Nickname(s) | Junior Ice Blacks |
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Association | New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation |
General manager | Dave Fraser |
Head coach | Justin Daigle |
Assistants | Andrew Spiller |
Captain | Shaun Brown |
Most games | Joshua Hay (21) |
Top scorer | Joshua Hay (20) |
Most points | Joshua Hay (35) |
Team colors | |
IIHF code | NZL |
First international | |
New Zealand 3 - 2 Turkey (Sofia, Bulgaria; January 5, 2004) | |
Biggest win | |
New Zealand 20 - 1 Turkey (Belgrade, Serbia; January 18, 2008) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Netherlands 19 - 0 New Zealand (Bucharest, Romania; December 13, 2005) | |
IIHF World U20 Championship | |
Appearances | 16 (first in 2004 ) |
Best result | 34th (2006) |
International record (W–L–T) | |
34-37-1 |
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