Armenia national ice hockey team

Armenia
Association Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia
Head coach United States Doug De Cesare
Assistants Karo Blikian
Aram Abrahamian
Aram Vartanian
Captain Raffi Kajberouni
Most games Artak Martirosyan (12)
Most points Gevork Kandakharyan (14)
IIHF code ARM
Ranking
Current IIHF unranked
Highest IIHF 45 (2004–2007)
Lowest IIHF 49 (2010)
First international
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian SSR 1 - 0 Armenian SSR Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
(Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union; March 1st, 1962)
Biggest win
 Armenia 22 - 1 Georgia 
(Yerevan, Armenia; April 12, 2010)[1]
Biggest defeat
 Mexico 48 - 0 Armenia 
(Mexico City, Mexico; March 11, 2005)[2]
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 4 (first in 2004)
Best result 43rd (2006)
International record (W–L–T)
6-13-0

The Armenian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Armenia. They hosted the Division III, Group B tournament of the 2010 World Championships.

After finishing last in the 2004 and 2005 Division III tournaments (which included a 48–0 loss to Mexico), they won their first two games ever in 2006, defeating Ireland and Luxembourg.

They are controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia.

In 2008, Armenia was forced to withdraw from a Division III qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina because Armenia refused to show their passports to IIHF officials; this incident resulted in a 2-year suspension for Armenia from any IIHF tournament. The use of ineligible players was also present on Armenia's U20 team.

In 2010, the IIHF allowed Armenia to compete again, under the conditions that Armenia was to release their final roster 6 months prior to any IIHF tournaments. Armenia hosted the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III in Yerevan, Armenia. After large scale wins over South Africa and Mongolia, Armenia edged DPR Korea 7-6; Armenia later played DPR Korea in the gold medal game, but lost the final and their chance to move ahead to Div II for 2011 5-2. Days after the tournament, IIHF officials investigated and reported that Armenia once again used ineligible players; the team was suspended indefintely, and their statistics and final scores were expunged from the IIHF tournaments.

Roster

Roster:[3]

Number Position Player Club League
7DHarutyun QeshisyanArmenia UrartuArmenia
14DDavit TagvoryanArmenia HC Dinamo YerevanArmenia
18DArmen BubushyanArmenia ArmeniaArmenia
9DSteve AbabyanArmenia ArmeniaArmenia
22DArsen ArabyanArmenia ArmeniaArmenia
2DAram DeterdaryanArmenia UrartuArmenia
2DJohno KhachatyanArmenia ArmeniaArmenia
24DPetros ZhamkochyanArmenia HC Dinamo YerevanArmenia
9FHakob AvetisyanArmenia ArmeniaArmenia
13FManuk BalyanArmenia ArmeniaArmenia
12FAlbert BoyamyanArmenia ArmeniaArmenia
3FHakop BoyamyanArmenia ArmeniaArmenia
23FSmbat DeterdaryanArmenia UrartuArmenia
4FGrikor DemirchyanArmenia UrartuArmenia
23FJoe ElmazyanArmenia ArmeniaArmenia
5FGrikor SermibekyanArmenia UrartuArmenia

Goaltenders

Number Player Club League
25Artin KasumyanArmenia UratuArmenia
25Lavik KazaryanArmenia ArmeniaArmenia

World Championships record

World Championship 2010 (3rd division), April 14-18, Karen Demirchyan Complex, Yerevan, Armenia

Friendly match: ArmeniaArmenia 22-1 Georgia Georgia (country)

Qualifying match, April 14: South Africa South Africa 2-9 Armenia Armenia

Qualifying match, April 15: D.P.R Korea North Korea 6-7 Armenia Armenia

Qualifying match, April 17: Armenia Armenia 15-0 Mongolia Mongolia

Gold Medal match, April 18: Armenia Armenia 2-5 D.P.R KoreaNorth Korea

Armenia were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players; their records were expunged.

Final ranking

1. DPR Korea North Korea 2. South Africa South Africa 3. Mongolia Mongolia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Armenian ice hockey team celebrates smashing 22:1 victory in a friendly against Georgia". PanArmenian.net. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  2. ↑ "Game Summary: As of 12.03.2005". IIHF. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  3. ↑ National Teams of Ice Hockey:Armenia
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