Belarusian national ice hockey team

Belarus

The coat of Arms of Belarus is the badge used on the players jerseys
Nickname(s)	Bisons (Зубры / Zubry)
Association	Belarus Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Sergei Pushkov
Assistants	Vyacheslav Gusov Andrei Mezin Sergei Pushkov Mikhail Zakharov
Captain	Alexander Pavlovich
Most games	Alexander Makritsky (175)
Most points	Andrei Skabelka (114)
Team colors
IIHF code	BLR
Ranking
Current IIHF	14 4
Highest IIHF	8 (2009)
Lowest IIHF	15 (2014)
First international
Ukraine 4–1 Belarus  (Minsk, Belarus; 7 November 1992)
Biggest win
Belarus 21–1 Lithuania  (Riga, Latvia; 30 August 1996)
Biggest defeat
Finland 11–2 Belarus  (Mikkeli, Finland; 7 April 1997)  Canada 11–2 Belarus  (Lloydminster, Canada; 19 March 1998)  Canada 9–0 Belarus  (Prague, Czech Republic; 14 May 2015)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	20 (first in 1994)
Best result	6th (2006)
Olympics
Appearances	3 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
202–174–27

The Belarusian national ice hockey team (Belarusian: Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; Russian: Сборная Белоруссии по хоккею с шайбой) is currently ranked 11th in the world by the IIHF in their 2018 World Ranking. The team is controlled by the Belarus Ice Hockey Federation. Arguably, the greatest moment in Belarusian hockey history was the victory over Sweden in the quarter-finals of the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the team ultimately finished fourth. Belarus has 4,968 players in their national pool (0.05% of the total population). At the 2005 and 2006 World Championships their coach was Glen Hanlon, who brought the best-ever result in the IIHF World Championship – 6th place in 2006. He was succeeded by Curt Fraser, who led the team in 2007 and 2008. Hanlon returned to coach the team for the 2009 World Championships in Switzerland.

Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship.

Head coach: Dave Lewis was the acting head coach until 8 May 2018, after that Sergei Pushkov took over.