Australia men's national ice hockey team explained

Australia
Badge:Australia national ice hockey team logo.png
Badge Size:190px
Nickname:Mighty Roos
Association:Ice Hockey Australia
General Manager:Adam Woolnough
Coach:Matti Luoma[1]
Asst Coach:Michael Flaherty
Mark Rummukainen
Captain:Cameron Todd
Most Games:Glen Foll (80)
Top Scorer:Greg Oddy (71)
Most Points:Greg Oddy (129)
Iihf Code:AUS
Iihf Max:31
Iihf Max Date:2009
Iihf Min:38
Iihf Min Date:2018
First Game: 18–1
Largest Win: 58–0
Largest Loss: 23–1
Olympic Apps:1
Olympic First:1960
World Champ Apps:38
World Champ First:1960
World Champ Best:9th (1960)
Record:93–115–10

The Australian men's national ice hockey team (nicknamed the Mighty Roos) represent Australia in the sport of ice hockey under the jurisdiction of Ice Hockey Australia which is a part of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Australia competed in the Winter Olympics once, in 1960, when the team lost all of their matches. They have also competed in the Ice Hockey World Championships, 33 times with their best result being a ninth-place finish at the same Olympics with a 13th place (or 5th in Pool B) in 1962. The national team currently are in division two after being relegated from division one in 2013 with the team being currently ranked 35th in the IIHF World Rankings.

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). The team had previously tried to attend the 1956 games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, but never received approval from the Australian Olympic Committee.[2]

Australia has competed in the Division II World Championships since 2001. In 2007, they were 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 were promoted to Division I for the first time ever.

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 against Denmark) since 1949. However this was surpassed in 2008 by the Slovak women's team (82 goals against Bulgaria).

Tournament record

World Championships

Also played in 1964 Winter Olympics/World Championships qualification, where lost 2 games with aggregate score 7-34.

Team

See also: List of Men's World Ice Hockey Championship players for Australia.

All-time record against other nations

As of 12 March 2023[6] Teams named in italics are no longer active.

Team GP W T L GF GA
1 0 0 1 0 17
16 8 0 8 59 64
11 3 2 6 57 60
9 4 1 4 23 49
1 1 0 0 31 3
7 0 0 7 11 31
1 0 0 1 1 18
2 1 0 1 7 10
2 0 0 2 5 25
2 0 0 2 3 33
3 0 0 3 4 32
1 0 0 1 1 15
4 0 0 4 8 42
1 1 0 0 10 2
2 2 0 0 79 0
5 1 0 4 18 39
8 5 0 3 25 19
2 0 0 2 4 25
12 7 0 5 58 44
7 0 0 7 17 93
2 0 0 2 3 36
3 0 0 3 7 20
2 2 0 0 29 0
7 7 0 0 60 12
5 0 0 5 10 44
27 22 0 5 315 53
8 4 1 3 42 30
1 0 0 1 3 5
3 0 0 3 5 15
9 5 0 4 27 35
2 0 0 2 2 21
7 7 0 0 63 23
14 2 3 9 55 84
17 5 3 9 49 70
1 0 0 1 0 20
5 5 0 0 75 4
1 0 0 1 1 12
2 0 0 2 2 18
Total 213 92 10 111 1169 1123

All-time record against other clubs

As of 11 April 2013[7]

Team GP W T L GF GA
2 0 0 2 6 14
1 0 0 1 4 5
HC Vítkovice Steel U25 2 0 0 2 5 12
Victoria All Stars 1 1 0 0 4 3
Total 6 1 0 5 19 34

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM MANAGEMENT . 16 January 2023 .
  2. Book: Gordon, Harry. 2003. The time of our lives: inside the Sydney Olympics : Australia and the Olympic Games 1994–2002. University of Queensland. 0-7022-3412-5. 271–272.
  3. Web site: Men’s Division II, III cancelled. IIHF. 13 March 2020.
  4. Web site: IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations. 18 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  5. Web site: Australian teams withdrawn. 22 January 2022. IIHF.com. 22 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf. National Teams of Ice Hockey. March 2023. 15 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230415070227/https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Australia-Men-Official-Results.pdf. 15 April 2023. live.
  7. Web site: Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf. National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018. 14 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001600/https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf. 15 January 2018. dead.