Israel men's national ice hockey team

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.[4]

Israel
AssociationIce Hockey Federation of Israel
General ManagerFelix Kozak
Head coachBobby Holík
AssistantsDušan Králík
Ran Oz
CaptainEliezer Sherbatov
Most gamesSergei Frenkel (79)[1]
Top scorerSergei Frenkel (47)
Most pointsSergei Frenkel (109)[1]
Team colors              
IIHF codeISR
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Ranking
Current IIHF34 (24 April 2020)[2]
Highest IIHF32 (2014)
Lowest IIHF40 (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
Appearances26 (first in 1992)
Best result28th (2006)
International record (W–L–T)
53–72–8[3]

Ranking
Date Rank Movement
200234–
200335 1
200436 1
200535 1
200633 2
200734[5] 1
200835[6] 1
200936[7] 1
Feb 201038[8] 2
Apr 201039[9] 1
201140[10] 1
201240[11]±0
201339[12] 1
Feb 201433[13] 6
Apr 201432[14] 1
201533[15] 1
201634[16] 1
201735[4] 1

World Championships record

The best achievement was promotion to the IIHF World Championship Division I in 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[17] Next year the team relegated again to Division II.[18] In 2010, Israel was relegated to Division III,[19] however in 2011 the team finished first in Division III Group B earning a promotion back to Division II.[20]

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
201935thDivision II1stGroup B55003216
202035thDivision IICancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[21]
Total––––14264672610754

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.[22]

For the 2018 Winter Olympics, Israel again attempted to qualify,[23] however they were unable to going 1–2 in the pre-qualifier.

Team

Roster

Roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[24]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Height Weight Date of birth Club
1 Nir Tichon R 178 cm 80 kg (1993-10-17) 17 October 1993 Masaryk University
20 Yehonatan Reisinger L 172 cm 66 kg (2000-07-21) 21 July 2000 HC Okanagan Europe
Defencemen
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
12 Tomer Aharonovich L 180 cm 67 kg (1999-02-11) 11 February 1999 Rishon Devils
22 Dan Hoffman L 176 cm 65 kg (1999-01-28) 28 January 1999 Volna Kazan U18
4 Evgeni Kozhevnikov L 187 cm 77 kg (1981-10-29) 29 October 1981 HC Bat Yam
10 Michail Kozhevnikov L 188 cm 95 kg (1981-10-29) 29 October 1981 HC Bat Yam
11 Shai Maaravi L 175 cm 67 kg (1996-10-29) 29 October 1996 Duquesne University
2 Kai Malachi R 182 cm 78 kg (1992-12-07) 7 December 1992 HC Metulla
5 Itay Mostovoy R 178 cm 74 kg (2001-06-03) 3 June 2001 Boston Shamrocks U18
17 Yuval Rosenthal R 175 cm 58 kg (1995-08-12) 12 August 1995 Bradford Bulls
18 Daniel Spivak L 185 cm 85 kg (1988-08-09) 9 August 1988 Rochester Americans
Forwards
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
7 Roey Aharonovich L 175 cm 71 kg (1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 Bryn Athyn College
16 Itay Ben Tov L 180 cm 83 kg (1994-07-24) 24 July 1994 Monfort Ma'alot
8 Sergei Frenkel L 179 cm 90 kg (1984-08-06) 6 August 1984 HC Bat Yam
19 Avishai Geller R 183 cm 86 kg (1979-05-21) 21 May 1979 Holon Ninjas
15 Joshua Greenberg L 180 cm 70 kg (1988-06-03) 3 June 1988 HC Bat Yam
24 Yuval Halpert L 171 cm 71 kg (2000-09-20) 20 September 2000 Southern Oregon Spartans
6 Elie Klein L 187 cm 90 kg (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 Rishon Devils
9 Daniel Mazour L 186 cm 86 kg (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 Monfort Ma'alot
13 Eliezer Sherbatov L 174 cm 88 kg (1991-10-09) 9 October 1991 Kurbads Riga
14 Maor Sherf R 175 cm 70 kg (1994-02-21) 21 February 1994 HC Bat Yam
3 Artem Vernyy L 180 cm 95 kg (1993-02-20) 20 February 1993 HC Bat Yam

Notable players

Coaches
Period Name Nationality
1992Lee Gideon[25] Israel
2001–2004Boris Mindel[26] Israel
2005–2009Jean Perron[27] Canada
2010Boris Mindel[26] Israel
2011Sergei Belo[28] Israel
2012, 2018Semyon Yakubovich[29] Israel
 Russia
2012–2014Jean Perron[27] Canada
2015–2016Derek Eisler[30] United States

References
  1. Sergei Frenkel
  2. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  3. national teams of ice hockey Israel page
  4. 2017 Men's World Ranking
  5. 2007 Men's World Ranking
  6. 2008 Men's World Ranking
  7. 2009 Men's World Ranking
  8. 2010 Men's World Ranking (after Olympics)
  9. 2010 Men's World Ranking
  10. 2011 Men's World Ranking
  11. 2012 Men's World Ranking
  12. 2013 Men's World Ranking
  13. 2014 Men's World Ranking (February)
  14. 2014 Men's World Ranking (April)
  15. 2015 Men's World Ranking
  16. 2016 Men's World Ranking
  17. 2005 IIHF World Championship Div II Group A
  18. Final rankings
  19. 2010 IIHF World Championship DIV II Group B
  20. 2011 IIHF World Championship DIV III
  21. "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  22. Here are the 32 hockey teams asking to be a part of 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
  23. 2018 Olympic Winter Games
  24. "2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships Division II, Group B – Team Israel Roster. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  25. Lee Gideon career statistics at EliteProspects.com
  26. Boris Mindel profile at Eurohockey.com
  27. Jean Perron profile at Eurohockey.com
  28. Sergei Belo career statistics at EliteProspects.com
  29. Semyon Yakubovich career statistics at EliteProspects.com
  30. Derek Eisler career statistics at EliteProspects.com
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