<sod>The [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Kazakh national ice hockey team]] have competed in [[ice hockey]] in the 1998 and [[2006 Winter Olympics]], as well as in the [[2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]]. Kazakhstan has seven teams. The teams are [[Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk]], Kazakhmys Satpaev, Gornyak Rudnyi, Barys Astana, Irtysh Pavlodar, Yenbek Almaty,and Sary-Arka Karagandy. Most teams also play in [[Vysshaya Liga (ice hockey)|Russian Hockey Leagues]]. Top Kazakhstani ice hockey players include [[Nik Antropov]] [[Ivan Kulshov]] and [[Evgeni Nabokov]]. [[Barys Astana]] is the main domestic Kazakhstani ice hockey professional team, and having played in the Kazakhstani national league until the 2008–09 season, when they were transferred to play in the [[Kontinental Hockey League]].<eod>
<sod>The [[Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team|Kazakh national ice hockey team]] have competed in [[ice hockey]] in the 1998 and [[2006 Winter Olympics]], as well as in the [[2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]].<eod>