# 2000 IIHF World Championship rosters

Rosters at the 2000 IIHF World Championship in Russia.

## Rosters
### Czech Republic

Goaltenders: Roman Čechmánek, Dušan Salfický, Vladimír Hudáček. Defencemen: Petr Buzek, František Kučera, Michal Sýkora, Martin Štěpánek, Ladislav Benýšek, František Kaberle, Radek Martínek. Forwards: Jiří Dopita, Robert Reichel, Jan Tomajko, David Výborný, Tomáš Vlasák, Václav Prospal, Pavel Patera, Martin Procházka, Martin Havlát, Václav Varaďa, Michal Broš, Petr Čajánek, Martin Špaňhel. Coaches: Josef Augusta, Vladimír Martinec.

### Slovakia

Goaltenders: Pavol Rybár, Ján Lašák, Miroslav Lipovský. Defencemen: Ľubomír Sekeráš, Ivan Droppa, Stanislav Jasečko, Zdeno Chára, Peter Podhradský, Ľubomír Višňovský, Martin Štrbák, Radoslav Suchý. Forwards: Miroslav Šatan, Ľubomír Hurtaj, Richard Kapuš, Peter Bartoš, Vlastimil Plavucha, Miroslav Hlinka, Ján Pardavý, Peter Pucher, Michal Hreus, Ľubomír Vaic, Ronald Petrovický, Ľuboš Bartečko, Michal Handzuš. Coach: Ján Filc.

### Finland

Goaltenders: Pasi Nurminen, Ari Sulander, Vesa Toskala. Defencemen: Aki Berg, Jere Karalahti, Jyrki Lumme, Toni Lydman, Antti-Jussi Niemi, Janne Niinimaa, Petteri Nummelin. Forwards: Antti Aalto, Raimo Helminen, Jukka Hentunen, Olli Jokinen, Tomi Kallio, Niko Kapanen, Juha Lind, Ville Peltonen, Kimmo Rintanen, Toni Sihvonen, Esa Tikkanen, Marko Tuomainen, Tony Virta. Coach: Hannu Aravirta.

### Canada

Goaltenders: José Théodore, Fred Brathwaite, Jamie Ram.
Defencemen: Patrick Traverse, Chris Phillips, Jeff Finley, Adrian Aucoin, Larry Murphy, Robyn Regehr, Yannick Tremblay, Ed Jovanovski. Forwards: Peter Schaefer, Brendan Morrison, Mike Johnson, Trevor Letowski, Brad Isbister, Mike Sillinger, Dean McAmmond, Martin Lapointe, Jamal Mayers, Steve Sullivan, Kris Draper, Curtis Brown, Todd Bertuzzi, Ryan Smyth. Coaches: Tom Renney, Butch Goring, Mike Pelino

### United States

Goaltenders: Robert Esche, Damian Rhodes, Karl Goehring.
Defencemen: Phil Housley, Eric Weinrich, Chris Luongo, Mike Mottau, Chris O'Sullivan, Ben Clymer, Hal Gill. Forwards: Mike Peluso, Brian Gionta, Steve Konowalchuk, Chris Tancill, Steve Heinze, Jason Blake, Sean Haggerty, Jeff Halpern, Darby Hendrickson, Jeff Nielsen, Derek Plante, David Legwand, Eric Boguniecki. Coaches: Lou Vairo.

### Switzerland

Goaltenders: Martin Gerber, Reto Pavoni.
Defencemen: Patrick Sutter, Olivier Keller, Edgar Salis, Mark Streit, Julien Vauclair, Mathias Seger, Martin Steinegger, Rolf Ziegler. Forwards: Gian-Marco Crameri, Patrick Fischer, Marcel Jenni, Thomas Ziegler, Ivo Rüthemann, Reto Von Arx, Flavien Conne, Alain Demuth, Michel Riesen, Patric Della Rossa, Claudio Micheli, Michel Zeiter, Jean-Jacques Aeschlimann. Coaches: Ralph Krueger.

### Sweden

Goaltenders: Andreas Hadelöv, Mikael Tellqvist, Tommy Salo. Defencemen: Peter Andersson, Ricard Persson, Rikard Franzén, Mattias Norström, Björn Nord, Mikael Magnusson, Daniel Tjärnqvist. Forwards: Kristian Gahn, Per-Johan Axelsson, Daniel Sedin, Mikael Hakanson, Samuel Påhlsson, Peter Nordström, Henrik Sedin, Jörgen Jönsson, Kristian Huselius, Fredrik Lindquist, Jonas Rönnqvist, Fredrik Modin, Michael Nylander. Coaches: Stephan Lundh, Hardy Nilsson.

### Latvia

Goaltenders: Artūrs Irbe, Sergejs Naumovs. Defencemen: Kārlis Skrastiņš, Rodrigo Laviņš, Andrejs Maticins, Normunds Sējējs, Viktors Ignatjevs, Atvars Tribuncovs, Igors Bondarevs. Forwards: Aleksandrs Beļavskis, Aleksandrs Ņiživijs, Aleksandrs Semjonovs, Juris Opuļskis, Aleksandrs Kercs, Leonids Tambijevs, Vjačeslavs Fanduļs, Grigorijs Panteļejevs, Harijs Vītoliņš, Janis Sprukts, Sergejs Seņins, Artis Ābols, Aigars Cipruss, Herberts Vasiļjevs. Coaches: Haralds Vasiļjevs.

### Belarus

Goaltenders: Andrei Mezin, Leonid Fatikov. Defencemen: Sergei Stas, Oleg Khmyl, Ruslan Salei, Oleg Romanov, Igor Matushkin, Yuri Krivokhiza, Alexander Makritski, Vladimir Kopat. Forwards: Vladimir Tsyplakov, Andrei Kovalev, Alexei Kalyuzhny, Alexander Andrijevski, Andrei Skabelka, Viktor Karachun, Vasily Pankov, Vitali Valui, Dmitry Starostenko, Dmitry Pankov, Dmitri Dudik, Alexander Galchenyuk. Coaches: Anatoli Varivonchik.

### Norway

Goaltenders: Rob Schistad, Vidar Wold. Defencemen: Mats Trygg, Tommy Jakobsen, Svein Enok Nørstebø, Johnny Nilsen, Ketil Wold, Martin Sellgren. Forwards: Trond Magnussen, Per-Åge Skrøder, Tore Vikingstad, Martin Knold, Ole Eskild Dahlstrom, Marius Trygg, Morten Fjeld, Joakim Saether, Sjur Robert Nilsen, Pål Johnsen, Mads Hansen, Anders Fredriksen, Geir Svendsberget, Stig Vesterheim. Coaches: Leif Boork.

### Russia

Goaltenders: Ilja Bryzgalov, Yegor Podomatsky. Defencemen: Maxim Galanov, Sergei Gonchar, Alexander Khavanov, Igor Kravchuk, Andrej Markov, Dmitri Mironov, Alexei Zhitnik.
Forwards: Maxim Afinogenov, Pavel Bure, Alexander Kharitonov, Alexei Yashin, Valeri Kamensky, Andrei Kovalenko, Viktor Kozlov, Alexei Kudashov, Andrei Nikolishin, Oleg Petrov, Alexander Prokopiev, Maxim Sushinski, Alexei Zhamnov. Coaches: Alexander Yakushev, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Vladislav Tretyak.

### Italy

Goaltenders: Andrea Carpano, Mike Rosati. Defencemen: Carlo Lorenzi, Armin Helfer, Christopher Bartolone, Leo Insam, Georg Comploi, Ingemar Gruber, Michele Strazzabosco.
Forwards: Bruno Zarrillo, Mario Chitaroni, Dino Felicetti, Vezio Sacratini, Lucio Topatigh, Lino De Toni, Maurizio Mansi, Stefano Margoni, Manuel De Toni, Roland Ramoser, Stefan Zisser, Joe Busillo, Armando Chelodi. Coaches: Adolf Insam.

### Austria

Goaltenders: Reinhard Divis, Claus Dalpiaz, Michael Suttnig. Defencemen: Tom Searle, Gerhard Unterluggauer, Martin Ulrich, Herbert Hohenberger, Dominic Lavoie, Andre Lakos, Peter Kasper.
Forwards: Christoph Brandner, Dieter Kalt, Simon Wheeldon, Matthias Trattnig, Martin Hohenberger, Artur Marczell, Christian Perthaler, Wolfgang Kromp, Günther Lanzinger, Mario Schaden, Gregor Baumgartner, Philipp Lukas, Gerald Ressmann. Coaches: Ron Kennedy.

### Ukraine

Goaltenders: Igor Karpenko, Yevgeni Brul, Vadim Selivertsov. Defencemen: Olexander Savitsky, Dmitri Yakushin, Gennady Razin, Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk, Serhiy Klymentiev, Artem Ostroushko, Oleg Polkovnikov.
Forwards: Vitaliy Lytvynenko, Olexander Matviychuk, Serhiy Varlamov, Vadym Shakhraychuk, Borys Protsenko, Konstantin Kalmikov, Vasyl Bobrovnikov, Valentyn Oletsky, Bogdan Savenko, Ruslan Bezchasny, Andrei Voyush, Olexander Yakovenko, Olexei Lazarenko. Coaches: Anatoliy Bogdanov.

### France

Goaltenders: Cristobal Huet, Patrick Rolland, Fabrice Lhenry. Defencemen: Denis Perez, Baptiste Amar, Karl Dewolf, Vincent Bachet, Gregory Dubois, Jean-Christophe Filippin, Jean-Marc Soghomonian.
Forwards: Arnaud Briand, Maurice Rozenthal, Benoit Bachelet, Philippe Bozon, Stephane Barin, Jonathan Zwikel, Laurent Meunier, Richard Aimonetto, Francois Rozenthal, Yorick Treille, Anthony Mortas, Robert Ouellet, Pierre Allard. Coach: Stephane Sabourin.

### Japan

Goaltenders: Dusty Imoo, Shinichi Iwasaki. Defencemen: Yutaka Kawaguchi, Takayuki Kobori, Akihito Isojima, Tatsuki Katayama, Hiroyuki Miura, Kengo Ito, Fumitaka Miyauchi, Makoto Kawashima.
Forwards: Ryan Kuwabara, Kiyoshi Fujita, Chris Yule, Tomohito Kobayashi, Yasunori Iwata, Matthew Kabayama, Yosuke Kon, Takahito Suzuki, Taro Nihei, Yutaka Ono, Hideji Tsuchida, Masakazu Sato. Coach: Steve Tsujiura.