General Manager Emre Aydın Captain Emrah Özmen Most points Emrah Özmen (51) | Head coach Deniz İnce Most games Emrah Özmen (50) Location Turkey | |
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Assistants Burkay Altuntaş
Alex Andjelic
Sasu Hovi
Vesa Surenkin Association Turkish Ice Hockey Federation | ||
The Turkish men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of Turkey, and is controlled by the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Buz Hokeyi Federasyonu, TBHF), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. It is currently ranked 35th in the IIHF's 2008 world final ranking list.
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History
In 2014, the Turkish Ice Hockey Federation caused a scandal as a foreigner wearing Turkish national jersey played in a friendly international match. Denis Legersky from Slovakia, who plays since three and a half years in Turkey and is currently a member of İzmir BB GSK, was registered in the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina national ice hockey team as a coach–player. He, appeared in the jersey of Ogün Uzunali though not a Turkish citizen, and scored two goals in the match played in Sarajevo before 8,000 spectators that ended 7–2 for the Turkey national team. The officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports protested the incident.
Roster
From the 2016 IIHF World Championship Division III.
Head coach: Deniz İnce
Legend: +A, Assistant captain, +C Captain
Notable players
Cengiz Çıplak (25) is regarded as the most talented Turkish player. He was awarded the MVP crown as best forward in Division II Group A at the 2007 World Ice Hockey Championships although skating for the team that relegated. He received the same trophy at World Championship 2004. At the World Championship Division 3 in Iceland he was the tournament's top scorer. Çıplak learned his hockey in Edmonton and played in lower North American leagues. Within the 16 years of history of Turkish national ice hockey team, 25 goals in 18 games of Cengiz Çıplak makes him the highest goalscorer of all times. Also he holds the record for the highest scorer in one game which he scored five goals in the game between Luxembourg and Turkey.
All-time record against other nations
As of 6 April 2016