Mikhail Olegovich Biryukov
Encyclopedia
Mikhail Olegovich Biryukov (born October 13, 1985) is a Russia
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goaltender
, who currently plays with Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk in the Kontinental Hockey League
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Biryukov played for the Russia national ice hockey team for the 2007 IIHF World Championship
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Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
goaltender
Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...
, who currently plays with Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk in the Kontinental Hockey League
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League is an international professional ice hockey league in Eurasia founded in 2008. As of 2009, it is ranked as the strongest hockey league in Europe....
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Biryukov played for the Russia national ice hockey team for the 2007 IIHF World Championship
2007 IIHF World Championship
The 2007 IIHF World Championship were held between April 27 and May 13, 2007 in Moscow, Russia. It was the 71st annual world championship event run by the International Ice Hockey Federation...
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