Belarus

Dinamo Minsk changes coaching staff

Dinamo Minsk, last in Western Conference, fired Canadian coach Gordie Dwyer and all the staff:
assistants Sergey Stas, Konstantin Koltsov , goalkeeper coach Andrei Kudin and physical training coach Gennady Lyango.
Current Belarus National Team coach Andrei Sidorenko was appointed as new coach, with Andrei Sidorenko , Andrei Kovalev and Dmitry Kravchenko to complete the coaching staff

(11 Nov 2018)

Belarus changes Head Coach

After three losses in the opening of the World Championship Belarus changes coach. Sergei Pushkov replaces Dave Lewis.

(08 May 2018)

Russia beats Belarus

Kirill Kaprizov scored twice and Pavel Datsyuk added a third goal when Russia beat Belarus 3-0 today in Moscow.

(30 Jan 2018)

World Juniors quarter finals

The World Junior Championship quarter finals will be played on Tuesday:
Czech Republic - Finland
Canada - Switzerland
Sweden - Slovakia
USA - Russia

Belarus and Denmark will play three games to decide who relegates.

(01 Jan 2018)

Sweden will play in Belarus

Belarus and Sweden will play two friendly games in preparation for World Championship 2017. Both games will be held in Grodno, at the Ice Sports Palace, on on Friday and Saturday, 21 and 22 April 2017

(17 Jan 2017)

U20 World Juniors Div1A started

The U20 World Championship Division I Group A started today in Asiago. The winners on the opening day were Belarus, Latvia and Norway.

(15 Dec 2014)

Krikunov resigned as Belarus coach and goes to Neftekhimik

Lasted a little over a month the experience of Vladimir Krikunov at the helm of Belarus national team. Russian coach resigned after a meeting with new Federation President Igor Rachovsky. In EIHC in Slovenia, played last weekend, Belarus lost all three games.
Some hours after the dismissal, Krikunov was announced as new coach of Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

(12 Nov 2014)

World Championship quarter-finals

The quarter-final match-ups of the World Championship in Minsk is now decided after the group stage has ended. USA will play Czech Republic in the first game. Then follow Russia-France, Canada-Finland and Sweden-Belarus. All four will be played on Thursday.

(20 May 2014)

Platt and Lalande can play for Belarus

Goalkeeper Kevin Lalande and forward Geoff Platt, both playing for Dinamo Minsk, have received official permission from the IIHF to play for the national team of Belarus.
Canadian born Geoff Platt and Kevin Lalande got Belarusian citizenship in December 2011.

(03 Oct 2013)

Glen Henlon named Belarus coaching staff

Belarus national team coach Glen Henlon named Eduard Zankovets and Oleg Mikulchik as assistant coaches.
Zankovets has served as head coach of the national team in the 2010-2011 season, as well as an assistant coach from 2005 to 2009. At World Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2009 Eduard Zankovets helped same Glen Hanlon.
From 2005 to 2007 Zankovets lead the Belarus U-20 team.

Oleg Mikulchik worked as assisstant coach and later in the 2010-2011 season as head coach of Belarus U20 before to spent two seasons in Ukraine at Donbas-2 winning twice the Ukranian title

(24 Aug 2013)