Israel national ice hockey team

Association Ice Hockey Federation of Israel
Head coach Derek Eisler
Assistants Semion Yakoubovitch
Captain Ilya Spektor
Most games Sergei Frenkel (72)[1]
Top scorer Sergei Zak (47)
Most points Sergei Frenkel (98)[2]
Team colors               
IIHF code ISR
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Ranking
Current IIHF 34 Decrease1
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[3]

The Israel national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Israel. They are ranked 34th as of August 2016 by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[4]

History

The best achievement was promotion to the IIHF World Championship Division I in 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Next year the team relegated again to Division II. In 2011 the team finished first in Division III Group B earning a promotion to Division II.

Ranking

Date Rank Movement
2002 34 -
2003 35 Decrease 1
2004 36 Decrease 1
2005 35 Increase 1
2006 33 Increase 2
2007 34[5] Decrease 1
2008 35[6] Decrease 1
2009 36[7] Decrease 1
Feb 2010 38[8] Decrease 2
Apr 2010 39[9] Decrease 1
2011 40[10] Decrease 1
2012 40[11] ±0
2013 39[12] Increase 1
Feb 2014 33[13] Increase 6
Apr 2014 32[14] Increase 1
2015 33[15] Decrease 1
2016 34[4] Decrease 1

World Championships record

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.[16]

For the 2018 Winter Olympics, Israel again attempted to qualify,[17] however they were unable to going 1-2 in the pre-qualifier.

Team

Roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[18]

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

See also

References

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