Israel national ice hockey team

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Association Ice Hockey Federation of Israel
Head coach Canada Jean Peron
Assistants Canada Dusan Kralik
Israel Semion Yakoubovitch
Captain Avishai Geller
Most games Yevgeny Gusin (87) [1]
Most points Sergei Frenkel (88) (36+52) [2]
IIHF ranking 39 Increase1
Highest IIHF ranking 33 (2006)
Lowest IIHF ranking 40 (first in 2011)
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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 21 (first in 1992)
Best result 28th (2006)
International record (W–L–T)
36–52–9

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.

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History [edit]

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 [edit]

From the 2013 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships[3]

# Name Pos Date of Birth Club
25 Aharonov, AlexanderAlexander Aharonov G 01992-09-1010 September1992 Israel Bat Yam Icebergs
20 Sorotzky, AvihuAvihu Sorotzky G 01984-07-2222 July 1984 Israel Bat Yam Icebergs
24 Oz, RanRan Oz D 01977-05-077 May 1977 Israel HC Metulla
14 Avneri, TalTal Avneri F 01985-05-2020 May 1985 Israel Rishon Devils
98 Golodnizky, DanielDaniel Golodnizky F 01994-08-0202 August1994 Israel HC Maalot
22 Kantor, NavotNavot Kantor D 01991-05-2929 May 1991 Israel HC Maalot
10 Frenkel, SergeiSergei Frenkel F 01984-08-066 August 1984 Israel Bat Yam Icebergs
13 Levy, ShlomoShlomo Levy D 01976-03-1616 March 1976 Israel Bat Yam Icebergs
9 Kniter, EvgeniEvgeni Kniter F 01982-07-2828 July 1982 Israel Maccabi Metula
7 Eizenman, OrenOren Eizenman F 01985-03-2727 March 1985 Japan Nippon Paper Cranes
12 Birbraer, MaximMaxim Birbraer F 01980-12-1515 December 1980 United Kingdom Cardiff Devils
8 Levy, ItzhakItzhak Levy F 01982-05-022 May 1982 Israel Bat Yam Icebergs
2 Bochner, DanielDaniel Bochner D 01984-09-077 September 1984 Canada University Hockey Toronto
11 Moscovich, RaananRaanan Moscovich D 01986-10-1717 October 1986 Israel HC Metulla
15 Vainshtein, RonRon Vainshtein F 01995-02-1010 February 1995 Israel Maccabi Metula
17 Erlich, DanielDaniel Erlich F 01991-03-1313 March 1991 Canada University of Western Ontario
19 Geller, AvishaiAvishai Geller F 01979-05-2121 May 1979 Israel Bat Yam Icebergs
21 Sherbatov, EliezerEliezer Sherbatov[4] F 01991-10-099 October 1991 France HC Neuilly-sur-Marne
5 Greenberg, JoshuaJoshua Greenberg F 01989-03-0606 March 1989 Israel Bat Yam Icebergs
6 Horowitz, MikhaelMikhael Horowitz D 01988-04-1515 April 1988 Israel Maccabi Metula
18 Maaravi, ShaiShai Maaravi[5] D 29.10.1996-01-0129.1 Israel Maccabi Metula
2 Margulis, EvgeniEvgeni Margulis D 01982-02-0707 February 1982 Israel Kfar Saba
9 Mazour, DanielDaniel Mazour F 01992-01-055 January 1992 Israel HC Maalot

World Championships record [edit]

  • 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 - 41st Place (1st in Division III)
  • 2012 - 39th Place (5th in Division II, Group B)
  • 2013 - 35th Place (1st in Division II, Group B)

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