Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team
The Emblem of Kazakhstan is the badge used on the players' jerseys.
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| Association | Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation |
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| General Manager | Alexander Koreshkov |
| Assistants | Igor Kalyanin Andrei Shayanov Vladimir Vorobiev |
| Captain | Konstantin Rudenko |
| Most games | Alexander Koreshkov (78) |
| Most points | Alexander Koreshkov (83) |
| IIHF code | KAZ |
| IIHF ranking | 17  |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 11 (2006) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 21 (2003) |
| Team colors | |
| 115px | |
| First international | |
 Kazakhstan 5–1 Ukraine  (St. Petersburg, Russia; 14 April 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Kazakhstan 52–1 Thailand  (Changchun, China; 29 January 2007) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 United States 10–0 Kazakhstan (Cologne, Germany; 15 May 2010) |
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| IIHF World Championships | |
| Appearances | 18 (first in 1993) |
| Best result | 12th (2005) |
| Asian Winter Games | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1996) |
| Best result |  Gold (1996, 1999, 2011) |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1998) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 149–100–14 | |
| Medal record | ||
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| Asian Winter Games | ||
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1996 Harbin | Team |
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1999 Kangwon | Team |
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2011 Astana-Almaty | Team |
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2003 Aomori | Team |
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2007 Changchun | Team |
The Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan is currently ranked 16th in the world. In their first Olympic Games in 1998, the Kazakhs were able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place. Their head coach is Andrei Nazarov. Unlike most European countries, the national team officially began competing against other nations as a member of the IIHF in the 1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, one year after being admitted into the federation.[1]
Since the country's independence in 1992, a total of 27 players have been drafted into the NHL.[2] (note: link does not include Evgeni Nabokov, Anton Khudobin, Maxim Kuznetsov, Maxim Birbraer, Konstantin Barulin, Alexander Perezhogin, Dimitri Pätzold and Pavel Vorobiev.[3] These players play internationally elsewhere). However Vitali Kolesnik, who was never drafted, had a brief stint with the Colorado Avalanche.[4]
The national team has played at the Championship level 7 times (1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016 (qualified)).
The hockey system of Kazakhstan is ranked 12th best in Europe.[5]
The team is the most successful team at the Asian Games, winning it three times, and are the current highest ranked Asian team.
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Tournament record
Olympic Games
World Championships
- 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 Division I, Group B)
- 2012 – Finished in 16th place
- 2013 – Finished in 17th place (1st Division I, Group A)
- 2014 – Finished in 16th place
- 2015 – Finished in 17th place (1st Division I, Group A)
Asian Winter Games
Team
2015 roster
The following players were selected for the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I from 19 to 25 April 2015:[6]
| Goaltenders | ||||||
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| # | Player | Catches | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Team |
| 1 | Pavel Poluektov | L | 181 cm | 82 kg | 20 January 1992 | Barys Astana |
| 30 | Dmitri Malgin | L | 185 cm | 84 kg | 28 July 1987 | Barys Astana |
| Defensemen | ||||||
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| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Team |
| 2 | Roman Savchenko | L | 189 cm | 91 kg | 28 July 1988 | Barys Astana |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Tryasunov | R | 182 cm | 86 kg | 24 June 1985 | Yertis Pavlodar |
| 4 | Kevin Dallman | R | 182 cm | 90 kg | 26 February 1981 | Barys Astana |
| 5 | Alexei Litvinenko | L | 200 cm | 104 kg | 7 March 1980 | Barys Astana |
| 7 | Maxim Semyonov | L | 182 cm | 83 kg | 9 February 1984 | Barys Astana |
| 9 | Artemi Lakiza | L | 176 cm | 83 kg | 2 July 1987 | Barys Astana |
| 16 | Alexander Lipin | L | 187 cm | 84 kg | 19 December 1985 | Yertis Pavlodar |
| 27 | Leonid Metalnikov | L | 183 cm | 84 kg | 25 April 1990 | Kazzinc-Torpedo |
| Forwards | ||||||
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| # | Player | Shoots | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Team |
| 8 | Talgat Zhailauov (A) | R | 174 cm | 76 kg | 7 July 1985 | Barys Astana |
| 11 | Konstantin Savenkov | L | 183 cm | 79 kg | 25 March 1990 | Saryarka Karagandy |
| 13 | Evgeni Rymarev | L | 175 cm | 76 kg | 9 September 1988 | Saryarka Karagandy |
| 14 | Alexei Vorontsov | L | 184 cm | 87 kg | 18 January 1986 | Yertis Pavlodar |
| 15 | Maxim Khudyakov | R | 171 cm | 75 kg | 18 August 1986 | Yertis Pavlodar |
| 57 | Mikhail Panshin | R | 181 cm | 87 kg | 2 May 1983 | Saryarka Karagandy |
| 18 | Fedor Polishchuk | L | 174 cm | 79 kg | 4 July 1979 | Barys Astana |
| 21 | Konstantin Pushkaryov | L | 181 cm | 83 kg | 12 February 1985 | Barys Astana |
| 22 | Roman Starchenko (A) | L | 178 cm | 82 kg | 12 May 1986 | Barys Astana |
| 23 | Andrei Spiridonov | R | 180 cm | 86 kg | 21 May 1982 | Kazzinc-Torpedo |
| 26 | Vadim Krasnoslobodtsev | L | 188 cm | 90 kg | 16 August 1983 |  Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
| 28 | Konstantin Rudenko (C) | R | 179 cm | 81 kg | 23 July 1981 | Barys Astana |
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–present
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