Annual Report June 2012 - July 2011 Annual Report July 2011- June 2012 Congratulations 2011-2012 Champions IIHF World Championship Russia IIHF World Championship Division I Group A Slovenia IIHF World Championship Division I Group B Korea IIHF World Championship Division II Group A Estonia IIHF World Championship Division II Group B Belgium IIHF World Championship Division III Turkey IIHF World Junior Championship Sweden IIHF U20 World Championship Division I Group A Germany IIHF U20 World Championship Division I Group B France IIHF U20 World Championship Division II Group A Ukraine IIHF U20 World Championship Division II Group B Romania IIHF U20 World Championship Division III Iceland IIHF U18 World Championship United States IIHF U18 World Championship Division I Group A Slovakia IIHF U18 World Championship Division I Group B Belarus IIHF U18 World Championship Division II Group A Korea IIHF U18 World Championship Division II Group B Estonia IIHF U18 World Championship Division III Group A Belgium IIHF Women’s World Championship Canada IIHF Women’s World Championship Division I Group A Czech Republic IIHF Women’s World Championship Division I Group B Denmark IIHF Women’s World Championship Division II Group A DPR Korea IIHF Women’s World Championship Division II Group B Poland IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship Canada IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship Division I Hungary IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Canada IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I Slovakia Continental Cup Rouen Dragons European Women’s Champion’s Cup Tornado Moscow Region Challenge Cup of Asia United Arab Emirates Women’s Challenge Cup of Asia Japan U20 Challenge Cup of Asia Russia (MHL Red Stars) U18 Challenge Cup of Asia Thailand INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION Annual Report July 2011–June 2012 General Congress 1 Tokyo, Japan September 24-30, 2012 Publisher: International Ice Hockey Federation Horst Lichtner, General Secretary Supervising Editor: Szymon Szemberg In Memoriam Editor and layout: Miroslav Subrt 1926-2012 Adam Steiss Contributors: Martin Merk Darren Boyko, Jörg Polzer Production Editor: Romain Golay, Reproscan Group AG Photos: Hockey Hall of Fame and IIHF Images on Ice www.imagesonice.net Print: Reproscan Group AG, Ottenbach Copyright: International Ice Hockey Federation Cover photo: Russia’s team captain Ilya Nikulin hoists the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship trophy after The IIHF honours the memory of former winning the gold medal game in Helsinki. IIHF Vice President Miroslav Subrt, who Photo by Jeff Vinnick / HHOF-IIHF Images passed away on 5th April in Prague, Czech Republic. Miro Subrt was associ- ated with the game for more than 60 years and 55 of these with the IIHF. He was the longest serving high-ranked official in international ice hockey. More information can be found on Page 17 The Goal Seen ‘Round the World: Tied at 0-0 and playing in overtime for the gold, Sweden’s Mika Zibanejad rushed down the right wing and cut past the Russian defence, firing a high backhand past goalie Andrei Makarov at 10:09 of the extra period to win the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship. The game was watched by over 600,000 in Sweden, who tuned in late at night to watch their country win its first U20 gold in 31 years. Photo: JC Pinheiro / HHOF-IIHF Images Tribute to the victims of the 2011 Yaroslavl plane crash September 7, 2011 was the darkest day in the history of hockey. Twenty-six players, three coaches and eight team officials from KHL club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl died in an air plane crash on their way to Minsk to play in their season opener. The commemoration of the tragedy began with huge memorials across Europe and continued throughout the season. Slo- vakia’s team captain Zdeno Chara concluded the season of mourning by paying tribute to his former teammate and friend Pavol Demitra after Slovakia won the silver medal at the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Helsinki. Demitra was one of the 37 victims from ten countries who perished in the fatal accident. 4 Top: Slovak captain Zdeno Chara wears former teammate and crash victim Pavol Demitra’s jersey during the medal presentation at the 2012 World Championship. Photo: Jeff Vinnick Below: The Yaroslavl memorial service. Photo: Vladimir Bezzubov, Yury Kuzmin / KHL. Opposite Page: Team picture taken prior to the crash. In Memoriam Players: Vitali Anikeyenko (RUS), 24 Mikhail Balandin (RUS), 31 Gennadi Churilov (RUS), 24 Pavol Demitra (SVK), 36 Robert Dietrich (GER/KAZ), 25 Alexander Galimov (RUS), 26 Marat Kalimulin (RUS), 23 Alexander Kalyanin (RUS), 23 Andrei Kiryukhin (RUS), 24 Nikita Klyukin (RUS), 21 Stefan Liv (SWE), 30 Jan Marek (CZE), 31 Sergei Ostapchuk (BLR/RUS), 21 Karel Rachunek (CZE), 32 Ruslan Salei (BLR), 36 Maxim Shuvalov (RUS), 18 Karlis Skrastins (LAT), 37 Pavel Snurnitsyn (RUS), 19 Danil Sobchenko (RUS/UKR), 20 Ivan Tkachenko (RUS), 31 Pavel Trakhanov (RUS), 33 Yuri Urychev (RUS), 20 Josef Vasicek (CZE), 30 Alexander Vasyunov (RUS), 23 Olexander Vyukhin (UKR), 38 Artyom Yarchuk (RUS), 21 Coaches: Brad McCrimmon (CAN), 52 Alexander Karpovtsev (RUS), 41 Igor Korolyov (RUS), 41 Team staff: Yuri Bakhvalov (RUS, video coach) Alexander Belyayev (RUS, equipment manager) Nikolai Krivonosov (BLR, fitness trainer) Yevgeni Kunnov (RUS, masseur) Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (RUS, masseur) Vladimir Piskunov (RUS, administrator) Yevgeni Sidorov (RUS, tactic analyst) Andrei Zimin (RUS, team doctor) Flight crew: Andrei Solomentsev, commander Igor Zhivelov, co-pilot Sergei Zhuralev, flight engineer Vladimir Matyushin, flight engineer Nadezhda Maksumova, flight attendant Yelena Sarmatova, flight attendant Yelena Shavina, flight attendant Red Machines: With over 1,200 NHL goals INTERNATIONALand 93 World ChampionshipICE HOCKEY FEDERATIO N points between them, Alexander Ovechkin and Yevgeni Malkin are the twin faces of Russian hockey. With a gold medal at the 2012 Worlds, the two superstars will be counted on to repeat in Stockholm next year and claim international hockey’s biggest prize at Sochi 2014. Photo: Jeff Vinnick 6 INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION Table of Contents Report of the President ........................................................................................................ 8 Report of the General Secretary ......................................................................................... 12 IIHF Council ........................................................................................................................ 16 IIHF Member Associations ................................................................................................. 18 IIHF Survey of Players ......................................................................................................... 21 IIHF National Team 2011/2012 Jersey Program ................................................................. 22 IIHF Office .......................................................................................................................... 26 7 World Championship & Olympic Results Timeline 1920-2012 ........................................... 28 IIHF Committee Members .................................................................................................. 30 Financial Report ................................................................................................................. 31 Infront Report .................................................................................................................... 32 IIHF World Ranking ............................................................................................................ 33 IIHF Semi-Annual Congress: Istanbul, Turkey ..................................................................... 36 IIHF Annual Congress: Helsinki, Finland ............................................................................. 40 IIHF Sport Development Report .......................................................................................... 48 IIHF Committee Reports ..................................................................................................... 56 Referee & Linesmen Assignments ...................................................................................... 64 Hockey Forum..................................................................................................................... 68 2012 IIHF Hall of Fame Induction ....................................................................................... 72 IIHF Hall of Fame Inductee List .......................................................................................... 74 2012 IIHF World Championships ........................................................................................ 76 2012 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship ................................................................. 100 IIHF Continental Cup ........................................................................................................ 101 European Womens Champion’s Cup ................................................................................ 102 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia............................................................................................... 103 IIHF Calendar of Events .................................................................................................... 105 2012/2013 IIHF Championship Program .......................................................................... 108 IIHF Supplier Pool ............................................................................................................