New Zealand men's national ice hockey team

New Zealand

Nickname(s)	Ice Blacks
Association	New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
General manager	Neil Carey
Head coach	Cameron Frear
Assistants	Anton Purver Andrew Spiller
Captain	Callum Bruns
Most games	Andrew Hay (74) [1]
Top scorer	Andrew Cox (30) [1]
Most points	Andrew Cox (50) [1]
Team colors
IIHF code	NZL
Ranking
Current IIHF	41 1 (27 May 2024) [2]
Highest IIHF	35 (2013)
Lowest IIHF	42 (2022–23)
First international
South Korea   35–2   New Zealand (Perth, Australia; 13 March 1987)
Biggest win
New Zealand   19–0   Hong Kong (Perth, Australia; 15 March 1987)
Biggest defeat
Australia   58–0   New Zealand (Perth, Australia; 14 March 1987)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	30 (first in 1987 )
Best result	27th (1987)
International record (W–L–T)
58–87–2

The New Zealand men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for New Zealand. As of 2024, the New Zealand team is ranked 41st in the IIHF World Rankings. The official nickname of New Zealand's national ice hockey team is the Ice Blacks. ^[3] The "Ice Blacks" nickname is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.

History

The 2016 documentary film "Ice Blacks" covers the history of the team, their rivalry with Australia and their difficulties in competing at international level because of New Zealand's geographic distance from the rest of the traditional ice hockey playing countries.

New Zealand has competed in the Division II World Championships since 2001. From 2007 to 2011, New Zealand was coached by Jeff Bonazzo. In his last year coaching at the 2011 Division II World Championships, New Zealand won three games and lost two, finishing second in their group behind host nation and rival Australia and missing promotion to Division I.

New Zealand hosted the 2003 IIHF World Championship Division III, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished first and captured their first gold medal and were promoted to Division II.

New Zealand hosted the 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished last and were relegated to Division III.

New Zealand hosted the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III, which was held in Dunedin. The Ice Blacks finished first and captured their third gold medal by winning all five games and were promoted to Division II.

New Zealand hosted the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished second behind China, capturing their fourth silver medal.

Tournament record

New Zealand Winter Games

Games	GP	W	OTW/SOW	OTL/SOL	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Rank
2009 Winter Games	2	1	0	0	1	7	12	Jeff Bonazzo	Simon Glass	2nd
2011 Winter Games	4	2	0	0	2	17	16	Jeff Bonazzo	Corey Down	2nd
2017 Winter Games	3	1	0	1	1	7	6	Maru Rout	Berton Haines	2nd
2018 Winter Games	3	2	0	0	1	13	9	Anatoly Khorozov	Paris Heyd	1st

World Championship record

• 1987 – 27th place (3rd in "Pool D")
• 1989 – 29th place (5th in "Pool D")
• 1995 – 39th place (10th in "Pool C2")
• 1996 – Not ranked (2nd in "Pool D" group 1 qualifier)
• 1997 – Not ranked (2nd in unofficial "Pool E")
• 1998 – 38th place (6th in "Pool D")
• 1999 – 38th place (6th in "Pool D")
• 2000 – 39th place (6th in "Pool D")
• 2001 – 39th place (5th in Division II Group A)
• 2002 – 43rd place (3rd in Division II qualification)
• 2003 – 41st place (1st in Division III)
• 2004 – 37th place (5th in Division II Group B)
• 2005 – 38th place (5th in Division II Group A)
• 2006 – 39th place (6th in Division II Group B)
• 2007 – 41st place (1st in Division III)
• 2008 – 39th place (6th in Division II Group B)
• 2009 – 41st place (1st in Division III)
• 2010 – 36th place (4th in Division II Group B)
• 2011 – 32nd place (2nd in Division II Group A)
• 2012 – 34th place (6th in Division II Group A)
• 2013 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
• 2014 – 37th place (3rd in Division II Group B)
• 2015 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
• 2016 – 38th place (4th in Division II Group B)
• 2017 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
• 2018 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
• 2019 – 37th place (3rd in Division II Group B)
• 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[4]
• 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[5]
• 2022 – Withdrawn due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[6]
• 2023 – 38th place (4th in Division II Group B)
• 2024 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
• 2025 – (Division II Group B)

All-time record against other nations

As of 23 April 2023 ^[7]

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Australia	27	5	0	22	53	215
Belgium	4	1	0	3	9	35
Bulgaria	7	3	0	4	41	50
China	9	5	0	4	33	35
Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	0	12	1
Croatia	3	0	0	3	8	45
Estonia	2	0	0	2	2	36
Georgia	1	1	0	0	6	2
Great Britain	1	0	0	1	0	26
Greece	4	3	0	1	22	16
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	38	0
Iceland	6	0	0	6	11	28
Ireland	2	2	0	0	13	2
Israel	8	5	0	3	32	34
Lithuania	1	0	0	1	2	21
Luxembourg	5	5	0	0	32	9
Mexico	12	7	1	4	47	31
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	15	1
North Korea	8	4	0	4	42	38
Romania	2	0	0	2	2	66
Serbia/   Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	0	3	6	43
South Africa	13	3	1	9	38	56
South Korea	6	0	0	6	5	99
Spain	7	0	0	7	12	89
Turkey	10	9	0	1	60	28
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1	1	7
Total	147	58	2	87	542	1013

All-time record against other clubs

As of 15 April 2019 ^[8]

Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Canada Moose	11	6	2	3	54.55%	42	26	+16
SG Cortina	1	0	0	1	0.00%	4	15	−11
Cavalese All Stars	1	0	0	1	0.00%	3	5	−2
HC Fassa	1	0	0	1	0.00%	4	10	−6
Australia Selects	4	1	0	3	25.00%	10	24	−14
Southern Stampede	2	0	0	2	0.00%	6	9	−3
Perth Thunder	3	1	0	2	33.33%	11	17	−6
Calgary Flames Alumni	1	0	0	1	0.00%	2	9	−7
Melbourne Mustangs	2	0	0	2	0.00%	8	10	−2
Melbourne Ice	2	1	0	1	50.00%	10	3	+7
Vail Yeti	2	1	0	1	50.00%	11	14	−3
Total	30	10	2	18	30.00%	111	142	-32

References

1. "New Zealand Scoring Leaders" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 1 May 2023.
2. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
3. "New Zealand ice hockey teams". New Zealand Ice Hockey. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
4. "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF . Retrieved 13 March 2020.
5. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
6. "New Zealand withdraws". IIHF.com. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
7. "Ice Hockey in New Zealand". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
8. "New-Zealand-Men-Unofficial-Results.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. 14 January 2018.

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile