Croatia men's national ice hockey team

Croatia
First international
The Coat of arms of Croatia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association	Croatian Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager	Marko Belinić
Head coach	Alan Letang
Assistants	Danijel Kolomboa Ivo Ratej
Captain	Igor Jačmenjak
Most games	Veljko Žibret (70)^[1]
Top scorer	Marko Lovrenčić (31)^[2]
Most points	Marko Lovrenčić (62)^[3]
Home stadium	Dom Športova, Zagreb
IIHF code	CRO
IIHF ranking	27 1
Highest IIHF ranking	26 (first in 2008)
Lowest IIHF ranking	31 (first in 2003)

Slovakia 6–1 Croatia (Bratislava, Slovakia; 9 February 1941)^[4]
Biggest win
Croatia 34–1 Turkey (Zagreb, Croatia; 20 November 1993)
Biggest defeat
Slovenia 15–1 Croatia (Zagreb, Croatia; 7 November 1992) Slovenia 15–1 Croatia (Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 April 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	20 (first in 1994)
Best result	24th (2001)
International record (W–L–T)
70–120–10

The Croatian under-20 team, who won the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II Group B

The Croatian men's national ice hockey team represents Croatia in IIHF ice hockey competitions. It is organized by the Croatian Ice Hockey Federation. In 2015, the team was ranked 26th in the world by the IIHF.^[5] At the 2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Croatia currently competes in 2014 Division I B.

World Championship record

Year	Division		Position		GP	W	D	L
Year	Tier	Div.	Ov	Div.	GP	W	D	L
Slovenia 1993	3	Group C	NR	–	2	0	0	2
Spain 1994	4	Group C2	31	4	7	4	0	3
South Africa 1995	4	Group C2	30	1	7	6	1	0
Slovenia 1996	3	Group C	28	8	7	0	0	7
Andorra 1997	4	Group D	29	1	6	4	1	1
Hungary 1998	3	Group C	29	5	6	1	3	2
Netherlands 1999	3	Group C	29	5	5	2	1	2
China 2000	3	Group C	27	3	4	1	1	2
Slovenia 2001	2	Div I	24	4	5	1	3	1
Netherlands 2002	2	Div I	26	5	5	1	0	4
Croatia 2003	2	Div I	27	6	5	1	4	0
Spain 2004	3	Div II	32	2	5	4	1	0
Croatia 2005	3	Div II	29	1	5	5	0	0
Estonia 2006	2	Div I	27	6	5	0	0	5
Croatia 2007	3	Div II	29	1	5	5	0	0
Japan 2008	2	Div I	25	5	5	1	0	4
Lithuania 2009	2	Div I	26	5	5	1	0	4
Slovenia 2010	2	Div I	28	6	5	0	0	5
Croatia 2011	3	Div II	31	2	5	4	0	1
Iceland 2012	3	Div II A	31	3	5	3	0	2
Croatia 2013	4	Div II A	29	1	5	5	0	0
Lithuania 2014	3	Div I B	24	2	5	4	0	1
Netherlands 2015	3	Div I B	26	4	5	2	0	3
Croatia 2016	3	Div I B	26	4	5	3	0	2

Division I

before: Group B

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	1	0	1

Division II

before: Group C, Group C1

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
3	2	2	7

Division III

before: Group D, Group C2

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2	0	0	2

Roster

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Andrej Vasiljević	L	184 cm	82 kg	23 September 1993	HPK
1	Tihomir Filipec	L	181 cm	81 kg	4 September 1989	KHL Zagreb
20	Mate Krešimir Tomljenović	R	181 cm	75 kg	3 August 1993	HKm Zvolen

Defensemen
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
2	Igor Jacmenjak	L	185 cm	104 kg	31 August 1979	KHL Zagreb
14	Alan Letang	L	185 cm	85 kg	4 September 1975	KHL Medveščak
14	Saša Martinović	D	186 cm	95 kg	27 September 1984	KHL Medveščak
14	Luka Markovic	L	180 cm	81 kg	27 April 1993	EC Peiting
22	Kenny MacAulay	L	179 cm	88 kg	29 April 1984	KHL Medveščak
16	Andy Sertich	L	183 cm	83 kg	6 May 1983	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár
4	Nikola Senzel	L	177 cm	77 kg	7 September 1992	KHL Medveščak U20
7	Ivan Šijan	R	188 cm	85 kg	2 June 1990	KHL Medveščak
3	Marko Tadić	L	180 cm	86 kg	3 March 1986	KHL Mladost

Forwards
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
6	Mislav Blagus	L	181 cm	75 kg	10 June 1991	KHL Zagreb
15	Ivan Brencun	L	179 cm	70 kg	30 August 1991	KHL Medveščak U20
8	John Hecimovic	R	187 cm	97 kg	31 March 1984	Dornbirner EC
8	Ivan Janković	L	186 cm	80 kg	25 January 1995	KHL Zagreb
10	Dominik Kanaet	L	180 cm	83 kg	6 May 1991	Herlev Eagles
8	Dario Kostović	L	191 cm	93 kg	8 Ag. 1980	KHL Medveščak
11	Igor Lazić	L	195 cm	104 kg	14 February 1992	KHL Medveščak U20
21	Luka Mikulic	L	175 cm	88 kg	13 November 1993	KHL Medveščak U20
24	Tadija Mirić	L	185 cm	90 kg	21 August 1984	KHL Mladost
15	Mario Novak	L	165 cm	67 kg	5 May 1983	KHL Mladost
13	Michael Novak	L	190 cm	88 kg	25 July 1988	VEU Feldkirch
23	Borna Rendulić	R	192 cm	88 kg	25 March 1992	Colorado Avalanche
17	Marko Šakic	L	181 cm	79 kg	13 April 1994	KHL Medveščak
18	Luka Vukoja	R	178 cm	80 kg	14 February 1995	Banská Bystrica

Player statistics

Most appearances

#	Name	Matches	Position	Years
1	Veljko Žibret	70	W	1996–2011
2	Igor Jačmenjak	69	D
3	Saša Belić	63	D
4	Marko Ljubić	59	D
5	Krešimir Švigir	58	C
6	Mato Mladenović	57	W
7	Marko Lovrenčić	55	C	2000–2013
8	Mario Novak	51	W
9	Ivan Spajić	47	D
10	John Ivan Glavota	46	D
11	Mazen Kire	46	W
12	Tomislav Grozaj	45	?
#	Dominik Kanaet	33	W	2008–
#	Mislav Blagus	30	C	2009–
#	Borna Rendulić	30	W	2008–
#	Ivan Šijan	20	D	2008–
#	Kenny MacAulay	20	D	2011–

Top scorers

#	Name	Points	Goals	Assists	PPG	Position	Years
1	Marko Lovrenčić	62	31	31	1.13	C	2000–2013
2	Mato Mladenović	48	27	21	0.84	W
3	Oliver Ciganović	48	17	31	1.30	?
4	Krešimir Švigir	46	20	26	0.79	C
5	Veljko Žibret	44	27	17	0.63	W	1996–2011
6	Damir Gojanović	43	16	27	1.02	W
7	Borna Rendulić	38	19	19	1.27	W	2008–
8	Igor Jačmenjak	35	12	23	0.51	D
9	Tomislav Grozaj	34	22	12	0.76	?
10	Gennadi Gorbachev	32	20	12	1.78	?
11	Dominik Kanaet	31	13	18	0.94	W	2008–
#	Mislav Blagus	24	10	14	0.80	C	2009–
#	Andy Sertich	23	9	14	1.53	D	2011–
n/a	Joel Prpic	24			2.40	C	2011–2013
n/a	Maxim Viktorov	18			1.38	C
n/a	Igor Zajec	19			1.27	?

All-time Record against other nations

As of 20 April 2013.

Croatia all-time record (9 February 1941 – present)
Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	6	6	0	0	30	10	+20
Austria	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9
Belarus	3	0	0	3	3	20	−17
Belgium	6	4	0	2	37	10	+27
Bulgaria	7	6	0	1	60	15	+45
China	7	3	0	4	23	25	−2
Denmark	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20
Estonia	7	2	1	4	25	41	−16
France	4	0	0	4	3	29	−26
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	4	28	−24
Hungary	23	1	1	21	33	156	−123
Iceland	3	3	0	0	20	2	+18
Ireland	1	1	0	0	21	4	+17
Israel	4	4	0	0	33	4	+29
Italy	4	0	0	4	0	20	−20
Japan	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9
Kazakhstan	4	0	0	4	4	42	−38
Lithuania	9	0	1	8	21	43	−22
Luxembourg	1	1	0	0	11	0	+11
Netherlands	12	0	1	11	19	68	−49
Mexico	1	1	0	0	9	2	+7
Norway	4	0	0	4	3	36	−33
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	45	8	+37
Poland	4	0	0	4	3	29	−26
Romania	9	2	1	6	18	36	−18
Serbia	9	8	0	1	44	21	+23
Serbia and Montenegro	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5
Slovenia	13	0	0	13	11	100	−89
South Africa	1	1	0	0	11	1	+10
South Korea	8	5	1	2	25	19	+6
Spain	10	7	1	2	44	28	+16
Turkey	4	4	0	0	98	4	+94
Ukraine	4	0	0	4	1	30	−29
Total	185	61	9	115	670	885	−215

Biggest Wins

World Championship	Qualifications
+33 vs. Turkey (34-1) 1994 +24 vs. Turkey (24-0) 1994 +23 vs. Turkey (25-2) 2007 +17 vs. Ireland (21-4) 2011 +15 vs. Bulgaria (17-2) 2011 +14 vs. New Zealand (19-5) 1995 +14 vs. New Zealand (14-0) 2005 +11 vs. Bulgaria (11-0) 2000 +11 vs. Luxembourg (11-0) 2004 +10 vs. Bulgaria (11-1) 1999 +10 vs. South Africa (11-1) 1995	+13 vs. Israel (15-2) 2014 +7 vs. Mexico (9-2) 2014 +4 vs. Serbia (5-1) 2010

Biggest Loses

World Championship	Qualifications
-14 vs. Slovenia (1-15) 1993 -14 vs. Slovenia (1-15) 2001 -12 vs. Kazakhstan (0-12) 1996 -12 vs. Kazakhstan (0-12) 2002 -11 vs. Slovenia (2-13) 1996 -11 vs. Ukraine (1-11) 1996 -10 vs. Hungary (0-10) 1996 -10 vs. Hungary (3-13) 2000	-13 vs. Hungary (0-13) 2014 -7 vs. Hungary (0-7) 1998 -7 vs. Poland (0-7) 2006 -7 vs. Netherlands (3-10) 2006 -6 vs. Hungary (0-6) 1998 -6 vs. Netherlands (2-8) 2014 -6 vs. Ukraine (0-6) 2018

References

↑ "Franchise All-Time GP". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ "Franchise All-Time Goals". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ "Franchise All-Time Points". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
↑ "PREHĽAD ZÁPASOV A-tímu SR od roku 1940". Retrieved 17 April 2013.
↑ "2012 Men's World Ranking". iihf.com. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

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