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Oleg Znarok
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Oleg Valerievich Znarok (Russian: Олег Валерьевич Знарок, Latvian: Oļegs Znaroks; born 2 January 1963) is a Soviet-Latvian professional ice hockey player. In 2022, he was the head coach of Ak Bars Kazan in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and consultant of the Russia men's national ice hockey team.[1]
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Oleg Znarok | |||
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Born |
(1963-01-02) 2 January 1963 (age 61) Ust-Katav, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Dinamo Riga Vítkovice EV Landsberg EHC Freiburg Heilbronner Falken | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 1979–2002 |
Internationally, he guided Russia to gold, silver, two bronze performances in the 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Championships, respectively, and to a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] Znarok coached the Latvian national team at five IIHF World Championships, two IIHF World U-20 Championships and one IIHF World U-18 Championship.[3]
He had coached Dynamo Moscow to back to back Gagarin Cup championships, in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons, and a Continental Cup in 2013–14 season. As well taking HC MVD to an appearance in the Gagarin Cup final of the 2009–10 season, losing in seven games.[4]