| 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.
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.
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).
Also played in 1964 Winter Olympics/World Championships qualification, where lost 2 games with aggregate score 7-34.
See also: List of Men's World Ice Hockey Championship players for Australia.
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 |
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 |