Turkey men's national ice hockey team

Turkey

The crescent moon and a star as seen on the Turkish flag is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association	Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager	Ufuk Ayhan
Head coach	Tarik Gocmen
Assistants	Mehmet Balkaya
Captain	Deniz Ince
Most games	Serkan Mustafa Yapıcılar (55)
Most points	Serkan Mustafa Yapıcılar (70)
IIHF code	TUR
IIHF ranking	37
Highest IIHF ranking	35 (2010)
Lowest IIHF ranking	43 (first in 2003)
Team colours
First international
Greece 15 - 3 Turkey (Johannesburg, South Africa; March 21, 1992)
Biggest win
Turkey 16 - 0 Greece (Cape Town, South Africa; April 14, 2011)
Biggest defeat
Spain 38 - 0 Turkey (Johannesburg, South Africa; March 27, 1992)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	12 (first in 1992)
Best result	32nd (1992)
International record (W–L–T)
12-54-1

The Turkish men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Turkey, and is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It is currently ranked 35th in the IIHF's 2008 world final ranking list.

History

Turkey debuted in 2002 at the World Championships ranking last (6th) in the Division II Group A played in Cape Town, South Africa between March 31 and April 6.

The national team placed last (3rd) place at the next championships in Division III in Auckland, New Zealand April 3–6, 2003.

Turkey finished in 2nd place in the 2004 Division III World Championships held March 16–21 in Reykjavík, Iceland, thereby earning promotion to Division II for 2005 championships.

However, a last place in Division II Group A played April 10–16, 2005 in Zagreb, Croatia relegated them back to Division III in 2006.

Turkey's national team was again promoted to Division II after finishing 2nd in the Division III Group A at the 2006 World Ice Hockey Championships held April 24–29 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Turkey competed in the Division II Group A at the 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships tournament held in Zagreb, Croatia from April 11 through April 17, 2007, where they once again finished last to be demoted back to division III.

The national team placed 4th at the 2008 IIHF World Championship - Division III held from March 31 – April 4, 2008 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

The national team's head coach is James MacEachern from Canada. His assistant is Tarık Göçmen.

2009 World Championship roster

Team members selected to take part at the 2009 IIHF Division III World Championship.

Division III roster

• Head coach: Andrej Brodnik

Pos.	No.	Player	Team
GK	1	Baris Ucele	Ankara B.B
GK	3	Eray Atali	Kocaeli B.B
D	4	Calip Hamarat	Polis Akademisi
D	9	Gokhun Ozturk	Kocaeli B.B
D	16	Gurkan Cetinkaya	Kocaeli B.B
D	17	Volkan Toptaner	Frankfurt Lions
D	18	Cuneyt Baykan	Kocaeli B.B
D	23	Niyazi Karabulut	Ankara University S.K.
D	24	Berat Aktepe	Ankara Emniyet
D	25	Gokturk Tasdemir	Baskent Yildizlari
F	6	Yusuf Halil	Kocaeli B.B
F	7	Emrah Ozmen	Polis Akademisi
F	8	Batin Kosemen	Izmit Sirintepe
F	10	Serkan Gumus	Kocaeli B.B
F	11	Yavuz Karakoc	Kocaeli B.B
F	12	Serkan Yapicilar	Baskent Yildizlari
F	15	Egeman Tasboga	Polis Akademisi
F	19	Mert Tahmazoglu	Polis Akademisi
F	21	Alpar Solak	Polis Akademisi
F	22	Baris Bagcilar	Polis Akademisi

Past roster

#	Player	Club
Goaltenders
1	Levent Özbaydoğan	Polis Akademisi
25	Barış Uçele	Ankara B.B.
Defencemen
5	Galip Hamarat	Polis Akademisi
12	Deniz İnce	İstanbul Paten
16	Gürkan Çetinkaya	Kocaeli B.B.
20	Cihan Kahraman	Kocaeli B.B.
22	Cengiz Akyıldız	İstanbul Paten
23	Melih Öztürk	Polis Akademisi
Forwards
4	Oktay Yavuzarslan	Başkent Yıldızları
6	Onur Eroğlu	Polis Akademisi
7	Yavuz Karakoç	Kocaeli B.B.
8	Mustafa Yapıcılar	Kocaeli B.B.
9	Yücel Çıtak	Ankara B.B.
11	Ufuk Güçlü	Kocaeli B.B.
14	Caner Baykan	Kocaeli B.B.
15	Emrah Özmen	Polis Akademisi
17	Çağrı Karabulut	Ankara TED
18	Erdoğan Coşkun	Kocaeli B.B.
19	Egemen Taşboğa	Polis Akademisi
21	Alper Solak	Başkent Yıldızları

Notable players

Cengiz Çıplak (25) is regarded as the most talented Turkish player. He was awarded the MVP crown as best forward in Division II Group A at the 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships although skating for the team that relegated. He received the same trophy at World Championship 2004. At the World Championship Division 3 in Iceland he was the torunaments topscorer. Çıplak learned his hockey in Edmonton and played in lower North American leagues, such as in the QMJHL as junior. Within the 16 years of history of Turkish national ice hockey team, 25 goals in 18 games of Cengiz Çıplak makes him the highest goalscorer of all times. Also he holds the record for the highest scorer in one game which he scored five goals in the game between Luxembourg and Turkey.

All-time Record against other nations

As of May 25, 2009

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Greece	6	3	0	3	28	35
Armenia	2	2	0	0	19	4
Luxembourg	6	2	0	4	32	33
Ireland	3	2	1	0	16	7
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	11	3
Mexico	2	1	0	1	5	7
New Zealand	6	1	0	5	21	44
Serbia	1	0	0	1	4	6
North Korea	1	0	0	1	2	8
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	14
Estonia	1	0	0	1	0	24
Belgium	2	0	0	2	4	22
Spain	2	0	0	2	2	48
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	5	40
Iceland	4	0	0	4	7	29
Australia	4	0	0	4	2	65
Croatia	4	0	0	4	3	99
Israel	5	0	0	5	5	53
South Africa	7	0	0	7	9	89

See also

• Turkey national women's ice hockey team
• Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
• Turkish Ice Hockey Super League

External links

• Turkish Ice Hockey Federation
• National Teams of ice Hockey