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The Australian men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Australia. As of 2017, the Australian team is ranked 33rd in the IIHF World Rankings. The official nickname of Australia's national ice hockey team is the Mighty Roos.


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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).

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.


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


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Tournament record

Olympic Games

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)

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Team

Current roster

For the 2018 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A

Staff

For the 2018 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A

  • Head Coach: Brad Vigon
  • Assistant Coach: Matti Luoma
  • General Manager: Ian Webster
  • Team Leader: Steve Ransome
  • Equipment Manager: Petr Cirkl
  • Team Doctor: Daniel George

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All-time record against other nations

As of 26 April 2018


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All-time record against other clubs

As of 11 April 2013


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References


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External links

  • Official website
  • IIHF profile
  • National Teams of Ice Hockey

Source of article : Wikipedia