Israel Ice Hockey Team ( Hebrew נבחרת ישראל בהוקי קרח ) is a team representing Israel in international hockey competitions. Managed and controlled by the Israel Hockey Federation , which has been a member of the IIHF since 1991 .
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| Federation | Israel Hockey Federation | ||
| Trainer |  Robert Holick | ||
| Captain | Eliezer Shcherbatov | ||
| Most games | Sergey Frenkel 77 | ||
| Bombardier | Sergey Zak 47 (pucks) [1] Sergey Frenkel 109 (points) [2] | ||
The first game Spain 23: 4 Israel  Johannesburg , South Africa ; March 22, 1992 | |||
Biggest win Israel 26: 2 Greece  Cape Town , South Africa ; April 15, 2011 | |||
Biggest defeat Latvia 32: 0 Israel Bled , Slovenia ; March 15, 1993 | |||
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Content
History
Team Building
In Israel, with its southern climate, winter sports were not popular, but in April 1986 in the suburbs of Haifa, Kiryat Motzkin , a small area for ice skating was opened. This can be called the year of birth of Israeli hockey. Hockey classes began, which in 1987 continued under the guidance of Canadian specialist Paul Schindman. Skaters trained there too. In 1988, an association of ice hockey and figure skating was formed. In the same year, another rink was opened in the city of Bat Yam, and in the 1989/1990 season the Israeli team held its first international match against the Canadian UN team, which it lost with a score of 2: 20 [3] . The impetus for the development of hockey was given by the repatriation to Israel when hockey players from the USSR and Canada arrived in the country and in 1990 the first national championship was held. In 1991, the Israel Hockey and Figure Skating Association (since 1994, the Israel Hockey Federation) joined the International Ice Hockey Federation.
1992—2005
In 1992, the Israeli team for the first time took part in the World Cup, held in South Africa. In 1994, the first ice palace Canada Center was opened in the city of Metula . The most successful year for hockey players from Israel was 2005 . They took 1st place in Group B of the second division of the World Cup and moved to the first division. In August 2005, the Israeli team took part in the Spartak Cup.
2006 - p.t.
In 2011, the Israelis took first place in the third division, having won the largest victory in their history, with a score of 26: 2 over the Greek team. In 2012, blue and white, played in the second division, taking 5th place in group B. The best scorer in the team was Eli Shcherbatov 9 goals and 5 assists. In 2013, after winning the Group B tournament, the Israelis won the right to play in Group A of the second division for the next year, and in 2019, Israeli hockey players repeated this success. The leader in the number of matches held for the national team was Sergey Frenkel, he also leads in the number of points scored (goal + pass). He scored 109 points, playing for the country's main team.
Israel squad at 1992 World Ice Hockey Championship
| Amplois | Player | Club |
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| AT | David Heifetz | |
| AT | Gregor Iosifovich | |
| 3 | Ran Oz | HC Ramat Gan |
| 3 | Asaf Fishelson | |
| 3 | Roy Annau | HC Bat Yam |
| 3 | Oded Orgil | HC Ramat Gan |
| 3 | Paul Schindman | |
| 3 | Ido lee | HC Bat Yam |
| 3 | Michael Bloomberg | HC Ramat Gan |
| N | Mark Thalesnik | Hawks haifa |
| N | Amir Pasternak | |
| N | Yitzhak Rubinstein | Hawks haifa |
| N | Leonid Gordon | HC Bat Yam |
| N | Nathan Aisner | |
| N | Ward parson | Hawks haifa |
| N | Shimon Edelstein | |
| N | David Popko | Hawks haifa |
| N | Uzi Lee | HC Ramat Gan |
| N | Michael Rubin | Hawks haifa |
| N | Gal Assa | HC Bat Yam |
Head coach: Gideon Lee
According to: Hockey Statistics Forum
Israel Head Coaches
- 1992-1994 Gidon Lee
- 1995 Semyon Yakubovich
- 1996-1997 Nicholas Epstein
- 1998—2000 Sergey Matin
- 2001-2004 Boris Mindel
- 2005-2009 Jean Perron
- 2010 Boris Mindel
- 2011 Sergey Belo
- 2012—2015 Jean Perron
- 2015—2017 Derek Isler
- 2018—2019 Semyon Yakubovich
- 2019 - present Robert Holick
Israel national team in official competitions
Israel National Ice Hockey Championships
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Israel National Team at the Winter Olympics
1. The 1998 Winter Olympics .
In the qualifying tournament of the preliminary tournament, the Israeli team was disqualified due to the participation of hockey players who did not have the right to play .
2. The 2014 Winter Olympics .
The Israeli team [5] participated in the first round of the qualifying competition [6] of the hockey Olympic tournament [7] . In addition to the Israeli national team participated teams of Serbia , Croatia and Mexico . The Croatian national team won, which moved to the second round. The Israeli team took last place, losing all the meetings.
The best scorers in the Israeli team were: defender Daniel Spivak (1 + 2), forwards Avishai Geller (2 + 1) and Daniel Mazur (2 + 0).
3. 2018 Winter Olympics
In the preliminary round of the qualifying rounds, the Israeli team took 3rd place, losing to the national teams of Estonia and Mexico and defeating the Bulgarian team. The team's top scorer, having scored 3 goals, was Ilya Spector.
Israel Hockey Team Results for Other Countries
April 29, 2019
- The table also includes 5 canceled matches:
- In games against Greece and Mongolia, a victory was awarded with a score of 5: 0, and
- in games against Bulgaria, Lithuania and Yugoslavia - defeat is counted with a score of 5: 0
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Composition of the Israeli national team at the 2019 World Cup
The Israeli team announced the tournament 20 field players and 2 goalkeepers.
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Team averages:
- Age 26 years old
- Height: 179 cm
- Weight: 77 kg
According to: IIHF.com
See also
Notes
- ↑ Sergey Zak - statistics on Eliteprospects.com (English)
- ↑ Sergey Frenkel - statistics on Eliteprospects.com (English)
- ↑ Israelis on ice
- ↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com Israel Team
- ↑ Israel - Team Roster . International Ice Hockey Federation . Date of treatment August 13, 2019. Archived February 4, 2013.
- ↑ Qualifying Games for the Winter Olympics 2014-Group K.
- ↑ Plan of the competition for the qualifying games and the main hockey tournament of the Winter Olympics 2014