# 2003 IIHF World Championship rosters

Rosters at the 2003 IIHF World Championship in Finland.

## Canada

Club :
| Goaltenders | Sean Burke | Phoenix Coyotes |
| | Roberto Luongo | Florida Panthers |
| | Martin Biron | Buffalo Sabres |
| Defencemen | Eric Brewer | Edmonton Oilers |
| | Jay Bouwmeester | Florida Panthers |
| | Jamie Heward | Genève-Servette HC |
| | Mathieu Dandenault | Detroit Red Wings |
| | Cory Cross | Edmonton Oilers |
| | Steve Staios | Edmonton Oilers |
| | Craig Rivet | Montreal Canadiens |
| Forwards | Daniel Brière | Buffalo Sabres |
| | Shawn Horcoff | Edmonton Oilers |
| | Patrick Marleau | San Jose Sharks |
| | Dany Heatley | Atlanta Thrashers |
| | Kyle Calder | Chicago Blackhawks |
| | Kirk Maltby | Detroit Red Wings |
| | Shane Doan | Phoenix Coyotes |
| | Anson Carter | New York Rangers |
| | Steven Reinprecht | Colorado Avalanche |
| | Kris Draper | Detroit Red Wings |
| | Krys Kolanos | Phoenix Coyotes |
| | Mike Comrie | Edmonton Oilers |
| | Ryan Smyth | Edmonton Oilers |
| | Jan Alston | ZSC Lions |
| Coaches | Andy Murray | |
| | Rob Cookson | |

## Sweden

Club :
| Goaltenders | Tommy Salo | Edmonton Oilers |
| | Mikael Tellqvist | St. John's Maple Leafs |
| | Henrik Lundqvist | Frölunda HC |
| Defencemen | Magnus Johansson | Frölunda HC |
| | Per Gustafsson | HV71 |
| | Niklas Kronwall | Djurgårdens IF |
| | Mattias Norström | Los Angeles Kings |
| | Thomas Rhodin | Färjestad BK |
| | Ronnie Sundin | Frölunda HC |
| | Dick Tärnström | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| | Daniel Tjärnqvist | Atlanta Thrashers |
| Forwards | Mats Sundin | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| | Peter Forsberg | Colorado Avalanche |
| | Peter Nordström | Färjestad BK |
| | Per-Johan Axelsson | Boston Bruins |
| | Mathias Johansson | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| | Marcus Nilson | Florida Panthers |
| | Mikael Renberg | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| | Henrik Zetterberg | Detroit Red Wings |
| | Niklas Andersson | Frölunda HC |
| | Jonas Höglund | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| | Jörgen Jönsson | Färjestad BK |
| | Mika Hannula | Malmö Redhawks |
| | Mathias Tjärnqvist | Djurgårdens IF |
| | Johan Davidsson | HV71 |
| Coaches | Hardy Nilsson | |
| | Tommy Samuelsson | |

## Slovakia

Club :
| Goaltenders | Ján Lašák | Nashville Predators |
| | Rastislav Staňa | Portland Pirates |
| | Pavol Rybár | Slovan Bratislava |
| Defencemen | Ľubomír Višňovský | Los Angeles Kings |
| | Martin Štrbák | HPK |
| | Richard Lintner | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| | Radoslav Suchý | Phoenix Coyotes |
| | Róbert Švehla | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| | Dušan Milo | Modo Hockey |
| | Ladislav Čierny | Lada Togliatti |
| | Ivan Majeský | Florida Panthers |
| Forwards | Žigmund Pálffy | Los Angeles Kings |
| | Jozef Stümpel | Boston Bruins |
| | Miroslav Šatan | Buffalo Sabres |
| | Richard Zedník | Montreal Canadiens |
| | Ladislav Nagy | Phoenix Coyotes |
| | Peter Bondra | Washington Capitals |
| | Miroslav Hlinka | Modo Hockey |
| | Richard Kapuš | Slovan Bratislava |
| | Pavol Demitra | St. Louis Blues |
| | Branko Radivojevič | Phoenix Coyotes |
| | Vladimír Országh | Nashville Predators |
| | Ľubomír Vaic | SaiPa |
| | Zdeno Cíger | Slovan Bratislava |
| | Peter Sejna | St. Louis Blues |
| Coaches | František Hossa | |
| | Vladimír Šťastný | |

## Austria

Club :
| Goaltenders | Michael Sutting | KAC Klagenfurt |
| | Claus Dalpiaz | HC Innsbruck |
| | Gert Prohaska | VSV Villach |
| Defencemen | Gerhard Unterluggauer | DEG Metro Stars |
| | Rob Doyle | EHC Lustenau |
| | Herbert Hohenberger | VSV Villach |
| | Andre Lakos | Vienna Capitals |
| | Philippe Lakos | Vienna Capitals |
| | Robert Lukas | EHC Linz |
| | Peter Kasper | HC Innsbruck |
| Forwards | Christian Perthaler | EHC Linz |
| | Thomas Koch | KAC Klagenfurt |
| | Mark Szucs | EHC Linz |
| | Oliver Setzinger | Vienna Capitals |
| | Thomas Pock | UMass Minutemen ice hockey |
| | Kent Salfi | VSV Villach |
| | Philipp Lukas | EHC Linz |
| | Daniel Welser | KAC Klagenfurt |
| | Matthias Trattnig | Djurgardens IF |
| | Raimund Divis | VEU Feldkirch |
| | Christoph Brandner | Krefeld Pinguine |
| | Martin Hohenberger | HC Innsbruck |
| | Dieter Kalt | Farjestads BK |
| Coaches | Herbert Pock | |

## Belarus

Club :
| Goalkeepers | Sergei Shabanov | Metallurg Novokuznetsk |
| | Andrei Mezin | AK Bars Kazan |
| | Leonid Grishukevich | HC Keramin-Minsk |
| Defenders | Oleg Khmyl | HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
| | Alexander Makritski | Krylya Sovetov Moscow |
| | Alexander Ryadinsky | HC Keramin-Minsk |
| | Sergei Erkovich | TPS Turku |
| | Aleksandr Alekseyev | HC Gomel |
| | Sergei Stas | Krefeld Pinguine |
| | Aleksandr Zhurik | HC CSKA Moscow |
| | Vladimir Kopat | HC Keramin-Minsk |
| Forwards | Vadzim Karaha | Polimir Novopolotsk |
| | Vadim Bekbulatov | HC Gomel |
| | Andrei Kovalev | SC Bietigheim-Bissingen |
| | Henadzi Savilau | HC Keramin-Minsk |
| | Aliaksei Strakhau | HC Gomel |
| | Yaroslav Chupris | HC Keramin-Minsk |
| | Sergei Zadelenov | HC Gomel |
| | Andrei Kostitsyn | HC CSKA Moscow |
| | Dmitry Starostenko | Dynamo Moscow |
| | Vladimir Tsyplakov | Ak Bars Kazan |
| | Dmitry Pankov | Metallurg Novokuznetsk |
| | Andrey Rasolko | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk |
| | Alexei Kalyuzhny | Severstal Cherepovets |
| Coaches | Vladimir Krikunov | |
| | Ivan Kryvanosau | |
| | Vladimir Safonov | |

## Czech Republic

Club :
| Goaltenders | Tomáš Vokoun | Nashville Predators |
| | Roman Málek | Sparta Prague |
| | Jiří Trvaj | HC Vítkovice |
| Defencemen | Tomáš Kaberle | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| | Jaroslav Modrý | Los Angeles Kings |
| | Jaroslav Špaček | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| | Martin Richter | Sparta Prague |
| | Pavel Kolařík | Slavia Prague |
| | Jan Hejda | Slavia Prague |
| | Petr Kadlec | Slavia Prague |
| | Pavel Trnka | Florida Panthers |
| Forwards | Milan Hejduk | Colorado Avalanche |
| | Martin Straka | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| | Jan Hlaváč | Carolina Hurricanes |
| | David Výborný | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| | Robert Reichel | Toronto Maple Leafs C |
| | Jaroslav Hlinka | Kloten Flyers |
| | Radek Duda | Slavia Prague |
| | Jiří Hudler | Ak Bars Kazan |
| | Michal Sup | Slavia Prague |
| | Radim Vrbata | Carolina Hurricanes |
| | Josef Vašíček | Carolina Hurricanes |
| | Jaroslav Balaštík | HPK |
| | Jindřich Kotrla | HC Litvínov |
| | Milan Michálek | HC České Budějovice |
| Coaches | Slavomír Lener | |
| | Antonín Stavjaňa | |
| | Vladimír Růžička | |

## Denmark

Club :
| Goaltenders | Michael Madsen | Rungsted IK |
| | Peter Hirsch | MoDo Ornskoldsvik |
| | Jen Jensen | Esbjerg IK |
| Defencemen | Jesper Duus | Herlev IK |
| | Daniel Nielsen | Herning IK |
| | Thomas Johnsen | IF Troja/Ljungby |
| | Jesper Damgaard | MoDo Ornskoldsvik |
| | Dan Jensen | Herning IK |
| | Frederik Akesson | Aalborg IK |
| | Andreas Andreasen | Esbjerg IK |
| Forwards | Thor Dresler | IF Troja/Ljungby |
| | Bo Nordby-Andersen | Aalborg IK |
| | Lasse Degn | Rungsted IK |
| | Mads True | Odense IK |
| | Ronny Larsen | Aalborg IK |
| | Lars Molgaard | Fredrikshavn IK |
| | Frans Nielsen | Malmö Redhawks |
| | Nicolas Monberg | Rungsted IK |
| | Kim Staal | MoDo Ornskoldsvik |
| | Mike Grey | Fredrikshavn IK |
| | Soren True | Herlev IK |
| | Jens Nielsen | Leksands IF |
| | Morten Green | MoDo Ornskoldsvik |
| Coaches | Mikael Lundstrom | |
| | Esben Nedermark | |

## Finland

Club :
| Goaltenders | Jani Hurme | Florida Panthers |
| | Pasi Nurminen | Atlanta Thrashers |
| | Kari Lehtonen | Jokerit |
| Defencemen | Marko Kiprusoff | Kloten Flyers |
| | Petteri Nummelin | HC Lugano |
| | Kimmo Timonen | Nashville Predators |
| | Ossi Väänänen | Phoenix Coyotes |
| | Aki-Petteri Berg | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| | Toni Lydman | Calgary Flames |
| | Janne Niinimaa | New York Islanders |
| | Sami Helenius | Chicago Blackhawks |
| Forwards | Teemu Selänne | San Jose Sharks |
| | Esa Pirnes | Tappara |
| | Saku Koivu | Montreal Canadiens |
| | Olli Jokinen | Florida Panthers |
| | Niklas Hagman | Florida Panthers |
| | Ville Peltonen | Jokerit |
| | Tomi Kallio | Frölunda HC |
| | Tony Virta | Södertälje SK |
| | Antti Miettinen | HPK |
| | Mikko Eloranta | Los Angeles Kings |
| | Tommi Santala | HPK |
| | Lasse Pirjetä | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| | Kimmo Rintanen | Kloten Flyers |
| | Juha Ylönen | Blues |
| Coaches | Hannu Aravirta | |
| | Jari Kaarela | |

## Germany

Club :
| Goaltenders | Oliver Jonas | Eisbären Berlin |
| | Alexander Jung | DEG Metro Stars |
| | Robert Müller | Krefeld Pinguine |
| Defencemen | Jochen Molling | Hamburg Freezers |
| | Sascha Goc | Adler Mannheim |
| | Christian Ehrhoff | Krefeld Pinguine |
| | Mirco Ludemann | Kölner Haie |
| | Andreas Renz | Kölner Haie |
| | Daniel Kunce | Krefeld Pinguine |
| | Lasse Kopitz | Iserlohn Roosters |
| | Jan Benda | Ak Bars Kazan |
| | Stephan Retzer | Kassel Huskies |
| Forwards | Sven Felski | Eisbären Berlin |
| | Martin Reichel | Nürnberg Ice Tigers |
| | Daniel Kreutzer | DEG Metro Stars |
| | Tobias Abstreiter | Kassel Huskies |
| | Tomas Martinec | Adler Mannheim |
| | Eduard Lewandowski | Kölner Haie |
| | Tino Boos | Kölner Haie |
| | Len Soccio | Hannover Scorpions |
| | Klaus Kathan | Adler Mannheim |
| | Boris Blank | Eisbären Berlin |
| | Marcel Goc | Adler Mannheim |
| | Christian Hommel | Iserlohn Roosters |
| | Andreas Morczinietz | Kölner Haie |
| Coaches | Hans Zach | |
| | Berni Englbrecht | |

## Japan

Club :
| Goalkeepers | Naoya Kikuchi | Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| | Jiro Igor Nihei | Kokudo Yokohama |
| | Masahito Haruna | Nikkō Ice Bucks |
| Defenders | Kengo Ito | Nippon Paper Cranes |
| | Fumitaka Miyauchi | Kokudo |
| | Makoto Kawashima | Oji |
| | Daniel Daikawa | Seibu |
| | Joel Oshiro | Cranes |
| | Nobuhiro Sugawara | Oji |
| | Yutaka Kawaguchi | Kokudo |
| | Koichi Yamazaki | Seibu |
| Forwards | Tomohiko Uchiyama | Kokudo |
| | Yosuke Kon | Seibu |
| | Takahito Suzuki | Charlotte Checkers |
| | Daisuke Obara | Waseda University |
| | Tetsuya Saito | Oji |
| | Takeshi Saito | Oji |
| | Tomohito Kobayashi | Seibu |
| | Kunihiko Sakurai | Oji |
| | Yoshikazu Kabayama | Seibu |
| | Keiji Sasaki | Kokudo |
| | Ryan Kuwabara | Belfast Giants |
| | Chris Yule | Kokudo |
| | Masatoshi Ito | Cranes |
| | Shuji Masuko | Kokudo |
| Coaches | Timo Tuomi | |
| | Toshiyuki Sakai | |
| | Chris Wakabayashi | |

## Latvia

Club :
| Goalkeepers | Artūrs Irbe | Carolina Hurricanes |
| | Sergejs Naumovs | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| | Edgars Masaļskis | Mörrum GoIS IK |
| Defenders | Rodrigo Laviņš | Dynamo Moscow |
| | Arvīds Reķis | Peoria Rivermen |
| | Vents Feldmanis | FK Liepājas Metalurgs |
| | Atvars Tribuncovs | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| | Kārlis Skrastiņš | Nashville Predators |
| | Krišjānis Rēdlihs | Albany River Rats |
| | Oļegs Sorokins | Assat Pori |
| Forwards | Vjaceslavs Fanduls | Assat Pori |
| | Jānis Sprukts | Acadie-Bathurst Titan |
| | Grigorijs Panteļejevs | Lahti Pelicans |
| | Leonids Tambijevs | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
| | Ģirts Ankipāns | Landshut Cannibals |
| | Sergejs Čubars | Herlev Hornets |
| | Aleksandrs Kerčs | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| | Aleksejs Širokovs | FK Liepājas Metalurgs |
| | Aleksandrs Ņiživijs | Molot-Prikamye Perm |
| | Aigars Cipruss | SaiPa |
| | Vadims Romanovskis | HK Riga 2000 |
| | Aleksandrs Semjonovs | Aalborg Pirates |
| | Aleksandrs Macijevskis | Odense Bulldogs |
| Coaches | Curt Lindstrom | |
| | Mats Ulander | |
| | Oleg Znaroks | |

## United States

Club :
| Goaltenders | Ryan Miller | Buffalo Sabres |
| | Chris Rogles | Kölner Haie |
| | Damian Rhodes | Greenville Grrrowl |
| Defencemen | Brett Hauer | Genève-Servette HC |
| | Mike Mottau | Saint John Flames |
| | Jordan Leopold | Calgary Flames |
| | Joe Corvo | Los Angeles Kings |
| | Phil Housley | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| | Jim Fahey | San Jose Sharks |
| | John Gruden | Eisbären Berlin |
| | Francis Bouillon | Montreal Canadiens |
| Forwards | Matt Cullen | Florida Panthers |
| | Kevin Miller | HC Davos |
| | John Pohl | Worcester Ice Cats |
| | Chris Ferraro | Portland Pirates |
| | Ted Drury | Hamburg Freezers |
| | Niko Dimitrakos | San Jose Sharks |
| | Peter Ferraro | Portland Pirates |
| | Adam Hall | Nashville Predators |
| | Marty Reasoner | Edmonton Oilers |
| | Kelly Fairchild | Eisbären Berlin |
| | Craig Johnson | Los Angeles Kings |
| | Brad DeFauw | Carolina Hurricanes |
| Coaches | Lou Vairo | |
| | Jay Leach | |

## Russia

Club :
| Goaltenders | Andrei Tsarev | Ak Bars Kazan |
| | Yegor Podomatsky | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| | Maxim Sokolov | Avangard Omsk |
| Defencemen | Sergei Gusev | Severstal Cherepovets |
| | Alexander Guskov | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| | Alexander Khavanov | St. Louis Blues |
| | Dmitri Erofeev | Ak Bars Kazan |
| | Dmitri Kalinin | Buffalo Sabres |
| | Vitali Proshkin | Ak Bars Kazan |
| | Vasili Turkovsky | Severstal Cherepovets |
| | Sergei Vyshedkevich | Dynamo Moscow |
| | Alexander Zhdan | Dynamo Moscow |
| Forwards | Vladimir Antipov | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| | Denis Arkhipov | Nashville Predators |
| | Pavel Datsyuk | Detroit Red Wings |
| | Alexander Frolov | Los Angeles Kings |
| | Igor Grigorenko | Lada Togliatti |
| | Alexei Kaigorodov | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| | Ilya Kovalchuk | Atlanta Thrashers |
| | Ivan Novoseltsev | Florida Panthers |
| | Oleg Saprykin | Calgary Flames |
| | Alexander Semin | Lada Togliatti |
| | Sergei Soin | Krylia Sovetov Moskva |
| | Aleksander Suglobov | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| | Sergei Zinoviev | Ak Bars Kazan |
| Coaches | Vladimir Plyushchev | |
| | Nikolai Tolstikov | |
| | Alexander Yakushev | |

## Slovenia

Club :
| Goaltenders | Robert Kristan | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana |
| | Klemen Mohorič | HC Keramin-Minsk |
| | Gaber Glavič | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| Defencemen | Bojan Zajc | HK Olimpija Ljubljana |
| | Robert Ciglenčki | HK Olimpija Ljubljana |
| | Andrej Brodnik | HK Olimpija Ljubljana |
| | Aleš Krajnc | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| | Jurij Goličič | HDD Olimpija Ljublijana |
| | Damjan Dervarič | HK Olimpija Ljubljana |
| | Elvis Bešlagić | ERC Selb |
| | Miha Rebolj | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| Forwards | Edo Terglav | HK Olimpija Ljubljana |
| | Tomaž Razingar | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| | Mitja Šivic | THK Tver |
| | Gregor Por | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| | Luka Žagar | HK Olimpija Ljubljana |
| | Dejan Kontrec | HK Olimpija Ljubljana |
| | Boris Pretnar | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| | Gregor Polončič | HC Oceláři Třinec |
| | Jaka Avgustinčič | HDD Olimpija Ljublijana |
| | Marcel Rodman | Graz 99ers |
| | Tomaž Vnuk | VEU Feldkirch |
| | Anže Terlikar | HK Acroni Jesenice |
| | Ivo Jan | HK Olimpija Ljubljana |
| | Peter Rožič | HK Olimpija Ljubljana |
| Coaches | Matjaž Sekelj | |
| | Darko Prusnik | |
| | Andrej Vidmar | |

## Switzerland

Club :
| Goaltenders | Lars Weibel | HC Davos |
| | Marco Bührer | SC Bern |
| | Tobias Stephan | Kloten Flyers |
| Defencemen | Lukas Gerber | Fribourg-Gotteron |
| | Mark Streit | ZSC Lions |
| | Severin Blindenbacher | Kloten Flyers |
| | Martin Steinegger | SC Bern |
| | Goran Bezina | Springfield Falcons |
| | Beat Forster | HC Davos |
| | Mathias Seger | ZSC Lions |
| | Patrick Fischer | EV Zug |
| | Olivier Keller | HC Lugano |
| Forwards | Flavien Conne | HC Lugano |
| | Patric Della Rossa | ZSC Lions |
| | Adrian Wichser | HC Lugano |
| | Luca Cereda | St. John's Maple Leafs |
| | Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann | HC Lugano |
| | Patrick Fischer | HC Davos |
| | Thierry Paterlini | HC Davos |
| | Patrik Bärtschi | Kloten Flyers |
| | Valentin Wirz | Fribourg-Gotteron |
| | Martin Plüss | Kloten Flyers |
| | Marcel Jenni | Färjestad BK |
| | Sandy Jeannin | HC Lugano |
| | Björn Christen | HC Davos |
| Coaches | Ralph Krueger | |
| | Jakob Kölliker | |
| | Peter John Lee | |

## Ukraine

Club :
| Goaltenders | Kostiantyn Simchuk | Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
| | Igor Karpenko | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| | Vadim Seliverstov | Sokil Kyiv |
| Defencemen | Yuri Gunko | Sokil Kyiv |
| | Serhiy Klymentiev | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| | Vyacheslav Timchenko | Weisswasser |
| | Andriy Sryubko | Sokil Kyiv |
| | Artem Ostroushko | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| | Valeri Shyriaiev | EV Zug |
| | Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk | SKA Saint Petersburg |
| Forwards | Vasyl Bobrovnikov | Sokil Kyiv |
| | Dmitri Khristich | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| | Sergiy Kharchenko | EV Füssen |
| | Vadym Shakhraychuk | HC Spartak Moscow |
| | Vitaliy Lytvynenko | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
| | Andrei Nikolayev | Sokil Kyiv |
| | Borys Protsenko | Sokil Kyiv |
| | Kostiantyn Kasianchuk | Khimik Voskresensk |
| | Roman Salnikov | Krylya Sovetov Moscow |
| | Bogdan Savenko | Sokil Kyiv |
| | Serhiy Varlamov | St. Louis Blues |
| | Ruslan Bezshchasnyy | EV Fussen |
| | Artem Hnidenko | HK Riga 2000 |
| | Olexandr Zinevych | Peoria Rivermen |
| Coaches | Anatoly Bogdanov | |
| | Alexander Seukand | |