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Estonia men's national ice hockey team

The Estonian men's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Estonia internationally. The team is controlled by the Estonian Ice Hockey Association (Estonian: Eesti Jäähokiliit), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Estonia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Pääsukesed (Swallows)
AssociationEstonian Ice Hockey Association
Head coachPetri Skriko
AssistantsKaupo Kaljuste
Mikko Mäenpää
CaptainRobert Rooba
Most gamesLauri Lahesalu (131)
Top scorerAndrei Makrov (82)
Most pointsAndrei Makrov (148)
Home stadiumTondiraba Ice Hall
Team colors     
IIHF codeEST
Ranking
Current IIHF28 Steady (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF23 (2007)
Lowest IIHF29 (first in 2014)
First international
Finland  2–1  Estonia
(Helsinki, Finland; 20 February 1937)
Biggest win
Estonia  27–1  South Africa
(Barcelona, Spain; 16 March 1994)
Estonia  26–0  Bulgaria
(Tallinn, Estonia; 6 November 2015)
Biggest defeat
Slovenia  16–0  Estonia
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 21 April 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances28 (first in 1994)
Best result19th (1998)
International record (W–L–T)
96–115–13

Competitive record edit

Olympic Games edit

Estonia has yet to qualify for the Olympics.

World Championship edit

 
Estonia national team
Division Championship Coach Captain Finish Rank
1954 – 1991 As part of   Soviet Union
C1   1993 Riga – – Qualifications 2nd
C2   1994 Barcelona – – Promoted 1st
C1   1995 Sofia – – Group stage 4th in Group C1
C   1996 Jesenice – – Group stage 5th in Group C
C   1997 Tallinn – – Promoted 3rd in Group C
B   1998 Ljubljana – – Group stage 3rd in Group B
B   1999 Odense – – Group stage 6th in Group B
B   2000 Katowice – – Group stage 6th in Group B
Division I   2001 Ljubljana – – relegated 6th in Group B
Division II   2002 Cape Town – – Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I   2003 Zagreb – – Group stage 3rd in Group B
Division I   2004 Gdańsk – – Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I   2005 Eindhoven – – Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I   2006 Tallinn – – Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I   2007 Qiqihar – – Group stage 4th in Group A
Division I   2008 Sapporo – – relegated 6th in Group B
Division II   2009 Novi Sad – – Group stage 2nd in Group A
Division II   2010 Narva – – Promoted 1st in Group B
Division I   2011 Kiev – – relegated 6th in Group B
Division II   2012 Reykjavík – – Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I   2013 Donetsk – – relegated 6th in Group B
Division II   2014 Belgrade – – Promoted 1st in Group A
Division I   2015 Eindhoven – – Group stage 5th in Group B
Division I   2016 Zagreb – – Group stage 5th in Group B
Division I   2017 Belfast – – Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I   2018 Kaunas – – Group stage 3rd in Group B
Division I   2019 Tallinn – – Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I   2020 Katowice Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
Division I   2021 Katowice Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Division I   2022 Tychy – – Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I   2023 Tallinn – – Group stage 4th in Group B
Division I   2024 Vilnius – – Group B

Current roster edit

Roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B tournament.[4]

Head coach: Jussi Tupamäki

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1 G Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 (age 33)   HC Panter
5 D Eduard Slessarevski 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 25)   Hunters
6 D Silver Kerna 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1994-08-13) 13 August 1994 (age 29)   HC Panter
7 D Saveli Novikov 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 24)   HC Panter
8 F Robert Rooba – C 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 30)   JYP
10 F Rasmus Kiik 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (2000-11-18) 18 November 2000 (age 23)   TUTO Hockey
11 F Kristjan Kombe 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24)   JoKP
12 F Erik Embrich 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1997-02-23) 23 February 1997 (age 27)   Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák
13 F Nikita Puzakov 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2001-03-14) 14 March 2001 (age 23)   Haukat
14 D Daniil Kulintsev 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (2002-07-21) 21 July 2002 (age 21)   JYP
15 F Robert Arrak 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 (age 25)   Comarch Cracovia
16 F Andre Linde 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1999-01-26) 26 January 1999 (age 25)   Hunters
17 F Erik Potšinok 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (2004-09-09) 9 September 2004 (age 19)   Sport
18 F Kevin Parras 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 69 kg (152 lb) (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 29)   HC Panter
19 F Artemi Aleksandrov 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 23)   Boro/Vetlanda HC
20 F Marek Potšinok 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (2004-09-09) 9 September 2004 (age 19)   Sport
22 F Klaus Kaspar Jõgi 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 20)   Philadelphia Rebels
23 F Mark Viitanen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) (1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26)   KH Energa Toruń
26 D Patrick Kookmaa 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 20)   HC Panter
27 D Aleksandr Ossipov – A 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1987-08-07) 7 August 1987 (age 36)   Grästorps IK
28 D Lauri Lahesalu – A 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1979-03-29) 29 March 1979 (age 45) Free agent
30 G Conrad Mölder 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1999-10-06) 6 October 1999 (age 24) Free agent

All-time record against other nations edit

As of 10 November 2023.
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
  Australia 2 2 0 0 25 5 +20
  Austria 2 0 0 2 3 9 -6
  Belarus 3 0 0 3 4 31 -27
  Belgium 3 3 0 0 22 4 +18
  Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 37 1 +36
  China 8 5 0 3 65 26 +39
  Croatia 11 6 1 4 55 39 +16
  Denmark 7 1 2 4 19 26 -7
  Finland 3 1 0 2 4 12 -8
  France 4 1 1 2 7 19 -12
  Germany 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4
  Great Britain 10 3 0 7 25 49 -24
  Hungary 8 2 2 4 28 37 -9
  Iceland 4 4 0 0 33 5 +28
  Israel 5 5 0 0 79 9 +70
  Italy 3 1 0 2 4 10 -6
  Japan 7 0 1 6 16 32 -16
  Kazakhstan 9 1 0 8 14 48 -34
  Latvia 5 0 0 5 6 32 -26
  Lithuania 36 20 1 15 139 140 -1
  Mexico 1 1 0 0 13 3 +10
  Netherlands 12 9 1 2 51 33 +18
  North Korea 1 1 0 0 16 1 +15
  Norway 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2
  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 36 2 +34
  Poland 19 1 1 17 37 96 -59
  Romania 12 7 0 5 43 50 -7
  Serbia 5 4 0 1 20 12 +8
  Slovenia 9 2 3 4 27 50 -23
  South Africa 2 2 0 0 42 1 +41
  South Korea 3 2 0 1 24 7 +17
  Spain 4 3 0 1 26 9 +17
  Turkey 1 1 0 0 24 0 +24
  Ukraine 16 3 0 13 25 79 -54
  United States 1 0 0 1 1 7 -6
Total 224 96 13 115 975 895 +80

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. ^ "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Estonia". IIHF. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

External links edit

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