Australia men's national ice hockey team

Australia
Nickname(s) Mighty Roos
Association Ice Hockey Australia
Head coach Brad Vigon[1]
Assistants Matti Luoma[1]
Captain Lliam Webster
Most games Glen Foll (80)
Most points Greg Oddy (135)
Team colors               
IIHF code AUS
Ranking
Current IIHF 33 Increase3
Highest IIHF 31 (2009)
Lowest IIHF 36 (first in 2003)
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 32 (first in 1960)
Best result 9th (1960)
Olympics
Appearances 1 (first in 1960)
International record (W–L–T)
74–103–10

The Australian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Australia. As of 2015 the Australian team are ranked 36th 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. The Mighty Roos finished first and captured the gold medal by winning all five games and they have now 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 2017 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships[1][2]

# Name Pos S/G Age Club
19 Paul Baranzelli D L 37 Melbourne Ice
9 Jack Carpenter D R 23 Melbourne Ice
10 Cliff, BillyBilly Cliff F R 24 Sydney Bears[3]
13 Darge, WehebeWehebe Darge F L 25 Peterborough Phantoms
11 Funes, BrianBrian Funes F L 26 Sydney Bears
24 Humphries, MitchellMitchell Humphries F R 24 Melbourne Ice
1 Kimlin, AnthonyAnthony Kimlin G L 27 Sydney Bears[4]
3 Mat Lindsay D R 27 Newcastle North Stars
8 Robert Malloy (A) D R 30 Newcastle North Stars
6 Miettinen, KaiKai Miettinen F L 21 CBR Brave
17 Patrick Nadin F R 21 Newcastle North Stars[5]
21 Powell, ThomasThomas Powell (A) F R 31 Melbourne Ice
18 Josef Rezek F L 27 Adelaide Adrenaline
20 Charlie Smart G L 21 Bozeman Icedogs[6]
12 Beau Taylor F L 26 University of Alberta-Augustana[7]
16 Richard Tesarik F L 32 Sydney Bears
14 Todd, CameronCameron Todd F R 23 University of Jamestown[8]
15 Kieren Webster F R 20 Vermont Lumberjacks
22 Webster, LliamLliam Webster (C) F R 31 Melbourne Ice
2 Chris Wong F R 22 Melbourne Ice
7 Jamie Woodman D R 22 Perth Thunder

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. 1 2 3 "Team Roster" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  2. ↑ "Line-ups: AUS – SRB" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  3. ↑ "Billy Cliff". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  4. ↑ "Anthony Kimlin". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  5. ↑ "Patrick Nadin". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  6. ↑ "Charlie Smart". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  7. ↑ "Beau Taylor". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  8. ↑ "Cameron Todd". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
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