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Shirt badge/Association crest
The official logo of the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia.
Nickname(s)Risi (The Lynxes)
AssociationIce Hockey Federation of Slovenia
Head coachMatjaž Kopitar[1]
AssistantsNik Zupančič[1]
CaptainTomaž Razingar
Most gamesTomaž Razingar (192)
Most pointsTomaž Vnuk (171)
IIHF codeSLO
File:Slovenia national ice hockey team Home & Away Jerseys.png
Ranking
Current IIHF12
Highest IIHF12 (2014)
Lowest IIHF19 (2010)
First international
 Austria 1–0 Slovenia 
(Klagenfurt, Austria; 20 March 1992)
Biggest win
 Slovenia 29–0 South Africa 
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 15 March 1993)
Biggest defeat
 Finland 12–0 Slovenia 
(Tampere, Finland; 28 April 2003)
Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2014)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances22 (first in 1993)
Best result13th (2002, 2005)
International record (W–L–T)
132–127–33

The Slovenian men's national ice hockey team, also known as The Lynxes (Template:Lang-sl), is currently ranked 12th in the world by IIHF as of the 2011 IIHF World Ranking. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Slovenia has only 943 players (the second lowest after Lithuania in the top 25 world rankings). Their best ever record is 13th place and highest ranking is 12th. Their current coach is Matjaž Kopitar, father of the NHL player Anže Kopitar.

The national junior team has never played in the Championship division; the only country in the top 22 of world rankings. 5 players from Slovenia have been drafted into the NHL since 1980. Anže Kopitar and Jan Muršak have played in the league.[2]

Olympic record

World Championship record

  • 1930–1992 – Did not participate (part of Yugoslavia)
  • 1993 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Pool C)
  • 1994 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Pool C)
  • 1995 – Finished in 27th place (7th in Pool C)
  • 1996 – Finished in 23rd place (3rd in Pool C)
  • 1997 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Pool C)
  • 1998 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool B)
  • 1999 – Finished in 21st place (5th in Pool B)
  • 2000 – Finished in 23rd place (7th in Pool B)
  • 2001 – Finished in 17th place (won Division I, Group B)
  • 2002 – Finished in 13th place
  • 2003 – Finished in 15th place
  • 2004 – Finished in 17th place (won Division I, Group B)
  • 2005 – Finished in 13th place
  • 2006 – Finished in 16th place
  • 2007 – Finished in 17th place (won Division I, Group B)
  • 2008 – Finished in 15th place
  • 2009 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Division I, Group A)
  • 2010 – Finished in 18th place (won Division I, Group B)
  • 2011 – Finished in 16th place
  • 2012 – Finished in 17th place (won Division I, Group A)
  • 2013 – Finished in 16th place
  • 2014 – Finished in 17th place (won Division I, Group A)

2014 Winter Olympics

Template:2014 Winter Olympics Slovenia men's ice hockey team roster

Coaching history


Slovenia record on World Championships

CRO: 15 – 1; 7 – 2; 13 – 2; 15 – 1; 4 – 2; 10 – 1; 6 0 0 64 - 9 AUS: 15 – 2; 6 – 0; 2 0 0 21 - 2 SPA: 12 – 0; 1 0 0 12 - 0 

JAR: 29 – 0; 				                         1  0   0   29 - 0

HUN: 14 – 2; 8 – 2; 4 – 3; 5 – 1; 4 – 1; 4 – 1; 4 -1; 2 – 0; 8 0 0 45 - 11 KAZ: 4 – 0; 3 – 7; 1 – 4; 2 – 4; 0 – 4; 4 – 9; 3 – 1; 0 – 5; 1 – 2; 2 0 7 18 - 36 LAT: 1 – 5; 1 – 3; 1 – 5; 0 – 3; 5 -2; 1 0 4 8 - 18 SLK: 0 – 9; 1 – 5; 3 – 4(OT); 1 -3; 0 0 4 5 - 21 BLR: 3 – 6; 4 -5; 3 – 4; 1 – 7; 3 – 4; 0 0 5 14 - 26 BUL: 13 – 0; 14 – 1; 2 0 0 27 - 1 UKR: 1 – 6; 2 -4; 2 – 3; 3 – 4; 2 – 2; 3 -2; 5 – 3; 2 1 4 18 - 24 EST: 3 - 6; 6 – 3; 3 – 3; 3 – 0; 3 – 3; 2 – 3; 16 – 0; 7 – 2; 4 2 2 43 - 20 YUG/SER: 7 – 3; 1 0 0 7 – 3 ROM: 4 – 1; 5 – 0; 8 – 0; 10 – 1; 4 0 0 27 - 2 CHN: 10 – 2; 11 – 1; 7 – 1; 3 0 0 28 - 4 JPN: 4 – 1; 4 – 3; 3 – 3; 7 – 1; 2 – 1; 4 -2; 1 – 2; 5 1 1 25 - 13 POL: 3 – 0; 4 – 1; 1 -3; 4 – 2; 4 – 1; 3 – 2; 5 0 1 19 - 9 NOR: 4 – 3; 1 – 3; 1 0 1 5 - 6 NED: 6 – 1; 2 – 2; 1 1 0 8 - 3 GBR: 5 – 3; 1 – 2; 3 – 3; 3 – 3; 4 – 0: 4 – 3(OT); 3 – 2; 4 2 1 23 - 16 DEN: 4 - 4; 1 – 4; 2 – 4; 4 – 3; 3 – 3; 2 – 3(OT); 1 2 3 16 - 21 GER: 1 – 1; 0 – 2; 2 – 7; 1 – 9; 2 – 3(OT); 0 1 4 6 - 22 FRA: 2 -5; 0 0 1 2 - 5 RUS: 1 – 8; 4 – 6; 0 0 2 5 - 14 SWE: 2 – 8; 0 – 2; 0 0 2 2 - 10 AUT: 3 – 5; 2 – 6; 6 -2; 2 – 3; 3 – 2; 3 -1; 3 0 3 19 18 ITA: 4 – 0; 4 – 0; 3 – 3; 2 1 0 11 - 3 CZE: 2 – 5; 4 – 5; 2 – 4; 0 0 3 8 - 14 FIN: 0 – 12; 3 – 5; 0 0 2 3 - 17 USA: 1 – 7; 0 – 7; 1 – 5; 0 0 3 2 - 19 KOR: 10 – 2; 8 – 3; 4 – 0; 3 0 0 22 - 5 CAN: 0 – 8; 1 – 5; 3 – 4(OT); 0 0 3 4 - 17 LIT: 4 – 2; 8 -2; 2 0 0 12 - 4 SUI: 1 – 7; 0 0 1 1 - 7

References

  1. ^ a b "Harrington odhaja, Kopitar prihaja" (in Slovene). RTV Slovenija. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ^ "Elite Prospects - Player Search". Elite Prospects.
  3. ^ "Del gibanja že v Chamonixu" (in Slovene). Siol. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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