Australia men's national ice hockey team

Australia

Nickname(s)	Mighty Roos
Association	Ice Hockey Australia
General Manager	Ross Noga
Head coach	Vladimir Rubes
Assistants	Robert Knesaurek
Captain	Greg Oddy
Most games	Glen Foll (79)
Most points	Greg Oddy (119)
IIHF code	AUS
IIHF ranking	34
Highest IIHF ranking	31 (2009)
Lowest IIHF ranking	36 (2003)
Team colours
First international
Czechoslovakia 18 - 1 Australia  (Squaw Valley, United States; 20 February 1960)
Biggest win
Australia 58 - 0 New Zealand  (Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
Kazakhstan 23 - 1 Australia  (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	27 (first in 1960)
Best result	9th (in 1960)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 1960)
International record (W–L–T)
56-88-10

The Australian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Australia. As of 2010 the Australian team are ranked 34th. The official nickname of Australia's national ice hockey team is the Mighty Roos.

History

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).

Australia has competed in the Division II World Championships since 2001. As of 2007 they are 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, Australia. The Mighty Roos finished first and captured the gold medal by winning all five games and they have now have been promoted to Division I.

Roster

Main article: List of Men's World Ice Hockey Championship players for Australia

Team Australia 2008

From the 2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships^[1]

#	Name	Pos	Date of Birth	Club
6	Clayworth, AaronAaron Clayworth	D	01985-03-2121 March 1985	Canberra Knights
1	Denman, StuartStuart Denman	G	01974-09-011 September 1974	Melbourne Ice
20	Ezzy, MatthewMatthew Ezzy	G	01984-01-022 January 1984	Newcastle North Stars
13	Gavin, JordanJordan Gavin	F	01982-09-2222 September 1982	Canberra Knights
5	Graham, ToddTodd Graham	D	01991-02-088 February 1991	Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack
2	Hughes, JosephJoseph Hughes	F	01984-07-033 July 1984	Melbourne Ice
23	Huxley, DavidDavid Huxley	D	01988-02-044 February 1988	Adelaide Adrenaline
8	Manco, TomasTomas Manco	D	01988-01-1919 January 1988	Sydney Ice Dogs
10	Oddy, GregGreg Oddy	F	01980-07-2424 July 1980	Adelaide Adrenaline
21	Powell, ThomasThomas Powell	F	01986-02-1212 February 1986	Melbourne Ice
12	Rummukainen, MarkMark Rummukainen	D	01982-02-1919 February 1982	Canberra Knights
11	Sekura, ChristopherChristopher Sekura	F	01975-10-3131 October 1975	Sydney Ice Dogs
19	Stephenson, ScottScott Stephenson	F	01985-07-1212 July 1985	Sydney Ice Dogs
18	Stephenson, ToddTodd Stephenson	F	01988-06-099 June 1988	Sydney Ice Dogs
16	Stransky, VladanVladan Stransky	F	01973-02-1212 February 1973	Sydney Bears
15	Thilthorpe, BenBen Thilthorpe	F	01978-08-2020 August 1978	Adelaide Blackhawks
24	Thilthorpe, LukeLuke Thilthorpe	D	01981-11-044 November 1981	Adelaide Adrenaline
7	Thomas, BrettBrett Thomas	F	01977-08-2424 August 1977	Sydney Ice Dogs
9	Upton, DavidDavid Upton	F	01989-10-3030 October 1989	Gold Coast Blue Tongues
14	Walker, NathanNathan Walker	F	01994-02-077 February 1994	HC Vitkovice Steel U20
22	Webster, LliamLliam Webster	F	01986-02-1919 February 1986	Melbourne Ice
17	White, AndrewAndrew White	D	01983-06-3030 June 1983	Sydney Ice Dogs

World records

Australia has 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) since 1949.

Olympics record

• 1920-1956 - did not participate
• 1960 - 9th place
• 1964–present - did not qualify

World Championships record

1930-1961 - did not participate 1962 - 13th place (5th in Pool B) 1963-1973 - did not participate 1974 - 21st place (7th in Pool C) 1975-1978 - did not participate 1979 - 26th place (8th in Pool C) 1981-1985 - did not participate 1986 - 26th place (10th in Pool C) 1987 - 25th place (1st in Pool D) 1989 - 24th place (8th in Pool C) 1990 - 27th place (2nd in Pool D) 1991 - did not participate 1992 - 15th place (3rd in Pool C) 1993 - 23rd place (7th in Pool C) 1994 - 33rd place (13th in Pool C) 1995 - 36th place (16th in Pool C)

1996 - 36th place (8th in Pool D) 1997 - 34th place (6th in Pool D) 1998 - 34th place (2nd in Pool D) 1999 - 34th place (3rd in Pool D) 2000 - 36th place (3rd in Pool D) 2001 - 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A) 2002 - 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A) 2003 - 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A) 2004 - 33rd place (3rd in Division II, Group A) 2005 - 31st place (2nd in Division II, Group A) 2006 - 32nd place (3rd in Division II, Group B) 2007 - 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B) 2008 - 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B) 2009 - 27th place (6th in Division I, Group A) 2010 - 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group A) 2011 - 30th place (1st in Division II, Group A)

All-time Record against other nations

As of 25 May 2009

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
New Zealand	11	10	0	1	150	15
South Africa	7	7	0	0	63	23
Israel	10	6	0	4	44	37
Turkey	4	4	0	0	65	2
Mexico	4	4	0	0	39	5
Iceland	3	3	0	0	14	5
Spain	12	2	3	7	35	54
South Korea	13	2	3	8	51	76
North Korea	6	2	1	3	15	29
China	7	2	1	4	17	46
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	79	0
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	29	0
Bulgaria	9	1	2	6	32	56
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	31	3
Greece	1	1	0	0	10	2
Denmark	2	1	0	1	7	10
Hungary	5	1	0	4	18	39
Belgium	7	1	0	6	21	43
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	0	1	3	8
United States	1	0	0	1	1	12
Estonia	1	0	0	1	4	20
Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1	1	18
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	0	20
Lithuania	2	0	0	2	5	17
France	2	0	0	2	3	19
Slovenia	2	0	0	2	2	21
Italy	2	0	0	2	4	25
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	2	23
Finland	2	0	0	2	3	33
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	3	36
Yugoslavia	3	0	0	3	3	25
Great Britain	4	0	0	4	8	42
Croatia	5	0	0	5	9	26
Japan	7	0	0	7	17	93

See also

• Australian Ice Hockey League

References

1. ^ "Australia". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/263/IHM2630AUS_33_1_0.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-04. 

External links

• Ice Hockey Australia
• National Teams of ice Hockey