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Australia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationIce Hockey Australia
Head coachDavid Ruck
AssistantsJason Kvisle
Most gamesAubyn Martin (19)
Most pointsMichael Beaton (24)
Team colors     
IIHF codeAUS
First international
 Romania 10–2 Australia 
(Bucharest, Romania; 3 March 1983)
Biggest win
 Australia 16–0 Bulgaria 
(Belgrade, Serbia; 18 January 2008)
Biggest defeat
 Yugoslavia 21–1 Australia 
(Esbjerg, Denmark; 22 March 1987)
IIHF World U20 Championship
Appearances20 (first in 1983 Group C)
Best result20th overall (1983)
International record (W–L–T)
23–64–1

The Australian men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team of Australia. The team represents Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division III.

History

The men's junior team played its first game on 3 March 1983 against Romania which they lost 10 – 2. They played five other games in 1983 against Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania losing every game. The following year Australia played four games, again losing every game and achieving their largest ever loss with a 21 – 1 defeat by Yugoslavia. Australia did not play again until 1987 where they again lost all their games. The team took a longer break, not returning to international play until 2000 where they recorded their first win against Iceland, outscoring them 8 – 4. In 2008 Australia achieved their highest winning margin with a 16 – 0 win over Bulgaria.[1] Australia finished first in the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division III tournament and gained promotion to Division II of the 2011 tournament.[2]

Players and personnel

Current roster

From the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[3]

# Name Pos S/G Age Club
James Barton F R 24 Sydney Wolf Pack
Nathaniel Benson F L 23 Carleton Place Jr. Canadians
Andrew Chen F R 24 Adelaide Generals
Will Clifford D 23 Brisbane Blitz
Julian Fodor F R 24 Sicamous Eagles
Jeremy Friederich G R 22 Adelaide Generals
Zachery Gumm F R 23 Windsor Aces
Benjamin Handberg F R 22
Kenshin Hayashi (A) D L 24
Thomas Kiliwnik D R 24 Brisbane Blitz
Connor Lee F R 23 Steele County Blades
Yannic Lodge F L 24 Perth Sharks
Jack Ransome F L 24 Sydney Wolf Pack
Arum Rapchuk F L 22 Brisbane Blitz
Jake Riley F R 24 Tranås AIF J20
Dylan Sables D R 23 Sydney Sabres
James Urweiss F R 24 Sydney Sabres
Arthur Wang D L 22 Whitby Fury
Alexander Wardlaw F R 24 Sydney Wolf Pack
Sebastian Woodlands G L 23 Detroit Fighting Irish

Current team staff

For the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships[3]

  • Head coach: David Ruck
  • Assistant coach: Jason Kvisle
  • Team manager: Gill McLean
  • Team leader: Paul Kelly
  • Equipment manager: John Lavery
  • Team medical officer: Tristan Foo

International competitions

World Junior Championships

References

  1. ^ "Australia U20 All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  2. ^ "2010 IIHF World U20 Championship Div. III". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Australian men's U20 roster for 2020 World Championships". Ice Hockey News Australia. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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