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Russia's Olympic history:
Second time competing as an independent nation. Previously part of Unified Team which won gold in 1992, and Soviet Union which won gold in 1988, 1984, 1976, 1972, 1968, 1964, 1956, and silver in 1980, 1960.
Strenghts:
Offense lead by Pavel Bure is fast and skillfull.
Weaknesses:
Defense is suspect. Overall, this is a small team.
Chances:
Can cause major damage if small forwards can take a beating and defense steps up.
"The Russians are a very talented group," U.S. left wing John LeClair said. "They'll be very dangerous. They grew up playing on the bigger ice surface and they're used to it."
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| Forwards |
| Name | Team |
| Pavel Bure | Vancouver |
| Valeri Bure | Calgary |
| Sergei Fedorov | Detroit |
| Valeri Kamensky | Colorado |
| Andrei Kovalenko | Edmonton |
| Sergei Krivokrasov | Chicago |
| Alexei Morozov | Pittsburgh |
| Sergei Nemchinov | NY Islanders |
| German Titov | Calgary |
| Alexei Yashin | Ottawa |
| Valeri Zelepukin | New Jersey |
| Alexei Zhamnov | Chicago |
| Defensemen |
| Sergei Gonchar | Washington |
| Alexei Gusarov | Colorado |
| Darius Kasparaitis | Pittsburgh |
| Igor Kravchuk | Ottawa |
| Boris Mironov | Edmonton |
| Dmitri Mironov | Anaheim |
| Dimitri Yushkevich | Toronto |
| Alexei Zhitnik | Buffalo |
| Goaltenders |
| Egor Podomatski | (Russia) |
| Mikhail Shtalenkov | Anaheim |
| Andrei Trefilov | Chicago |
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