Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team

The Kazakhstani men's national ice hockey team is controlled by Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation. Kazakhstan is currently ranked 16th in the world by the IIHF World Ranking. In their first Olympic Games in 1998, the Kazakhs were able to win their preliminary group, surprising many, and would finish the tournament in 8th place. Kazakhstan has 6,915 current players registered in the country (0.04 % of its population). Their head coach is Andrei Skabelka.
==Olympic Record==
* 1920-1992 - Did not participate
*1994 - Did not qualify
*1998 - Finished in 8th place
*2002 - Did not qualify
*2006 - Finished in 9th place
*2010-2022 - Did not qualify
==World Championship Record==
*1920-1992 - Did not participate
*1993 - Finished in 23rd place (3rd in "Pool C")
*1994 - Finished in 24th place (4th in "Pool C")
*1995 - Finished in 22nd place (2nd in "Pool C")
*1996 - Finished in 21st place (1st in "Pool C")
*1997 - Finished in 14th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1998 - Finished in 16th place
*1999 - Finished in 19th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*2000 - Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*2001 - Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
*2002 - Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
*2003 - Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
*2004 - Finished in 13th place
*2005 - Finished in 12th place
*2006 - Finished in 15th place
*2007 - Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
*2008 - Finished in 20th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)
*2009 - Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group A)
*2010 - Finished in 16th place
*2011 - Finished in 17th place (1st in Division I, Group B)
*2012 - Finished in 16th place
*2013 - Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
*2014 - Finished in 16th place
*2015 - Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
*2016 - Finished in 16th place
*2017 - Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IA)
*2018 - Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division IA)
*2019 - Finished in 17th place (1st in Division IA)
*2020 - canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
== Actual Roster ==
Position	Number	Name 	Born 	Height 	Weight 	Shoots/Catches
G 	#1 	Henrik Karlsson 	November 27, 1983 	6ft 6in (199cm) 	218lb (99kg) 	L
G 	#20 	Sergei Kudryavtsev	April 5, 1995 	6ft 0in (184cm) 	192lb (87kg) 	L
D 	#49 	Jesse Blacker 	April 19, 1991 	6ft 2in (188cm) 	183lb (83kg) 	R
D 	#44 	Darren Dietz 	July 17, 1993 	6ft 2in (187cm) 	201lb (91kg) 	R
D 	#69 	Nikita Kleshchenko	December 15, 1996 	6ft 6in (198cm) 	201lb (91kg) 	R
D 	#85 	Alexei Maklyukov 	September 19, 1993	6ft 2in (188cm) 	179lb (81kg) 	L
D 	#6 	Leonid Metalnikov 	April 25, 1990 	5ft 11in (181cm)	187lb (85kg) 	L
D 	#28 	Valeri Orekhov 	July 17, 1999 	6ft 1in (186cm) 	190lb (86kg) 	L
D 	#4 	Yegor Shalapov 	January 27, 1995 	5ft 10in (179cm)	196lb (89kg) 	R
F 	#18 	Pavel Akolzin 	November 25, 1990 	6ft 5in (195cm) 	227lb (103kg)	L
F 	#41 	Dustin Boyd 	July 16, 1986 	6ft 1in (185cm) 	190lb (86kg) 	L
F 	#9 	Nigel Dawes 	February 9, 1985 	5ft 8in (173cm) 	201lb (91kg) 	L
F 	#68 	Dmitri Gurkov 	June 3, 1996 	5ft 11in (181cm)	172lb (78kg) 	L
F 	#10 	Nikita Mikhailis 	June 18, 1995 	5ft 9in (175cm) 	159lb (72kg) 	R
F 	#15 	Yegor Petukhov 	February 28, 1994 	5ft 10in (177cm)	170lb (77kg) 	L
F 	#88 	Yevgeni Rymarev 	September 9, 1988 	5ft 9in (175cm) 	172lb (78kg) 	L
F 	#89 	Anton Sagadeyev 	September 6, 1993 	5ft 11in (180cm)	192lb (87kg) 	L
F 	#64 	Arkadi Shestakov 	March 24, 1995 	6ft 0in (182cm) 	181lb (82kg) 	L
F 	#95 	Dmitri Shevchenko 	December 15, 1995 	6ft 5in (195cm) 	223lb (101kg)	L
F 	#48 	Roman Starchenko 	May 12, 1986 	5ft 10in (178cm)	187lb (85kg) 	L
F 	#14 	Curtis Valk 	February 8, 1993 	5ft 9in (175cm) 	170lb (77kg) 	L
F 	#8 	Talgat Zhailauov 	July 7, 1985 	5ft 9in (175cm) 	176lb (80kg) 	R
== Team Staff ==
Role 	Name 	Born
Head coach 	Andrei Skabelka 	January 20, 1971
Assistant coach 	Vladimir Kopat 	April 23, 1971
Assistant coach 	Igor Matushkin 	January 27, 1965
Goaltending coach 	Alexander Shimin 	January 2, 1970
Physical therapist	Baurzhan Zhetdikbayev	October 25, 1986
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