the medal list.

World Championship 2012 (May 4-20, Sweden, Finland). For the first time, the championship was held in two countries, Finland and Sweden. The Russian national team, under the leadership of new coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, won all 10 matches, and never even needed to play overtime. All group round matches ended with the Russians having an advantage of at least two goals. In the quarterfinals, the future world champions won a confident victory over the Norwegians (5:2), and in the semifinals they defeated the Finns (6:2). In the final of the world championship, the Russian team defeated the Slovak team with a score of 6:2. Center forward of the Russian national hockey team Evgeni Malkin became top scorer World Championship and was recognized as the most valuable hockey player.

World Championship 2013 (May 3-19, Finland, Sweden). The Russian team, led by Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, began the defense of the world champion title with three victories: over Latvia (6:0), Germany (4:1) and the USA (5:3). In the fourth match of the group stage against the French team, the Russians lost with a score of 1:2. Many experts rushed to attribute the defeat in the match with the French to goalkeeper Vasily Koshechkin, who appeared on the ice for the first and last time during the tournament. In the next match of the group stage, the Russian team had the opportunity to rehabilitate itself in the match against the hosts of the tournament, the Finnish national team. But the Finns achieved a victory with a score of 3:2. The Russian team broke the series of defeats by defeating the Slovak team in the sixth match of the group stage (3:1). This victory guaranteed the Russian team access to the quarterfinals. Last match At the group stage, the Russian team played against Austria. Russian team won 8:4. In the quarterfinals, the Russian team lost to the US team with a score of 3:8 and ended their performance in Helsinki. This defeat was the largest at the world championships in the history of the team. For the first time since 2006, Russia failed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.

World Championship 2014 (9-25 May 2014, Belarus). A year after the failure at the World Championships and just three months after an even more difficult defeat at the home Olympics in Sochi, the Russian team, under the leadership of new coach Oleg Znarka, regained the title of the strongest in the world. The Russian team followed the path of Zinetula Bilyaletdinov’s team in 2012 and won all ten championship matches. In the playoffs, the Russian team beat the teams of France (3:0) and Sweden (3:1). In the final they defeated the Finnish team with a score of 5:2 and won world championship. The Russian team played the final match without Znark, who received a one-game disqualification from the International Federation for an incorrect gesture towards the Swedes in the semi-finals. Russian striker Viktor Tikhonov became the top scorer and sniper of the World Cup. Sergei Bobrovsky was recognized as the best goalkeeper.

At the 2015 World Championships (May 1-17, Czech Republic), the Russian team again reached the final. At the group stage, the Russians won five victories in seven matches, beating the teams of Norway (6:2), Slovenia (5:3), Denmark (5:2), Belarus (7:0), Slovakia (3:2, in overtime) , and losing to the US national teams (2:4) and Finland (2:3 in shootouts). The Russian team qualified for the playoffs of the World Championship in the Czech Republic from third place in Group B. In the quarterfinals, Russian hockey players defeated the Swedish team with a score of 5:3, and in the semifinal match they defeated the US team (4:0). In the championship final, the Russians lost to the Canadians with a score of 1:6 and won silver medals.

The German national team won gold medals in overtime with a score of 4:3 and for the first time in 26 years.

As part of the Olympic athletes from Russia, Vyacheslav Voynov (20th minute), Nikita Gusev (54, 60) scored goals, and Kirill Kaprizov (70) scored the winning goal in the 10th minute of overtime.

USSR national team

The USSR men's ice hockey team during its existence (1954-1991) was the strongest national team in the world. Soviet hockey players won seven out of nine Winter Olympics, in which they took part (1956, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988). In addition, the USSR national team became world champion 22 times.

United team

After the collapse of the USSR, in February 1992 on the XVI Winter Games in Albertville (France) under Olympic flag The United Team performed. She became the champion of the Games, defeating the Canadians in the final match with a score of 3:1. The team was led by Honored Coach of the USSR Viktor Tikhonov.

Russian team

The Russian national team competed at the World Championships in April - May 1992. She reached the quarterfinals, where she lost to the Swedish team. In subsequent years, the Russian team won the World Championship five times (1993, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014), became a silver medalist three times (2002, 2010, 2015) and bronze medalist four times (2005, 2007, 2016, 2017).

In 1994, the Russian team made its debut at the winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer (Norway). In the match for third place, domestic hockey players lost to the Finns. In 1998, at the Games in Nagano (Japan), the Russian team took second place, losing to the Czech team in the final match. In 2002, at the Olympics in Salt Lake City (Utah, USA), the Russians became bronze medalists, winning the match for third place against the Belarusians. In 2006, at the Games in Turin (Italy), the Russian team lost to the Czech team in the fight for third place. In 2010, at the Olympics in Vancouver (Canada), the Russians lost to the Canadians in the quarterfinals. At the 2014 Games in Sochi, the Russian team lost to the Finns in the quarterfinals.

Olympics 2018

At the XXIII Winter Games due to suspension Olympic Committee Russian domestic hockey players performed in the status of Olympic athletes from Russia. At the group stage they lost to the Slovaks with a score of 2:3, after which they defeated the Slovenians (8:2) and the Americans (4:0). In the quarterfinals they beat the Norwegians (6:1), in the semifinals they beat the Czechs (3:0).

The team at the PyeongChang Games included: goalkeepers Vasily Koshechkin, Ilya Sorokin and Igor Shesterkin; defenders Vyacheslav Voynov, Vladislav Gavrikov, Artem Zub, Andrey Zubarev, Bogdan Kiselevich, Alexey Marchenko, Nikita Nesterov and Egor Yakovlev; forwards Sergei Andronov, Alexander Barabanov, Mikhail Grigorenko, Nikita Gusev, Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kablukov, Sergei Kalinin, Kirill Kaprizov, Ilya Kovalchuk, Sergei Mozyakin, Nikolai Prokhorkin, Ivan Telegin, Vadim Shipachev and Sergei Shirokov. Head coach- Oleg Znarok.