Australia men's national ice hockey team

Australia
Nickname(s) Mighty Roos
Association Ice Hockey Australia
General Manager Ian Webster
Head coach Brad Vigon[1]
Assistants Matti Luoma[1]
Captain Lliam Webster
Most games Glen Foll (80)
Most points Greg Oddy (118)
Team colors               
IIHF code AUS
Ranking
Current IIHF 36 Increase 2
Highest IIHF 31 (2009)
Lowest IIHF 36 (first in 2003)
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)
81–105–10

The Australian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Australia. As of 2017, the Australian team is ranked 33rd 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. 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.

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

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Games GP W T L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
United States 1960 Squaw Valley 6 0 0 6 10 87 William McEachern ? Consolation Round 9th

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)
  • 2016 – 35th place (1st in Division IIB)
  • 2017 – 30th place (2nd in Division IIA)
  • 2018 – 30th place (2nd in Division IIA)

Team

Current roster

Australia at the 2008 World Championship Division II, Group B.

For the 2018 Winter Games NZ[1]

#NamePosS/GAgeClub
Zachary BoyleDL22Adelaide Adrenaline
Ellesse CariniFL19Sydney Ice Dogs
Robert HaselhurstDR26Newcastle Northstars
Tyler KubaraFR23CBR Brave
Jordan KyrosFR26Perth Thunder
Robert Malloy (A)FR31Newcastle Northstars
Shannon McGregorDR27Sydney Ice Dogs
Michael McMahonDL24Melbourne Mustangs
Kai MiettinenFL22CBR Brave
Patrick NadinFR23Newcastle Northstars
Thomas Powell (A)FR32Melbourne Ice
Tomek SakFR23Perth Thunder
Charlie SmartGL22Newcastle Northstars
Alexandre TetreaultGL20CBR Brave
Vadim VirjassovFL31Melbourne Mustangs
Kieren WebsterFR21Perth Thunder
Lliam Webster (C)DR32Melbourne Ice
Christopher WongFR23Melbourne Ice
Jamie WoodmanDR24Perth Thunder

Staff

For the 2018 Winter Games NZ[1]

  • Head Coach: Brad Vigon
  • Assistant Coach: Matti Luoma
  • Team Manager: Ian Webster
  • Assistant Manager: Val Webster
  • Medical Trainer: Michael Botes
  • Team Leader: Andrew McDowell

All-time record against other nations

As of 26 April 2018[2]

TeamGPWTLGFGA
 New Zealand18160217927
 South Africa77006323
 Mexico77006012
 Israel127055844
 Belgium147075460
 Turkey5500753
 Iceland85032519
 North Korea84134230
 Spain164394570
 Bulgaria113265760
 Serbia/
 Yugoslavia/
 Serbia and Montenegro		93062147
 South Korea142395584
 China83142047
 Hong Kong2200790
 Luxembourg2200290
 Chinese Taipei1100313
 Greece1100102
 Denmark2101710
 Hungary51041839
 Poland100135
 United States1001112
 Czech Republic/
 Czechoslovakia		1001118
  Switzerland1001020
 France2002319
 Slovenia2002221
 Estonia2002525
 Italy2002425
 Finland2002333
 Kazakhstan2002336
 Romania3003515
 Lithuania3003720
 Netherlands3003429
 Great Britain4004842
 Croatia60061029
 Japan70071793
Total196811010510281078

All-time record against other clubs

As of 11 April 2013[2]

TeamGPWTLGFGA
United States Denver Pioneers2002614
Czech Republic HC Poruba100145
Czech Republic HC Vítkovice Steel U252002512
Australia Victoria All Stars110043
Total61051934

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Roster Released for 2018 Winter Games NZ". Ice Hockey News Australia. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  2. 1 2 "Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018.
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