Ice Hockey Federation of Russia


The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia is the governing body overseeing ice hockey in Russia. In 2019 Russia had 110,624 ice hockey players registered with its ice hockey federation.

History

The federation was founded on 12 November 1991, during the existence of the Soviet Union and the Russian SFSR, as the "Ice Hockey Federation of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic / Ice Hockey Federation of Russia". On 19 January 1992, after the Soviet Union was dissolved and Russia took over the international rights and obligations of the Soviet Union, the federation became the official successor of the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation and its successes and its full membership in the International Ice Hockey Federation.

National teams

Men

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