Armenia national ice hockey team

Armenia

Association	Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia
Head coach	Doug De Cesare
Assistants	Karo Blikian Aram Abrahamian Aram Vartanian
Captain	Raffi Kajberouni
Most games	Artak Martirosyan (12)
Most points	Gevork Kandakharyan (14)
IIHF code	ARM
Ranking
Current IIHF	unranked
Highest IIHF	45 (2004–2007)
Lowest IIHF	49 (2010)
First international
Lithuanian SSR 1 - 0 Armenian SSR (Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union; March 1st, 1962)
Biggest win
Armenia 22 - 1 Georgia  (Yerevan, Armenia; April 12, 2010)[1]
Biggest defeat
Mexico 48 - 0 Armenia  (Mexico City, Mexico; March 11, 2005)[2]
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	4 (first in 2004)
Best result	43rd (2006)
International record (W–L–T)
6-13-0

The Armenian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Armenia. They hosted the Division III, Group B tournament of the 2010 World Championships.

After finishing last in the 2004 and 2005 Division III tournaments (which included a 48–0 loss to Mexico), they won their first two games ever in 2006, defeating Ireland and Luxembourg.

They are controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia.

In 2008, Armenia was forced to withdraw from a Division III qualification tournament in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina because Armenia refused to show their passports to IIHF officials; this incident resulted in a 2-year suspension for Armenia from any IIHF tournament. The use of ineligible players was also present on Armenia's U20 team.

In 2010, the IIHF allowed Armenia to compete again, under the conditions that Armenia was to release their final roster 6 months prior to any IIHF tournaments. Armenia hosted the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III in Yerevan, Armenia. After large scale wins over South Africa and Mongolia, Armenia edged DPR Korea 7-6; Armenia later played DPR Korea in the gold medal game, but lost the final and their chance to move ahead to Div II for 2011 5-2. Days after the tournament, IIHF officials investigated and reported that Armenia once again used ineligible players; the team was suspended indefintely, and their statistics and final scores were expunged from the IIHF tournaments.

Roster

Roster:^[3]

Number	Position	Player	Club	League
7	D	Harutyun Qeshisyan	Urartu	Armenia
14	D	Davit Tagvoryan	HC Dinamo Yerevan	Armenia
18	D	Armen Bubushyan	Armenia	Armenia
9	D	Steve Ababyan	Armenia	Armenia
22	D	Arsen Arabyan	Armenia	Armenia
2	D	Aram Deterdaryan	Urartu	Armenia
2	D	Johno Khachatyan	Armenia	Armenia
24	D	Petros Zhamkochyan	HC Dinamo Yerevan	Armenia
9	F	Hakob Avetisyan	Armenia	Armenia
13	F	Manuk Balyan	Armenia	Armenia
12	F	Albert Boyamyan	Armenia	Armenia
3	F	Hakop Boyamyan	Armenia	Armenia
23	F	Smbat Deterdaryan	Urartu	Armenia
4	F	Grikor Demirchyan	Urartu	Armenia
23	F	Joe Elmazyan	Armenia	Armenia
5	F	Grikor Sermibekyan	Urartu	Armenia

Goaltenders

Number	Player	Club	League
25	Artin Kasumyan	Uratu	Armenia
25	Lavik Kazaryan	Armenia	Armenia

World Championships record

World Championship 2010 (3rd division), April 14-18, Yerevan,

Friendly match: Armenia 22-1 Georgia

Qualifying match, April 14: South Africa 2-9 Armenia

Qualifying match, April 15: D.P.R Korea 6-7 Armenia

Qualifying match, April 17: Armenia 15-0 Mongolia

Gold Medal match, April 18: Armenia 2-5 D.P.R Korea

Armenia were ejected from the competition for using ineligible players; their records were expunged.

Final ranking

1. DPR Korea 2. South Africa 3. Mongolia

See also

• Sports in Armenia
• Zach Bogosian
• Micah Aivazoff

References

1. "Armenian ice hockey team celebrates smashing 22:1 victory in a friendly against Georgia". PanArmenian.net. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
2. "Game Summary: As of 12.03.2005". IIHF. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
3. National Teams of Ice Hockey:Armenia

External links

• National Teams of ice Hockey