The IiHF allows players to change their nationality once if they played previously for another country
http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/c...f-eligibility/
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To play in the IIHF World Championship, the Olympic ice hockey tournament and the qualifications to these competitions, players must fulfill the following qualification requirements:
Each player must be under the jurisdiction of an IIHF member national association.
Each player must be a citizen of the country he represents.
Change of national eligibility (The ‘four-year’ case)
A player, who has previously participated in IIHF competition, can switch national eligibility (but only once in a player's life) if:
He is a citizen of the new country of his choice
He has participated for at least four consecutive years (1460 days) in the national competitions of his new country, during which period he has neither transferred to another country nor played ice hockey within any other country and has not played for his previous country in an IIHF competition during this four year period.
He has an international transfer card (ITC) that shows the transfer to the national association of his new country and which was approved and dated at least four years before the start of the IIHF competition in which he wishes to participate.
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