New Zealand men's national ice hockey team

New Zealand
Nickname(s)	Ice Blacks
Association	New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager	Graham Tappin
Head coach	Anatoly Khorozov[1]
Assistants	Andreas Kaisser
Captain	Nicholas Craig
Most games	Andrew Hay (69)[2]
Top scorer	Andrew Cox (29)[2]
Most points	Brett Speirs (49)[2]
Team colors
IIHF code	NZL
Ranking
Current IIHF	39 1 (24 April 2020)[3]
Highest IIHF	35 (2013)
Lowest IIHF	40 (first in 2003)
First international
	South Korea 35–2 New Zealand; (Perth, Australia; 13 March 1987)
Biggest win
	New Zealand 19–0 Hong Kong; (Perth, Australia; 15 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
	Australia 58–0 New Zealand; (Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	27 (first in 1987)
Best result	27th (1987)
International record (W–L–T)
	53–78–2

The New Zealand men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for New Zealand. As of 2018, the New Zealand team is ranked 39th in the IIHF World Rankings. The official nickname of New Zealand's national ice hockey team is the Ice Blacks.[4] The "Ice Blacks" nickname is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.

History

The 2016 documentary film "Ice Blacks" covers the history of the team, their rivalry with Australia and their difficulties in competing at international level because of New Zealand's geographic distance from the rest of the traditional ice hockey playing countries.

New Zealand has competed in the Division II World Championships since 2001. From 2007 to 2011, New Zealand was coached by Jeff Bonazzo. In his last year coaching at the 2011 Division II World Championships, New Zealand won three games and lost two, finishing second in their group behind host nation and rival Australia and missing promotion to Division I.

New Zealand hosted the 2003 IIHF World Championship Division III, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished first and captured their first gold medal and were promoted to Division II.

New Zealand hosted the 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished last and were relegated to Division III.

New Zealand hosted the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III, which was held in Dunedin. The Ice Blacks finished first and captured their third gold medal by winning all five games and were promoted to Division II.

New Zealand hosted the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished second behind China, capturing their fourth silver medal.

Tournament record

New Zealand Winter Games

Games	GP	W	OTL/SOL	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Rank
2009 Winter Games	2	1	0	1	7	12	Jeff Bonazzo	Simon Glass	2nd
2011 Winter Games	4	2	0	2	17	16	Jeff Bonazzo	Corey Down	2nd
2017 Winter Games	3	1	1	1	7	6	Maru Rout	Berton Haines	2nd
2018 Winter Games	3	2	0	1	13	9	Anatoly Khorozov	Paris Heyd	1st

World Championship record

1987 – 27th place (3rd in "Pool D")
1989 – 29th place (5th in "Pool D")
1995 – 39th place (10th in "Pool C2")
1996 – Not ranked (2nd in "Pool D" group 1 qualifier)
1997 – Not ranked (2nd in unofficial "Pool E")
1998 – 38th place (6th in "Pool D")
1999 – 38th place (6th in "Pool D")
2000 – 39th place (6th in "Pool D")
2001 – 39th place (5th in Division II Group A)
2002 – 43rd place (3rd in Division II qualification)
2003 – 41st place (1st in Division III)
2004 – 37th place (5th in Division II Group B)
2005 – 38th place (5th in Division II Group A)
2006 – 39th place (6th in Division II Group B)
2007 – 41st place (1st in Division III)
2008 – 39th place (6th in Division II Group B)
2009 – 41st place (1st in Division III)
2010 – 36th place (4th in Division II Group B)
2011 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II Group A)
2012 – 34th place (6th in Division II Group A)
2013 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
2014 – 37th place (3rd in Division II Group B)
2015 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
2016 – 38th place (4th in Division II Group B)
2017 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
2018 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
2019 – 37th place (3rd in Division II Group B)
2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[5]

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.[6]

Head coach: Anatoly Khorozov Assistant coach: Adam Blachette

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	Current team
1	G	Rick Parry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2 November 1987	Kauri	West Auckland Admirals (NZIHL)
3	D	Stefan Amston	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	13 August 1993	Christchurch	Skycity Stampede (NZIHL)
4	F	Matthew Schneider	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	10 July 1985	Vernon, British Columbia, Canada	Skycity Stampede (NZIHL)
5	D	Blake Jackson	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	21 October 1990	Auckland	West Auckland Admirals (NZIHL)
6	F	Dale Harrop – A	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	29 April 1989	Christchurch	West Auckland Admirals (NZIHL)
7	F	Benjamin Gavoille	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	152 lb (69 kg)	30 November 1987	Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France	Dunedin Thunder (NZIHL)
8	F	Chris Eaden	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	159 lb (72 kg)	30 August 1990	Christchurch	Canterbury Red Devils (NZIHL)
9	D	Stephen Mawson	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	18 February 1991	Whangarei	Botany Swarm (NZIHL)
10	F	Nicholas Henderson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	229 lb (104 kg)	5 July 1990	Ōkato	West Auckland Admirals (NZIHL)
11	F	Martin Lee	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	9 March 1989
12	F	Ryan Strayer	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	2 July 1985	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	Skycity Stampede (NZIHL)
13	D	Andrew Hay	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	25 June 1985	Auckland	Botany Swarm (NZIHL)
14	D	Callum Burns	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	23 September 1996	Queenstown	Skycity Stampede (NZIHL)
15	F	Aleksandr Polozov	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	154 lb (70 kg)	16 April 1986	Kohtla-Järve, Estonia	Botany Swarm (NZIHL)
16	F	Gino Heyd – C	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	15 December 1990	Alexandra	Dunedin Thunder (NZIHL)
18	F	Robin Vortanov	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	12 July 1997		Botany Swarm (NZIHL)
19	F	Frazer Ellis	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	29 March 1996	Auckland	West Auckland Admirals (NZIHL)
21	D	Jaxson Lane	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	4 August 1994	Christchurch	Canterbury Red Devils (NZIHL)
22	F	Jordan Challis – A	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	25 March 1992	Auckland	Botany Swarm (NZIHL)
23	D	Nicholas Craig	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	187 lb (85 kg)	3 November 1990	New Plymouth	West Auckland Admirals (NZIHL)
24	F	Andrew Cox	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	183 lb (83 kg)	6 September 1990	Auckland	Perth Thunder (AIHL)
25	G	Vincent Mitalas	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	12 November 1978	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

All-time record against other nations

As of 8 September 2018[7]

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Australia	18	3	0	15	16.66%	32	170	−138
Belgium	3	1	0	2	33.33%	8	31	−23
Bulgaria	6	3	0	3	50.00%	39	43	−4
China	9	5	0	4	55.55%	33	35	−2
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	100.00%	12	1	+11
Croatia	3	0	0	3	0.00%	11	42	−31
Estonia	2	0	0	2	0.00%	2	36	−34
Great Britain	1	0	0	1	0.00%	0	26	−26
Greece	4	3	0	1	75.00%	22	16	+8
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	100.00%	38	0	+38
Iceland	5	0	0	5	0.00%	9	24	−15
Ireland	2	2	0	0	100.00%	13	2	11
Israel	7	5	0	2	71.43%	29	29	0
Lithuania	1	0	0	1	0.00%	2	21	−19
Luxembourg	5	5	0	0	100.00%	32	9	+23
Mexico	11	6	1	4	50.00%	40	29	+11
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	100.00%	15	1	+14
North Korea	6	2	0	4	33.33%	29	33	−4
Romania	2	0	0	2	0.00%	2	66	−64
Serbia/ Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	0	3	0.00%	6	43	−37
South Africa	13	3	1	9	23.08%	38	56	−18
South Korea	6	0	0	6	0.00%	5	99	−94
Spain	7	0	0	7	0.00%	12	89	−77
Turkey	9	8	0	1	88.89%	56	26	+30
Total	128	51	2	75	39.37%	485	927	-442

All-time record against other clubs

As of 15 April 2019[8]

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Canada Moose	11	6	2	3	54.55%	42	26	+16
SG Cortina	1	0	0	1	0.00%	4	15	−11
Cavalese All Stars	1	0	0	1	0.00%	3	5	−2
HC Fassa	1	0	0	1	0.00%	4	10	−6
Australia Selects	4	1	0	3	25.00%	10	24	−14
Southern Stampede	2	0	0	2	0.00%	6	9	−3
Perth Thunder	3	1	0	2	33.33%	11	17	−6
Calgary Flames Alumni	1	0	0	1	0.00%	2	9	−7
Melbourne Mustangs	2	0	0	2	0.00%	8	10	−2
Melbourne Ice	2	1	0	1	50.00%	10	3	+7
Vail Yeti	2	1	0	1	50.00%	11	14	−3
Total	30	10	2	18	30.00%	111	142	-32

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References

"Roster Released for 2018 Winter Games NZ". Ice Hockey News Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
"New Zealand Scoring Leaders" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 3 April 2019.
"IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
"New Zealand ice hockey teams". New Zealand Ice Hockey. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
"Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
"2019 IIHF World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
"New-Zealand-Men-Official-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018.
"New-Zealand-Men-Unofficial-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018.

External links

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[CURRENTROSTER-1] "Roster Released for 2018 Winter Games NZ". Ice Hockey News Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[SCORINGLEADERS-2] "New Zealand Scoring Leaders" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 3 April 2019.

[IIHF_Men's_World_Ranking-3] "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[4] "New Zealand ice hockey teams". New Zealand Ice Hockey. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.

[5] "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[6] "2019 IIHF World Championship" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[NZMOR-7] "New-Zealand-Men-Official-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018.

[NZMUR-8] "New-Zealand-Men-Unofficial-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018.

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