Israel national ice hockey team

Association	Ice Hockey Federation of Israel
Head coach	Sergei Belo
Assistants	Sean Carter Eduard Revniaga
Captain	Avishai Geller
Most games	Evgeny Gussin (49)
Most points	Sergei Zak (63)
IIHF ranking	40
Highest IIHF ranking	33 (2006)
Lowest IIHF ranking	40 (2011)
Team colours
Home colours Away colours Third colours
First international
Spain 23 – 4 Israel (Johannesburg, South Africa; March 22, 1992)
Biggest win
Israel 26 – 2 Greece (Cape Town, South Africa; April 15, 2011)
Biggest defeat
Latvia 32 – 0 Israel (Ljubljana, Slovenia; March 15, 1993)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	19 (first in 1992)
Best result	28th (2006)
International record (W–L–T)
34–50–8

The Israeli National Ice Hockey Team is the national ice hockey team of Israel. They are currently ranked 39th as of 2010 by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

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.

Roster

From the 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

#	Name	Pos	Date of Birth	Club
20	Amromin, BorisBoris Amromin	G	01975-01-14January 14, 1975	Haifa Hawks
24	Horowitz, JeremyJeremy Horowitz	LW	01990-11-09November 9, 1990	SUNY Oneonta
81	Austin (ice hockey), MattMatt Austin (ice hockey)	D	01990-05-19May 19, 1990	SUNY Oneonta
14	Avneri, TalTal Avneri	F	01985-05-20May 20, 1985	Hamercaz
23	Belo, SergeiSergei Belo	F	01970-01-04January 4, 1970	HC Maalot
5	Butbull, NisanNisan Butbull	D	01981-05-13May 13, 1981	HC Bat-Yam
10	Frenkel, SergeiSergei Frenkel	F	01984-08-06August 6, 1984	HC Bat-Yam
25	Harosh, HarelHarel Harosh	F	01991-03-15March 15, 1991	HC Metulla
9	Kniter, EvgeniEvgeni Kniter	F	01982-07-28July 28, 1982	HC Metulla
7	Korotin, ArtiumArtium Korotin	F	01978-04-28April 28, 1978	Hertzeliya
12	Lebedev, MarekMarek Lebedev	F	01977-10-02October 2, 1977	Hertzeliya
8	Levy, ItzhakItzhak Levy	F	01982-05-02May 2, 1982	HC Bat-Yam
3	Malachi, KaiKai Malachi	D	01992-12-07December 7, 1992	HC Metulla
4	Nemenoff, MatanMatan Nemenoff	D	01982-06-29June 29, 1982	HC Metulla
17	Norman, ShonShon Norman	F	01991-03-19March 19, 1991	HC Maalot
18	Revniaga, EduardEduard Revniaga	D	01972-07-31July 31, 1972	HC Maalot
24	Sherbatov, EliezerEliezer Sherbatov	F	01991-10-09October 9, 1991	Montreal Junior Hockey Club
13	Shvarzman, VitaliVitali Shvarzman	F	01992-07-05July 5, 1992	HC Maalot
1	Sorotzki, AvihuAvihu Sorotzki	G	01984-07-22July 22, 1984	HC Metulla
2	Spivak, DanielDaniel Spivak	D	01988-08-09August 9, 1988	RIT Tigers
22	Stolyar, AlexanderAlexander Stolyar	D	01976-12-24December 24, 1976	Haifa Hawks
11	Mazour, DanielDaniel Mazour	F	01992-01-05January 5, 1992	S. C. Coyotes

World Championships record

• 1992 – 30th place (4th in Group C2)
• 1993 – 31st place (6th in Group C1)
• 1994 – 34th place (7th in Group C2)
• 1995 – 35th place (6th in Group C2)
• 1996 – 35th place (7th in Group D)
• 1997 – 33rd place (5th in Group D)
• 1998 – 35th place (3rd in Group D)
• 1999 – 33rd place (2nd in Group D)
• 2000 – 34th place (1st in Group D)
• 2001 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II, Group B)

• 2002 – 34th place (3rd in Division II, Group A)
• 2003 – 37th place (5th in Division II, Group B)
• 2004 – 38th place (5th in Division II, Group A)
• 2005 – 30th place (1st in Division II, Group B)
• 2006 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group A)
• 2007 – 34th place (3rd in Division II, Group B)
• 2008 – 36th place (4th in Division II, Group A)
• 2009 – 38th place (5th in Division II, Group A)
• 2010 – 39th place (6th in Division II, Group B)
• 2011 - 37th Place (1st in Division III, Group B)

Notable former players

• Oren Eizenman

External links

• Ice Hockey Federation of Israel