Israel men's national ice hockey team

Israel
Association Ice Hockey Federation of Israel
General Manager Felix Kozak
Head coach Semion Yakoubovitch
Assistants Yakov Perel
Eduard Revniaga
Captain Ilya Spektor
Most games Sergei Frenkel (72)[1]
Top scorer Sergei Zak (47)
Most points Sergei Frenkel (98)[1]
Team colors               
IIHF code ISR
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Ranking
Current IIHF 34 Increase 1
Highest IIHF 32 (2014)
Lowest IIHF 40 (first in 2011)
First international
 Spain 23–4 Israel 
(Johannesburg, South Africa; 22 March 1992)
Biggest win
 Israel 26–2 Greece 
(Cape Town, South Africa; 15 April 2011)
Biggest defeat
 Latvia 32–0 Israel 
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 25 (first in 1992)
Best result 28th (2006)
International record (W–L–T)
51–72–8[2]

The Israel national ice hockey team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בהוקי קרח‎) is the national men's ice hockey team of Israel. Israel is currently ranked 35th as of May 2017 by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[3]

Ranking

Date Rank Movement
200234-
200335Decrease 1
200436Decrease 1
200535Increase 1
200633Increase 2
200734[4]Decrease 1
200835[5]Decrease 1
200936[6]Decrease 1
Feb 201038[7]Decrease 2
Apr 201039[8]Decrease 1
201140[9]Decrease 1
201240[10]±0
201339[11]Increase 1
Feb 201433[12]Increase 6
Apr 201432[13]Increase 1
201533[14]Decrease 1
201634[15]Decrease 1
201735[3]Decrease 1

World Championships record

The best achievement was promotion to the IIHF World Championship Division I in 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[16] Next year the team relegated again to Division II.[17] In 2010, Israel was relegated to Division III,[18] however in 2011 the team finished first in Division III Group B earning a promotion back to Division II.[19]

Year Place Division Division place Group GP W T L GF GA
199230thGroup C24th51132242
199331stGroup C16th72053097
199434thGroup C27th51041936
199535thGroup C26th63033923
199635thGroup D7th73133435
199733rdGroup D5th52032228
199835thGroup D3rd53023919
199933rdGroup D2nd4301215
200034thGroup D1st4301317
200132ndDivision II2ndGroup B54012111
200234thDivision II3rdGroup A53021422
200337thDivision II3rdGroup B51221119
200438thDivision II5thGroup A5014328
200530thDivision II1stGroup B54102111
200628thDivision I6thGroup A5005347
200734thDivision II3rdGroup B4202624
200836thDivision II4thGroup A52031628
200938thDivision II5thGroup A5104938
201039thDivision II6thGroup B50051155
201141stDivision III1st5500579
201239thDivision II5thGroup B52031922
201335thDivision II1stGroup B54013014
201434thDivision II6thGroup A51041937
201539thDivision II5thGroup B51041120
201637thDivision II3rdGroup B52032233
201737thDivision II3rdGroup B53022414
201837thDivision II3rdGroup B53022414
Total————13759672578738

Olympics

Israel has tried to qualify for the Olympics three times. In 1996 they advanced past Greece and were eliminated by Yugoslavia before the main qualification rounds, in trying to advance to the 1998 Olympics.

For the 2014 Winter Olympics, Israel attempted to qualify going 0-3 in the pre-qualifier.[20]

For the 2018 Winter Olympics, Israel again attempted to qualify,[21] however they were unable to going 1-2 in the pre-qualifier.

Team

Roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[22]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Height Weight Date of birth Club
1 Alexander Loginov L 173 cm 74 kg 9 February 1979 Israel Rishon Devils
25 Maxim Gokhberg L 185 cm 77 kg 20 July 1996 Israel HC Bat Yam
Defencemen
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
23 Maxim Buz L 180 cm 83 kg 18 May 1983 Israel Rishon Devils
3 Ori Kafri L 180 cm 80 kg 12 March 1997 Canada Hill Academy
11 Shai Maaravi L 175 cm 67 kg 29 October 1996 Israel HC Metulla
4 Yevgeni Margoulis R 190 cm 100 kg 7 February 1982 Israel Rishon Devils
21 Denis Raiter R 170 cm 70 kg 27 September 1994 Israel HC Ma'alot
19 Yuval Rosenthal R 175 cm 58 kg 12 August 1995 Canada Bradford Bulls
18 Daniel Spivak L 185 cm 85 kg 9 August 1988 United States Rochester Americans
Forwards
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
7 Roey Aharonovich l 175 cm 71 kg 7 July 1996 Israel Rice Memorial
16 Itay Shalev Ben Tov L 180 cm 83 kg 24 July 1994 Israel HC Ma'alot
15 Joshua Greenberg L 180 cm 70 kg 3 June 1988 Israel HC Bat Yam
6 Elie Klain L 187 cm 90 kg 20 May 1989 Israel Rishon Devils
10 Yevgeni Kniter L 172 cm 76 kg 28 July 1982 Israel HC Metulla
9 Daniel Mazour L 186 cm 86 kg 5 January 1992 Israel HC Ma'alot
14 Vlad Nosankov R 183 cm 75 kg 6 December 1993 Israel HC Metulla
24 Artur Pyshkin L 175 cm 85 kg 13 December 1992 Israel Rishon Devils
12 Maor Sherf R 175 cm 70 kg 21 February 1994 Israel Rishon Devils
13 Vitali Shvarzman L 179 cm 74 kg 5 July 1992 Israel HC Ma'alot
17 Ilya Spektor L 171 cm 86 kg 10 April 1996 Israel Kfar Saba Horses

Notable players

Coaches

Period Name Nationality
1992Lee Gideon[23] Israel
2001-2004Boris Mindel[24] Israel
2005-2009Jean Perron[25] Canada
2010Boris Mindel[24] Israel
2011Sergei Belo[26] Israel
2012Semyon Yakubovich[27] Israel
 Russia
2012-2014Jean Perron[25] Canada
2015-2016Derek Eisler[28] United States

References

  1. 1 2 Sergei Frenkel
  2. ↑ national teams of ice hockey Israel page
  3. 1 2 2017 Men's World Ranking
  4. ↑ 2007 Men's World Ranking
  5. ↑ 2008 Men's World Ranking
  6. ↑ 2009 Men's World Ranking
  7. ↑ 2010 Men's World Ranking (after Olympics)
  8. ↑ 2010 Men's World Ranking
  9. ↑ 2011 Men's World Ranking
  10. ↑ 2012 Men's World Ranking
  11. ↑ 2013 Men's World Ranking
  12. ↑ 2014 Men's World Ranking (February)
  13. ↑ 2014 Men's World Ranking (April)
  14. ↑ 2015 Men's World Ranking
  15. ↑ 2016 Men's World Ranking
  16. ↑ 2005 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A
  17. ↑ Final rankings
  18. ↑ 2010 IIHF World Championship DIV II Group B
  19. ↑ 2011 IIHF World Championship DIV III
  20. ↑ Here are the 32 hockey teams asking to be a part of 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
  21. ↑ 2018 Olympic Winter Games
  22. ↑ "2016 World Championships Division 2A Team Israel. (Men)" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  23. ↑ Lee Gideon career statistics at EliteProspects.com
  24. 1 2 Boris Mindel profile at Eurohockey.com
  25. 1 2 Jean Perron profile at Eurohockey.com
  26. ↑ Sergei Belo career statistics at EliteProspects.com
  27. ↑ Semyon Yakubovich career statistics at EliteProspects.com
  28. ↑ Derek Eisler career statistics at EliteProspects.com
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