Australia men's national ice hockey team

{{Short description|Men's national ice hockey team representing Australia}}

{{Infobox national hockey team

| Name = Australia

| Badge = Australia national ice hockey team logo.png

| Badge_size = 190px

| Nickname = Mighty Roos

| General Manager =

| Coach = Matti Luoma{{cite web | url =https://www.iha.org.au/2023-iihf-wctm/ | title=2023 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM MANAGEMENT | access-date =16 January 2023 }}

| Asst Coach = Mark Rummukainen

| Captain = Cameron Todd

| Most games = Glen Foll (80)

| Top scorer = Greg Oddy (71)

| Most points = Greg Oddy (129)

| Home Stadium =

| IIHF code = AUS

| IIHF Rank = {{IIHF World Ranking|AUS}}

| IIHF max = 31

| IIHF max date = 2009

| IIHF min = 38

| IIHF min date = 2018

| Team_Colors = {{Color box|#076407|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|#e7b807|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|#ffffff|border=darkgray}}

| Jerseys = 173px

| First game = {{ih-rt|TCH}} 18–1 {{ih|AUS}}
{{small|(Squaw Valley, United States; 20 February 1960)}}

| Largest win = {{ih-rt|AUS}} 58–0 {{ih|NZL}}
{{small|(Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)}}

| Largest loss = {{ih-rt|KAZ}} 23–1 {{ih|AUS}}
{{small|(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)}}

| Olympic apps = 1

| Olympic first = 1960

| Olympic medals =

| World champ apps = 39

| World champ first = 1960

| World champ best = 9th (1960)

| Record = 93–115–10

}}

The Australian men's national ice hockey team (nicknamed the Mighty Roos) represent Australia in the sport of ice hockey under the jurisdiction of Ice Hockey Australia which is a part of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Australia competed in the Winter Olympics once, in 1960, when the team lost all of their matches. They have also competed in the Ice Hockey World Championships, 33 times with their best result being a ninth-place finish at the same Olympics with a 13th place (or 5th in Pool B) in 1962. The national team currently are in division two after being relegated from division one in 2013 with the team being currently ranked 35th in the IIHF World Rankings.

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). The team had previously tried to attend the 1956 games in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, but never received approval from the Australian Olympic Committee.{{cite book|last=Gordon|first=Harry|year=2003|title=The time of our lives: inside the Sydney Olympics : Australia and the Olympic Games 1994–2002|publisher=University of Queensland|ISBN=0-7022-3412-5|pages=271–272}}

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 Slovak women's team (82 goals against Bulgaria).

Tournament record

=Olympic Games=

File:1960 Australian Olympic Ice Hockey sweater.jpg]]

class="wikitable sortable"
Games ! GP ! W ! T ! L ! GF ! GA ! Coach ! Captain ! Finish ! Rank
{{flagicon\|USA}} 1960 Squaw Valley \| 6 \| 0 \| 0 \| 6 \| 10 \| 87 \| William McEachern \| N/A \| Consolation Round \| 9th

class="wikitable sortable"

Games

! GP

! W

! T

! L

! GF

! GA

! Coach

! Captain

! Finish

! Rank

{{flagicon|USA}} 1960 Squaw Valley

| 6

| 0

| 6

| 10

| 87

| William McEachern

| N/A

| 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)
2019 – 31st place (3rd in Division IIA)
2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18314/men%e2%80%99s-division-ii%2c-iii-cancelled|title=Men’s Division II, III cancelled|work=IIHF|access-date=13 March 2020}}
2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic{{Cite web|title=IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations|access-date=18 November 2020|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation}}
2022 – Withdrawn{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/31593/australian_teams_withdrawn|title=Australian teams withdrawn|date=22 January 2022|publisher=IIHF.com|accessdate=22 January 2022}}
2023 – 32nd place (4th in Division IIA)
2024 – 33rd place (5th in Division IIA)
2025 – (Division IIA)

Also played in 1964 Winter Olympics/World Championships qualification, where lost 2 games with aggregate score 7-34.

Team

{{see also|List of Men's World Ice Hockey Championship players for Australia}}

Image:Team Australia ice hockey 2008.JPG.]]

All-time record against other nations

As of 12 March 2023{{cite web|url=https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Australia-Men-Official-Results.pdf|title=Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf|publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey|date=March 2023|access-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415070227/https://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Australia-Men-Official-Results.pdf|archive-date=15 April 2023|url-status=live}}

Teams named in italics are no longer active.

Total	213 \|\| 92 \|\| 10 \|\| 111 \|\| 1169 \|\| 1123
class="wikitable sortable" !Team !! GP !! W !! T !! L !! GF !! GA
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|AUT}}	1	0	0	1	0	17
bgcolor=#FFFFCC \|{{ih\|BEL}}	16	8	0	8	59	64
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|BUL}}	11	3	2	6	57	60
bgcolor=#FFFFCC \|{{ih\|CHN}}	9	4	1	4	23	49
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|TPE}}	1	1	0	0	31	3
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|CRO}}	7	0	0	7	11	31
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|TCH}}	1	0	0	1	1	18
bgcolor=#FFFFCC \|{{ih\|DEN}}	2	1	0	1	7	10
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|EST}}	2	0	0	2	5	25
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|FIN}}	2	0	0	2	3	33
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|FRA}}	3	0	0	3	4	32
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|GER}}	1	0	0	1	1	15
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|GBR}}	4	0	0	4	8	42
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|GRE}}	1	1	0	0	10	2
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|HKG}}	2	2	0	0	79	0
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|HUN}}	5	1	0	4	18	39
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|ISL}}	8	5	0	3	25	19
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|ITA}}	2	0	0	2	4	25
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|ISR}}	12	7	0	5	58	44
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|JPN}}	7	0	0	7	17	93
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|KAZ}}	2	0	0	2	3	36
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|LTU}}	3	0	0	3	7	20
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|LUX}}	2	2	0	0	29	0
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|MEX}}	7	7	0	0	60	12
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|NED}}	5	0	0	5	10	44
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|NZL}}	27	22	0	5	315	53
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|PRK}}	8	4	1	3	42	30
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|POL}}	1	0	0	1	3	5
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|ROU}}	3	0	0	3	5	15
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|SRB}}	9	5	0	4	27	35
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|SLO}}	2	0	0	2	2	21
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|RSA}}	7	7	0	0	63	23
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|KOR}}	14	2	3	9	55	84
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|ESP}}	17	5	3	9	49	70
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|SUI}}	1	0	0	1	0	20
bgcolor=#CCFFCC \|{{ih\|TUR}}	5	5	0	0	75	4
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|USA}}	1	0	0	1	1	12
bgcolor=#FFCCCC \|{{ih\|YUG}}	2	0	0	2	2	18

All-time record against other clubs

As of 11 April 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf|title=Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf|publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey|date=14 January 2018|access-date=14 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115001600/https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Australia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf|archive-date=15 January 2018|url-status=dead}}

Total	6 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 5 \|\| 19 \|\| 34
class="wikitable sortable" !Team !! GP !! W !! T !! L !! GF !! GA
{{flagicon\|USA}} Denver Pioneers	2	0	0	2	6	14
{{flagicon\|CZE}} HC Poruba	1	0	0	1	4	5
{{flagicon\|CZE}} HC Vítkovice Steel U25	2	0	0	2	5	12
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Victoria All Stars	1	1	0	0	4	3

References

External links

{{Official website}}
[https://www.iihf.com/en/associations/325/australia IIHF profile]

Category:Ice hockey teams in Australia

Category:National ice hockey teams in Oceania

Category:Men's national ice hockey teams

Total	6 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 5 \|\| 19 \|\| 34
class="wikitable sortable" !Team !! GP !! W !! T !! L !! GF !! GA
{{flagicon\|USA}} Denver Pioneers	2	0	0	2	6	14
{{flagicon\|CZE}} HC Poruba	1	0	0	1	4	5
{{flagicon\|CZE}} HC Vítkovice Steel U25	2	0	0	2	5	12
{{flagicon\|AUS}} Victoria All Stars	1	1	0	0	4	3