2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Below are the rosters for teams competing in the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group A

Czech Republic

• Head coach: Jaroslav Holík

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Zdeněk Šmíd	HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary
GK	30	Tomáš Duba	HC Sparta Praha
D	3	Petr Svoboda	HC Oceláři Třinec	Toronto Maple Leafs
D	5	David Hájek	KLH Chomutov
D	6	Jiří David	HC Barum Continental Zlín
D	7	Josef Jindra	HC České Budějovice
D	8	Zdeněk Kutlák	HC České Budějovice
D	9	Martin Holý	HC Sparta Praha
D	13	Angel Krstev	Lethbridge Hurricanes
F	10	Tomáš Horna	HC Velvana Kladno
F	14	Milan Kraft	Prince Albert Raiders	Pittsburgh Penguins
F	15	Martin Havlát	HC Oceláři Třinec	Ottawa Senators
F	16	Zbyněk Irgl	HC Vítkovice
F	18	Vladimír Novák	HC Dukla Jihlava
F	19	Václav Nedorost	HC České Budějovice
F	20	Jan Sochor	HC Slavia Praha	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	22	Josef Vašíček	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Carolina Hurricanes
F	24	Jaroslav Kristek	Tri-City Americans	Buffalo Sabres
F	25	Michal Sivek	Prince Albert Raiders	Washington Capitals
F	26	Jaroslav Svoboda	Kootenay Ice	Carolina Hurricanes
F	28	Libor Pivko	HC Femax Havířov
F	29	Jan Boháč	HC Slavia Praha

Canada

• Head coach: Claude Julien

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Brian Finley	Barrie Colts	Nashville Predators
GK	30	Maxime Ouellet	Quebec Remparts	Philadelphia Flyers
D	2	Matt Kinch	Calgary Hitmen	Buffalo Sabres
D	3	Jay Bouwmeester	Medicine Hat Tigers
D	18	Steve McCarthy	Kootenay Ice	Chicago Blackhawks
D	20	Barret Jackman	Regina Pats	St. Louis Blues
D	21	Joe Rullier	Rimouski Océanic	Los Angeles Kings
D	24	Kyle Rossiter	Spokane Chiefs	Florida Panthers
D	33	Mathieu Biron	New York Islanders	New York Islanders
F	6	Manny Malhotra	New York Rangers	New York Rangers
F	7	Éric Chouinard	Quebec Remparts	Montreal Canadiens
F	9	Brad Richards	Rimouski Océanic	Tampa Bay Lightning
F	10	Chris Nielsen	Calgary Hitmen	New York Islanders
F	11	Dany Heatley	University of Wisconsin
F	12	Tyler Bouck	Prince George Cougars	Dallas Stars
F	16	Mark Bell	Ottawa 67's	Chicago Blackhawks
F	19	Jason Spezza	Windsor Spitfires
F	25	Brandon Reid	Halifax Mooseheads
F	26	Matt Pettinger	Calgary Hitmen
F	27	Michael Ryder	Hull Olympiques	Montreal Canadiens
F	31	Jamie Lundmark	Moose Jaw Warriors	New York Rangers
F	35	Mike Ribeiro	Quebec Remparts	Montreal Canadiens

United States of America

• Head coach: Jeff Jackson

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	29	Rick DiPietro	Boston University
GK	30	Philippe Sauvé	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Colorado Avalanche
D	2	Ron Hainsey	University of Massachusetts Lowell
D	3	Brooks Orpik	Boston College
D	4	Jordan Leopold	University of Minnesota	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
D	5	Patrick Aufiero	Boston University	New York Rangers
D	6	Jeff Jillson	University of Michigan	San Jose Sharks
D	10	Mike Stuart	Colorado College
D	22	Doug Janik	University of Maine	Buffalo Sabres
F	7	Willie Levesque	Northeastern University	San Jose Sharks
F	8	Brad Winchester	University of Wisconsin
F	9	Connor Dunlop	University of Notre Dame
F	11	Brett Henning	University of Notre Dame	New York Islanders
F	15	Dan Cavanaugh	Boston University	Calgary Flames
F	16	John Sabo	Boston University
F	18	Adam Hall	Michigan State University	Nashville Predators
F	19	Andy Hilbert	University of Michigan
F	21	David Inman	University of Notre Dame	New York Rangers
F	23	Jeff Taffe	University of Minnesota
F	25	Patrick Foley	University of New Hampshire
F	26	Brett Nowak	Harvard University
F	27	Barrett Heisten	University of Maine	Buffalo Sabres

Finland

• Head coach: Hannu Kapanen

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Antero Niittymäki	HC TPS	Philadelphia Flyers
GK	30	Ari Ahonen	HIFK	New Jersey Devils
D	4	Arto Tukio	Ilves
D	6	Tapio Sammalkangas	Ilves
D	7	Mikko Jokela	SaiPa	New Jersey Devils
D	8	Tuukka Mäntylä	Tappara
D	9	Ossi Väänänen	Jokerit	Phoenix Coyotes
D	12	Arto Laatikainen	Espoo Blues	New York Rangers
D	18	Markus Kankaanperä	JYP Jyväskylä	Vancouver Canucks
F	13	Ville Hämäläinen	SaiPa
F	14	Teemu Normio	Tappara
F	15	Teemu Laine	Jokerit
F	16	Jari Viuhkola	Oulun Kärpät	Chicago Blackhawks
F	17	Mikko Kaukokari	Espoo Blues
F	19	Jani Väänänen	KJT Haukat
F	20	Tomek Valtonen	Jokerit	Detroit Red Wings
F	21	Antti Miettinen	HPK
F	22	Jani Rita	Jokerit	Edmonton Oilers
F	23	Miikka Lindholm	KJT Haukat
F	24	Riku Hahl	HPK	Colorado Avalanche
F	26	Marko Ahosilta	KJT Haukat	New Jersey Devils
F	28	Topi Riutta	JYP Jyväskylä

Slovakia

• Head coach: Dušan Žiška

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Karol Križan	HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš
GK	30	Rastislav Staňa	Moose Jaw Warriors	Washington Capitals
D	3	Ladislav Harabin	HC ŠKP Poprad
D	4	Marek Kolba	HC ŠKP Poprad
D	5	Dušan Devečka	HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš
D	6	Vladimír Urban	HK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš
D	7	Branislav Mezei	Belleville Bulls	New York Islanders
D	8	Kristián Kudroč	Quebec Remparts	New York Islanders
D	10	Tomáš Starosta	HK Dukla Trenčín
D	12	René Vydarený	Rimouski Océanic	Vancouver Canucks
F	14	Branko Radivojevič	Belleville Bulls	Colorado Avalanche
F	15	Jozef Mrena	Prince George Cougars
F	16	Ľubomír Pištek	Kelowna Rockets	Philadelphia Flyers
F	18	Miroslav Zálešák	Drummondville Voltigeurs	San Jose Sharks
F	19	Marcel Hossa	Portland Winterhawks
F	20	Martin Cibák	Medicine Hat Tigers	Tampa Bay Lightning
F	22	Tomáš Kopecký	HK Dukla Trenčín
F	23	Marián Gáborík	HK Dukla Trenčín
F	26	Roman Kukumberg	MHC Nitra
F	27	Juraj Kolník	Rimouski Océanic	New York Islanders
F	28	Milan Bartovič	Brandon Wheat Kings	Buffalo Sabres
F	29	Tomáš Surový	ŠaHK Banská Bystrica

Group B

Russia

• Head coach: Petr Vorobiev

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	20	Ilya Bryzgalov	HC Lada Togliatti
GK	30	Alexei Volkov	Halifax Mooseheads	Los Angeles Kings
D	2	Alexander Lyubimov	CSK VVS Samara
D	3	Mikhail Balandin	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
D	4	Igor Sсhadilov	HC Dynamo Moscow	Washington Capitals
D	6	Kirill Safronov	Quebec Remparts	Phoenix Coyotes
D	8	Denis Denisov	HC CSKA Moscow
D	10	Artyom Maryams	Torpedo Yaroslavl
D	22	Alexander Ryazantsev	Victoriaville Tigres	Colorado Avalanche
D	23	Andrei Esipov	Torpedo Yaroslavl
F	9	Valeri Khlebnikov	Torpedo Yaroslavl
F	11	Denis Shvidki	Barrie Colts	Florida Panthers
F	12	Oleg Smirnov	HC Spartak Moscow	Edmonton Oilers
F	13	Sergei Zinovyev	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
F	14	Yevgeni Muratov	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
F	15	Alexander Zevakhin	HC CSKA Moscow	Pittsburgh Penguins
F	18	Anton But	Torpedo Yaroslavl	New Jersey Devils
F	19	Yevgeni Fyodorov	Molot-Prikamie Perm
F	21	Dmitri Afanasenkov	Sherbrooke Castors	Tampa Bay Lightning
F	24	Yevgeni Lapin	Torpedo Yaroslavl
F	27	Alexei Tereschenko	HC Dynamo Moscow
F	29	Pavel Duma	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk

Sweden

• Head coach: Lars Molin

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Johan Asplund	Brynäs IF	New York Rangers
GK	30	Jonas Fransson	Tranås AIF
D	2	Peter Messa	IF Troja/Ljungby
D	3	Herman Hultgren	Brynäs IF
D	4	Niklas Kronwall	Djurgårdens IF
D	5	Erik Lewerström	Grums IK	Phoenix Coyotes
D	8	Christian Bäckman	Västra Frölunda HC	St. Louis Blues
D	10	Viktor Wallin	HV71	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
D	22	Magnus Hedlund	Mora IK
D	24	Jonas Frögren	Bofors IK	Calgary Flames
F	11	Henrik Zetterberg	Timrå IK	Detroit Red Wings
F	12	Daniel Sedin	Modo Hockey	Vancouver Canucks
F	14	Kenneth Bergqvist	Brynäs IF
F	15	Gabriel Karlsson	HV71	Dallas Stars
F	16	Per Hallin	Södertälje SK
F	19	Christian Berglund	Färjestad BK	New Jersey Devils
F	20	Henrik Sedin	Modo Hockey	Vancouver Canucks
F	21	Björn Melin	HV71	New York Islanders
F	23	Tony Mårtensson	Wings HC Arlanda
F	26	Jimmie Ölvestad	Djurgårdens IF	Tampa Bay Lightning
F	28	David Nyström	IF Troja/Ljungby	Philadelphia Flyers
F	29	Rickard Wallin	IF Troja/Ljungby	Phoenix Coyotes

Switzerland

• Head coach: Jakob Kölliker

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	20	Simon Züger	GCK Lions
GK	30	Pasquale Sievert	HC Lugano
D	3	Timo Helbling	HC Davos	Nashville Predators
D	5	Mathias Wüst	EHC Kloten
D	6	David Jobin	SC Bern
D	9	Reto Kobach	EV Zug
D	11	Martin Höhener	EHC Kloten
D	13	Goran Bezina	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Phoenix Coyotes
D	15	Fabian Stephan	SC Bern
F	4	Flavien Conne	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
F	12	Mark Heberlein	HC Davos
F	16	Luca Cereda	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	17	Björn Christen	SC Bern
F	18	Marc Reichert	SC Bern
F	19	Paolo Duca	HC Ambrì-Piotta
F	23	Marcel Sommer	SC Rapperswil-Jona
F	24	Stefan Niggli	EV Zug
F	25	Loïc Burkhalter	SC Rapperswil-Jona
F	26	Andre Bielmann	EHC Kloten
F	27	Sven Helfenstein	EHC Kloten
F	28	Silvan Lüssy	GCK Lions
F	29	Adrian Wichser	EHC Kloten	Florida Panthers

Kazakhstan

• Head coach: Vasily Vasilchenko

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Yevgeni Cherepanov	Kazzinc-Torpedo
GK	20	Alexander Kolyuzhny	Kazzinc-Torpedo
D	2	Roman Rylsky	Kazzinc-Torpedo
D	3	Yevgeni Ivanov	Kazzinc-Torpedo
D	4	Vladimir Logvin	Kazzinc-Torpedo
D	5	Alexei Litvinenko	HC Dynamo Moscow	Phoenix Coyotes
D	7	Pavel Yakovlev	Amur Khabarovsk
D	8	Alexei Vasilchenko	Kazzinc-Torpedo
D	9	Pavel Serdyukov	Rubin Tyumen
D	18	Yevgeni Mazunin	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	11	Mikhail Yuriev	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	12	Yevgeni Tanygin	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	13	Sergei Chebotarevsky	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	14	Yevgeni Petrukhin	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	16	Roman Azanov	Severstal Cherepovets
F	17	Alexander Golts	HC Sibir Novosibirsk
F	21	Alexander Krevsun	HC Lada Togliatti	Nashville Predators
F	22	Vadim Sozinov	Kristall Saratov
F	23	Rustam Yesirkenov	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	26	Alexei Rodionov	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	27	Inar Uteyev	Kazzinc-Torpedo
F	30	Ivan Tuyembayev	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg

Ukraine

• Head coach: Olexander Kulikov

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Vadim Seliverstov	Sokil Kiev
GK	22	Vitali Lebed	Sokil Kiev
D	2	Denis Isayenko	HC Berkut
D	3	Yevgeni Piszarenko	Steaua Rangers
D	4	Yevgeni Yemelyanenko	Ldinka Kiev
D	5	Sergei Mudryi	HC Berkut
D	6	Olexander Skorokhod	HC Berkut
D	9	Alexander Pobedonostsev	Ldinka Kiev
D	10	Vasili Gorbenko	HC Berkut
D	23	Roman Sherbatyuk	Sokil Kiev
F	8	Yevgeni Sidorov	HC Berkut
F	12	Artyom Bondaryev	Ldinka Kiev
F	13	Olexander Khmyl	Sokil Kiev
F	14	Andrei Butochnov	Sokil Kiev
F	15	Oleg Shafarenko	Sokil Kiev
F	16	Olexander Panchenko	Ldinka Kiev
F	17	Artyom Gnidenko	HC Berkut
F	18	Dmitri Yudenko	Ldinka Kiev
F	21	Pavel Shtefan	Windsor Spitfires
F	25	Olexander Yanchenko	Ldinka Kiev
F	26	Denis Zabludovsky	Ldinka Kiev
F	28	Olexander Materukhin	Acadie-Bathurst Titan

References

• IIHF Official Results – Top Division