New Zealand women's national ice hockey team

New Zealand
Nickname(s) Ice Fernz
Association New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager Jonathan Albright
Head coach Andreas Kaisser
Assistants Geoffroy Boehme
Kiri Langford
Captain Helen Murray
Most games Anjali Mulari (39)
Top scorer Anjali Mulari (28)
Most points Anjali Mulari (58)
Team colors          
IIHF code NZL
Ranking
Current IIHF 31 Decrease3
Highest IIHF 25 (first in 2012)
Lowest IIHF 31 (2018)
First international
 Australia 2-1 New Zealand 
(Canterbury, New Zealand; 5 November 2000)
Biggest win
 New Zealand 19–0 Turkey 
(Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania; 29 March 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Australia 15–0 New Zealand 
(Christchurch, New Zealand; 13 December 2001)
World Championships
Appearances 11 (first in 2005)
Best result 24th (2012, 2013)
International record (W–L–T)
22–37–1

The New Zealand women's national ice hockey team, nicknamed the Ice Fernz, represents New Zealand at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation. As of 2011, New Zealand has 110 female players.[1] The New Zealand women's national team is ranked 25th in the world. The Ice Fernz name is one of many national team nicknames (indirectly) related to the All Blacks and/or the New Zealand silver tree fern.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

New Zealand hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championship

The New Zealand women team participates in the world championship since 2005. At its first three participations of world championship, the New Zealanders finished every time the second or the third place of the division IV.

  • 2005 – Finished in 29th place (2nd in Division IV)
  • 2007 – Finished in 29th place (3rd in Division IV)
  • 2008 – Finished in 28th place (2nd in Division IV)
  • 2009 – Division IV cancelled[2]
  • 2011 – Finished in 26th place (1st in Division IV, Promoted to Division III).
  • 2012 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division IIA)
  • 2013 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division IIA)
  • 2014 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division IIA)
  • 2015 – Finished in 26th place (6th in Division IIA, relegated to Division IIB)
  • 2016 – Finished in 31st place (5th in Division IIB)
  • 2017 – Finished in 28th place (3rd in Division IIB)
  • 2018 – Finished in 31st place (4th in Division IIB)

Team

Current Roster

Roster for the 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship.[3]

Head coach: Germany Andreas Kaisser Assistant coach: France Geoffroy Boehme, New Zealand Kiri Langford

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace Current team
1GTabitha Crump5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)132 lb (60 kg)July 22, 1983Auckland
2FAnjali MulariA5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)115 lb (52 kg)August 20, 1993Christchurch
4DFuchsia Davidson5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)126 lb (57 kg)August 8, 1990
5FEmma Kloss5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)121 lb (55 kg)October 10, 2000Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
6FHelen MurrayC5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)128 lb (58 kg)September 3, 1990
8DJamieson Jones5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)143 lb (65 kg)September 26, 1998Massey
9DAbbey Heale5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)110 lb (50 kg)March 30, 2001
10DAshley Richmond5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)115 lb (52 kg)June 23, 1994Calgary, Alberta, Canada
11DRachael Neville-Lamb5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)143 lb (65 kg)July 29, 1993New Plymouth
12FKirstin Gerken5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)132 lb (60 kg)April 15, 1999Dunedin
13FAnna-Louise Robinson5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)121 lb (55 kg)September 27, 1995
14FLaura Thresher5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)123 lb (56 kg)December 30, 1999Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
15FHope Gregory5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)121 lb (55 kg)June 9, 2000
16FCaitlin Orr5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)117 lb (53 kg)December 1, 1997Dunedin
17DKrystie Woodyear-SmithA5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)128 lb (58 kg)November 27, 1994
18DRebecca Lilly5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)137 lb (62 kg)October 14, 1998GoreUnited States Finlandia Lions (NCAA III)
19FAlexandra Hyde5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)121 lb (55 kg)September 11, 1997
20GLochlyn-Marie Hyde5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)143 lb (65 kg)September 11, 1997West Auckland
21FHannah Shields5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)154 lb (70 kg)August 31, 1996Paeroa
22FJemma Read5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)159 lb (72 kg)July 24, 1996
23DKathryn McAslan5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)150 lb (68 kg)August 19, 1998Ranfurly
24FCaitlin Heale5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)137 lb (62 kg)December 12, 1997Dunedin

All-time Record against other nations

As of 4 May 2018[4]

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost For Aga Diff Win %
 Australia1110101284-729.09%
 Chinese Taipei100125-30.00%
 Croatia310299033.33%
 Estonia2200131+12100.00%
 Great Britain2002110-90.00%
 Hungary2002311-80.00%
 Iceland72141735-1828.57%
 Italy2002211-90.00%
 Kazakhstan1001010-100.00%
 Mexico200226-40.00%
 North Korea100117-60.00%
 Poland310278-10.00%
 Romania65013615+2183.33%
 Slovenia220096+3100.00%
 South Africa2200163+13100.00%
 South Korea4103611-525.00%
 Spain4004522-170.00%
 Turkey55005811+47100.00%
Total6022137199265-6636.67%

All-time record against other clubs

As of 11 March 2018[4]

Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost For Aga Diff Win %
Canada Brampton Canadettes Senior A2002110-90.00%
Canada Canada Moose3210187+1166.67%
Canada Durham West Lightning Senior A200246-20.00%
Canada Leaside Wildcats Bantam B100136-30.00%
New Zealand Leaside Wildcats Midget AA100101-10.00%
Australia New South Wales100112-10.00%
Sweden Norrtälje2001028-280.00%
Total122182760-3316.67%

References

  1. IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/new-zealand.html
  2. 2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423
  3. "2018 World Championships Division 2B Team New Zealand. (Women)" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. 1 2 "New-Zealand-Women-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018.
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