Australia men's national ice hockey team

Australia

Nickname(s)	Mighty Roos
Association	Ice Hockey Australia
General Manager	Vicki Stephenson
Head coach	Brad Vigon
Assistants	Matti Luoma
Captain	Lliam Webster
Most games	Glen Foll (80)
Most points	Greg Oddy (135)
IIHF code	AUS
IIHF ranking	36 2
Highest IIHF ranking	31 (2009)
Lowest IIHF ranking	36 (first in 2003)
Team colors
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	32 (first in 1960)
Best result	9th (1960)
Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 1960)
International record (W–L–T)
69–103–10

The Australian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Australia. As of 2015 the Australian team are ranked 36th in the IIHF World Rankings. 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.

World records

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) since 1949. However this was surpassed in 2008 by the Slovakian women's team (82 goals).

Tournament record

Olympics Games

• 1960 – 9th place

World Championships

• 1962 – 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1974 – 21st place (7th in Pool C)
• 1979 – 26th place (8th in Pool C)
• 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)
• 1992 – 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
• 1993 – 27th 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)
• 2012 – 28th place (6th in Division IB)
• 2013 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)
• 2014 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)
• 2015 – 34th place (6th in Division IIA)

Roster

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

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Team Australia 2008

From the 2016 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

#	Name	Pos	S/G	Age	Club
	Paul Baranzelli	D	L	44	Melbourne Ice
	James Byers	D	R	30	CBR Brave
	Fraser Carson	G	L	29	Melbourne Mustangs
	Darren Corstens	F	R	33	Adelaide Adrenaline
	Wehebe Darge	F	L	32	IHC Leuven Chiefs
	Robert Haselhurst	D	R	31	Perth Thunder
	Mitchell Humphries	F	R	30	Melbourne Ice
	David Huxley	D	R	36	Adelaide Adrenaline
	Sean Jones	F	L	38	Melbourne Mustangs
	Anthony Kimlin	G	L	34	Whitby Dunlops
	Jordan Kyros	F	R	32	Perth Thunder
	Mat Lindsay	D	R	34	Newcastle North Stars
	Robert Malloy	D	R	37	Sydney Ice Dogs
	Austin McKenzie	F	R	31	Melbourne Ice
	Thomas Powell	F	R	38	Melbourne Ice
	Mark Rummukainen	D	R	42	CBR Brave
	Michael Schlamp	F	R	43	Sydney Bears
	Matt Stringer	F	R	30	Melbourne Mustangs
	Richard Tesarik	F		37	Sydney Bears
	Cameron Todd	F	R	29	Nacka HK
	Lliam Webster	F	L	38	Melbourne Ice

All-time Record against other nations

As of 20 April 2013

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
New Zealand	12	11	0	1	152	15
South Africa	7	7	0	0	63	23
Mexico	6	6	0	0	55	8
Israel	10	6	0	4	44	37
Turkey	5	5	0	0	75	3
Belgium	10	4	0	6	34	49
Iceland	4	3	0	1	16	8
North Korea	7	3	1	3	20	29
Spain	14	3	3	8	39	61
Bulgaria	10	2	2	6	43	60
South Korea	14	2	3	9	55	84
China	7	2	1	4	17	46
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	79	0
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	29	0
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	31	3
Greece	1	1	0	0	10	2
Serbia	2	1	0	1	7	7
Denmark	2	1	0	1	7	10
Hungary	5	1	0	4	18	39
Poland	1	0	0	1	3	5
Romania	1	0	0	1	3	5
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
France	2	0	0	2	3	19
Slovenia	2	0	0	2	2	21
Italy	2	0	0	2	4	25
Finland	2	0	0	2	3	33
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	3	36
Lithuania	3	0	0	3	7	20
Yugoslavia	3	0	0	3	3	25
Netherlands	3	0	0	3	4	29
Great Britain	4	0	0	4	8	42
Croatia	6	0	0	6	10	29
Japan	7	0	0	7	17	93

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile