Iran men's national ice hockey team

Iran
Association Islamic Republic of Iran Skating Federation
Head coach Iran Kaveh Sedghi
Assistants Germany Christian Müller
Captain Iran Mahmoudreza Mahdavian
Team colors          
IIHF code IRI
First international
Iran Iran 5 – 4 HC Almaty "B" Kazakhstan
(Almaty, Kazakhstan; 23 August 2016)
Biggest win
Iran Iran 9 – 2 Delta Almaty Kazakhstan
(Almaty, Kazakhstan; 24 August 2016)
Biggest defeat
Iran Iran 5 – 7 HC Almaty Kazakhstan
(Almaty, Kazakhstan; 26 August 2016)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances 1 (first in 2017)
Best result TBA
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances none
International record (W–L–T)
3–1–0

The Iran national ice hockey team (Persian: تیم ملی هاکی روی یخ ایران‎‎) is the national ice hockey team of Iran. The team founded in June 2016, is controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran Skating Federation, who aspires of becoming a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

2017 Asian Winter Games will be the team's first tournament.[2]

History

Back in the 1970s, ice hockey was played as a recreation sport by the general public at "Ice Palace" (Persian: قصر یخ‎‎) which was located in Pahlavi Street before Vanak Square,[3] there was also another ice rink located in Aryamehr Sport Complex which was only used for ice skating. As a result of Iranian Revolution, ice hockey and skating became banned, hence ice rinks got closed down.

Farzad Houshidari is among the first Iranians who played ice hockey abroad. Houshidari became the first player who has started hockey in Iran and played professionally abroad. Although there were or currently are many notable players of Iranian-origin across the globe, Daniel Rahimi, Mika Zibanejad and Rhett Rakhshani all play/played in the NHL, Rahimi and Zibanejad have represented Sweden in international competitions while Rakhshani represented the United States. Currently there are two players of Iranian-origin in Oman, Mustafa Hamedi[4][5] and Ali Reza Rasoli.[6] Umut Taherzadeh[7] have represented Turkey internationally. Other notable players are Mark Ardelan, Ryan Mior, Farzad Khojasteh[8] and Arian Ali-Zade.[9] Also a Canadian player, Calvin Crowe was born in Tehran.[10]

There are currently three Ice Rinks which are Aramis Sports Complex (Tehran),[11] Damoon Shopping Center (Kish Island)[12] and Padide Shandiz Shopping Center (Mashhad),[13][14] which were respectively opened in 2013, 2014 and 2015. There is a standard Ice Rink underconstruction in Tehran.[15]

In July 2015, Taylan Aytac from Turkey,[16][17] taught in Iran's first ice hockey workshop which was held in Aramis Sports Complex in Tehran, which was also attended by Iranian trainee-instructors Pooya Ghandali and Saman Goodarzi.[18]

From 26 to 28 June 2016, Iran's first national team camp was held in Asiago, Italy which was headed by Christian Müller in the absence of head coach, Kaveh Sedghi. In order to fast track the creation of a national team, the coaching staff decided that it would be best to include the entire Iran national inline hockey team powered by hockey players of Iranian-origin from abroad.[19]

The second national team camp held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 20–27 August 2016, headed by Farzad Houshidari and Saman Goodarzi. Head coach Kaveh Sedghi and his assistants, Christian Müller and Ramin Atighechi were unable to attend the camp. As part of the camp Iran team has been attending courses by Kazakh instructor Sergei Shavernev who also coached Iran's team in the friendly matches.[20]

On 23 August 2016, Iran national team played its first international against Kazakh team HC Almaty winning 5-4 in Almaty.[21]

On 1 October 2016, the first ice hockey match was played between two Iranian teams in a friendly in Padide Ice Rink in Mashhad, Padide defeated Khorasan Razavi 5-4.[22][23] It must be noted that both teams have been training twice a day since September 2016.[24]

Current Staff

Team

Current Roster

The following 22 players plus 4 reserves have been selected for the 2017 Asian Winter Games.[25]

# Name Pos S/CHeight DOB Club
? Ghaffari, BenjaminBenjamin Ghaffari G - 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 13 Sep 1997 Sweden IK Pantern U20
31 Hassanzadeh, OveisOveis Hassanzadeh G L Aug 1992 Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
1 Mohiman, Saeed AhmadSaeed Ahmad Mohiman G - 12 June 1984 United Arab Emirates Dubai Falcons
80 Yazdani, NickonNickon Yazdani G - 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 1998 United States Reston Raiders HC, Virginia
18 Amani, FarzinFarzin Amani +R D - - United States Unattached
87 Aminikia, SchahabSchahab Aminikia D - 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 7 Apr 1988 Germany Kölner EC II
24 Ghorbani, MaziarMaziar Ghorbani +A D - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
27 Keyhanfar, JalalJalal Keyhanfar D - Nov 1991 Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
28 Mahdavian, MohammadrezaMohammadreza Mahdavian D - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
73 Moghadasi, FarshadFarshad Moghadasi +R D - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
66 Razavi, DaruoshDaruosh Razavi D - 6 Jun 1996 United Arab Emirates Dubai Mighty Camels
30 Alizadeh, NavidNavid Alizadeh +R F - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
81 Amini, ShahryarShahryar Amini F R 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 18 Nov 1981 Switzerland Camel Rapperswil-Jona
14 Farsad, KayanKayan Farsad F L 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 1996 United States Colorado Thunderbirds
? Forotan, SamanSaman Forotan F R 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 2 Jun 1997 Sweden Lund Giants HC
29 Gharaee, HamidHamid Gharaee F L 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 2 Sep 1999 Switzerland Gottéron U20
7 Habibian, KianKian Habibian F - 1999 France Club Olympique de Courbevoie
22 Hedayatpour, HamidrezaHamidreza Hedayatpour F - 26 Mar 1990 Former: Malaysia Taylors College
38 Houshidari, FarzadFarzad Houshidari +A F R 6 Sep 1984 Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
82 Mahdavian, MahmoudrezaMahmoudreza Mahdavian +C F - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
77 Mehraban, NimaNima Mehraban F - Dec 1990 Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
26 Moallim, KaranKaran Moallim F - 13 Nov 1990 Germany EC Wedemark Scorpions
? Mohiman, MasoodMasood Mohiman F - 2 May 1985 United Arab Emirates Dubai Falcons
00 Monfared, ArsalanArsalan Monfared +R F - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
16 Moslemi, NadimNadim Moslemi F R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 10 Sep 1989 Canada Edmonton Oil Kings
? Rezaie, DanielDaniel Rezaie F L 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 7 Nov 1996 Sweden Solna SK

Legend: +A, Assistant captain, +C Captain, +R Reserve player

Extended Roster

The following players had either attended the first national team camp which was held in Asiago, Roana in Italy from 26–28 June 2016 or the second national team camp held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 20–27 August 2016 and some players attended both camps.[26][27] Others expressed their interest or had either been invited to join the national.

# Name Pos S/CHeight DOB Club
? Khazaei, DarioDario Khazaei G - - Germany Uedesheim Chiefs
78 Zanganeh, ErfanErfan Zanganeh G - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Abdi, ArianArian Abdi D L - United States University of California, San Diego
10 Aghamohammadi, MujtabaMujtaba Aghamohammadi D - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Anvari, MikeyMikey Anvari D - - Former: United States Cobra Kai
? Ayar, MajidMajid Ayar - - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Fasihi, SinaSina Fasihi D - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Goodarzi, SamanSaman Goodarzi D - 11 Oct 1988 Iran Qazvin Inline Hockey Team
? Kaviani, FarzinFarzin Kaviani - - - Iran ?
? Mirheydari, SepehrSepehr Mirheydari - - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
21 Medadi, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Medadi D - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Mozaffarimehr, JoobinJoobin Mozaffarimehr D L 1988 Former: United States Santa Clara University
70 Satar, AliAli Satar D - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Taherzadeh, UmutUmut Taherzadeh D R 12 Dec 1992 Turkey B. B. Ankara SK
26 Zarghami, JonathanJonathan Zarghami D R 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 3 Oct 1995 Canada West Island Royals
? Zolfagharpour, NavidNavid Zolfagharpour - - 27 Oct 1995 Iran Enghelab Skating Academy
9 Bagheri, DanialDanial Bagheri F - Jan 1995 Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Bagherpour, AradArad Bagherpour F - - Former: Turkey Hacettepe University Ice Deers
? Danesh, SoltanSoltan Danesh F - 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 1985 United States Bad Beat
36 Farzaneh, MohammadMohammad Farzaneh F - Jun 1991 Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Gaudreau, NolanNolan Gaudreau F - - United States Rebel Scrum
? Hashemiyan, Masoud AliMasoud Ali Hashemiyan C - 14 May 1990 Former: United Arab Emirates Dubai White Bears
99 Heydari, AmirAmir Heydari F - - Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Khorsand, MarcelMarcel Khorsand F - - Former: United States Santa Clara University
8 Korehei, AminAmin Korehei F - Sep 1998 Iran Iran Inline Hockey NT
? Rejaeyan, AdrianAdrian Rejaeyan F L 2001 Sweden SDE HF
? Soltani, AdenAden Soltani F - 21 Apr 1988 Scotland Edinburgh Phoenix

Tournaments

Asian Winter Games

Main article: Asian Winter Games
Year/Host Rank Pld W T L
Japan 2017 SapporoTBC----
Total (1/?)-----

IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

All-time record against other nations

As of August 27, 2016[28][29]

Team GP W T L GF GA
Kazakhstan BI-Group Almaty 1 1 0 0 8 4
Kazakhstan Delta Almaty 1 1 0 0 9 2
Kazakhstan HC Almaty 2 1 0 1 10 11

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10440&cHash=d28cc7a513f6d594825c6af38aa44e72
  2. ↑ http://www.eurohockey.com/article/4590-interview-with-iranian-ice-hockey-head-coach-kaveh-sedghi.html
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvJXmgbAeU0
  4. ↑ http://www.omanicehockey.com/Team.html
  5. ↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=452965
  6. ↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=452966
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  12. ↑ http://www.damoonicerink.com/
  13. ↑ http://تورکیش-تورمشهد.com/mashhad-tour/pist-eskeit-ru-yakh-padide-shandiz-mashhad/
  14. ↑ http://www.boxnewsbox.com/opening-ceremony-for-the-first-ice-skating-center-in-mashhad/
  15. ↑ http://www.eurohockey.com/article/4219-warning-to-the-world-iran-hockey-is-coming.html
  16. ↑ http://varzeshzanan.blogfa.com/post/38
  17. ↑ http://www.eurohockey.com/player/575962-taylan-ayta.html
  18. ↑ http://sepantaskate.rzb.ir/post/27
  19. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BD7_cJYPJ02/
  20. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BJW14J4j3QJ/?taken-by=iranhockey
  21. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BJdKmUbDlig/?taken-by=iranhockey
  22. ↑ http://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/5802077/%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%87%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87
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  26. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BHKRj8MDr18/?taken-by=iranhockey
  27. ↑ http://sepantaskate.rzb.ir/post/46
  28. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BJhS1SZDxWn/?taken-by=iranhockey
  29. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BJkno33jMJd/?taken-by=iranhockey
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