Australia men's national junior ice hockey team

Australia
Association Ice Hockey Australia
General Manager Martin Jones
Head coach Ryan O'Handley
Assistants Markus Frankenberger
Captain Jordan Kyros
Most points James Keane (17)
IIHF code AUS
Team colours               
First international
 Romania 10 - 2 Australia 
(Bucharest, Romania; 3 March 1983)
Biggest win
 Australia 16 - 0 Bulgaria 
(Belgrade, Serbia; 18 January 2008)
Biggest defeat
 Yugoslavia 21 - 1 Australia 
(Esbjerg, Denmark; 22 March 1987)
IIHF World U20 Championship
Appearances 14 (first in 1983 Group C)
Best result 20th overall (1983)
International record (W–L–T)
18-43-1

The Australian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Australia. The team represents Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division III.

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History

The mens junior team played its first game on 3 March 1983 against Romania which they lost 10 – 2. They played five other games in 1983 against Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania losing every game. The following year Australia played four games, again losing every game and achieving their largest ever loss with a 21 – 1 defeat by Yugoslavia. Australia did not play again until 1987 were they again lost all their games. The team took a longer break not returning to international play until 2000 where they recorded their first win against Iceland, outscoring the 8 – 4. In 2008 Australia achieved their highest winning margin with a 16 – 0 win over Bulgaria. [1] Australia finished first in the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division III tournament and gained promotion to Division II of the 2011 tournament.[2]

Roster

From the 2012 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[3][4]

# Name Pos Date of Birth Club
17 Steve Best F 01992-03-2929 March 1992 EHC Helsinki
8 Jamie Blazevic F 01992-10-2727 October 1992 Sydney Raptors
20 Joshua Broekman G 01992-12-1616 December 1992 Newcastle North Stars
12 Jack Carpenter D 01993-11-3030 November 1993 Mustangs IHC
9 Sam Cook D 01993-07-2626 July 1993 Newcastle North Stars
3 Christopher Fahy (A) D 01993-01-2727 January 1993 Melbourne Ice
24 Mitchell Humphries F 01993-06-2525 June 1993 Banff Academy Bears
23 Matthew Johnson F 01992-02-033 February 1992 Gold Coast Blue Tongues
6 Brendan Knox F 01993-07-2929 July 1993 Mustangs IHC
21 Jordan Kyros (C) F 01992-02-2424 February 1992 EHC Helsinki
18 Austin McKenzie (A) F 01993-03-1616 March 1993 Mustangs IHC
1 Ayden Millward G 01992-08-066 August 1992 West Coast Flyers
16 Timothy Newmark D 01993-10-1111 October 1993 Salem Mariners
13 Brendan Oakes D 01993-05-1010 May 1993 Mustangs IHC
7 Hamish Powell F 01992-06-088 June 1992 Newcastle North Stars
19 Jayden Ryan F 01992-10-3131 October 1992 Sydney Bears
5 Daniel Spina D 01992-09-088 September 1992 Toronto Canada Moose
11 Matt Stringer F 01993-05-044 May 1993 Mustangs IHC
4 Daniel Szalinski F 01993-05-1010 May 1993 Melbourne Ice
22 Marcus Wong D 01993-04-1818 April 1993 Melbourne Ice

International competitions

References

  1. ^ "Australia U20 All Time Results". National Teams of Ice Hockey. http://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/uploads/Australia_U20_All_Time_Results.pdf. Retrieved 28 March 2010. 
  2. ^ "2010 IIHF World U20 Championship Div. III". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/channels0910/wm20-iii. Retrieved 28 March 2010. 
  3. ^ "Team Roster". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/274/IHM2740AUS_33_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 12 December 2011. 
  4. ^ "SRB - AUS Lineups". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/274/IHM274902_54B_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-10. 

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