Israel men's national ice hockey team
The Israel national ice hockey team (Hebrew: נבחרת ישראל בהוקי קרח) is the national men's ice hockey team of Israel. Since 2015, the team's Captain has been Eliezer Sherbatov. Israel was ranked 35th as of May 2017 by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In 2019, the team won the gold medal in the 2019 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B tournament in Mexico City.
| Association | Ice Hockey Federation of Israel | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General manager | Felix Kozak | |||
| Head coach | Ty Newberry | |||
| Assistants | Pavel Levin Eduard Revniaga | |||
| Captain | Michail Kozhevnikov | |||
| Most games | Sergei Frenkel (81) | |||
| Top scorer | Daniel Mazour (48) | |||
| Most points | Sergei Frenkel (109) | |||
| Team colors | ||||
| IIHF code | ISR | |||
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| Ranking | ||||
| Current IIHF | 33 1 (28 May 2023) | |||
| Highest IIHF | 32 (2014) | |||
| Lowest IIHF | 40 (first in 2011) | |||
| 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 | 28 (first in 1992) | |||
| Best result | 28th (2006) | |||
| International record (W–L–T) | ||||
| 67–84–9 | ||||
Its greatest achievement in its history was winning its division II group in 2005 and being promoted to division I for the first, and thus far only, time. Israel was relegated back to division II a year later.
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