New Zealand women's national ice hockey team explained

New Zealand
Badge:	New Zealand ice hockey team Logo.png
Badge Size:	120px
Nickname:	Ice Fernz
Association:	New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager:	Rebecca Dobson
Coach:	Geoffroy Boehme
Asst Coach:	Brittany Carroll Megan Herlihey
Captain:	Jaime Jones
Most Games:	Anjali Mulari (48)
Top Scorer:	Anjali Mulari (32)
Most Points:	Anjali Mulari (75)
Iihf Code:	NZL
Iihf Max:	25
Iihf Max Date:	first in 2012
Iihf Min:	35
Iihf Min Date:	2022
First Game:	2–1 (Canterbury, New Zealand; 5 November 2000)
Largest Win:	19–0 (Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania; 29 March 2007)
Largest Loss:	15–0 (Christchurch, New Zealand; 13 December 2001)
World Champ2 Name:	World Championships
World Champ2 Apps:	15
World Champ2 First:	2005
World Champ2 Best:	24th (2012, 2013)
Record:	33–45–1

The New Zealand women's national ice hockey team, nicknamed the Ice Fernz, represents New Zealand at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2011, New Zealand has 110 female players.^[1] The New Zealand women's national team is ranked 25th in the world. The Ice Fernz name is one of many national team nicknames (indirectly) related to the All Blacks and/or the New Zealand silver tree fern.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

New Zealand hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship

See main article: IIHF World Women's Championships. The New Zealand women team participates in the world championship since 2005. At its first three participations of world championship, the New Zealanders finished every time the second or the third place of the division IV.

2005 – Finished in 29th place (2nd in Division IV)
2007 – Finished in 29th place (3rd in Division IV)
2008 – Finished in 28th place (2nd in Division IV)
2009 – Division IV cancelled^[2]
2011 – Finished in 26th place (1st in Division IV, Promoted to Division III).
2012 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division IIA)
2013 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division IIA)
2014 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division IIA)
2015 – Finished in 26th place (6th in Division IIA, relegated to Division IIB)
2016 – Finished in 31st place (5th in Division IIB)
2017 – Finished in 28th place (3rd in Division IIB)
2018 – Finished in 31st place (4th in Division IIB)
2019 – Finished in 30th place (2nd in Division IIB)
2020 – Finished in 31st place (3rd in Division IIB)
2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[3]
2022 – Withdrawn^[4]
2023 – Finished in 30th place (3rd in Division IIB)
2024 – Finished in 32nd place (4th in Division IIB)

Team

Roster for the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship.^[5]

Head coach: Geoffroy Boehme

No.	Pos.	Height	Weight	Current team
1	G	5feet	143abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Auckland Steel (NZWIHL)
2	F	5feet	139abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Wakatipu Wild (NZWIHL)
4	F	5feet	128abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Dunedin Thunder Women (NZWIHL)
5	F	5feet	150abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Canterbury Inferno (NZWIHL)
6	F	5feet	154abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Auckland Steel (NZWIHL)
7	F	5feet	119abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Auckland Steel (NZWIHL)
8	D	5feet	139abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Dunedin Thunder Women (NZWIHL)
9	D	5feet	161abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Auckland Steel (NZWIHL)
10	D	5feet	165abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Auckland Steel (NZWIHL)
12	F	5feet	121abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Dunedin Thunder Women (NZWIHL)
13	D	5feet	165abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Auckland Steel (NZWIHL)
14	F	5feet	170abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Dunedin Thunder Women (NZWIHL)
15	F	5feet	143abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Dunedin Thunder Women (NZWIHL)
16	D	5feet	126abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Dunedin Thunder Women (NZWIHL)
17	D	5feet	159abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Canterbury Inferno (NZWIHL)
18	D	5feet	159abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Lakers Karnten (EWHL)
19	D	5feet	139abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Auckland Steel (NZWIHL)
21	F	5feet	196abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Canterbury Inferno (NZWIHL)
22	F	5feet	132abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Canterbury Inferno (NZWIHL)
24	F	5feet	143abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Dunedin Thunder Women (NZWIHL)
25	F	5feet	150abbr=onNaNabbr=on	Canterbury Inferno (NZWIHL)

All-time record against other nations

As of 3 April 2019^[6]

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
	11	1	0	10	9.09%	12	84	−72
	2	0	0	2	0.00%	2	8	−6
	3	1	0	2	33.33%	9	9	0
	2	2	0	0	100.00%	13	1	+12
	2	0	0	2	0.00%	1	10	−9
	2	0	0	2	0.00%	3	11	−8
	8	3	1	4	37.50%	19	36	−17
	2	0	0	2	0.00%	2	11	−9
	1	0	0	1	0.00%	0	10	−10
	2	0	0	2	0.00%	2	6	−4
	1	0	0	1	0.00%	1	7	−6
	3	1	0	2	0.00%	7	8	−1
	6	5	0	1	83.33%	36	15	+21
	2	2	0	0	100.00%	9	6	+3
	2	2	0	0	100.00%	16	3	+13
	4	1	0	3	25.00%	6	11	−5
	4	0	0	4	0.00%	5	22	−17
	5	5	0	0	100.00%	58	11	+47
Total	62	23	1	38	37.10%	201	269	-68

All-time record against other clubs

As of 3 April 2019^[7]

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
	1	0	0	1	0.00%	1	2	−1
Canada Moose	3	2	1	0	66.67%	18	7	+11
	2	0	0	1	0.00%	0	28	−28
Leaside Wildcats Bantam B	1	0	0	1	0.00%	3	6	−3
Leaside Wildcats Midget AA	1	0	0	1	0.00%	0	1	−1
Durham West Lightning Senior A	2	0	0	2	0.00%	4	6	−2
Brampton Canadettes Senior A	2	0	0	2	0.00%	1	10	−9
EHV Sabers	2	0	0	2	0.00%	14	4	−10
Total	14	2	1	11	14.29%	31	74	-43

External links

- IIHF profile

Notes and References

IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/new-zealand.html
2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423
Web site: IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations. 18 November 2020. International Ice Hockey Federation.
Web site: New Zealand women won’t travel. 17 December 2021. IIHF.com. 17 December 2021.
Web site: 2023 World Championships Division 2B Team New Zealand. (Women). 26 February 2023. International Ice Hockey Federation.
Web site: New-Zealand-Women-Official-Results.pdf. National Teams of Ice Hockey. 3 April 2019.
Web site: New-Zealand-Women-Unofficial-Results.pdf. National Teams of Ice Hockey. 3 April 2019.