Uladsimir Kopaz

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BelarusBelarus  Uladsimir Kopaz Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 23, 1971
place of birth Minsk , Belarusian SSR
size 181 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1995 Dinamo / Tiwali Minsk
1995-1996 HK Awangard Omsk
1996-1998 Yaroslavl torpedo
1998-2001 Severstal Cherepovets
2001-2002 SKA Saint Petersburg
Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2002 Krylya Sovetov Moscow
2002-2004 HK Keramin Minsk
2004-2007 HK Junost Minsk
2007-2010 HK Homel

Uladzimir Mikalayevich Kopaz ( Belarusian Уладзімір Мікалаевіч Копаць , Russian Владимир Николаевич Копать / Vladimir Nikolaevich Kopat * 23. April 1971 in Minsk , Byelorussian SSR ) is a former Belarusian ice hockey player .

Career

Uladsimir Kopaz began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with Dinamo Minsk , which was renamed Tiwali Minsk from 1993. With these he won the Belarusian championship three times in a row in 1993, 1994 and 1995 . The defender then received a contract with HK Awangard Omsk from the Russian Super League . After only one year he moved to his league rival Torpedo Yaroslavl , with whom he became Russian champion in the 1996/97 season . In the following years, the left shooter initially stayed in the super league, in which he was used from 1998 for Severstal Tscherepowez , SKA Saint Petersburg , Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk and Krylya Sovetov Moscow .

After only eight games with Krylya Sowetow Moscow, Kopaz signed at the beginning of the 2002/03 season with HK Keramin Minsk , with whom he won the East European Hockey League in 2003 and 2004 respectively . Following the two championship titles, he was hired by Keramin's city neighbor HK Junost Minsk , with whom he became Belarusian champions in 2005 and 2006. At the European level, the 2002 Olympic participant with Junost Minsk also won the IIHF Continental Cup in the 2006/07 season and was named the best defender of the final tournament. From 2007 to 2010 the former national player was under contract with HK Homel in the Extraliga . Then he ended his career.

In the 2017/18 season he was assistant coach at HK Awangard Omsk, but was sacked in December 2017 together with head coach Skabelka.

International

For Belarus Kopaz took part in the C World Championships in 1994 and 1995 and the B World Championships in 1996 and 2002 . Furthermore, he was in Belarus' squad at the A World Championships in 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 and 2006 . At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , Kopaz competed for his country, having previously played for Belarus in the Olympic qualification.

There was worldwide media interest in his person during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, when he shot the blatant underdog Belarus to victory in the quarter-final against Sweden a few minutes before the end of the game. Kopaz led the puck into the neutral zone and overcame Sweden's goalkeeper Tommy Salo with a slap shot from 20 meters, which first hit him on the mask and then rolled over his back into the goal. Belarus' 4-3 victory was one of the biggest surprises in Olympic ice hockey history, alongside the so-called “ Miracle on Ice ” .

Achievements and Awards

International

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ «Авангард» определился с новым главным тренером. In: news.sportbox.ru. December 31, 2017, accessed January 4, 2018 (Russian).
personal data
SURNAME Kopaz, Uladsimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kopaz, Uladzimir Mikalaevich (full name); Kopat, Vladimir (English spelling); Копать, Владимир Николаевич (Russian spelling); Копаць, Уладзімір Мікалаевіч (Belarusian spelling); Kopat, Vladimir Nikolayevich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Minsk , Belarusian SSR