List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Belarus

Belarusian players celebrate a goal at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The team finished ninth overall.

The list of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Belarus consists of 43 skaters and 4 goaltenders. Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920 (it was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and was permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924).[1] Belarus has participated in three tournaments since becoming independent in 1991: 1998, 2002 and 2010. As part of the Soviet Union, Belarus previously participated in the Winter Olympics from 1956 until 1988, as well as with the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Belarus has never won a medal in ice hockey, with their highest finish being fourth in 2002.

Four players — goaltender Andrei Mezin and skaters Oleg Antonenko, Alexei Kalyuzhny, and Ruslan Salei — have played in all three Olympics Belarus has participated in, with Kalyuzhny playing in the most games, 20. Kalyuzhny has scored the most goals for Belarus (5), while Alexander Andrievsky and Dmitri Dudik have the most assists (6). Five players — Andrievsky, Dudik, Kalyuzhny, Andrei Kovalev, and Vadim Bekbulatov — have 7 points, the most scored at the Olympics. Salei is the only Belarusian player to be inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.[2]

Key

Goaltenders

Vitali Koval played two games at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Goaltenders
Player Olympics Tournament(s) GP W L T Min SO GA GAA Notes Ref(s)
Vitali Koval 1 2010 2 1 1 0
Andrei Mezin 3 1998, 2002, 2010 15
Sergei Shabanov 1 2002 3
Alexander Shumidub 1 1998 8

Skaters

Vladimir Denisov played four games at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Ruslan Salei played for Belarus in all three Olympic tournaments they have participated in, and is the only Belarusian in the IIHF Hall of Fame.
Andrei Stas appeared at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Nikolai Stasenko had three assists at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Skaters
Player Olympics Tournaments GP G A P PIM Notes Ref(s)
Alexander Alexiev 1 1998 7 1 1 2 0
Alexander Andrievsky 2 1998, 2002 15 1 6 7 12
Oleg Antonenko 3 1998, 2002, 2010 13 1 1 2 8
Vadim Bekbulatov 2 1998, 2002 14 3 4 7 12
Sergei Demagin 1 2010 4 0 1 1 2
Vladimir Denisov 1 2010 4 0 0 0 0
Dmitri Dudik 1 2002 9 1 6 7 6
Alexander Galchenyuk 1 1998 7 1 2 3 0
Alexei Kalyuzhny 3 1998, 2002, 2010 20 5 2 7 8
Viktor Karachun 1 1998 7 2 1 3 8
Andrei Karev 1 2010 3 0 0 0 2
Oleg Khyml 2 1998, 2002 16 1 5 6 4
Sergei Kolosov 1 2010 4 0 0 0 0
Konstantin Koltsov 2 2002, 2010 6 0 2 2 0
Vladimir Kopat 1 2002 8 1 1 2 4
Sergei Kostitsyn 1 2010 4 2 3 5 0
Viktor Kostyuchenok 1 2010 4 0 1 1 2
Andrei Kovalev 2 1998, 2002 16 2 5 7 14
Alexander Kulakov 1 2010 4 0 1 1 0
Alexei Lozhkin 1 1998 7 0 2 2 0
Alexander Makritski 2 2002, 2010 13 0 0 0 14
Igor Matushkin 2 1998, 2002 16 1 3 4 4
Dmitri Meleshko 1 2010 4 2 0 2 2
Andrei Mikhalev 1 2010 4 0 0 0 2
Oleg Mikulchik 1 2002 9 1 0 1 14
Dmitri Pankov 1 2002 9 3 1 4 2
Vasili Pankov 2 1998, 2002 16 2 1 3 10
Andrei Rasolko 1 2002 9 1 1 2 0
Oleg Romanov 2 1998, 2002 16 2 4 6 6
Evgeni Roshchin 1 1998 6 0 2 2 0
Alexander Ryadinsky 1 2010 4 0 1 1 2
Ruslan Salei 3 1998, 2002, 2010 17 4 1 5 8 IIHFHOF (2014)[2]
Andrei Skabelka 2 1998, 2002 9 2 3 5 0
Andrei Stas 1 2010 4 0 0 0 2
Sergei Stas 2 1998, 2002 16 0 2 2 24
Nikolai Stasenko 1 2010 4 0 3 3 2
Vladimir Tsyplakov 2 1998, 2002 13 2 4 6 6
Alexei Ugarov 1 2010 4 1 1 2 4
Sergei Yerkovich 1 1998 7 2 0 2 16
Sergei Zadelenov 1 2010 4 0 0 0 0
Konstantin Zakharov 1 2010 4 1 0 1 4
Eduard Zankovets 2 1998, 2002 8 0 0 0 2
Alexander Zhurik 2 1998, 2002 13 0 1 1 16

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Ice Hockey Equipment and History". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "IIHF Hall of Fame". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2018.

References