Venezuela men's national ice hockey team explained

Venezuela
Badge:Coat of arms of Venezuela.svg
Badge Size:170px
Association:Asociación Venezolana de Hockey en Línea y en Hielo
Coach:Pete Kamman
Captain:Juan de Dios Singer
Most Games:Daniel Sosa (14)
Top Scorer:Daniel Sosa (17)
Most Points:Daniel Sosa (31)
Iihf Code:VEN
First Game: 12–1
Largest Win: 8–3
Largest Loss: 13–0
Regional Name:Amerigol LATAM Cup
Regional Cup Apps:4
Regional Cup First:2018
Regional Cup Best:4th (2018, 2019)
Record:4–11–0

The Venezuela national ice hockey team (Spanish; Castilian: Selección de hockey sobre hielo de Venezuela) is the national men's ice hockey team of Venezuela, and is controlled by the Venezuelan Ice and Inline Hockey Association, the governing body that oversees both ice and inline hockey in the country. Venezuela is not a member of the IIHF and therefore not eligible to enter any IIHF World Championship events.

History

There are only two notable players who were born in Venezuela are Rick Chartraw and Don Spring, who both played in the NHL. Chartraw played in the NHL for ten seasons between 1974 and 1984, most notably winning four Stanley Cups in a row with the Montreal Canadiens between 1976 and 1979, and one with the Edmonton Oilers in 1984, while Spring played for four season with the Winnipeg Jets between 1980 and 1984. Chartraw represented the United States at the 1976 Canada Cup, while Spring represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Venezuela made its debut in international competition in 2018 at the Amerigol LATAM Cup, sanctioned by the Amerigol International Hockey Association, which took place in Coral Springs, Florida, United States.[1] The team played its first official game against Colombia on 9 November, falling to them 12–1. After an 0–3 start, they played their fourth game on 10 November and went on to win 5–3 against Brazil, eliminating them in the preliminary round and advanced to the Amerigol LATAM Cup semi-finals. The team once again played against Colombia on 11 November, but they were shutout by them 13–0, finishing in fourth place as the semi-finalist.

In the 2019 Amerigol LATAM Cup, the team won 8–4 against Chile and later won 5–3 against the Mexico Selects team. In the semi-finals, they lost 7–4 to Colombia and later in the bronze medal game, lost 3–2 to the Mexico Selects team, finishing in fourth place for the second straight year.

Tournament record

Amerigol LATAM Cup

width=30Yearwidth=150Hostwidth=120Resultwidth=30width=30width=30width=30width=30
2018 4th place 5 1 0 0 4
2019 4th place
4 2 0 0 2
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 6th place
4 1 0 0 3
2022 9th place
4 2 0 0 2
2023 To be determined
0 0 0 0 0
Total 5/6 17 6 0 0 11

Fixtures and results

Against other national teams
width=192 OpponentDateScoreScores by periodTournamentHost venue
align=left TBD–, –, –Amerigol LATAM Cup – Division IIFlorida Panthers IceDen, Coral Springs
Against club and other teams
width=192 OpponentDateScoreScores by periodTournamentHost venue
align=left Mexico Warriors BTBD–, –, –Amerigol LATAM Cup – Division IIFlorida Panthers IceDen, Coral Springs
align=left Argentina BTBD–, –, –
 Win   Loss

All-time record against other national teams

Last match update: 26 March 2022

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
width=192Teamwidth=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40
4 0 0 4 12 39
2 2 0 0 13 6
1 1 0 0 8 4
5 1 0 4 11 40
1 0 0 1 0 12
1 0 0 1 2 7
1 0 0 1 1 5
Total 15 4 0 11 47 103

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://amerigolhockey.com/2018-latam-cup 2018 LATAM CUP