Turkey men's national ice hockey team

Turkey

The crescent moon and a star as seen on the Turkish flag is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager Ufuk Ayhan
Head coach Tarik Gocmen
Assistants Mehmet Balkaya
Captain Deniz Ince
Most games Serkan Mustafa Yapıcılar (55)
Most points Serkan Mustafa Yapıcılar (70)
IIHF code TUR
IIHF ranking 37
Highest IIHF ranking 35 (2010)
Lowest IIHF ranking 43 (first in 2003)
Team colours          
First international
 Greece 15 - 3 Turkey 
(Johannesburg, South Africa; March 21, 1992)
Biggest win
 Turkey 16 - 0 Greece 
(Cape Town, South Africa; April 14, 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 38 - 0 Turkey 
(Johannesburg, South Africa; March 27, 1992)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 12 (first in 1992)
Best result 32nd (1992)
International record (W–L–T)
12-54-1

The Turkish men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Turkey, and is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It is currently ranked 35th in the IIHF's 2008 world final ranking list.

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History

Turkey debuted in 2002 at the World Championships ranking last (6th) in the Division II Group A played in Cape Town, South Africa between March 31 and April 6.

The national team placed last (3rd) place at the next championships in Division III in Auckland, New Zealand April 3–6, 2003.

Turkey finished in 2nd place in the 2004 Division III World Championships held March 16–21 in Reykjavík, Iceland, thereby earning promotion to Division II for 2005 championships.

However, a last place in Division II Group A played April 10–16, 2005 in Zagreb, Croatia relegated them back to Division III in 2006.

Turkey's national team was again promoted to Division II after finishing 2nd in the Division III Group A at the 2006 World Ice Hockey Championships held April 24–29 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Turkey competed in the Division II Group A at the 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships tournament held in Zagreb, Croatia from April 11 through April 17, 2007, where they once again finished last to be demoted back to division III.

The national team placed 4th at the 2008 IIHF World Championship - Division III held from March 31 – April 4, 2008 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

The national team's head coach is James MacEachern from Canada. His assistant is Tarık Göçmen.[1]

2009 World Championship roster

Team members selected to take part at the 2009 IIHF Division III World Championship.[2]

Division III roster [3]

Pos. No. Player Team
GK 1 Baris Ucele Ankara B.B
GK 3 Eray Atali Kocaeli B.B
D 4 Calip Hamarat Polis Akademisi
D 9 Gokhun Ozturk Kocaeli B.B
D 16 Gurkan Cetinkaya Kocaeli B.B
D 17 Volkan Toptaner Frankfurt Lions
D 18 Cuneyt Baykan Kocaeli B.B
D 23 Niyazi Karabulut Ankara University S.K.
D 24 Berat Aktepe Ankara Emniyet
D 25 Gokturk Tasdemir Baskent Yildizlari
F 6 Yusuf Halil Kocaeli B.B
F 7 Emrah Ozmen Polis Akademisi
F 8 Batin Kosemen Izmit Sirintepe
F 10 Serkan Gumus Kocaeli B.B
F 11 Yavuz Karakoc Kocaeli B.B
F 12 Serkan Yapicilar Baskent Yildizlari
F 15 Egeman Tasboga Polis Akademisi
F 19 Mert Tahmazoglu Polis Akademisi
F 21 Alpar Solak Polis Akademisi
F 22 Baris Bagcilar Polis Akademisi

Past roster

# Player Club
Goaltenders
1 Levent Özbaydoğan Polis Akademisi
25 Barış Uçele Ankara B.B.
Defencemen
5 Galip Hamarat Polis Akademisi
12 Deniz İnce İstanbul Paten
16 Gürkan Çetinkaya Kocaeli B.B.
20 Cihan Kahraman Kocaeli B.B.
22 Cengiz Akyıldız İstanbul Paten
23 Melih Öztürk Polis Akademisi
Forwards
4 Oktay Yavuzarslan Başkent Yıldızları
6 Onur Eroğlu Polis Akademisi
7 Yavuz Karakoç Kocaeli B.B.
8 Mustafa Yapıcılar Kocaeli B.B.
9 Yücel Çıtak Ankara B.B.
11 Ufuk Güçlü Kocaeli B.B.
14 Caner Baykan Kocaeli B.B.
15 Emrah Özmen Polis Akademisi
17 Çağrı Karabulut Ankara TED
18 Erdoğan Coşkun Kocaeli B.B.
19 Egemen Taşboğa Polis Akademisi
21 Alper Solak Başkent Yıldızları

Notable players

Cengiz Çıplak (25) is regarded as the most talented Turkish player. He was awarded the MVP crown as best forward in Division II Group A at the 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships although skating for the team that relegated. He received the same trophy at World Championship 2004. At the World Championship Division 3 in Iceland he was the torunaments topscorer. Çıplak learned his hockey in Edmonton and played in lower North American leagues, such as in the QMJHL as junior[4]. Within the 16 years of history of Turkish national ice hockey team, 25 goals in 18 games of Cengiz Çıplak makes him the highest goalscorer of all times[5]. Also he holds the record for the highest scorer in one game which he scored five goals in the game between Luxembourg and Turkey[4].

All-time Record against other nations

As of May 25, 2009

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Greece 6 3 0 3 28 35
 Armenia 2 2 0 0 19 4
 Luxembourg 6 2 0 4 32 33
 Ireland 3 2 1 0 16 7
 Mongolia 1 1 0 0 11 3
 Mexico 2 1 0 1 5 7
 New Zealand 6 1 0 5 21 44
 Serbia 1 0 0 1 4 6
 North Korea 1 0 0 1 2 8
 South Korea 1 0 0 1 0 14
 Estonia 1 0 0 1 0 24
 Belgium 2 0 0 2 4 22
 Spain 2 0 0 2 2 48
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 5 40
 Iceland 4 0 0 4 7 29
 Australia 4 0 0 4 2 65
 Croatia 4 0 0 4 3 99
 Israel 5 0 0 5 5 53
 South Africa 7 0 0 7 9 89

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