Romania men's national ice hockey team

Romania

The Coat of arms of Romania is used as the badge on the team jerseys
Nickname(s) Tricolori (Three Colors)
Association Romanian Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager Mihai Covaliu
Head coach Martin Lacroix
Assistants Nelu Alexe
Marius Trandafir
Captain Roberto Gliga
Most games Doru Tureanu (112)
Most points Doru Tureanu (113)
Team colors                    
IIHF code ROU
Ranking
Current IIHF 29 Steady
Highest IIHF 26 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF 29 (first in 2016)
First international
 United States 15–0 Romania 
(Krynica, Poland; 1 February 1931)
Biggest win
 Romania 52–1 New Zealand 
(Geel or Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium; 19 March 1989)
Biggest defeat
 Czechoslovakia 23–1 Romania 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 17 February 1947)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 51 (first in 1931)
Best result 7th (1947)
Olympics
Appearances 4 (first in 1964)
International record (W–L–T)
300–337–51

The Romanian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Romania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 28th in the 2010 IIHF World Rankings and currently compete in Division IIA. They have competed in four Olympic ice hockey competitions, the most recent being in 1980.

Olympic Games

Romania started Olympic hockey in 1964 in the B division. In the tournament, the team finished 12th out of 16 teams and managed 3 wins against Austria, Italy, and Hungary also with a tie against Yugoslavia. In 1968, Romania lost its qualification match against West Germany 7–0 and was forced to compete in the B division again. In the first two games, Romania beat Austria 3–2 and the Host, France 7–3. They lost their next three games and finished 12th out of 14 in the standings. After skipping the 1972 competition, Romania returned for the 1976 tournament. This time Romania played Poland in the Qualification round and lost 7–4, keeping them in the B division once again. However, Romania battled back and won 4 of 5 games with only one loss against Yugoslavia, still winning the division. The team finished 7th out of 12. In 1980, Romania was able to play with the top teams and was put into the Blue Division group, along with tough opponents such as Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and USA. In the first game Romania was down 4–2 to West Germany, but managed to score 4 goals to beat the former bronze medallists 6–4. In their next game Romania got shut out by Sweden 8–0. The Swedes scored 3 goals in the first period which left Romania out of it. After a lopsided loss to Czechoslovakia (7–2) the team then took on USA. The US jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the first period and added two more to it to lead 4-1 after two periods. Unlike other teams that the US had faced, the Romanians fought strong in the third period, despite being outshot 15–3, and scored a goal. The final score was 7–2. Romania played Norway for their final game, who had lost all four of their past games and had no chance to advance to the Medal Round. Romania fell behind less than a minute into the game, but stormed back to take the lead 3–1 in the third period. The Norwegian team battled back though, and scored once with a minute and a half left to play, and scored once more to tie it with only 29 seconds left. This tie still gave Romania one point but they had been hoping for a win. They finished the tournament with a 1–3–1 record, and were ranked 8th out of 12, just beating the Netherlands, West Germany, Norway, and Japan. This was the last time that the Romanians competed in the Olympic tournaments.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championship

Winter Universiade

Roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[1]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Height Weight Date of birth Club
20 Ottó Onódi L 179 cm 74 kg 12 July 1994 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
25 Gellért Ruczuj R 175 cm 74 kg 25 February 1991 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
Defencemen
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
13 Zsombor Balázs R 188 cm 186 kg 28 April 1994 Romania Corona Brasov
24 Ottó Biró R 181 cm 85 kg 17 August 1988 Romania Corona Brasov
4 Botond Flinta L 185 cm 80 kg 4 October 1987 Romania CSM Dunărea Galați
2 Hugó Gecse R 182 cm 70 kg 11 January 1995 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
12 István Nagy L 179 cm 85 kg 15 May 1981 Romania CSM Dunărea Galați
19 Szilárd Orbán L 185 cm 82 kg 20 February 1996 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
3 Szabolcs Papp L 185 cm 98 kg 30 June 1982 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
3 Alpár Salló R 180 cm 80 kg 30 May 1994 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
9 Ciprian Tapu L 180 cm 85 kg 1 May 1991 Romania Steaua Rangers
Forwards
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
11 Hunor Csergő R 170 cm 68 kg 20 October 1995 Romania CS Progym Gheorgheni
14 Csanád Fodor L 171 cm 76 kg 16 November 1990 Romania Corona Brasov
16 Levente Lőrincz R 177 cm 78 kg 5 January 1986 Romania CSM Dunărea Galați
21 Ede Mihály R 184 cm 80 kg 11 January 1986 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
23 Ervin Moldován Horváth L 178 cm 80 kg 5 February 1978 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
10 Zsombor Molnár L 179 cm 73 kg 14 January 1993 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
16 Róbert Péter R 181 cm 92 kg 7 October 1983 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
14 Norbert Rokaly R 179 cm 68 kg 21 January 1996 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
22 Zoltán Sándor (ice hockey) R 166 cm 64 kg 11 January 1998 Romania HSC Csíkszereda
6 Ioan Timaru L 176 cm 88 kg 25 March 1974 Romania Steaua Rangers
17 Levente Zsók L 183 cm 80 kg 21 November 1983 Romania ASC Corona 2010 Brașov (ice hockey)

References

  1. ↑ "2016 World Championships Division 1B Team Romania. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
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