Armenia men's national ice hockey team explained

Armenia
Badge:Armenian national ice hockey team logo.png
Badge Size:195px
Association:Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia
Coach:Doug De Cesare
Asst Coach:Karo Blikian
Aram Abrahamian
Aram Vartanian
Captain:Raffi Kajberouni
Most Games:Raffi Kajberouni,
Artak Martirosyan
& 1 Other (12)
Most Points:Gevork Kandakharyan (14)
Iihf Code:ARM
Iihf Max:45
Iihf Max Date:2004–2007
Iihf Min:49
Iihf Min Date:2010
First Game: Lithuanian SSR 1 - 0 Armenian SSR
(Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union; March 1, 1962)
Largest Win: Armenia 22 - 1
(Yerevan, Armenia; April 12, 2010)[1]
Largest Loss: 48 - 0 Armenia
(Mexico City, Mexico; March 11, 2005)[2]
World Champ Apps:4
World Champ First:2004
World Champ Best:43rd (2006)
Record: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. They are managed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia.

History

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.

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

In 2010, the IIHF allowed Armenia to compete again, under conditions that Armenia was to release their final roster six 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, as well as their chance to move ahead to Div II for 2011, 5-2.

Days after the tournament, IIHF officials investigated and reported that Armenia had once again used ineligible players; the team was suspended indefinitely, and their statistics and final scores were expunged from the IIHF tournaments, with all of their games marked as 5–0 forfeits against the team.

World Championships record

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45th place
4 0 0 0 4
45th place
4 0 0 0 4
43rd place
4 2 0 0 2
Withdrew from tournament
Withdrew from tournament; suspended for 2 years
(Both games counted as 5–0 forfeits)
2 0 0 0 2
Suspended
Records expunged from tournament; suspended indefinitely
(All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)
5 0 0 0 5
Suspended
Did not participate
Division IV

All-time record against other nations

As of 18 April 2010[3]

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1 0 0 1 0 5
1 1 0 0 22 1
1 0 0 1 0 5
2 0 0 2 4 35
3 1 0 2 8 38
2 1 0 1 13 44
2 0 0 2 0 65
1 1 0 0 15 0
2 1 0 1 9 11
2 1 0 1 10 35
2 0 0 2 4 19
Total 19 6 0 13 85 258

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Armenian ice hockey team celebrates smashing 22:1 victory in a friendly against Georgia . PanArmenian.net . 2010-04-13 . 2010-04-13.
  2. Web site: Game Summary: As of 12.03.2005 . . 2005-03-12 . 2009-04-16.
  3. Web site: Armenia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf . National Teams of Ice Hockey . 2017-12-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171216144021/https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Armenia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf . 2017-12-16 .