Lebanon men's national ice hockey team

Lebanon

Association	Lebanese Hockey Association[1]
Head coach	Ralph Melki[2]
Team colors
First international
Lebanon 7–4 Haiti (Saint-Laurent, Canada; 23 April 2017)
Biggest win
Lebanon 7–4 Haiti (Saint-Laurent, Canada; 23 April 2017)
International record (W–L–T)
1–0–0

The Lebanese national ice hockey team (French: Équipe du Liban de hockey sur glace) is the national ice hockey team of Lebanon.

History

Hockey in Lebanon

The Lebanese Hockey Association (French: Association de Hockey Libanaise) has been created to advance ice, inline and ball hockey initiatives of Lebanese hockey players on a worldwide basis in addition to enabling international development and representation of the country in the sport of hockey. Lebanon was not a member of the IIHF, but a National Ball Hockey Team was a member of the International Street and Ball Hockey Federation (ISBHF) and to compete in the Ball Hockey World Championship (BHWC) in the Czech Republic in June 2017.^[3] There are notable players of Lebanese-origin, Nazem Kadri who currently played for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL, Kadri have represented Canada internationally. Ed Hatoum who also played in the NHL, Hatoum was born in Beirut. Fabian Joseph who also represented Canada, Joseph won two Olympic silver medals at the 1992 and the 1994 Olympic Winter Games.

National team

Lebanon played its first game against Maghreb United on 15 April 2017, with an 8–3 win over them. Maghreb United was made up of players from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.^[4] Lebanon played in an exhibition game against Haiti on 23 April 2017, at the Aréna Raymond-Bourque in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada, with both teams making their international ice hockey debut.^[5] Lebanon gets their first international win over Haiti with a score of 7–4.^[6]

Roster

The following 20 players have been selected for an exhibition game against Haiti on 23 April 2017.^[5]

Head coach: Ralph Melki^[2]

#	Name	Pos	S/C	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
?	Nassif, FredericFrederic Nassif	G	-				Unattached
?	Waked, GabrielGabriel Waked[7]	G	L	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1999-06-29)29 June 1999 (aged 17)	Antoine-Girouard Gaulois
?	Bouhaidar, JeffJeff Bouhaidar	D	-				Unattached
?	Boulos, BassilBassil Boulos	D	L	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 26)	Lebanon Ball Hockey National Team
?	Kfoury, ClaudeClaude Kfoury	D	-				Unattached
?	Halat, AlexAlex Halat	D	-				Unattached
?	Nasrallah, CharlyCharly Nasrallah	D	R	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1980-07-30)30 July 1980 (aged 36)	Lebanon Ball Hockey National Team
?	Sarkis, DoryDory Sarkis[8]	D	L	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 35)	Unattached
?	Tabet, RicardoRicardo Tabet[9]	D	L	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1985-05-11)11 May 1985 (aged 31)	Unattached
?	Abdulahad, RicardoRicardo Abdulahad	F	R	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	(1996-10-01)1 October 1996 (aged 20)	Lebanon Ball Hockey National Team
?	Abougoush, MikeMike Abougoush	F	-				Unattached
?	Assaf, BashirBashir Assaf	F	-				Unattached
?	Bouhaidar, JoeJoe Bouhaidar	F	-				Unattached
?	El-Mir, KarlKarl El-Mir[10]	F	L	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1996-03-14)14 March 1996 (aged 21)	University of Connecticut
?	El-Zein, HaniHani El-Zein	F	-				Unattached
?	Halat, MoeMoe Halat	F	-				Unattached
?	Khoury, DaveDave Khoury	F	-				Unattached
?	Sabeh, ElieElie Sabeh	F	L	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1988-08-14)14 August 1988 (aged 28)	Lebanon Ball Hockey National Team
?	Tabet, EdouardEdouard Tabet	F	-				Unattached
?	Zarzour, GeorgesGeorges Zarzour	F	-				Unattached

All-time record against other teams

Last match update: 23 April 2017^[6]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Haiti	1	1	0	0	7	4

References

External links

• Lebanon at National Teams of Ice Hockey
• Hockey Lebanon at Facebook