1998 IIHF World Championship rosters

None January 2026 Rosters at the 1998 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland. Rosters Sweden 1. SWE Goaltenders: Tommy Salo, Johan Hedberg, Magnus Eriksson. Defenders: Mattias Öhlund, Kim Johnsson, Jan Mertzig, Niclas Hävelid, Mattias Norström, Hans Jonsson, Johan Tornberg, Christer Olsson. Forwards: Anders Huusko, Mikael Johansson, Tommy Westlund, Mats Sundin, Nichlas Falk, Jonas Bergqvist, Mikael Renberg, Peter Forsberg, Ulf Dahlén, Peter Nordström, Patric Kjellberg, Jörgen Jönsson, Fredrik Modin, Niklas Sundström. Coaches: Kent Forsberg, Tommy Tomth. Finland 2. FIN Goaltenders: Ari Sulander, Jarmo Myllys, Vesa Toskala. Defencemen: Kimmo Timonen, Jere Karalahti, Marko Kiprusoff, Toni Lydman, Janne Laukkanen, Petteri Nummelin, Antti-Jussi Niemi, Kaj Linna. Forwards: Raimo Helminen, Ville Peltonen, Sami Kapanen, Antti Törmänen, Juha Ikonen, Mika Alatalo, Mikko Eloranta, Kimmo Rintanen, Jarkko Ruutu, Joni Lius, Olli Jokinen, Marko Tuomainen, Toni Mäkiaho. Coaches: Hannu Aravirta, Esko Nokelainen, Jari Kaarela. Czech Republic 3. CZE Goaltenders: Milan Hnilička, Roman Čechmánek, Martin Prusek. Defencemen: František Kučera, František Kaberle, Jiří Vykoukal, Libor Procházka, Robert Kántor, Jiří Šlégr, Jiří Veber, Václav Burda. Forwards: Radek Bělohlav, Pavel Patera, Martin Procházka, David Výborný, Ladislav Lubina, Jiří Dopita, Marián Kacíř, Jan Hlaváč, Robert Reichel, Petr Sýkora, Josef Beránek, David Moravec, Patrik Eliáš, Milan Hejduk. Coaches: Ivan Hlinka, Slavomír Lener, Vladimír Martinec. Switzerland 4. SUI Goaltenders: Reto Pavoni, David Aebischer. Defencemen: Patrick Sutter, Martin Steinegger, Mathias Sieger, Edgar Salis, Dino Kessler, Mark Streit, Martin Rauch, Olivier Keller. Forwards: Marcel Jenni, Gian-Marco Crameri, Reto Von Arx, Patrick Fischer, Peter Jaks, Michel Zeiter, Misko Antisin, Claudio Micheli, Martin Plüss, Ivo Rüthemann, Michel Riesen, Sandy Jeannin, Franz Steffen, Mattia Baldi. Coaches: Ralph Krueger. Russia 5. RUS Goaltenders: Yegor Podomatsky, Maxim Sokolov, Oleg Shevtsov. Defencemen: Marat Davydov, Sergei Fokin, Dmitri Yerofeyev, Dmitri Yushkevich, Danny Markov, Andrei Skopintsev, Sergei Zhukov. Forwards: Sergei Berezin, Oleg Belov, Alexei Chupin, Alexei Kovalev, Viktor Kozlov, Alexei Kudashov, Alexei Morozov, Andrei Nazarov, Sergei Nemchinov, Sergei Petrenko, Oleg Petrov, Vitali Prokhorov, Mikhail Sarmatin. Coach: Alexander Yakushev. Canada 6. CAN Goaltenders: Jeff Hackett, Félix Potvin. Defencemen: Ed Jovanovski, Bryan McCabe, Cory Cross, Gord Murphy, Rob Blake, James Patrick, Mickey Elick. Forwards: Ray Whitney, Trevor Linden, Éric Dazé, Keith Primeau, Nelson Emerson, Todd Bertuzzi, Steve Rucchin, Glen Murray, Travis Green, Rob Zamuner, Martin Gélinas, Chris Gratton. Coach: Andy Murray. Slovakia 7. SVK Goaltenders: Pavol Rybár, Miroslav Šimonovič, Miroslav Michálek. Defencemen: Jerguš Bača, Róbert Pukalovič, Ľubomír Višňovský, Ľubomír Sekeráš, Stanislav Jasečko, Ivan Droppa, Róbert Švehla. Forwards: Roman Stantien, Peter Pucher, Jozef Stümpel, René Pucher, Jozef Voskár, Zdeno Cíger, Branislav Jánoš, Igor Rataj, Ján Pardavý, Peter Bartoš, Radoslav Kropáč, Richard Kapuš, Jozef Daňo. Coaches: Ján Šterbák, František Hossa. Belarus 8. BLR Goaltenders: Alexander Gavrilenok, Andrei Mezin. Defencemen: Oleg Romanov, Igor Matushkin, Sergei Stas, Ruslan Salei, Oleg Mikulchik, Sergei Jerkovitsh, Oleg Khmyl. Forwards: Vadim Bekbulatov, Alexei Kalyuzhny, Vasili Pankov, Dmitry Pankov, Alexander Andrijevski, Andrei Skabelka, Aleksey Lozhkin, Sergei Shytkovsky, Oleg Antonenko, Alexander Galchenyuk, Andrei Kovalev, Viktor Karachun. Coaches: Anatoli Varivonchik. Latvia 9. LAT Goaltenders: Juris Klodāns, Artūrs Irbe. Defencemen: Sandis Ozoliņš, Sergejs Cudinovs, Normunds Sējējs, Kārlis Skrastiņš, Rodrigo Laviņš, Igors Bondarevs, Andrei Matytsin, Atvars Tribuncovs. Forwards: Olegs Znaroks, Harijs Viloliņš, Aleksandrs Kercs, Leonids Tambijevs, Aleksandrs Ņiživijs, Aigars Cipruss, Andrei Ignatovics, Alexander Beliavski, Herberts Vasiļjevs, Aleksandrs Semjonovs, Juris Opuļskis, Igors Pavlovs. Coach: Leonīds Beresņevs. Italy 10. ITA Goaltenders: Mario Brunetta, Andrea Carpano, Mike Rosati. Defencemen: Leo Insam, Robert Oberrauch, Michele Strazzabosco, Christopher Bartolone, Lawrence Rucchin, Giovanni Marchetti, Mike de Angelis. Forwards: Lucio Topatigh, Mansi Maurizio, Gates Orlando, Mario Chitaroni, Bruno Zarrillo, Roland Ramoser, Tony Iob, Armando Chelodi, Joe Busillo, Stefano Margoni, Markus Brunner, Alexander Geschliesser. Coach: Adolf Insam. Germany 11. GER Goaltenders: Kai Fischer, Joseph Heiß, Marc Seliger. Defencemen: Sasha Goc, Stefan Mayer, Daniel Nowak, Klaus Micheller, Erich Goldmann, Lars Brüggemann, Michael Bresagk. Forwards: Dieter Hegen, Peter Draisaitl, Mark MacKay, Andreas Lupzig, Jürgen Rumrich, Jochen Hecht, Sven Felski, Leo Stefan, Florain Keller, Reemt Pyka, Christoph Sandner, Christopher Straube, Rainer Zerwesz. Coach: George Kingston. United States 12. USA Goaltenders: Mike Dunham, Garth Snow, Tim Thomas. Defencemen: Eric Weinrich, Al Iafrate, Mike Crowley, Greg Brown, Adam Burt, Chris Luongo, Paul Stanton, Dan Trebil, Kevin Dean. Forwards: Bryan Smolinski, Matt Cullen, Chris Drury, Bates Battaglia, Tom Chorske, Darby Hendrickson, Ted Drury, Kevin Miller, Donald Brashear, Mark Parrish, Shjon Podein, Doug Barrault. Coach: Jeff Jackson. France 13. France Goaltenders: Francois Gravel, Cristobal Huet, Fabrice Lhenry. Defencemen: Jean-Christophe Filippin, Karl Dewolf, Denis Perez, Jean-Philippe Lemoine, Gérald Guennelon, Steven Woodburn, Stephane Gachet. Forwards: Philippe Bozon, Stanislas Solaux, Richard Aimonetto, Stephane Barin, Jonathan Zwikel, Maurice Rozenthal, Arnaud Briand, Anthony Mortas, Laurent Gras, Fracois Rozenthal, Pierre Allard, Roger Dube, Robert Ouellet. Coach: Herb Brooks. Japan 14. Japan Goaltenders: Dusty Imoo, Shinichi Iwasaki, Jiro Nihei. Defencemen: Takeshi Yamanaka, Tatsuki Katayama, Takayuki Kobori, Hiroyuki Miura, Daniel Daikawa, Yutaka Kawaguchi, Takayuki Miura, Fumitaka Miyauchi. Forwards: Shin Yahata, Toshiyuki Sakai, Ryan Kuwabara, Matthew Kabayama, Yasunori Iwata, Kiyoshi Fujita, Hiroshi Matsuura, Akihito Sugisawa, Tsutsumi Otomo, Masaki Shirono, Junji Sakata, Hideji Tsuchida. Coach: Masaru Seino. Austria 15. Austria Goaltenders: Claus Dalpiaz, Reinhard Divis. Defencemen: Gerhard Unterluggauer, Tom Searle, Martin Ulrich, Herbert Hohenberger, Michael Lampert, Englebert Linder, Michael Güntner. Forwards: Simon Wheeldom, Dieter Kalt, Andreas Pusnik, Christoph Brandner, Christian Perthaler, Gerald Ressman, Wolfgang Kromp, Günther Lanzinger, Mario Schaden, Normand Krumpschmid, Rick Nasheim, Patrick Piloni, Gerhard Pusnik. Coach: Ron Kennedy. Kazakhstan 16. Kazakhstan Goaltenders: Roman Krivomazov, Aleksandr Shimin, Vitali Yeremeyev. Defencemen: Vadim Glovatsky, Alexei Troshchinski, Vitaly Tregubov, Vladimir Antipin, Igor Nikitin, Igor Zemlyanoy, Viktor Bystryantsev, Andrei Sokolov. Forwards: Andrei Pchelyakov, Alexander Koreshkov, Mikhail Borodulin, Pavel Kamentsev, Nikolai Antropov, Dmitri Dudarev, Yevgeniy Koreshkov, Oleg Kryazhev, Andrei Raisky, Konstantin Shafranov, Andrei Troshchinski, Erlan Sagymbayev. Coach: Boris Alexandrov. References https://web.archive.org/web/20100308074814/http://hokej.snt.cz/index.html Podnieks Andrew IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 2010 Moydart Press 162–3 http://quanthockey.com rosters Category:IIHF World Championship rosters