Mexico men's national ice hockey team explained

Mexico
Badge:Mexico national ice hockey team Logo.png
Badge Size:200px
Association:Federación Deportiva de Mexico de Hockey sobre Hielo
General Manager:Mireya Ayala
Coach:Larry Suárez
Asst Coach:Luis Olivares
Captain:Fernando Ugarte
Most Games:Fernando Ugarte (124)
Top Scorer:Adrian Cervantes (72)
Most Points:Adrian Cervantes (142)
Iihf Code:MEX
Iihf Max:32
Iihf Max Date:2010O, 2014, 2015
Iihf Min:43
Iihf Min Date:2005–06
First Game: 5–0
Largest Win: 48–0
Largest Loss: 19–0
World Champ Apps:23
World Champ First:2000
World Champ Best:35th (2008)
Regional Name:Pan American Tournament
Regional Cup Apps:4
Regional Cup First:2014
Regional Cup Best: 1st (2017)
Record:54–80–2

The Mexico national ice hockey team (Spanish; Castilian: Selección Mexicana de hockey sobre hielo) is the national men's ice hockey team of Mexico. The team is controlled by the Mexico Ice Hockey Federation (Spanish: Federación Deportiva de Mexico de Hockey sobre Hielo) and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). As of 28 May 2023, Mexico is currently ranked 37th in the IIHF World Ranking.

History

Mexico joined the IIHF on 30 April 1985.[1] They played their first game during the 2000 World Championships, losing to Belgium (5–0).[2] Since then they have participated in every World Championship and are currently in Division III A. Mexico is the only Latin American team that competes in IIHF tournaments. Mexico hosted the Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017, losing to the Canada Selects once (7–0) and to Colombia twice (4–3 and 3–2 in a shootout) in the final three times. In 2017, Mexico won its first Pan American Tournament, went undefeated after defeating Colombia 1–0 in the final.

Tournament record

World Championships

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40th place
4 2 2
40th place
5 0 5
42nd place
2 0 1
39th place
5 0 5
43rd place
4 2 1
41st place
4 4 0
38th place
5 1 4
38th place
4 0 0 0 4
35th place
5 2 0 0 3
37th place
5 1 0 0 4
37th place
5 1 0 0 4
37th place
5 1 0 0 4
38th place
5 2 0 1 2
37th place
5 3 1 0 1
36th place
5 4 0 0 1
37th place
5 3 0 1 2
36th place
5 4 0 1 0
39th place
5 1 0 0 4
39th place
5 1 0 0 4
39th place
5 1 0 1 3
2020 and 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3] [4]
36th place
4 0 0 0 4
40th place
5 0 0 0 5
46th place
5 0 0 1 4
Total 23/23 107 33 1 7 66

Pan American Tournament

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2nd place 5 3 0 0 2
2nd place 5 4 0 1 0
2nd place 6 5 0 1 0
1st place 6 6 0 0 0
Total 4/4 22 18 0 2 2

All-time record against other national teams

Last match update: 15 April 2023

Team
7 7 0 0 66 4 +62
2 2 0 0 65 0 +65
7 0 0 7 12 60 –48
7 0 0 7 8 55 –47
3 3 0 0 31 1 +30
10 5 0 5 55 57 –2
1 1 0 0 17 0 +17
7 2 0 5 22 27 –5
1 0 0 1 1 7 –6
6 4 0 2 27 14 +13
1 0 0 1 2 9 –7
1 0 0 1 3 13 –10
2 0 0 2 2 8 –6
5 1 1 3 12 24 –12
2 2 0 0 14 4 +10
11 5 0 6 47 41 +6
3 3 0 0 12 2 +10
1 0 0 1 1 17 –16
11 4 1 6 29 40 –11
7 3 0 4 26 21 +5
1 0 0 1 0 19 –19
4 1 0 3 5 42 –37
7 5 0 2 22 24 –2
4 0 0 4 6 48 –42
8 1 0 7 17 62 –45
7 5 0 2 36 15 +21
1 0 0 1 4 9 –5
Total 127 54 2 71 542 623 –81

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mexico . . 13 June 2010 .
  2. Web site: Mexico All Time Results . National Teams of Ice Hockey . 13 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042714/http://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/Mexico_All_Time_Results.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead.
  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.