Croatia men's national ice hockey team


The Croatian men's national ice hockey team represents Croatia in IIHF ice hockey competitions. It is organized by the Croatian Ice Hockey Federation. In 2015, the team was ranked 26th in the world by the IIHF. At the 2014 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships Croatia currently competes in 2014 Division I B.

World Championship record

Division I

before: Group B
GoldSilverBronzeTotal
0101

Division II

before: Group C, Group C1
GoldSilverBronzeTotal
3328

Division III

before: Group D, Group C2
GoldSilverBronzeTotal
2002

Team

Roster

Roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.

Player statistics

Most appearances

NameMatchesYears
Veljko Žibret70W1996–2011
Igor Jačmenjak69D
Saša Belić63D
Marko Ljubić59D
Krešimir Švigir58C
Mato Mladenović57W
Marko Lovrenčić55C2000–2013
Mario Novak51W
Ivan Spajić47D
John Ivan Glavota46D
Mazen Kire46W
Tomislav Grozaj45?
Dominik Kanaet33W2008–
Mislav Blagus30C2009–
Borna Rendulić30W2008–
Ivan Šijan20D2008–
Kenny MacAulay20D2011–

Top scorers

NamePointsGoalsAssistsYears
Marko Lovrenčić6231311.13C2000–2013
Mato Mladenović4827210.84W
Oliver Ciganović4817311.30?
Krešimir Švigir4620260.79C
Veljko Žibret4427170.63W1996–2011
Damir Gojanović4316271.02W
Borna Rendulić3819191.27W2008–
Igor Jačmenjak3512230.51D
Tomislav Grozaj3422120.76?
Gennadi Gorbachev3220121.78?
Dominik Kanaet3113180.94W2008–
Mislav Blagus2410140.80C2009–
Andy Sertich239141.53D2011–

;Best PPG statistic for players with less than 40 points
NamePointsGoalsAssistsYears
Joel Prpic242.40C2011–2013
Maxim Viktorov181.38C
Igor Zajec191.27?

All-time Record against other nations

As of 20 April 2013.
;Biggest Wins
World ChampionshipQualifications

  • +13 vs. Israel 2014
  • +7 vs. Mexico 2014
  • +4 vs. Serbia 2010
    • ; Biggest Losses
    World ChampionshipQualifications

    • -14 vs. Slovenia 1993
    • -14 vs. Slovenia 2001
    • -12 vs. Kazakhstan 1996
    • -12 vs. Kazakhstan 2002
    • -11 vs. Slovenia 1996
    • -11 vs. Ukraine 1996
    • -10 vs. Hungary 1996
    • -10 vs. Hungary 2000
  • -13 vs. Hungary 2014
  • -7 vs. Hungary 1998
  • -7 vs. Poland 2006
  • -7 vs. Netherlands 2006
  • -6 vs. Hungary 1998
  • -6 vs. Netherlands 2014
  • -6 vs. Ukraine 2018