Ice Hockey in Russia
Ice hockey in Russia is overseen by the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, which was recognized by the IIHF in May 1992 as the successor to the Soviet Union’s hockey federation. During the 1992 Olympic Games, a team representing the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), comprised of 21 Russian players along with one each from Lithuania and Ukraine, secured the gold medal. However, the IIHF attributed this victory to the Russian national team rather than the CIS. This overview highlights the history of the men’s, women’s, and junior national teams.
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Russia Men’s National Team — Key Facts
| Category | Detail |
| 🟩 Team | Men’s National Team |
| 🟦 IIHF Status | Full Member — May 6, 1992 |
| 🟧 Nickname | The Big Red Machine |
| 🟧 First Official Game | January 19, 1992 — 7–2 win vs. Austria |
| 🟨 First Unofficial Game | December 21, 1993 — 8–1 win vs. Russia B |
| 🟩 Longest Official Winning Streak | 22 games — April 9, 2008 to December 21, 2008 |
| 🟩 Longest Unofficial Winning Streak | 7 games — December 28, 1996 to May 5, 2022 |
| 🟦 Longest Official Unbeaten Streak | 22 games — April 9, 2008 to December 21, 2008 |
| 🟦 Longest Unofficial Unbeaten Streak | 8 games — December 28, 1996 to December 12, 2024 |
| 🟥 Longest Official Losing Streak | 6 games — May 2, 2003 to September 6, 2003 |
| 🟥 Longest Unofficial Losing Streak | 1 game — December 29, 1995 |
| 🟩 Biggest Official Win | 12–3 vs. Great Britain — April 26, 1994 |
| 🟩 Biggest Unofficial Win | 8–1 vs. Russia B — December 21, 1993 |
| 🟥 Biggest Official Loss | 7–1 vs. Canada — May 17, 2015 |
| 🟥 Biggest Unofficial Loss | 3–1 vs. Finland B — December 29, 1995 |
| 🥇 Medal Record | |
| 🥇 World Championship Gold | 1993, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014 | | 🥈 World Championship Silver | 2002, 2010, 2015 | | 🥉 World Championship Bronze | 2005, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2019 | | 🥇 Olympic Gold | 1992, 2018 | | 🥈 Olympic Silver | 1998, 2022 | | 🥉 Olympic Bronze | 2002 |
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History Table
Team Roster (2024)
| # | Pos | Name | Team |
| 1 | GK | Ilya Nabokov | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 2 | GK | Artemi Pleshkov | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 3 | GK | Vladislav Podyapolsky | Lada Togliatti |
| 4 | GK | Yegor Zavragin | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 5 | D | Danila Galenyuk | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 6 | D | Mikhail Gulyaev | Avangard Omsk |
| 7 | D | Ilya Karpukhin | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
| 8 | D | Timur Kol | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 9 | D | Bogdan Konyushkov | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
| 10 | D | Arseni Koromyslov | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 11 | D | Alexander Nikishin | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 12 | D | Dmitri Simashev | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| 13 | D | Nikita Smirnov | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 14 | D | Sergei Telegin | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
| 15 | D | Alexander Yelesin | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| 16 | FW | Vitalii Abramov | CSKA Moscow |
| 17 | FW | Danil Aimurzin | Severstal Cherepovets |
| 18 | FW | Sergei Andronov | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 19 | FW | Zakhar Bardakov | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 20 | FW | Ivan Demidov | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 21 | FW | Vasily Glotov | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 22 | FW | Mikhail Grigorenko | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 23 | FW | Arseni Gritsyuk | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 24 | FW | Ruslan Iskhakov | CSKA Moscow |
| 25 | FW | Marat Khairullin | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 26 | FW | Nikita Korostelev | Severstal Cherepovets |
| 27 | FW | Grigori Kuzmin | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 28 | FW | Evgeny Kuznetsov | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 29 | FW | Prokhor Poltapov | CSKA Moscow |
| 30 | FW | Sergei Potnikov | SKA St. Petersburg |
| 31 | FW | Ilya Safonov | AK Bars Kazan |
| 32 | FW | Maxim Shabanov | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
| 33 | FW | Maxim Sorkin | CSKA Moscow |
Head Coach: Roman Rotenberg
Russia Women’s National Team — Key Facts
| Category | Detail |
| 🟩 Team | Women’s National Team |
| 🟦 IIHF Status | Full Member — May 6, 1992 |
| 🟧 Nickname | The Big Red Machine |
| 🟧 First Official Game | April 1, 1994 — 2–1 loss vs. Switzerland |
| 🟨 First Unofficial Game | May 20, 1994 — 6–6 tie vs. Eastern Selects |
| 🟩 Longest Official Winning Streak | 11 games — September 25, 2015 to November 8, 2015 |
| 🟩 Longest Unofficial Winning Streak | 8 games — October 13, 2017 to January 28, 2018 |
| 🟦 Longest Official Unbeaten Streak | 11 games — September 25, 2015 to November 8, 2015 |
| 🟦 Longest Unofficial Unbeaten Streak | 8 games — October 13, 2017 to January 28, 2018 |
| 🟥 Longest Official Losing Streak | 7 games — April 4, 2012 to December 14, 2012 |
| 🟥 Longest Unofficial Losing Streak | 11 games — November 10, 2022 to November 7, 2025 |
| 🟩 Biggest Official Win | 25–0 vs. Iran — December 6, 2024 |
| 🟩 Biggest Unofficial Win | 14–0 vs. National League Women All Stars — March 6, 2016 |
| 🟥 Biggest Official Loss | 15–0 vs. United States — April 4, 2000 |
| 🟥 Biggest Unofficial Loss | 16–0 vs. Russia U16 (Boys) — November 8, 2023 |
| 🥇 Medal Record | |
| 🥉 World Championship Bronze | 2001, 2013, 2016 | | 🥈 European Championship Silver | 1996 |
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History Table
Team Roster
| # | Pos | Name | Team |
| 1 | GK | Darya Gredzen | Biryusa Krasnoyarsk |
| 2 | GK | Valeria Merkusheva | Tornado Moscow Region |
| 3 | GK | Valeria Tarakanova | Agidel Ufa |
| 4 | D | Polina Arkhipova | Biryusa Krasnoyarsk |
| 5 | D | Maria Batalova | Agidel Ufa |
| 6 | D | Liana Ganeyeva | Dynamo-Neva St. Petersburg |
| 7 | D | Alexandra Kozyr | Agidel Ufa |
| 8 | D | Angelina Makhmutova | Agidel Ufa |
| 9 | D | Nina Pirogova | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| 10 | D | Yelena Provorova | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| 11 | D | Anna Shibanova | Agidel Ufa |
| 12 | FW | Oxana Bratishcheva | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| 13 | FW | Viktoria Burdukova | Biryusa Krasnoyarsk |
| 14 | FW | Yekaterina Chegosheva | Dynamo-Neva St. Petersburg |
| 15 | FW | Ekaterina Davletshina | Tornado Moscow Region |
| 16 | FW | Yelizaveta Dubei | Agidel Ufa |
| 17 | FW | Landysh Falyakhova | Tornado Moscow Region |
| 18 | FW | Valeria Ivanova | Dynamo-Neva St. Petersburg |
| 19 | FW | Veronika Korzhakova | Agidel Ufa |
| 20 | FW | Viktoria Kulishova | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
| 21 | FW | Sofya Krivosheyeva | Biryusa Krasnoyarsk |
| 22 | FW | Alexandra Nesterova | Agidel Ufa |
| 23 | FW | Ksenia Ponomareva | Dynamo-Neva St. Petersburg |
| 24 | FW | Olga Sosina | Agidel Ufa |
| 25 | FW | Alyona Starovoitova | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk |
Head Coach: Valeri Davletshin
Russia U20 National Team — Key Facts
| Category | Detail |
| 🟩 Team | U20 National Team |
| 🟦 IIHF Status | Full Member — May 6, 1992 |
| 🟧 Nickname | The Big Red Machine |
| 🟧 First Official Game | September 1, 1992 — 6–1 loss vs. Sweden |
| 🟨 First Unofficial Game | August 12, 1993 — 14–1 win vs. Italy U21 |
| 🟩 Longest Official Winning Streak | 12 games — November 10, 2002 to November 8, 2003 |
| 🟩 Longest Unofficial Winning Streak | 6 games — May 15, 2025 to May 16, 2026 |
| 🟦 Longest Official Unbeaten Streak | 12 games — November 10, 2002 to November 8, 2003 |
| 🟦 Longest Unofficial Unbeaten Streak | 5 games — May 15, 2025 to May 16, 2026 |
| 🟥 Longest Official Losing Streak | 7 games — January 5, 2007 to September 4, 2007 |
| 🟥 Longest Unofficial Losing Streak | 10 games — November 25, 2004 to December 1, 2005 |
| 🟩 Biggest Official Win | 16–0 vs. Japan — December 26, 1992 |
| 🟩 Biggest Unofficial Win | 11–0 vs. Bavaria U20 — April 7, 2015 |
| 🟥 Biggest Official Loss | 11–1 vs. Finland — December 20, 1992 |
| 🟥 Biggest Unofficial Loss | 8–1 vs. WHL All Stars — November 30, 2006 |
| 🥇 Medal Record | |
| 🥇 World Junior Championship Gold | 1999, 2002, 2003, 2011 | | 🥈 World Junior Championship Silver | 1995, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016 | | 🥉 World Junior Championship Bronze | 1994, 1997, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 |
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History Table
Team Roster
| # | Pos | Name | Team |
| 1 | GK | Dmitri Borichev | Loko-76 Yaroslavl |
| 2 | GK | Kirill Dubrovin | Krasnaya Armiya
Moskva |
| 3 | GK | Marat Sabitov | Chaika Nizhny
Novgorod |
| 4 | D | Yaroslav Fedoseev | Traktor Chelyabinsk |
| 5 | D | Mikhail Gamzakov | Avto Yekaterinburg |
| 6 | D | Kurban Limatov | MHK Dynamo Moscow |
| 7 | D | Maxim Moiseev | Omskie Yastreby |
| 8 | D | Konstantin Nikitin | Irbis Kazan |
| 9 | D | Bogdan Pestretsov | Krasnaya Armiya
Moskva |
| 10 | D | Nikita Poltavchuk | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| 11 | D | Yelisei Ryabykin | MHK Dynamo Moscow |
| 12 | D | Vladimir Shtyrkhunov | Krasnaya Armiya
Moskva |
| 13 | D | Dmitri Shutyayev | Krasnaya Armiya
Moskva |
| 14 | D | Nikita Tyurin | MHK Spartak |
| 15 | FW | Ivan Arkhipov | MHK Dynamo Moscow |
| 16 | FW | Viktor Fyodorov | Torpedo Nizhny
Novgorod |
| 17 | FW | Matvei Gushchin | Stalnye Lisy
Magnitogorsk |
| 18 | FW | Maxim Ilyin | MHK Dynamo Moscow |
| 19 | FW | Dmitri Isayev | Avto Yekaterinburg |
| 20 | FW | Askar Kamalov | Irbis Kazan |
| 21 | FW | Nikita Kharionov | Omskie Yastreby |
| 22 | FW | Nikita Koltsov | Tolpar Ufa |
| 23 | FW | Vladimir Korzin | Omskie Yastreby |
| 24 | FW | Artemy Kulagin | Belye Medvedi
Chelyabinsk |
| 25 | FW | Mikhail Melikov | MHK Dynamo Moscow |
| 26 | FW | Daniil Petrenko | Tolpar Ufa |
| 27 | FW | German Suzdorf | SKA-1946 Saint
Petersburg |
| 28 | FW | Danil Sysoyev | Stalnye Lisy
Magnitogorsk |
| 29 | FW | Yevgeni Yakunin | MHK Spartak Moscow |
| 30 | FW | Alexander Zharovsky | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
Head Coach: Andrei Mironov
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