Romania men's national ice hockey team

Romania

Shirt badge/Association crest The Coat of arms of Romania is used as the badge on the team jerseys
Nickname(s)	Tricolori (Three Colors)
Association	Romanian Ice Hockey Federation
General manager	Mihai Covaliu
Head coach	Martin Lacroix
Assistants	Nelu Alexe Marius Trandafir
Captain	Roberto Gliga
Most games	Doru Tureanu (112)
Most points	Doru Tureanu (113)
Team colors
IIHF code	ROU
Ranking
Current IIHF	29
Highest IIHF	26 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF	29 (first in 2016)
First international
United States 15–0 Romania (Krynica, Poland; 1 February 1931)
Biggest win
Romania 52–1 New Zealand (Geel or Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium; 19 March 1989)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia 23–1 Romania (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 17 February 1947)
Olympics
Appearances	4 (first in 1964)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	51 (first in 1931)
Best result	7th (1947)
International record (W–L–T)
300–337–51

The Romanian men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Romania, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They are currently ranked 28th in the 2010 IIHF World Rankings and currently compete in Division IIA. They have competed in four Olympic ice hockey competitions, the most recent being in 1980.

Olympic Games

Romania started Olympic hockey in 1964 in the B division. In the tournament, the team finished 12th out of 16 teams and managed 3 wins against Austria, Italy, and Hungary also with a tie against Yugoslavia. In 1968, Romania lost its qualification match against West Germany 7–0 and was forced to compete in the B division again. In the first two games, Romania beat Austria 3–2 and the Host, France 7–3. They lost their next three games and finished 12th out of 14 in the standings. After skipping the 1972 competition, Romania returned for the 1976 tournament. This time Romania played Poland in the Qualification round and lost 7–4, keeping them in the B division once again. However, Romania battled back and won 4 of 5 games with only one loss against Yugoslavia, still winning the division. The team finished 7th out of 12. In 1980, Romania was able to play with the top teams and was put into the Blue Division group, along with tough opponents such as Sweden, Czechoslovakia, and USA. In the first game Romania was down 4–2 to West Germany, but managed to score 4 goals to beat the former bronze medallists 6–4. In their next game Romania got shut out by Sweden 8–0. The Swedes scored 3 goals in the first period which left Romania out of it. After a lopsided loss to Czechoslovakia (7–2) the team then took on USA. The US jumped out to a 2–0 lead in the first period and added two more to it to lead 4-1 after two periods. Unlike other teams that the US had faced, the Romanians fought strong in the third period, despite being outshot 15–3, and scored a goal. The final score was 7–2. Romania played Norway for their final game, who had lost all four of their past games and had no chance to advance to the Medal Round. Romania fell behind less than a minute into the game, but stormed back to take the lead 3–1 in the third period. The Norwegian team battled back though, and scored once with a minute and a half left to play, and scored once more to tie it with only 29 seconds left. This tie still gave Romania one point but they had been hoping for a win. They finished the tournament with a 1–3–1 record, and were ranked 8th out of 12, just beating the Netherlands, West Germany, Norway, and Japan. This was the last time that the Romanians competed in the Olympic tournaments.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

• 1964 – Finished in 12th place
• 1968 – Finished in 12th place
• 1976 – Finished in 7th place
• 1980 – Finished in 9th place

World Championship

• 1931 – 10th place
• 1933 – 9th place
• 1934 – 10th place
• 1935 – 11th place
• 1937 – 10th place
• 1938 – 13th place
• 1947 – 7th place
• 1959 – 13th place (1st in Pool B)
• 1961 – 15th place (1st in Pool C)
• 1963 – 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1966 – 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1967 – 10th place (2nd in Pool B)
• 1969 – 12th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1970 – 13th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1971 – 15th place (1st in Pool C)
• 1972 – 10th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1973 – 10th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1974 – 12th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1975 – 11th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1976 – 9th place (1st in Pool B)
• 1977 – 8th place
• 1978 – 12th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1979 – 11th place (3rd in Pool B)
• 1981 – 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1982 – 13th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1983 – 15th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1985 – 20th place (4th in Pool C)
• 1986 – 20th place (4th in Pool C)
• 1987 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
• 1989 – 26th place (2nd in Pool D)
• 1990 – 20th place (4th in Pool C)
• 1991 – 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
• 1992 – 18th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1993 – 18th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1994 – 19th place (7th in Pool B)
• 1995 – 20th place (8th in Pool B)
• 1996 – 26th place (6th in Pool C)
• 1997 – 25th place (5th in Pool C)
• 1998 – 26th place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1999 – 26th place (2nd in Pool C)
• 2000 – 30th place (6th in Pool C)
• 2001 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group B)
• 2002 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
• 2003 – 26th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
• 2004 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)
• 2005 – 27th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
• 2006 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
• 2007 – 27th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
• 2008 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
• 2009 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
• 2010 – 31st place (2nd in Division II, Group B)
• 2011 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group B)
• 2012 – 26th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
• 2013 – 26th place (4th in Division I, Group B)
• 2014 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
• 2015 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A)
• 2016 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)
• 2017 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A)

Winter Universiade

• 1966 – 2nd place (Silver medal)
• 1983 – 3rd place (Bronze medal)

Roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
20	Ottó Onódi	L	179 cm	74 kg	(1994-07-12) 12 July 1994	HSC Csíkszereda
25	Gellért Ruczuj	R	175 cm	74 kg	(1991-02-25) 25 February 1991	HSC Csíkszereda
Defencemen
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
13	Zsombor Balázs	R	188 cm	186 kg	(1994-04-28) 28 April 1994	Corona Brasov
24	Ottó Biró	R	181 cm	85 kg	(1988-08-17) 17 August 1988	Corona Brasov
4	Botond Flinta	L	185 cm	80 kg	(1987-10-04) 4 October 1987	CSM Dunărea Galați
2	Hugó Gecse	R	182 cm	70 kg	(1995-01-11) 11 January 1995	HSC Csíkszereda
12	István Nagy	L	179 cm	85 kg	(1981-05-15) 15 May 1981	CSM Dunărea Galați
19	Szilárd Orbán	L	185 cm	82 kg	(1996-02-20) 20 February 1996	HSC Csíkszereda
3	Szabolcs Papp	L	185 cm	98 kg	(1982-06-30) 30 June 1982	HSC Csíkszereda
3	Alpár Salló	R	180 cm	80 kg	(1994-05-30) 30 May 1994	HSC Csíkszereda
9	Ciprian Tapu	L	180 cm	85 kg	(1991-05-01) 1 May 1991	Steaua Rangers
Forwards
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
11	Hunor Csergő	R	170 cm	68 kg	(1995-10-20) 20 October 1995	CS Progym Gheorgheni
14	Csanád Fodor	L	171 cm	76 kg	(1990-11-16) 16 November 1990	Corona Brasov
16	Levente Lőrincz	R	177 cm	78 kg	(1986-01-05) 5 January 1986	CSM Dunărea Galați
21	Ede Mihály	R	184 cm	80 kg	(1986-01-11) 11 January 1986	HSC Csíkszereda
23	Ervin Moldován Horváth	L	178 cm	80 kg	(1978-02-05) 5 February 1978	HSC Csíkszereda
10	Zsombor Molnár	L	179 cm	73 kg	(1993-01-14) 14 January 1993	HSC Csíkszereda
16	Róbert Péter	R	181 cm	92 kg	(1983-10-07) 7 October 1983	HSC Csíkszereda
14	Norbert Rokaly	R	179 cm	68 kg	(1996-01-21) 21 January 1996	HSC Csíkszereda
22	Zoltán Sándor (ice hockey)	R	166 cm	64 kg	(1998-01-11) 11 January 1998	HSC Csíkszereda
6	Ioan Timaru	L	176 cm	88 kg	(1974-03-25) 25 March 1974	Steaua Rangers
17	Levente Zsók	L	183 cm	80 kg	(1983-11-21) 21 November 1983	ASC Corona 2010 Brașov (ice hockey)

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile
• National Teams of Ice hockey Romania profile