Ottawa 67's, but was released shortly after. Vadim Sozinov played for the Ottawa 67's in 2000–01 and Konstantin Pushkaryov played for the Calgary Hitmen in 2004–05. Kazakhstan boosted plenty of returning players from 2008 upon coming to Ottawa, Canada, to compete in the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Kazakhstan scored only 4 goals during the entire tournament and was relegated back to Division I after a 7–1 loss to Latvia. Oleg Bolyakin will remain as head coach for Kazakhstan as the Kazakhs will play in the 2010 World Junior Championships, Division 1, held in Gdańsk, Poland, from 14 to 20 December 2009. Kazakhstan will compete against Belarus, Italy, Norway, Croatia and Poland. In 2018, after nine years in the Group I of Divisions A, Kazakhstan finished in first place. This victory allowed to take a place in the Top Division for 2019, held in Vancouver and Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. On January 2, 2019, Kazakhstan defeated Denmark 4–3 in the relegation series, winning their first game in the top division in over a decade. They then defeated Denmark again, 4–0, which allowed them to compete in the top division for the 2020 tournament. In the 2020 tournament, Kazakhstan failed to win any of their games in the preliminary round, and were relegated to Division IA for the 2021 tournament after losing the relegation series 2–1 to Germany. Results Junior national ice hockey teams Junior