Croatia men's national ice hockey team

Croatia
	The Coat of arms of Croatia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association	Croatian Ice Hockey Federation
General manager	Marko Belinić
Head coach	Enio Sacilotto
Assistants	Bruno Bregant; Danijel Kolomboa
Captain	Borna Rendulić
Most games	Veljko Žibret (70)
Top scorer	Marko Lovrenčić (31)
Most points	Marko Lovrenčić (62)
Home stadium	Dom Športova, Zagreb
IIHF code	CRO
Ranking
Current IIHF	26
Highest IIHF	26 (first in 2008)
Lowest IIHF	31 (first in 2003)
First international
	Slovakia 6–1 Croatia ; (Bratislava, Slovakia; 9 February 1941)
Biggest win
	Croatia 34–1 Turkey ; (Zagreb, Croatia; 20 November 1993)
Biggest defeat
	Slovenia 15–1 Croatia ; (Zagreb, Croatia; 7 November 1992); Slovenia 15–1 Croatia ; (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 April 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	20 (first in 1994)
Best result	24th (2001)
International record (W–L–T)
	70–120–10

The Croatian men's national ice hockey team represents Croatia in IIHF ice hockey competitions. It is organized by the Croatian Ice Hockey Federation. In 2015, the team was ranked 26th in the world by the IIHF.^[5] At the 2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Croatia currently competes in 2014 Division I B.

World Championship record

Year	Division		Position		GP	W	D	L
Year	Tier	Div.	Ov	Div.	GP	W	D	L
Slovenia 1993	3	Group C	NR	–	2	0	0	2
Spain 1994	4	Group C2	31	4	7	4	0	3
South Africa 1995	4	Group C2	30	1	7	6	1	0
Slovenia 1996	3	Group C	28	8	7	0	0	7
Andorra 1997	4	Group D	29	1	6	4	1	1
Hungary 1998	3	Group C	29	5	6	1	3	2
Netherlands 1999	3	Group C	29	5	5	2	1	2
China 2000	3	Group C	27	3	4	1	1	2
Slovenia 2001	2	Div I	24	4	5	1	3	1
Netherlands 2002	2	Div I	26	5	5	1	0	4
Croatia 2003	2	Div I	27	6	5	1	4	0
Spain 2004	3	Div II	32	2	5	4	1	0
Croatia 2005	3	Div II	29	1	5	5	0	0
Estonia 2006	2	Div I	27	6	5	0	0	5
Croatia 2007	3	Div II	29	1	5	5	0	0
Japan 2008	2	Div I	25	5	5	1	0	4
Lithuania 2009	2	Div I	26	5	5	1	0	4
Slovenia 2010	2	Div I	28	6	5	0	0	5
Croatia 2011	3	Div II	31	2	5	4	0	1
Iceland 2012	3	Div II A	31	3	5	3	0	2
Croatia 2013	4	Div II A	29	1	5	5	0	0
Lithuania 2014	3	Div I B	24	2	5	4	0	1
Netherlands 2015	3	Div I B	26	4	5	2	0	3
Croatia 2016	3	Div I B	26	4	5	3	0	2
Great Britain 2017	3	Div I B	27	5	5	1	0	4

Division I

before: Group B

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	1	0	1

Division II

before: Group C, Group C1

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
3	2	2	7

Division III

before: Group D, Group C2

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2	0	0	2

Team

Roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.^[6]

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Vilim Rosandic	L	180 cm	78 kg	(1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 27)	HC ’05 Banská Bystrica
30	Mate Tomljenovic	L	181 cm	75 kg	(1993-08-03) 3 August 1993 (age 30)	JKH GKS Jastrzębie
Defencemen
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
10	Igor Jacmenjak	L	185 cm	105 kg	(1979-08-31) 31 August 1979 (age 44)	KHK Red Star
25	Bruno Kegalj	L	192 cm	95 kg	(1996-06-27) 27 June 1996 (age 27)	KHL Zagreb
19	Marko Ljubic	L	190 cm	87 kg	(1984-04-29) 29 April 1984 (age 40)	Mladost Zagreb
22	Kenny MacAulay	L	175 cm	85 kg	(1984-04-29) 29 April 1984 (age 40)	No team
5	Ivan Puzic	L	178 cm	80 kg	(1996-02-15) 15 February 1996 (age 28)	HC Vítkovice Steel
4	Borna Silovic	L	173 cm	78 kg	(1993-09-27) 27 September 1993 (age 30)	HK Slavija Ljubljana
18	Jan Smolec	R	186 cm	79 kg	(1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 26)	Mladost Zagreb
3	Marko Tadic	L	180 cm	86 kg	(1986-03-03) 3 March 1986 (age 38)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb II
Forwards
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
6	Mislav Blagus	L	181 cm	82 kg	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 32)	KHL Zagreb
14	David Brine	L	185 cm	91 kg	(1985-01-06) 6 January 1985 (age 39)	Löwen Frankfurt
16	Michael Glumac	R	188 cm	92 kg	(1980-08-05) 5 August 1980 (age 43)	KHL Medveščak
9	Ivan Jankovic	L	187 cm	94 kg	(1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 (age 29)	KHL Medveščak
24	Luka Jarcov	L	179 cm	75 kg	(1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 27)	KHL Zagreb
20	Luka Mikulic	L	175 cm	95 kg	(1993-11-13) 13 November 1993 (age 30)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb II
12	Matija Milicic	L	186 cm	86 kg	(1996-02-13) 13 February 1996 (age 28)	KHL Medveščak
21	Tadijja Miric	L	185 cm	94 kg	(1984-08-21) 21 August 1984 (age 39)	KHL Mladost
26	Nathan Perkovich	R	196 cm	98 kg	(1985-10-15) 15 October 1985 (age 38)	KHL Medveščak
18	Borna Rendulic	R	192 cm	92 kg	(1996-11-06) 6 November 1996 (age 27)	San Antonio Rampage
8	Marko Sakic	L	180 cm	85 kg	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30)	HK Slavija
15	Luka Vukoja	R	180 cm	82 kg	(1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 29)	Sörhaga-Alingsås HK

Player statistics

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches	Position	Years
1	Veljko Žibret	70	W	1996–2011
2	Igor Jačmenjak	69	D
3	Saša Belić	63	D
4	Marko Ljubić	59	D
5	Krešimir Švigir	58	C
6	Mato Mladenović	57	W
7	Marko Lovrenčić	55	C	2000–2013
8	Mario Novak	51	W
9	Ivan Spajić	47	D
10	John Ivan Glavota	46	D
11	Mazen Kire	46	W
12	Tomislav Grozaj	45	?
#	Dominik Kanaet	33	W	2008–
#	Mislav Blagus	30	C	2009–
#	Borna Rendulić	30	W	2008–
#	Ivan Šijan	20	D	2008–
#	Kenny MacAulay	20	D	2011–

Top scorers

#	Name	Points	Goals	Assists	PPG	Position	Years
1	Marko Lovrenčić	62	31	31	1.13	C	2000–2013
2	Mato Mladenović	48	27	21	0.84	W
3	Oliver Ciganović	48	17	31	1.30	?
4	Krešimir Švigir	46	20	26	0.79	C
5	Veljko Žibret	44	27	17	0.63	W	1996–2011
6	Damir Gojanović	43	16	27	1.02	W
7	Borna Rendulić	38	19	19	1.27	W	2008–
8	Igor Jačmenjak	35	12	23	0.51	D
9	Tomislav Grozaj	34	22	12	0.76	?
10	Gennadi Gorbachev	32	20	12	1.78	?
11	Dominik Kanaet	31	13	18	0.94	W	2008–
#	Mislav Blagus	24	10	14	0.80	C	2009–
#	Andy Sertich	23	9	14	1.53	D	2011–
n/a	Joel Prpic	24			2.40	C	2011–2013
n/a	Maxim Viktorov	18			1.38	C
n/a	Igor Zajec	19			1.27	?

All-time Record against other nations

As of 20 April 2013.

Croatia all-time record (9 February 1941 – present)
Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	6	6	0	0	30	10	+20
Austria	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9
Belarus	3	0	0	3	3	20	−17
Belgium	6	4	0	2	37	10	+27
Bulgaria	7	6	0	1	60	15	+45
China	7	3	0	4	23	25	−2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20
Estonia	7	2	1	4	25	41	−16
France	4	0	0	4	3	29	−26
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	4	28	−24
Hungary	23	1	1	21	33	156	−123
Iceland	3	3	0	0	20	2	+18
Ireland	1	1	0	0	21	4	+17
Israel	4	4	0	0	33	4	+29
Italy	4	0	0	4	0	20	−20
Japan	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9
Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	4	42	−38
Lithuania	9	0	1	8	21	43	−22
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	11	0	+11
Netherlands	12	0	1	11	19	68	−49
Mexico	1	1	0	0	9	2	+7
Norway	4	0	0	4	3	36	−33
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	45	8	+37
Poland	4	0	0	4	3	29	−26
Romania	9	2	1	6	18	36	−18
Serbia	9	8	0	1	44	21	+23
Serbia and Montenegro	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5
Slovenia	13	0	0	13	11	100	−89
South Africa	1	1	0	0	11	1	+10
South Korea	8	5	1	2	25	19	+6
Spain	10	7	1	2	44	28	+16
Turkey	4	4	0	0	98	4	+94
Ukraine	4	0	0	4	1	30	−29
Total	185	61	9	115	670	885	−215

Biggest Wins

World Championship	Qualifications
+33 vs. Turkey (34-1) 1994 +24 vs. Turkey (24-0) 1994 +23 vs. Turkey (25-2) 2007 +17 vs. Ireland (21-4) 2011 +15 vs. Bulgaria (17-2) 2011 +14 vs. New Zealand (19-5) 1995 +14 vs. New Zealand (14-0) 2005 +11 vs. Bulgaria (11-0) 2000 +11 vs. Luxembourg (11-0) 2004 +10 vs. Bulgaria (11-1) 1999 +10 vs. South Africa (11-1) 1995	+13 vs. Israel (15-2) 2014 +7 vs. Mexico (9-2) 2014 +4 vs. Serbia (5-1) 2010

Biggest Losses

World Championship	Qualifications
-14 vs. Slovenia (1-15) 1993 -14 vs. Slovenia (1-15) 2001 -12 vs. Kazakhstan (0-12) 1996 -12 vs. Kazakhstan (0-12) 2002 -11 vs. Slovenia (2-13) 1996 -11 vs. Ukraine (1-11) 1996 -10 vs. Hungary (0-10) 1996 -10 vs. Hungary (3-13) 2000	-13 vs. Hungary (0-13) 2014 -7 vs. Hungary (0-7) 1998 -7 vs. Poland (0-7) 2006 -7 vs. Netherlands (3-10) 2006 -6 vs. Hungary (0-6) 1998 -6 vs. Netherlands (2-8) 2014 -6 vs. Ukraine (0-6) 2018

References

^ "Franchise All-Time GP". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^ "Franchise All-Time Goals". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^ "Franchise All-Time Points". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
^ "PREHĽAD ZÁPASOV A-tímu SR od roku 1940". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "2012 Men's World Ranking". iihf.com. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
^ "2016 World Championships Division 1B Team Croatia. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

External links

[1] "Franchise All-Time GP". Retrieved 26 April 2013.

[2] "Franchise All-Time Goals". Retrieved 26 April 2013.

[3] "Franchise All-Time Points". Retrieved 26 April 2013.

[hockeyslovakia-4] "PREHĽAD ZÁPASOV A-tímu SR od roku 1940". Archived from the original on 31 May 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "2012 Men's World Ranking". iihf.com. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

[6] "2016 World Championships Division 1B Team Croatia. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

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