TEAM BELARUS MEDIA GUIDE BELARUS ICE HOCKEY TEAM MANAGEMENT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 David Rodney Oleg Alexander Craig LEWIS ANTONENKO ZHURIK WOODCROFT Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Michael Vladimir Viacheslav Yegor LEHNER BURE GUSOV GOLOVANEV Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Video Coach Manager Vasili Viktor Maxim Pavel TARAN KRUKOVSKI MOZGUNOV GOLOVATSKI Doctor Physiotherapist Physiotherapist Equipment Manager Dmitri PSHENTSOV Equipment Manager GOALKEEPERS Vitali KOVAL 1 Birthday 31.03.80 Height 188 cm Birthplace Dobrianka (RUS) Weight 97 kg Position Goalkeeper Club Salavat Yulaev (Ufa, KHL) Catches L Past clubs Molot-Prikamie-2 (Perm, RUS), Neſtjanik (Leninogorsk, RUS), Molot-Prikamie (Perm, RUS), Motor (Barnaul, RUS), Liepajas Metalurgs (Liepaja, LAT), Neman (Grodno, BLR), Dinamo (Minsk, KHL), Atlant (Moscow region, KHL), Torpedo (Nizhny Novgorod, KHL). International tournaments GPI Mins GA AVE PM WC'08 6 370 19 3,08 0 WC'09 2 120 9 4,50 2 OG'10 2 120 8 4,00 0 WC'10 3 179 7 2,34 2 WC'12 5 266 13 2,93 2 WC'14 4 176 8 2,72 0 NATIONAL TEAM 57 3230 138 2,56 12 Igor BRIKUN 31 Birthday 6.09.86 Height 180 cm Birthplace Novopolotsk (BLR) Weight 80 kg Position Goalkeeper Club Gomel (BLR) Catches L Past clubs Khimik-SKA (Novopolotsk, BLR), Junior (Minsk, BLR), Gomel-2 (BLR), Neman (Grodno, BLR), Saryarka (Karaganda, VHL). International tournaments GPI Mins GA AVE PM NATIONAL TEAM 8 400 21 3,15 0 Kevin LALANDE 35 Birthday 19.02.87 Height 182 cm Birthplace Kingston (CAN) Weight 83 kg Position Goalkeeper Club CSKA (Moscow, KHL) Catches L Past clubs Hawkesbury (CJHL), Belleville (OHL), Quad City (AHL), Las Vegas (ECHL), Syracuse (AHL), Vityaz (Podolsk, KHL), Yunost-Minsk (VHL), Dinamo (Minsk, KHL). International tournaments GPI Mins GA AVE PM WC'14 5 240 5 1,25 0 NATIONAL TEAM 12 605 25 2,48 2 DEFENCEMEN Nikolai STASENKO 5 Birthday 15.02.87 Height 195 cm Birthplace Roschino (RUS) Weight 95 kg Position Goalkeeper Club Severstal (Cherepovets, KHL) Catches L Past clubs CSKA-2 (Moscow, RUS), Amur-2 (Khabarovsk, RUS), Junior (Minsk, BLR), Junost (Minsk, BLR), Amur (Khabarovsk, KHL). International tournaments GP G A TP PM OG'10 4 0 3 3 2 WC'10 6 0 1 1 4 WC'11 6 0 1 1 0 WC'12 7 0 0 0 10 WC'14 6 1 1 2 27 NATIONAL TEAM 88 3 10 13 81 Ilya SHINKEVICH 8 Birthday 1.09.89 Height 189 cm Birthplace Minsk (BLR) Weight 86 kg Position Defenceman Club Dinamo (Minsk, KHL) Catches L Past clubs Vitebsk-2 (BLR), Keramin-2 (Minsk, BLR), Keramin (Minsk, BLR), Shinnik (Bobruisk, BLR), Shakhter (Soligorsk, BLR), Junost (Minsk, BLR), Metallurg (Zhlobin, BLR). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC'13 7 0 1 1 4 NATIONAL TEAM 30 0 2 2 12 Andrei KAREV 9 Birthday 1.09.89 Height 177 cm Birthplace Elektrostal (RUS) Weight 90 kg Position Defenceman Club Shakhter (Soligorsk, BLR) Catches L Past clubs Elemash-2 (Elektrostal, RUS), Elemash (Elektrostal, RUS), Junior (Minsk, BLR), Dinamo (Minsk, KHL), Junost (Minsk, BLR). International tournaments GP G A TP PM OG'10 3 0 0 0 2 WC'14 2 0 0 0 0 NATIONAL TEAM 40 0 1 1 6 Yevgeni LISOVETS 14 Birthday 12.11.94 Height 183 cm Birthplace Grodno (BLR) Weight 90 kg Position Defenceman Club Dinamo (Minsk, KHL) Catches L Past clubs Neman-2 (Grodno, BLR), Dinamo-Shinnik (Bobruisk, MHL), Neman (Grodno, BLR). International tournaments GP G A TP PM NATIONAL TEAM 17 0 0 0 6 Oleg GOROSHKO 22 Birthday 19.11.89 Height 178 cm Birthplace Grodno (BLR) Weight 84 kg Position Defenceman Club Dinamo (Minsk, KHL) Catches R Past clubs Gomel-2 (BLR), Shinnik (Bobruisk, BLR), Neman (Grodno, BLR). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC'11 6 0 2 2 0 WC'12 7 0 1 1 2 WC'13 7 0 2 2 4 NATIONAL TEAM 74 1 12 13 58 Oleg YEVENKO 25 Birthday 21.01.91 Height 201 cm Birthplace Minsk (BLR) Weight 104 kg Position Defenceman Club Adirondack (AHL) Catches L Past clubs Fargo (USHL), Un.Mass. (NCAA). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC'14 8 0 2 2 6 NATIONAL TEAM 15 1 2 3 20 Nikita USTINENKO 26 Birthday 22.04.95 Height 186 cm Birthplace Gomel (BLR) Weight 78 kg Position Defenceman Club Gomel (BLR) Catches R Past clubs Raubichi (BLR), Gomel-2 (BLR), Dinamo-Shinnik (Bobruisk, MHL). International tournaments GP G A TP PM NATIONAL TEAM 10 1 0 1 2 Ivan USENKO 57 Birthday 12.02.83 Height 183 cm Birthplace Gorki (RUS) Weight 80 kg Position Defenceman Club Shakhter (Soligorsk, BLR) Catches R Past clubs Torpedo-2 (Nizhny Novgorod, RUS), Swiſt Current Broncos (WHL), THK (Tver, RUS), Olympia (Kirovo-Chepetsk, RUS), Sarov (RUS), Vitebsk (BLR), Gomel (BLR), Junost (Minsk, BLR), Dinamo (Minsk, KHL). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC'09 7 0 0 0 0 WC'14 6 0 0 0 0 NATIONAL TEAM 65 6 5 11 32 Dmitri KOROBOV 89 Birthday 12.03.89 Height 190 cm Birthplace Novopolotsk (BLR) Weight 108 kg Position Defenceman Club Atlant (Moscow region, KHL) Catches L Past clubs Gomel-2 (BLR), Gomel (BLR), Shinnik (Bobruisk, BLR), Keramin (Minsk, BLR), Shakhter (Soligorsk, BLR), Dinamo (Minsk, KHL), Tamra (NHL), Syracuse (AHL). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC'09 2 0 0 0 0 WC'11 6 2 3 5 0 WC'12 7 0 3 3 4 WC'14 8 0 3 3 14 NATIONAL TEAM 61 6 17 23 78 FORWARDS Aleksandr KULAKOV 11 Birthday 15.05.83 Height 182 cm Birthplace Minsk (BLR) Weight 91 kg Position Forward Club Dinamo (Minsk, KHL) Catches L Past clubs Junost (Minsk, BLR), Keramin (Minsk, BLR), Vitebsk (BLR), Junior (Minsk, BLR), Khimik- SKA (Novopolotsk, BLR), Shakhter (Soligorsk, BLR), Torpedo (Nizhny Novgorod, KHL). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC'07 6 2 2 4 6 WC'08 5 0 1 1 0 WC'09 7 0 0 0 2 OG'10 4 0 1 1 0 WC'10 6 0 0 0 0 WC'11 6 1 5 6 2 WC'12 5 0 0 0 2 WC'13 7 1 1 2 4 NATIONAL TEAM 140 22 38 60 68 Sergei DROZD 13 Birthday 14.04.90 Height 181 cm Birthplace Minsk (BLR) Weight 77 kg Position Forward Club Dinamo (Minsk, KHL) Catches L Past clubs Lokomotiv-2 (Yaroslavl, RUS), Shinnik (Bobruisk, BLR), Keramin (Minsk, BLR), Try City (WHL). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC'10 2 0 0 0 0 WC'11 3 0 0 0 2 WC'12 6 0 0 0 2 NATIONAL TEAM 70 9 10 19 38 Artyom DEMKOV 15 Birthday 26.09.89 Height 178 cm Birthplace Minsk (BLR) Weight 78 kg Position Forward Club Dinamo (Minsk, KHL) Catches R Past clubs Junior (Minsk, BLR), Junost (Minsk, BLR), Cape Breton (QMJHL), Shakhter (Soligorsk, BLR), Hamburg (GER), Elmira (ECHL), Albany (AHL), Sochi (KHL). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC'11 3 1 2 3 0 WC'13 7 0 1 1 2 NATIONAL TEAM 34 4 12 16 18 Alexei KALYUZHNI 17 Birthday 13.06.77 Height 177 cm Birthplace Minsk (BLR) Weight 86 kg Position Forward Club Dinamo (Minsk, KHL) Catches L Past clubs Neſtekhimik (Nizhnekamsk, RUS), Metallurg (Magnitogorsk, RUS), Severstal (Cherepovets, RUS), Junost (Minsk, BLR), Dinamo (Moscow, KHL), Avangard (Omsk region, KHL), Lokomotiv (Yaroslavl, KHL). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC (B)'97 7 3 1 4 4 OG'98 7 1 0 1 6 WC (A)'98 6 1 4 5 2 WC (A)'99 6 1 1 2 6 WC (A)'00 6 1 2 3 12 WC'01 6 2 1 3 4 OG (gualific.)'02 3 0 2 2 0 OG'02 9 1 1 2 0 WC'08 6 1 3 4 4 WC'09 5 1 5 6 0 OG'10 4 3 1 4 2 WC'10 6 4 2 6 4 WC'12 7 3 2 5 2 WC'14 7 1 6 7 2 NATIONAL TEAM 154 41 77 118 108 Andrei STAS 23 Birthday 18.10.88 Height 181 cm Birthplace Minsk (BLR) Weight 77 kg Position Forward Club Dinamo (Minsk, KHL) Catches L Past clubs Junior (Minsk, BLR), Junost (Minsk, BLR), (BLR), Keramin (Minsk, BLR), Dinamo (Minsk, KHL). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC'09 7 1 0 1 6 OG'10 4 0 0 0 2 WC'10 6 1 2 3 4 WC'11 6 0 0 0 0 WC'12 2 7 0 0 0 12 WC'13 7 0 2 2 2 WC'14 8 1 3 4 2 NATIONAL TEAM 108 11 28 39 132 Alexei YEFIMENKO 27 Birthday 20.08.85 Height 185 cm Birthplace Slavgorog (RUS) Weight 90 kg Position Forward Club Sibir Catches R (Novosibirsk region, KHL) Past clubs Lokomotiv-2 (Yaroslavl, RUS), Voronezh (RUS), Rybinsk (RUS), Junior (Minsk, BLR), Junost (Minsk, BLR), Brest (BLR), Khimvolokno (Mogilev, BLR), Metallurg (Zhlobin, BLR), Shakhter (Soligorsk, BLR), Dinamo (Minsk, KHL). International tournaments GP G A TP PM WC'13 6 1 0 1 2 WC'14 8 1 1 2 4 NATIONAL TEAM 74 16 12 28 34 Andrei KOSTITSYN 46 Birthday 3.02.85 Height 183 cm Birthplace Novopolotsk (BLR) Weight 98 kg Position Forward NHL Draſt Montreal 1 th choice Catches L (10 th overall) in 2003 Club Sochi (KHL) Past clubs Polymir (Novopolotsk, BLR), Khimik-ShVSM (Vitebsk, BLR), CSKA-2 (Moscow, RUS), CSKA (Moscow, RUS), Khimik (Voskresensk, RUS), Junior (Minsk, BLR), Junost (Minsk, BLR), Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL), Keramin (Minsk, BLR), Montreal (NHL), Nachvill (NHL), Traktor (Chelyabinsk, KHL).