Australia men's national ice hockey team

Australia
Nickname(s) Mighty Roos
Association Ice Hockey Australia
General Manager Vicki Stephenson
Head coach Ryan O'Handley
Assistants Eric Lien
Captain Lliam Webster
Most games Glen Foll (80)
Most points Greg Oddy (119)
IIHF code AUS
IIHF ranking 34 Steady
Highest IIHF ranking 31 (2009)
Lowest IIHF ranking 36 (2003)
Team colors               
First international
 Czechoslovakia 18–1 Australia 
(Squaw Valley, United States; 20 February 1960)
Biggest win
 Australia 58–0 New Zealand 
(Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
 Kazakhstan 23–1 Australia 
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 27 (first in 1960)
Best result 9th (1960)
Olympics
Appearances 1 (first in 1960)
International record (W–L–T)
69–101–12

The Australian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Australia. As of 2015 the Australian team are ranked 34nd in the IIHF World Rankings. The official nickname of Australia's national ice hockey team is the Mighty Roos.

History

Some Australian national team players are expatriates of Canada and other hockey-playing nations, who have since become outright citizens of Australia or who hold dual citizenship. Australia's ice hockey team has participated in just one Winter Olympics: the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, California. Australia lost both their games against powerhouses Czechoslovakia (18–1) and eventual gold medalists, the United States (12–1).

Australia has competed in the Division II World Championships since 2001. As of 2007 they are coached by Steve McKenna, a former eight-year veteran of the National Hockey League. At the 2007 Division II World Championships, Australia won three games and lost one, finishing second in their group behind host nation South Korea and narrowly missing promotion to Division I.

Australia hosted the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Newcastle, Australia. The Mighty Roos finished first and captured the gold medal by winning all five games and they have now have been promoted to Division I.

World records

Australia previously held the distinction of holding a world record for most goals and highest winning margin in a IIHF World Championship game; they defeated New Zealand by a score of 58–0 in 1987, breaking the record held by Canada (47 goals) since 1949. However this was surpassed in 2008 by the Slovakian women's team (82 goals).

Tournament record

Olympics Games

World Championships

Roster

Team Australia 2008

From the 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships[1][2]

# Name Pos Date of Birth Club
19 Baranzelli, PaulPaul Baranzelli D 19 March 1980 Melbourne Ice
25 Broekman, JoshuaJoshua Broekman G 16 December 1992 Newcastle North Stars
17 Byers, JamesJames Byers D 1 March 1994 CBR Brave
20 Carson, FraserFraser Carson G 24 June 1994 Melbourne Mustangs
13 Darge, WehebeWehebe Darge F 4 December 1991 Adelaide Adrenaline
15 Dunwoodie, DavidDavid Dunwoodie F 13 November 1985 Sydney Ice Dogs
11 Funes, BrianBrian Funes F 3 January 1991 Sydney Ice Dogs
9 Geric, AdamAdam Geric F 21 March 1989 Newcastle North Stars
5 Harding, JoshuaJoshua Harding (A) D 27 August 1985 Adelaide Adrenaline
24 Humphries, MitchellMitchell Humphries F 25 June 1993 Melbourne Ice
23 Huxley, DavidDavid Huxley D 4 February 1988 Adelaide Adrenaline
12 Kubara, CaseyCasey Kubara F 6 April 1996 Atlanta Junior Knights
16 Kyros, JordanJordan Kyros F 24 February 1992 Perth Thunder
8 Malloy, RobertRobert Malloy D 20 November 1986 Sydney Ice Dogs
2 McDowell, BrendanBrendan McDowell F 12 March 1992 Melbourne Mustangs
7 McGregor, ShannonShannon McGregor D 25 May 1991 Sydney Ice Dogs
6 McKenzie, AustinAustin McKenzie D 16 March 1993 Melbourne Ice
10 Oddy, GregGreg Oddy (A) F 24 July 1980 Adelaide Adrenaline
21 Powell, ThomasThomas Powell F 12 February 1986 Melbourne Ice
18 Sturrock, GregGreg Sturrock D 28 December 1980 Melbourne Ice
14 Todd, CameronCameron Todd F 21 July 1994 Sydney Bears
22 Webster, LliamLliam Webster (C) F 19 February 1986 Melbourne Ice

All-time Record against other nations

As of 20 April 2013

Team GP W T L GF GA
 New Zealand 12 11 0 1 152 15
 South Africa 7 7 0 0 63 23
 Mexico 6 6 0 0 55 8
 Israel 10 6 0 4 44 37
 Turkey 5 5 0 0 75 3
 Belgium 10 4 0 6 34 49
 Iceland 4 3 0 1 16 8
 North Korea 7 3 1 3 20 29
 Spain 14 3 3 8 39 61
 Bulgaria 10 2 2 6 43 60
 South Korea 14 2 3 9 55 84
 China 7 2 1 4 17 46
 Hong Kong 2 2 0 0 79 0
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 29 0
 Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 0 31 3
 Greece 1 1 0 0 10 2
 Serbia 2 1 0 1 7 7
 Denmark 2 1 0 1 7 10
 Hungary 5 1 0 4 18 39
 Poland 1 0 0 1 3 5
 Romania 1 0 0 1 3 5
 Serbia and Montenegro 1 0 0 1 3 8
 United States 1 0 0 1 1 12
 Estonia 1 0 0 1 4 20
 Czechoslovakia 1 0 0 1 1 18
  Switzerland 1 0 0 1 0 20
 France 2 0 0 2 3 19
 Slovenia 2 0 0 2 2 21
 Italy 2 0 0 2 4 25
 Finland 2 0 0 2 3 33
 Kazakhstan 2 0 0 2 3 36
 Lithuania 3 0 0 3 7 20
 Yugoslavia 3 0 0 3 3 25
 Netherlands 3 0 0 3 4 29
 Great Britain 4 0 0 4 8 42
 Croatia 6 0 0 6 10 29
 Japan 7 0 0 7 17 93

References

  1. ↑ "Team Roster" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  2. ↑ "ROU – AUS Lineups" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-15.

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