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| Association |
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| Ice Hockey Federation of Russia |
| Current Olympic/World Cup coach |
| Vyacheslav Bykov |
| Current national team coach |
| Vyacheslav Bykov |
| Most Games |
| Alexandr Prokopiev (156 games)[1]. |
| Most Points |
| Maxim Sushinski ? (?? points) |
| First Game |
 Russia 2 - 2 Sweden  12/04/1992 |
| Largest win |
 Russia 12 - 3 Great Britain  26/04/1994 Russia 10 - 1 Kazakhstan  07/05/2006 |
| Largest defeat |
 Finland 7 - 1 Russia 22/04/1997  Czech Republic 7 - 1 Russia 20/12/1997 |
| World Championships |
| Gold medalists: 2 - 1993, 2008 |
| International Competition |
| Current record: (W-L-T) 270-162-78 |
The Russian national men's ice hockey team is one of the top rated and most successful national ice hockey teams in the world, rated number two in IIHF world rankings. It has been competing internationally since 1993 and follows a long tradition of Soviet Union team mostly composed of Russian players. The Russian team replaces the Unified Team of 1992. In 1991 and earlier, players competed with the Soviet Union national ice hockey team.
The Russian team has not been as dominant as the Soviet team, winning the gold in the World Championships only twice in 17 years but it remains one of the top teams in the world. Russia finished 4th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. Russia has a total of 77,702 players, about 0.05% of its population. As of August 2006, their head coach is Vyacheslav "Slava" Bykov. Team Russia also has scored more goals than any other IIHF team.citation needed
Russia won the World Championship in 2008, after a 5-4 overtime win in the gold medal game versus Canada. Ilya Kovalchuk scored the game-winning goal on a powerplay.
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(*) Sokolov was selected to replace Nikolai Khabibulin who had withdrawn due to injury.
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| Silver | 1998 Nagano | Men's team | |
| Bronze | 2002 Salt Lake City | Men's team | |
From 1956 to 1988, the Soviet Union national ice hockey team won seven gold medals, one silver medal, and one bronze medal in nine appearances. The Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics also won the gold medal.