New Zealand men's national ice hockey team explained

New Zealand
Badge:New Zealand ice hockey team Logo.png
Badge Size:150px
Nickname:Ice Blacks
Association:New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager:Michael Domigan
Coach:Cameron Frear
Andrew Spiller
Asst Coach:Anton Purver
Captain:Matthew Schneider
Most Games:Andrew Hay (74)[1]
Top Scorer:Andrew Cox (30)
Most Points:Andrew Cox (50)
Iihf Code:NZL
Iihf Max:35
Iihf Max Date:2013
Iihf Min:42
Iihf Min Date:2022–23
First Game: 35–2
Largest Win: 19–0
Largest Loss: 58–0
World Champ Apps:29
World Champ First:1987
World Champ Best:27th (1987)
Record:58–87–2

The New Zealand men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for New Zealand. As of 2018, the New Zealand team is ranked 39th in the IIHF World Rankings. The official nickname of New Zealand's national ice hockey team is the Ice Blacks.[2] The "Ice Blacks" nickname is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.

History

The 2016 documentary film "Ice Blacks" covers the history of the team, their rivalry with Australia and their difficulties in competing at international level because of New Zealand's geographic distance from the rest of the traditional ice hockey playing countries.

New Zealand has competed in the Division II World Championships since 2001. From 2007 to 2011, New Zealand was coached by Jeff Bonazzo. In his last year coaching at the 2011 Division II World Championships, New Zealand won three games and lost two, finishing second in their group behind host nation and rival Australia and missing promotion to Division I.

New Zealand hosted the 2003 IIHF World Championship Division III, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished first and captured their first gold medal and were promoted to Division II.

New Zealand hosted the 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished last and were relegated to Division III.

New Zealand hosted the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III, which was held in Dunedin. The Ice Blacks finished first and captured their third gold medal by winning all five games and were promoted to Division II.

New Zealand hosted the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished second behind China, capturing their fourth silver medal.

Tournament record

New Zealand Winter Games

GamesGPWOTW/SOWOTL/SOLLGFGACoachCaptainRank
2009 Winter Games21001712Jeff BonazzoSimon Glass2nd
2011 Winter Games420021716Jeff BonazzoCorey Down2nd
2017 Winter Games3101176Maru RoutBerton Haines2nd
2018 Winter Games32001139Anatoly KhorozovParis Heyd1st

World Championship record

All-time record against other nations

As of 23 April 2023[6]

OpponentPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGA
27 5 0 22 53 215
4 1 0 3 9 35
7 3 0 4 41 50
9 5 0 4 33 35
1 1 0 0 12 1
3 0 0 3 8 45
2 0 0 2 2 36
1 1 0 0 6 2
1 0 0 1 0 26
4 3 0 1 22 16
2 2 0 0 38 0
6 0 0 6 11 28
2 2 0 0 13 2
8 5 0 3 32 34
1 0 0 1 2 21
5 5 0 0 32 9
12 7 1 4 47 31
2 2 0 0 15 1
8 4 0 4 42 38
2 0 0 2 2 66
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3 0 0 3 6 43
13 3 1 9 38 56
6 0 0 6 5 99
7 0 0 7 12 89
10 9 0 1 60 28
1 0 0 1 1 7
Total 147 58 2 87 542 1013

All-time record against other clubs

As of 15 April 2019[7]

OpponentPlayedWonDrawnLostWin %ForAgaDiff
Canada Moose 11 6 2 3 54.55% 42 26 +16
1 0 0 1 0.00% 4 15 −11
Cavalese All Stars 1 0 0 1 0.00% 3 5 −2
1 0 0 1 0.00% 4 10 −6
Selects 4 1 0 3 25.00% 10 24 −14
2 0 0 2 0.00% 6 9 −3
3 1 0 2 33.33% 11 17 −6
Calgary Flames Alumni 1 0 0 1 0.00% 2 9 −7
2 0 0 2 0.00% 8 10 −2
2 1 0 1 50.00% 10 3 +7
2 1 0 1 50.00% 11 14 −3
Total 30 10 2 18 30.00% 111 142 -32

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Zealand Scoring Leaders . National Teams of Ice Hockey . 1 May 2023.
  2. Web site: New Zealand ice hockey teams. New Zealand Ice Hockey. 20 March 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130225075422/http://www.nzicehockey.co.nz/teams.html. 25 February 2013.
  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: New Zealand withdraws. 2 February 2022. IIHF.com. 2 February 2022.
  6. Web site: Ice Hockey in New Zealand . 2023-04-26 . National Teams of Ice Hockey . en-US.
  7. Web site: New-Zealand-Men-Unofficial-Results.pdf. National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018.