The composition of the junior ice hockey team of Belarus for the World Championship has been determined. The composition of the youth ice hockey team of Belarus for the World Championship has been determined The youth ice hockey team of Belarus

The coaching staff of the junior (U18) ice hockey team of Belarus has decided on the application for the world championship in the elite division, which will be held on April 19-29 in Russian Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk. The line-up was published on the official website of HC Dynamo-Minsk.

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Belarus national team (U18) at the 2018 World Cup

Goalkeepers- 1. Daniil Veremeychik (2002, Belarus U-18), 20. Kirill Andreev (2000, Belarus U-18), 25. Nikita Tolopilo (2000, Belarus U-18).

Defenders- 2. Alexander Shkrabov (2000, Belarus U-18), 5. Vladislav Kolyachonok (2001, Belarus U-18), 8. Ilya Solovyov (2000, Belarus U-18), 12. Gennady Kosinsky (2000, Belarus U- 18), 16. Vladislav Barkovsky (2001, Youth), 18. Kirill Levshunov (2000, Belarus U-18), 24. Artem Borshchev (2000, Northern Cyclones, NCDC).

forwards- 6. Alexey Protas (2001, Belarus U-17), 7. Kirill Mezheinikov (2000, Belarus U-18), 9. Daniil Stepanov (2001, Belarus U-18), 10. Ilya Krylovich (2000, Belarus U- 18), 11. Viktor Masilevich (2000, Belarus U-18), 13. Ilya Usov (2001, Central Illinois Flying Aces, USHL), 14. Yegor Sergienya (2000, Belarus U-18), 15. Ilya Kazyanin (2000 , Belarus U-18), 17. Nikita Pyshkaylo (2000, Belarus U-18), 19. Grigory Gotovets (2000, Shattuck St. Mary's Midget Prep, USHS-prep), 21. Evgeny Oksentyuk (2001, Belarus U-18 ), 22. Ignat Belov (2001, Westminster Prep, USHS-prep), 23. Pavel Azhgirey (2000, Prince George Cougars, WHL), 24. Vladimir Alistrov (2001, Belarus U-18).

The basis of the youth team of Belarus is the team Belarus-U18, playing in the major league - the second division of the national championship. Last season, the squad took 6th place and was eliminated in the second round of the playoffs, this season they finished 5th in the regular season, and were eliminated in the playoffs in the first round.

The final stage Before going to the 2018 World Cup, the young men spent training in Raubichi, where they played sparring with their peers from Kazakhstan (4:1, 2:1) and the Belarus-U20 team (3:6).

On April 12, the youth team flew to Chelyabinsk, where they played two more test matches, losing to Russia (0:3) and beating the Czech Republic (4:2).

The head coach of the youth team of Belarus is Pavel Perepekhin, who previously led the youth (U20) team to the elite division of the World Cup. The ex-goalkeeper of the national team helps Pavel Perepekhin in his work with goalkeepers Sergey Shabanov, who not so long ago worked in the farm club of Minsk "Dynamo" in Molodechno. The team also includes a coach Evgeny Letov and manager Alexey Vinokurov.

Opponents of the Belarusian national team at the preliminary stage of the Youth World Championship in the elite division in group "A" in Magnitogorsk will be teams from Canada (April 20), Sweden (April 21), Switzerland (April 23) and the USA (April 24).

In preliminary group "B" Russia, Finland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and France will play in Chelyabinsk.

four best teams advance to the playoffs. The outsiders of each of the groups will fight each other in a series of up to 2 wins to maintain residence in the elite division.

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A year ago, in April 2017, the Belarusians managed to defend their place in the elite division of the World Youth Championship for the first time in 14 years - since 2003 when in Russian Yaroslavl the team led by Mikhail Zakharov took 8th place among the 10 best youth teams on the planet. At that tournament, three Belarusian forwards entered the top 4 at once top scorers competitions. And Konstantin Zakharov with 16 (5+11) points and Andrey Kostitsyn with 15 (6 + 9) points, they overtook Alexander Ovechkin himself, who then scored 13 (9 + 4) points. The fourth in the scorer list was the Belarusian Vadim Karaga- 12 (8 + 4) points, and now three-time Stanley Cup winner Russian Evgeni Malkin with 9 (5 + 4) was then 9th in the list of the most productive players in the tournament.

The head coach of the youth (under 18) ice hockey team of Belarus Mikhail Vasilyev has announced the line-up for the World Championship in Group B of Division I, which will be held on April 11-17 in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, BelTA has learned.

As the official website of the Ice Hockey Federation of Belarus informs, 22 hockey players are included in the list:

goalkeepers - Gleb Ageev (born in 1994, Raubichi), Mikhail Karnaukhov (1994, Dynamo-Shinnik, Bobruisk, MHL);

defenders - Nikita Mitskevich (1994), Artem Yatskevich (1994), Nikita Voles (1994) (all - "Raubichi", Christian Henkel (1995), Roman Dyukov (1995) (both - "Youth", Minsk , MHL), Evgeny Lisovets (1994, "Dynamo-Shinnik", Bobruisk, MHL), Nikita Kryskin (1994, "Diesel", Penza, Russia, MHL, group "B");

forwards - Alexander Karakulko (1994), Vladislav Zhuravlev (1994), Valery Kubrakov (1994), Dmitry Zhelnerovsky (1994), Oleg Buyak (1995), Alexey Shantyka (1995), Nikita Prishivalko (1995) (all - "Raubichi" "), Alexander Kogalev (1994), Ivan Dunchenko (1994), Maxim Valkov (1995) (all - \"Youth \", Minsk), Vitaly Valkov (1994), Yegor Voronov (1994) (both - \"Mogilev- 2\"), Arthur Gavrus (1994, \"Owen Sound Attack\", Ontario Junior League, Canada).

Early in the morning on April 6, the team flies to Vienna, and then moves to Slovakia, where two matches against the youth national team of Slovakia are scheduled for April 7 and 8. On April 9, the Belarusians will move to the place of the world championship battles in Sehesfehervar.

In preparation for the World Cup, the youth team of Belarus played two friendly matches with the team of the Belarusian extraleague \"Lida\", which took 6th place this season. Both times the boys lost - 3:6 (Shantyka, 5, Zhuravlev, 43, in the majority, Yatskevich, 58 - Remezov, 5, 44, Berezhnoy, 12, Kurvyakov, 26, K. Nikulin, 28, A. Shchurko, 47) and 1:4 (Zhuravlev, 10 - A. Shchurko, 8, 43, K. Nikulin, 20, Kopylets, 41).

The basis of the youth national team of Belarus is made up of hockey players, who during the season were centrally trained in the mode of a permanent training camp on the basis of the Republican Center Olympic training(RTsOP) \"Raubichi\" and acted as a separate team\"Raubichi-94\" in the highest league of the championship of Belarus, taking 6th place among 10 squads. In addition, players from Bobruisk\"Dynamo-Shinnik\" and Minsk\"Youth\" representing Belarus in the Youth hockey league, as well as other teams of the highest (second in rank after the extraleague) league of the country's championship.

Last spring, at the World Championships in Division I in Maribor, Slovenia, the youth team of Belarus took 4th place among 6 teams in its group and not only did not return to the elite, but also remained out of the strongest echelon for at least two years due to the reform of the tournament .

This season, Division I is divided into two leagues (A and B) with six teams each. The best six will fight for the only pass to the elite, and the second sextet, which included Belarus, will fight for a ticket to the strongest part of Division I on April 11-17 in the Hungarian Szekesfehervar. And only if successful, Belarus will get a chance to compete for the exit to the elite.

The rivals of the Belarusians in group B for promotion will be the teams of Poland (April 11), Austria (April 12), Hungary (April 14), Ukraine (April 15) and Kazakhstan (April 17).

Belarus national team (U18) at the 2018 World Cup

Goalkeepers- 1. Daniil Veremeychik (2002, Belarus U-18), 20. Kirill Andreev (2000, Belarus U-18), 25. Nikita Tolopilo (2000, Belarus U-18).

Defenders- 2. Alexander Shkrabov (2000, Belarus U-18), 5. Vladislav Kolyachonok (2001, Belarus U-18), 8. Ilya Solovyov (2000, Belarus U-18), 12. Gennady Kosinsky (2000, Belarus U- 18), 16. Vladislav Barkovsky (2001, Youth), 18. Kirill Levshunov (2000, Belarus U-18), 24. Artem Borshchev (2000, Northern Cyclones, NCDC).

forwards- 6. Alexey Protas (2001, Belarus U-17), 7. Kirill Mezheinikov (2000, Belarus U-18), 9. Daniil Stepanov (2001, Belarus U-18), 10. Ilya Krylovich (2000, Belarus U- 18), 11. Viktor Masilevich (2000, Belarus U-18), 13. Ilya Usov (2001, Central Illinois Flying Aces, USHL), 14. Yegor Sergienya (2000, Belarus U-18), 15. Ilya Kazyanin (2000 , Belarus U-18), 17. Nikita Pyshkaylo (2000, Belarus U-18), 19. Grigory Gotovets (2000, Shattuck St. Mary's Midget Prep, USHS-prep), 21. Evgeny Oksentyuk (2001, Belarus U-18 ), 22. Ignat Belov (2001, Westminster Prep, USHS-prep), 23. Pavel Azhgirey (2000, Prince George Cougars, WHL), 24. Vladimir Alistrov (2001, Belarus U-18).

The final stage of preparation before being sent to the 2018 World Cup, the young men spent in Raubichi, where they played sparring with peers from Kazakhstan (4:1, 2:1) and the Belarus-U20 team (3:6).

On April 12, the youth team flew to Chelyabinsk, where they played two more control matches, losing to Russia (0: 3) and.

In preliminary group "B" Russia, Finland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and France will play in Chelyabinsk.

The top four teams advance to the playoffs. The outsiders of each of the groups will fight each other in a series of up to 2 wins to maintain residence in the elite division.

A year ago, in April 2017, in the elite division of the Youth World Championship for the first time in 14 years - since 2003 when in Russian Yaroslavl the team led by Mikhail Zakharov took 8th place among the 10 best youth teams on the planet. At that tournament, three Belarusian forwards entered the top 4 top scorers of the competition at once. And Konstantin Zakharov with 16 (5+11) points and Andrey Kostitsyn with 15 (6 + 9) points, they overtook Alexander Ovechkin himself, who then scored 13 (9 + 4) points. The fourth in the scorer list was the Belarusian Vadim Karaga- 12 (8 + 4) points, and now three-time Stanley Cup winner Russian Evgeni Malkin with 9 (5 + 4) was then 9th in the list of the most productive players in the tournament.

The best achievement of the Belarusian team in youth championships peace is 5th place in the elite division in 2002 in the Slovak Piestany. That team was led by Mikhail Zakharov and was represented by Andrey Kostitsyn, Mikhail Grabovsky, Konstantin Zakharov and Vladimir Denisov.

The youth (U-20) ice hockey team of Belarus won the fourth victory in Group A of Division I of the World Championship in Bremerhaven, Germany, and secured a pass to the elite echelon. On December 16, in the final match of the tournament, the Belarusians defeated their peers from Austria.

Belarus - Austria - 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0)

Belarus: Alexander Osipkov (Vladislav Verbitsky); Pavel Vorobey - Arseniy Borisov, Ruslan Vasilchuk - Evgeny Astankov (A) - Andrey Belevich (A); Kirill Chaika - Ilya Sushko (C), Artur Savinov - Dmitry Buinitsky - Yegor Sharangovich; Vladislav Eremenko - Dmitry Deryabin, Evgeny Farafontov - Maxim Sushko - Kirill Kutsyr; Sergei Pishchuk - Igor Martynov - Ilya Zhukovsky; Vladislav Martynyuk, Denis Zaichik.

Washers: 1:0 - Belevich (Astankov, Zhukovsky, 15.41), 2:0 - Sparrow (Belevich, Vasilchuk, 31.46, in the majority), 3:0 - Vasilchuk (Astankov, Belevich, 34.20, in the majority), 4:0 - Astankov (Sparrow, Vasilchuk, 49.19, in the majority).

Throws: 37−10 (13−1, 13−6, 11−3).

Fine: 6−12.

Goalkeepers: Osipkov - Divis (Holzer, 40.50).

In order to guarantee themselves a pass to the elite division, in the final match with the Austrians, the Belarusians were satisfied with any victory, even in overtime or in a shootout. However, the team of Yuri Faykov resolutely got down to business from the first minutes. True, the total game advantage did not immediately receive the figures on the scoreboard.

The opponent was finally broken only in the middle of the second period, when the Belarusians implemented two consecutive removals in the opponents' camp and brought the score to 3:0.

In the third period, the team for the implementation of the majority worked hard for the third time, and Evgeny Astankov set the final score.

On December 16, in the afternoon, the team of Kazakhstan beat Norway - 3: 2 and sent the Scandinavians downgraded - to group "B" of division I.

The tournament ended with the duel Germany - France, in which the Germans prevailed - 6:4 (2:0, 2:2, 2:2), however, regardless of the outcome of this match, the Germans could no longer push the Belarusians from the first line in the table.

The final position of the teams:

1. Belarus - 13 points (5 matches; goal difference 20-10)

2. Germany - 11 (5; 17-13)

3. France - 6 (5; 16-19)

4. Kazakhstan - 6 (5; 14-16)

5. Austria - 6 (5; 15-17)

6. Norway - 3 (5; 10-17).

The youth team of Belarus was faced with the task of returning to the elite division, which it left last season.

Yuri Faikov, Main coach youth team of Belarus:

- To be honest, we have not yet fully realized that we won the championship at the tournament. Everything remained on the ice, even there is no strength for any emotions. After the game, they told the guys that they are the best, and this is true. All the guys played at a high professional level. We expected good performance from Andrei Belevich, and he really showed himself with better side, rightfully receiving the title of best striker of the tournament. What is our secret to success? It is simple: the hardest work of the whole team over the past seven months and the unconditional mutual faith in each other between the coaching staff and the players, - the press service of the Ice Hockey Federation of Belarus quotes the words of the mentor.

Scorers:

1. Jabin Ville (France) - 12 (4+8)

2. Maya Bastian (France) - 10 (5+5)

3. Ruslan Vasilchuk (Belarus) - 10 (4+6)

4. Andrei Belevich (Belarus) - 9 (6 + 3)

5. Alexander Texier (France) - 8 (1 + 7).

The best players of the tournament (according to the directorate):

Goalkeeper— Mirko Pantkowski (Germany)

Defender— Pavel Vorobei (Belarus)

Attack— Andrei Belevich (Belarus).

The elite division of the 2017/18 World Cup will host the American Buffalo at the turn of the year.

Belarus at the 2016/17 World Cup in Group A, Division I

Belarus - France - 6:3 (2:1, 3:1, 1:1)

Belarus - Norway - 4:2 (1:1, 0:1, 3:0)

Belarus - Germany - 3:4 B (2:2, 0:0, 1:1, 0:0, 0:1)

Belarus - Kazakhstan - 3:1 (2:0, 1:0, 0:1)

Belarus - Austria - 4:0 (1:0, 2:0, 1:0).

The youth team of Belarus played in the elite 7 times, and in three cases the team was led by Vladimir Melenchuk, in two cases by Mikhail Zakharov, under whose leadership the Belarusian hockey players each time parted with the strongest echelon. Once again, Eduard Zankovets and Alexander Belyavsky could not keep the elite residence permit.

The most successful period in the history of the Belarusian "youth team" was the period from 2000 to 2003, when the team, led by Vladimir Melenchuk, played in the elite for three consecutive seasons. Besides him, no other specialist managed to maintain a residence permit in the strongest division at least once.