Israel national ice hockey team

Association	Ice Hockey Federation of Israel
Head coach	Jean Peron
Assistants	Dusan Kralik Semion Yakoubovitch
Captain	Avishai Geller
Most games	Yevgeny Gusin (87)
Most points	Sergei Frenkel (88) (36+52)
IIHF ranking	39 1
Highest IIHF ranking	33 (2006)
Lowest IIHF ranking	40 (first in 2011)
Team colours
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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.

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 2013 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

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

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

Notable former players

• Oren Eizenman

External links

• Ice Hockey Federation of Israel