New Zealand men's national ice hockey team

The New Zealand men's national ice hockey team, also known as the Ice Blacks, is the national men's ice hockey of New Zealand, and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The "Ice Blacks" nickname is one of many national team nicknames related to the All Blacks.
==History==
The 2016 documentary film "Ice Blacks" covers the history of the team, their rivalry with Australia and their difficulties in competing at international level because of New Zealand's geographic distance from the rest of the traditional ice hockey playing countries.
New Zealand has competed in the Division II World Championships since 2001. From 2007 to 2011, New Zealand was coached by Jeff Bonazzo. In his last year coaching at the 2011 Division II World Championships, New Zealand won three games and lost two, finishing second in their group behind host nation and rival Australia and missing promotion to Division I.
New Zealand hosted the 2003 IIHF World Championship Division III, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished first and captured their first gold medal and were promoted to Division II.
New Zealand hosted the 2006 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished last and were relegated to Division III.
New Zealand hosted the 2009 IIHF World Championship Division III, which was held in Dunedin. The Ice Blacks finished first and captured their third gold medal by winning all five games and were promoted to Division II.
New Zealand hosted the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B, which was held in Auckland. The Ice Blacks finished second behind China, capturing their fourth silver medal.
==Tournament record==
===New Zealand Winter Games===
Games 	GP	W	OTW/SOW	OTL/SOL	L	GF	GA	Coach 	Captain 	Rank
2009 Winter Games	2 	1	0 	0 	1	7 	12	Jeff Bonazzo 	Simon Glass 	2nd
2011 Winter Games	4 	2	0 	0 	2	17	16	Jeff Bonazzo 	Corey Down 	2nd
2017 Winter Games	3 	1	0 	1 	1	7 	6 	Maru Rout 	Berton Haines	2nd
2018 Winter Games	3 	2	0 	0 	1	13	9 	Anatoly Khorozov	Paris Heyd 	1st
==World Championship record==
*1987 – Finished in 27th place (3rd in "Pool D")
*1989 – Finished in 29th place (5th in "Pool D")
*1995 – Finished in 39th place (10th in "Pool C2")
*1996 – Not ranked (2nd in "Pool D" group 1 qualifier)
*1997 – Not ranked (2nd in unofficial "Pool E")
*1998 – Finished in 38th place (6th in "Pool D")
*1999 – Finished in 38th place (6th in "Pool D")
*2000 – Finished in 39th place (6th in "Pool D")
*2001 – Finished in 39th place (5th in Division II Group A)
*2002 – Finished in 43rd place (3rd in Division II qualification)
*2003 – Finished in 41st place (1st in Division III)
*2004 – Finished in 37th place (5th in Division II Group B)
*2005 – Finished in 38th place (5th in Division II Group A)
*2006 – Finished in 39th place (6th in Division II Group B)
*2007 – Finished in 41st place (1st in Division III)
*2008 – Finished in 39th place (6th in Division II Group B)
*2009 – Finished in 41st place (1st in Division III)
*2010 – Finished in 36th place (4th in Division II Group B)
*2011 – Finished in 32nd place (2nd in Division II Group A)
*2012 – Finished in 34th place (6th in Division II Group A)
*2013 – Finished in 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
*2014 – Finished in 37th place (3rd in Division II Group B)
*2015 – Finished in 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
*2016 – 38th place (4th in Division II Group B)
*2017 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
*2018 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
*2019 – 37th place (3rd in Division II Group B)
*2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*2022 – Withdrawn due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*2023 – 38th place (4th in Division II Group B)
*2024 – 36th place (2nd in Division II Group B)
==All-time record against other nations==
As of 23 April 2023
Opponent	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF 	GA
 	27 	5 	0 	22 	53 	215
 	4 	1 	0 	3 	9 	35
 	7 	3 	0 	4 	41 	50
 	9 	5 	0 	4 	33 	35
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	12 	1
 	3 	0 	0 	3 	8 	45
 	2 	0 	0 	2 	2 	36
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	6 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	26
 	4 	3 	0 	1 	22 	16
 	2 	2 	0 	0 	38 	0
 	6 	0 	0 	6 	11 	28
 	2 	2 	0 	0 	13 	2
 	8 	5 	0 	3 	32 	34
 	1 	0 	0 	1 	2 	21
 	5 	5 	0 	0 	32 	9
 	12 	7 	1 	4 	47 	31
 	2 	2 	0 	0 	15 	1
 	8 	4 	0 	4 	42 	38
 	2 	0 	0 	2 	2 	66
/ 	3 	0 	0 	3 	6 	43
 	13 	3 	1 	9 	38 	56
 	6 	0 	0 	6 	5 	99
 	7 	0 	0 	7 	12 	89
 	10 	9 	0 	1 	60 	28
 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1 	7
Total 	147 	58 	2 	87 	542	1013
==All-time record against other clubs==
As of 15 April 2019
Opponent 	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win % 	For	Aga	Diff
Canada Moose 	11 	6 	2 	3 	54.55%	42 	26 	+16
SG Cortina 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0.00% 	4 	15 	−11
Cavalese All Stars 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0.00% 	3 	5 	−2
HC Fassa 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0.00% 	4 	10 	−6
Selects 	4 	1 	0 	3 	25.00%	10 	24 	−14
Southern Stampede 	2 	0 	0 	2 	0.00% 	6 	9 	−3
Perth Thunder 	3 	1 	0 	2 	33.33%	11 	17 	−6
Calgary Flames Alumni	1 	0 	0 	1 	0.00% 	2 	9 	−7
Melbourne Mustangs 	2 	0 	0 	2 	0.00% 	8 	10 	−2
Melbourne Ice 	2 	1 	0 	1 	50.00%	10 	3 	+7
Vail Yeti 	2 	1 	0 	1 	50.00%	11 	14 	−3
Total 	30 	10 	2 	18 	30.00%	111	142	-32
==References==
==External links==
* Official website
* IIHF profile
Category:National ice hockey teams