Argentina men's national ice hockey team

Argentina

Association	Asociación Argentina de Hockey sobre Hielo y en Línea
Head coach	Dicky Haiek
Assistants	Ramon Arana
Most games	Pedro Baeza (55)
Top scorer	Matias Weir (54)
Most points	Owen Haiek (117)
Team colors
IIHF code	ARG
colours colours
Ranking
Current IIHF	NR (27 May 2024)[1]
First international
Mexico 5–1 Argentina  (Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico; 18 February 2012)
Biggest win
Argentina 26–0 Chile  (Mexico City, Mexico; 5 June 2017)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 18–0 Argentina  (Mexico City, Mexico; 8 March 2014)
IIHF Development Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2023)
Best result	2nd (2023)
Pan American Tournament
Appearances	4 (first in 2014)
Best result	3rd (2017)
Amerigol LATAM Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 2018)
Best result	1st (2023)
International record (W–L–T)
14–22–0

Medal record
Amerigol LATAM Cup
	2023 Coral Springs	Division 1
IIHF Development Cup
	2023 Bratislava
Pan American Tournament
	2017 Mexico City

The Argentina national ice hockey team (Spanish: Selección de hockey sobre hielo de Argentina) is the national men's ice hockey team of Argentina. The team is controlled by the Argentine Association of Ice and In-Line Hockey (AAHHL) and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 31 May 1998.^[2] Argentina is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and has not entered in any IIHF World Championship events, but they have played in the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2018, a tournament for teams mostly from Latin America and the Caribbean.

History

Argentina played its first game in February 2012 against Mexico in a friendly match in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico.^[3] Argentina lost the game 1–5. The following day, they played their second friendly match against Mexico and suffered a wider loss of 1–10.^[3]

Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament

Argentina has participated in all four editions of the Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament.

In the 2014 Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament, they recorded their first ever victory, defeating Brazil by a score of 5–3. They finished fourth after losing to Colombia in the bronze medal game, 9–1.

After disappointing performances in the 2015 and 2016 tournaments, in which the team finished near last place both times, Argentina obtained its first ever international ice hockey medal in the 2017 tournament. Argentina recorded the tournament's biggest ever win with a 26–0 score against Chile, before defeating Mexico's U23 squad 6–1 in the bronze medal match.

Amerigol competition

Amerigol LATAM Cup

While the LATAM Cup is the only annual competition for Argentina, it is not an IIHF-sanctioned tournament, and therefore does not count towards Argentina's official international record.

In 2018, 2019 and 2021, Argentina participated in the LATAM Cup tournament hosted by the Amerigol International Hockey Association. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no 2020 edition of the tournament. The event is hosted at the Florida Panthers Ice Den in Coral Springs, Florida.

Argentina won against Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico, before a semi-final elimination in 2018 and quarter-final eliminations in both 2019 and 2021. In the 2021 edition, Argentina was eliminated in double overtime by the eventual champions, Colombia.

2023 version of the LATAM cup was played again in Coral Springs, Florida at the Florida Panthers Ice Den and for the first time the Argentina Men's Division 1 team captured GOLD placing 1st overall. Argentina went 5–0 through the whole tournament (wins against Greece 2x, Mexico & Lebanon 2x) and capped it off with a Double OverTime game-winning goal by Captain Owen Haiek.

2022 Amerigol LATAM Spring Classic

In March 2022, Argentina won their first ever championship in ice hockey national team competition at the 2022 Amerigol LATAM Spring Classic in Farmers Branch, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.^[4] Argentina was undefeated in this tournament. In the group phase, the team defeated Venezuela (11–3), recorded their first ever victory against Colombia (8–3), defeated Puerto Rico (4–2), and defeated Brazil (10–6).^[5] In the semi-finals, Argentina again defeated Venezuela (10–3), before winning the championship against Puerto Rico by a score of 6–3.^[6] The title win received significant mainstream press coverage in Argentina.^[7][8]

Tournament record

Pan American Tournament

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
2014	Mexico City	4th place	4	1	0	0	3
2015		5th place	5	1	0	0	4
2016		5th place	5	1	0	0	4
2017		3rd place	6	2	0	0	4
Total		4/4	20	5	0	0	15

Amerigol LATAM Cup

LATAM CUP 2022 Dallas
Gold Medal
1st Place

LATAM CUP 2022 Miami
Silver Medal
2nd Place

LATAM CUP 2023 Miami
Gold Medal
1st Place

IIHF Development Cup

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
2017 through 2022		did not participate
2023	Bratislava	2nd place	4	3	0	0	1
Total		1/4	4	3	0	0	1

Roster

Last roster update: September 1st, 2022 ^[9]

Head coach: Dicky Haiek

#	Name	Pos	Team
88	Rafael Martell	G
73	Christian Freer	G
31	Brody Lim	G
XX	Copello Augusto	G
5	Pedro Baeza	C
11	Owen Haiek	C
XX	Kevin Garcia	C
XX	Benjamin Chubbs	C
39	Nicolas Grabenheimer	LW
13	Vaughn Pongonis	LW
XX	Vega Nico	LW
53	Daniel Ioannou	RW
28	Mati Weir	RW
86	Ethan Lim	RW
37	Mateo Rampoldi	LW
10	Germanier-Torrado Ian	D
25	Tomas Del Gesso	D
19	Andres Iannicelli	D
22	Juan Mandayo	D
24	Matias Pizzini	D
29	Tomas Abrate	D
33	Mariano Gonzalez Leoni	D

10 Neil Sosa D

20 Ronald Sosa D

All-time record against other national teams

Last match update: 18 September 2022^[10]

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Dif
Brazil	7	5	0	2	41	30	+11
Chile	1	1	0	0	26	0	+26
Colombia	11	2	0	9	22	63	-41
Jamaica	2	0	0	2	5	10	-5
Mexico	8	1	0	7	4	66	-62
Puerto Rico	5	3	0	2	21	17	+4
Venezuela	4	4	0	0	39	12	+27
Total	36	14	0	22	158	198	-40

See also

• Argentina men's national field hockey team (Los Leones)
• Argentina women's national field hockey team (Las Leonas)
• Argentina women's national ice hockey team

References

1. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
2. "Argentina". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
3. http://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Argentina-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "'We've planted the seed': Stars host first Amerigol LATAM Spring Classic". NHL.com. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
5. "Argentina dominó en el arranque del Clásico Primaveral". NHL.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2022.
6. "Argentina logró histórico título en el Clásico Primaveral". NHL.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2022.
7. "Los Leones del hielo, campeones: cómo la sed de gloria supera la falta de infraestructura en el deporte". LA NACION (in Spanish). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
8. Olé (28 March 2022). "Argentina campeón por primera vez en... ¡Hockey sobre hielo!". www.ole.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 September 2022.
9. Argentina Ice Hockey - Roster
10. "Ice Hockey in Argentina". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Argentine Association of Ice and In-Line Hockey (in Spanish)
• Amerigol International Hockey Association