Ireland men's national ice hockey team - Alchetron, the free social encyclopedia

General Manager James Pepper Captain David Morrison Most points Gareth Roberts (36) Ground Dundalk Ice Dome		Head coach Kenneth Redmond Most games Robert Leckey (38) Location Republic of Ireland

Assistants Mark Perres Robert Stewart Association Irish Ice Hockey Association

Irish men's national ice hockey team is the National Squad run by the Irish Ice Hockey Association. The team gained promotion to Division II of the International Ice Hockey Federation in 2007, but after a poor performance in their Division II debut, the team has been relegated to Division III. They have not played in a world championship since placing 4th with 6 points in 2013. With the closure of the Dundalk Ice Dome they no longer meet minimum IIHF standards for participation. The team had members from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and has a working relationship with the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League and new Irish clubs, Flyers Ice Hockey Club and Dundalk Bulls.

History

The Republic of Ireland was accepted into the International Ice Hockey Federation in May 1996 after a nomination by Great Britain and a second by Canada. They have not had a long history of international competition, with the Ireland senior team first competing in 2004.

First match: 16 March 2004: Reykjavík, Iceland: Mexico 8–3 Ireland

Largest victory: 8 March 2005: Mexico City, Mexico: Ireland 23–1 Armenia

Largest defeat: 13 April 2011: Zagreb, Croatia: Romania 22–0 Ireland

IIHF World ranking

In the IIHF World Ranking, Ireland is ranked 44th out of 49 as of December 2014.

International competition

(statistics, standings, and results taken from the IIHF [1] IIHF Tournament Page)

2004 IIHF Ice Hockey Division III World Championships Reykjavík, Iceland

Game 1. Ireland 3 Mexico 8
Game 2. Armenia 1 Ireland 15
Game 3. Ireland 1 Iceland 7
Game 4. Turkey 7 Ireland 4

Final result: fourth place, one win, three losses for 2 points, 23 goals for, 23 goals against

2005 IIHF Ice Hockey Division III World Championships Mexico City, Mexico

Game 1. Ireland 23 Armenia 1
Game 2. Luxembourg 8 Ireland 4
Game 3. Ireland 4 South Africa 5
Game 4. Mexico 6 Ireland 1
Final result: fourth place, one win, three losses for 2 points, 32 goals for, 20 goals against

2006 IIHF Ice Hockey Division III World Championships Reykjavík, Iceland

Game 1. Ireland 0 Armenia 6
Game 2. Iceland 8 Ireland 0
Game 3. Turkey 2 Ireland 2
Game 4. Ireland 3 Luxembourg 1
Final result: fourth place, one win, two losses, one tie for 3 points, 5 goals for, 17 goals against

2007 IIHF Ice Hockey Division III World Championships Dundalk, Ireland

Game 1. Ireland 11 Mongolia 0
Game 2. Ireland 2 New Zealand 4
Game 3. Ireland 3 South Africa 1
Game 4. Ireland 4 Luxembourg 3 [OT)
Final result: second place two wins, one overtime win, one loss for 8 points, 20 goals for, 8 goals against [Team Ireland are Promoted to Division II of the IIHF World Championships]

2008 IIHF Ice Hockey Division II World Championships Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Game 1. Ireland 1 Serbia 13
Game 2. Ireland 4 Bulgaria 7
Game 3. Ireland 1 Belgium 9
Game 4. Ireland 1 Romania 21
Game 5. Ireland 1 Israel 7
Final result: sixth place zero wins, five losses for 0 points, 8 goals for, 57 goals against [Team Ireland is relegated to the 2009 IIHF World Championship Div III]

2009 IIHF Ice Hockey Division III World Championships Dunedin, New Zealand

Game 1. Ireland 3 Greece 7
Game 2. Ireland 3 Luxembourg 8
Game 3. Ireland 5 Mongolia 0(Forfeit)
Game 4. Ireland 1 Turkey 7
Game 5. Ireland 0 New Zealand 9
Final result: fifth place one win, four losses for 3 points, 12 goals for, 31 goals against

2010 IIHF Ice Hockey Division III Group A World Championships Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg

Game 1. Ireland 6 Luxembourg 4
Game 2. Greece 1 Ireland 3
Game 3. UA Emirates 2 Ireland 8
Final result: first place three wins, zero losses for 9 points, 17 goals for, 7 goals against [Team Ireland are Promoted to Division II of the IIHF World Championships]

2011 IIHF Ice Hockey Division II Group B World Championships Zagreb, Croatia

Game 1. Ireland 0 Bulgaria 6
Game 2. China 5 Ireland 0
Game 3. Romania 22 Ireland 0
Game 4. Ireland 4 Croatia 21
Game 5. Iceland 14 Ireland 0
Final Result: sixth place zero wins, five losses, for 0 points, 4 goals for, 68 goals against [Team Ireland is relegated to the 2009 IIHF World Championship Div III]

2012 IIHF Ice Hockey Division III World Championships, Erzurum, Turkey

Game 1. Luxembourg 7 Ireland 2
Game 2. Ireland 5 Greece 3
Game 3. Ireland 3 Turkey 5
Game 4. Ireland 8, Mongolia 4
Game 5. North Korea 5, Ireland 0
Final result: fourth place, two wins, three losses, for 6 points, 18 goals for, 24 goals against

2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Division III Group A World Championships Cape Town, South Africa

Game 1. Greece 3 Ireland 6
Game 2. South Africa 7 Ireland 4
Game 3. Luxembourg 5 Ireland 0
Game 4. Ireland 1 North Korea 2
Game 5. Ireland 7 United Arab Emirates 3
Final Result: fourth place two wins, three loses, for 6 points, 18 goals for, 20 goals against

Personnel

Jim Tibbets – Head Coach (former General Manager of the French national ice hockey team)

Scott Fusco – Assistant Coach (Harvard Crimson hockey player, class of '86, American national men's hockey team 1984 Olympic Member)

Ireland roster

(roster taken from the IIHF [2] IIHF Tournament Page)

Head coach: Kenneth Redmond

Future

Early in 2007 Team Ireland moved their headquarters to the Dundalk Ice Dome. It is envisaged that the Ice Dome will become a centre of excellence for ice hockey in the Republic of Ireland and it was here that Team Ireland took silver in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships Division III and gained promotion to Division II. The next year they were relegated after a last place finish to Division II, but in 2010 they earned a first place result and again earned promotion to Division II. The next year the took last place in the IIHF Division II Group B World Championships and were relegated to Division III, which they played in in 2012 and 2013, earning fourth place in the World Championship each year. They have not competed at a world championship since.

References

Ireland men's national ice hockey team Wikipedia

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