Riga 20 of the Latvian Hockey Higher League, and an assistant coach, with the Latvian national team at two World Championships, 2006 Olympic qualifiers and 2006 Olympics. From 2006 to 2011, Znarok coached the Latvian national team at five World Championships and at 2010 Olympics as well as coaching SK Riga 20 through the 2007–08 season. From 2008 to 2014, Znarok was the head coach of MVD of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for two seasons, before its merger with Dynamo Moscow and continued head coaching for the next four seasons. On 26 March 2014, Znarok joined the Russian national team, and coached them at 3 World Championships, various stages of EHT and the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Znarok achieved a flawless record with Russia during his first year as coach at the 2014 IIHF World Championship, although he has yet to beat the 29 World Championship game winning streak established by Vyacheslav Bykov. On 1 June 2016, he was named head coach of SKA Saint Petersburg, in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with whom he won the 2016–17 Gagarin Cup. From 2016 to 2018, he was the head coach of both SKA and the Russian national team. Coaching record International record Awards and achievements Playing awards Soviet Union national under-18 team: 1981 – gold medal Soviet Championship League: 1987-88 – silver medal Latvian national team: 1996 Division B – gold medal 1996 Division B – All-Star Team Coaching awards Russian national team: 2014 – gold medal 2015 – silver medal 2016 – bronze medal 2016 WCH – 4th place 2017 – bronze medal 2018 – gold medal KHL: Gagarin Cup – 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17 KHL Coach of the year – 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13 KHL Continental Cup – 2013–14 Latvian under-20 team: 2005 Division-1 Promotion to 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships State awards 2012 - Order of Friendship 2014 - Order of Honour References External links Heilbronner Falken: Einbürgerung perfekt 1963 births Dinamo Riga players EHC Freiburg players EV Landsberg players HC Vítkovice players Heilbronner EC players Soviet emigrants to Latvia Latvian emigrants to Germany Latvian ice hockey coaches Latvian ice hockey centres Latvia men's national ice hockey team coaches Living people Maine Mariners players Naturalized citizens of Germany People from Chelyabinsk Oblast Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Soviet ice hockey centres Russia men's national ice hockey team coaches Ice hockey coaches at the 2018 Winter Olympics