Armenia men's national ice hockey team

Armenia

Association	Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia
General manager	Nikita Zbyshko
Head coach	Vadim Guskov
Captain	Eduard Malakyan
Most games	Raffi Kajberouni, Artak Martirosyan & 1 Other (12)
Top scorer	Artem Kuznetsov (11)
Most points	Maksim Kuznetsov (22)
Home stadium	Ice Arena
Team colors
IIHF code	ARM
Ranking
Current IIHF	NR (27 May 2024) [1]
Highest IIHF	45 (2004–2007)
Lowest IIHF	60 (2025)
First international
Lithuanian SSR 1 - 0 Armenian SSR (Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union; March 1, 1962)
Biggest win
Armenia 22 - 1 Georgia   (Yerevan, Armenia; April 12, 2010) [2]   Armenia 24 - 3 Malaysia   (Yerevan, Armenia; April 13, 2025)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 48 - 0 Armenia   (Mexico City, Mexico; March 11, 2005) [3]
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	6 (first in 2004 )
Best result	43rd (2006)
International record (W–L–T)
6-18-0

The Armenian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Armenia. They hosted the Division III, Group B tournament of the 2010 World Championships and they will be hosting the 2025 IIHF World Championship Division IV, officially hosting Ice Hockey World Championships for the second time. They are managed by the Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia.

History

After finishing last in the 2004 and 2005 Division III tournaments (which included a 48–0 loss to Mexico), they won their first two games ever in 2006, defeating Ireland and Luxembourg.

In 2008, Armenia was forced to withdraw from a Division III qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, because Armenia's delegation refused to show their passports to IIHF officials; this incident resulted in a two-year suspension for Armenia from any IIHF tournament. The use of ineligible players was also discovered on Armenia's U20 team.

In 2010, the IIHF allowed Armenia to compete again, under conditions that Armenia was to release their final roster six months prior to any IIHF tournaments. Armenia hosted the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III in Yerevan, Armenia. After large scale wins over South Africa and Mongolia, Armenia edged DPR Korea 7-6; Armenia later played DPR Korea in the gold medal game, but lost the final, as well as their chance to move ahead to Div II for 2011, 5-2.

Days after the tournament, IIHF officials investigated and reported that Armenia had once again used ineligible players; the team was suspended indefinitely, and their statistics and final scores were expunged from the IIHF tournaments, with all of their games marked as 5–0 forfeits against the team.

Armenia will host the 2025 Division IV tournament, which marks Armenia's return to the international game. ^[4]

Tournament record

World Championships

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
2004	Reykjavík	45th place (5th in Division III)	4	0	0	0	4
2005	Mexico City	45th place (5th in Division III)	4	0	0	0	4
2006	Reykjavík	43rd place (3rd in Division III)	4	2	0	0	2
2007	Dundalk	Withdrew from tournament (All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)
2008	Sarajevo	Withdrew from tournament; suspended for 2 years (Both games counted as 5–0 forfeits)	2	0	0	0	2
2009	Dunedin	Suspended
2010	Yerevan	Records expunged from tournament; suspended indefinitely (All games marked as 5–0 forfeits)	4	0	0	0	4
2011 through 2015		Suspended
2016 through 2024		did not participate
2025	Yerevan	54th place (2nd in Division IV)	5	3	1	1	0
Total		6 appearances	23	5	1	1	16

All-time record against other nations

As of 19 April 2025 ^[5]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Bosnia and Herzegovina [a]	1	0	0	1	0	5
Georgia	1	1	0	0	22	1
Greece [a]	1	0	0	1	0	5
Iceland	2	0	0	2	4	35
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	14	1
Iran	1	1	0	0	8	0
Ireland	3	1	0	2	8	38
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	4	5
Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	13	44
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	24	3
Mexico	2	0	0	2	0	65
Mongolia [b]	1	0	0	1	0	5
North Korea [b]	2	0	0	2	0	10
South Africa [b]	2	0	0	2	1	38
Turkey	2	0	0	2	4	19
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	3	2
Total (15)	23	6	0	17	91	275

Current roster

Roster for the 2025 IIHF World Championship Division IV ^{[6] [7]} .

No.	Position	Shoot/Catches	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	2024–25 Club
3	D	L	Petr Lebedev A	19 May 1984	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	Pyunik Yerevan
4	D	L	Eduard Malakyan C	16 November 2000	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	Pyunik Yerevan
5	F	R	Pavel Egiazarian	7 January 1979	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	Peppers Yerevan
8	F	L	Igor Krivykh	12 September 1999	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	Pyunik Yerevan
9	D	L	Samvel Davtian	9 April 1999	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	129 kg (284 lb)	Peppers Yerevan
10	D	L	Arman Yenokyan	28 January 1995	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	120 kg (260 lb)	HC Lions
16	D	L	Aleksei Ivanov	21 September 1995	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	Pyunik Yerevan
17	F	L	Arsen Ambartsumian	9 September 1998	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	HC Lions
19	F	L	Albert Gevorgyan	29 January 1993	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	HC Lions
20	GK	L	Harutyun Baluyan	22 August 1989	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	Pyunik Yerevan
21	F	L	Erik Mikayelyan	7 February 2003	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	HC Lions
22	F	L	Artem Kuznetsov	19 July 1992	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	HC Lions
25	F	L	Maksim Kuznetsov A	29 May 1989	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	HC Lions
51	F	L	Valentin Kovalenko	31 May 2001	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	Pyunik Yerevan
61	F	L	Arsen Asatrian	6 March 2006	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	Pyunik Yerevan
66	F	L	Sergey Kuzminov	8 July 1978	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	Peppers Yerevan
69	GK	L	Artem Putulian	28 October 2003	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	Peppers Yerevan
77	F	L	Sergei Khudiakov	7 January 1999	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	Peppers Yerevan
96	GK	L	Dmitriy Mazanko	21 March 1987	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	Peppers Yerevan
97	F	R	Tigran Manukian	30 January 1997	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	Pyunik Yerevan
99	F	L	Seiran Saghatelian	5 October 1999	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	BKMA Yerevan

Coaches

Position	Name	Date of birth
Head coach	Vadim Guskov	11 May 1991
Assistant coach	David Sazbandyan	30 May 1999
Goaltending Coach	Mikhail Mikhailov	9 June 1987
General Manager	Nikita Zbyshko	14 November 1995
Team Leader	Aram Sargsyan	3 August 1995
Medical Officer	Yaroslav Zbyshko	19 February 1974

Notes

1. Armenia's first matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece, within the 2008 IIHF World Championship Division III Qualification tournament, were forefeited 0–5 by IIHF decision.
2. Armenia's second match against South Africa and first match against Mongolia were additionally changed to 0–5 wins for the opposition by IIHF decision. Original results were 9-2 and 15–0, respectively. This also concerned first two matches against North Korea; the original results were 7-6 and 2-5, respectively. All four matches took place within 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III.

See also

• Ice hockey portal
• Sports portal

• Armenia men's national junior ice hockey team
• Armenia men's national under-18 ice hockey team
• Armenian Hockey League
• Ice hockey in Armenia
• Karen Demirchyan Complex
• Micah Aivazoff
• Sport in Armenia
• Yerevan Figure Skating and Hockey Sports School
• Zach Bogosian

References

1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
2. "Armenian ice hockey team celebrates smashing 22:1 victory in a friendly against Georgia". PanArmenian.net. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
3. "Game Summary: As of 12.03.2005". IIHF. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
4. "IIHF – Recap: 2024 Semi-Annual Congress". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
5. "Armenia-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
6. "Team roster: Armenia" (PDF). iihf.com. 13 April 2025.
7. "Чемпионат мира по хоккею в Ереване: Известен состав сборной Армении". sportaran.com. Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia. 10 April 2025.(in Russian)

External links

• IIHF profile
• National Teams of ice Hockey