Estonia men's national ice hockey team

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Estonia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Pääsukesed (Swallows)
AssociationEstonian Ice Hockey Association
General managerJüri Rooba
Head coachPetri Skriko
AssistantsKaupo Kaljuste
Mikko Mäenpää
CaptainRobert Rooba
Most gamesLauri Lahesalu (182)[1]
Top scorerAndrei Makrov (82)
Most pointsAndrei Makrov (148)
Home stadiumTondiraba Ice Hall
Team colors     
IIHF codeEST
Ranking
Current IIHF28 Steady (27 May 2024)[2]
Highest IIHF23 (2007)
Lowest IIHF29 (2014–15)
First international
Finland  2–1  Estonia
(Helsinki, Finland; 20 February 1937)
Biggest win
Estonia  27–1  South Africa
(Barcelona, Spain; 16 March 1994)
Estonia  26–0  Bulgaria
(Tallinn, Estonia; 6 November 2015)
Biggest defeat
Slovenia  16–0  Estonia
(Ljubljana, Slovenia; 21 April 2001)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances29 (first in 1994)
Best result19th (1998)
International record (W–L–T)
96–115–13

The Estonian men's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Estonia internationally. The team is controlled by the Estonian Ice Hockey Association (Estonian: Eesti Jäähokiliit), a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Estonia has yet to qualify for the Olympics.

World Championship

Estonia national team
Division Championship Coach Captain Finish Rank
1954 – 1991 As part of  Soviet Union
C1 Latvia 1993 Riga Alexander Romantsov – Qualifications Same position 2nd
C2 Spain 1994 Barcelona Alexander Romantsov – Promoted Rise 1st
C1 Bulgaria 1995 Sofia Alexander Romantsov – Group stage Same position 4th in Group C1
C Slovenia 1996 Jesenice Alexander Romantsov – Group stage Same position 5th in Group C
C Estonia 1997 Tallinn Alexander Romantsov – Promoted Rise 3rd in Group C
B Slovenia 1998 Ljubljana Alexander Romantsov – Group stage Same position 3rd in Group B
B Denmark 1999 Odense Alexander Romantsov – Group stage Same position 6th in Group B
B Poland 2000 Katowice Alexander Romantsov – Group stage Same position 6th in Group B
Division I Slovenia 2001 Ljubljana Finland Vesa Surenkin – relegated Decrease 6th in Group B
Division II South Africa 2002 Cape Town Finland Vesa Surenkin – Promoted Rise 1st in Group A
Division I Croatia 2003 Zagreb Finland Vesa Surenkin – Group stage Same position 3rd in Group B
Division I Poland 2004 Gdańsk Juri Tsepilov – Group stage Same position 4th in Group B
Division I Netherlands 2005 Eindhoven Juri Tsepilov – Group stage Same position 4th in Group B
Division I Estonia 2006 Tallinn Juri Tsepilov – Group stage Same position 4th in Group B
Division I China 2007 Qiqihar Finland Jorma Räisänen – Group stage Same position 4th in Group A
Division I Japan 2008 Sapporo Rais Davletkildijev – relegated Decrease 6th in Group B
Division II Serbia 2009 Novi Sad Rais Davletkildijev – Group stage Same position 2nd in Group A
Division II Estonia 2010 Narva Finland Ismo Lehkonen – Promoted Rise 1st in Group B
Division I Ukraine 2011 Kyiv Dmitri Medvedev – relegated Decrease 6th in Group B
Division II Iceland 2012 Reykjavík Dmitri Medvedev – Promoted Rise 1st in Group A
Division I Ukraine 2013 Donetsk Finland Sakari Pietilä – relegated Decrease 6th in Group B
Division II Serbia 2014 Belgrade Finland Sakari Pietilä – Promoted Rise 1st in Group A
Division I Netherlands 2015 Eindhoven Finland Saku Martikainen – Group stage Same position 5th in Group B
Division I Croatia 2016 Zagreb Finland Jussi Tupamäki – Group stage Same position 5th in Group B
Division I United Kingdom 2017 Belfast Finland Jussi Tupamäki – Group stage Same position 4th in Group B
Division I Lithuania 2018 Kaunas Finland Jussi Tupamäki – Group stage Same position 3rd in Group B
Division I Estonia 2019 Tallinn Finland Jussi Tupamäki – Group stage Same position 4th in Group B
Division I Poland 2020 Katowice Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Division I Poland 2021 Katowice Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
Division I Poland 2022 Tychy Finland Jussi Tupamäki – Group stage Same position 4th in Group B
Division I Estonia 2023 Tallinn Finland Jussi Tupamäki – Group stage Same position 4th in Group B
Division I Lithuania 2024 Vilnius Finland Petri Skriko – Group stage Same position 3rd in Group B
Division I Estonia 2025 Tallinn – in Group B

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B tournament.[5]

Head coach: Petri Skriko

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1 G Villem-Henrik Koitmaa 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1990-10-03) 3 October 1990 (age 34) Estonia HC Panter
5 D Eduard Slessarevski 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 26) Finland Hunters
6 D Konrad Kudeviita 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2004-04-27) 27 April 2004 (age 20) United States Minnesota Blue Ox
7 D Saveli Novikov 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) (1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 25) Estonia HC Panter
8 F Robert Rooba – C 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1993-09-02) 2 September 1993 (age 31) Finland KooKoo
9 D Vadim Vasjonkin – A 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1996-04-30) 30 April 1996 (age 28) United States Evansville Thunderbolts
10 F Rasmus Kiik 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (2000-11-18) 18 November 2000 (age 24) Estonia HC Panter
11 F Kristjan Kombe 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 25) Finland JoKP
12 F Erik Embrich 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1997-02-23) 23 February 1997 (age 28) Austria EC Bregenzerwald
13 F Nikita Puzakov 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2001-03-14) 14 March 2001 (age 24) Estonia HC Panter
14 D Daniil Kulintsev 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (2002-07-21) 21 July 2002 (age 22) Austria EC Bregenzerwald
15 F Robert Arrak 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) (1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 (age 26) Poland JKH GKS Jastrzębie
17 F Morten Jürgens 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 25) Finland K-Espoo
18 F Kevin Parras 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (150 lb) (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 (age 30) Estonia HC Panter
19 F Artemi Aleksandrov 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 24) Sweden Boro/Vetlanda HC
22 F Klaus Kaspar Jõgi 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 21) United States Philadelphia Rebels
23 F Mark Viitanen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) (1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 27) Poland GKS Tychy
25 F Daniil Fursa 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1997-01-06) 6 January 1997 (age 28) Estonia HC Panter
26 D Patrick Kookmaa 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 21) Estonia HC Panter
27 D Robert Ossipov 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 21) Austria EC Bregenzerwald
28 D Lauri Lahesalu – A 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) (1979-03-29) 29 March 1979 (age 46) Free agent
30 G Conrad Mölder 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1999-10-06) 6 October 1999 (age 25) France Nice

All-time record against other nations

As of 10 November 2023.
Opponent Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
 Australia 2 2 0 0 25 5 +20
 Austria 2 0 0 2 3 9 -6
 Belarus 3 0 0 3 4 31 -27
 Belgium 3 3 0 0 22 4 +18
 Bulgaria 2 2 0 0 37 1 +36
 China 8 5 0 3 65 26 +39
 Croatia 11 6 1 4 55 39 +16
 Denmark 7 1 2 4 19 26 -7
 Finland 3 1 0 2 4 12 -8
 France 4 1 1 2 7 19 -12
 Germany 2 0 0 2 3 7 -4
 Great Britain 10 3 0 7 25 49 -24
 Hungary 8 2 2 4 28 37 -9
 Iceland 4 4 0 0 33 5 +28
 Israel 5 5 0 0 79 9 +70
 Italy 3 1 0 2 4 10 -6
 Japan 7 0 1 6 16 32 -16
 Kazakhstan 9 1 0 8 14 48 -34
 Latvia 5 0 0 5 6 32 -26
 Lithuania 36 20 1 15 139 140 -1
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 13 3 +10
 Netherlands 12 9 1 2 51 33 +18
 North Korea 1 1 0 0 16 1 +15
 Norway 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 36 2 +34
 Poland 19 1 1 17 37 96 -59
 Romania 12 7 0 5 43 50 -7
 Serbia 5 4 0 1 20 12 +8
 Slovenia 9 2 3 4 27 50 -23
 South Africa 2 2 0 0 42 1 +41
 South Korea 3 2 0 1 24 7 +17
 Spain 4 3 0 1 26 9 +17
 Turkey 1 1 0 0 24 0 +24
 Ukraine 16 3 0 13 25 79 -54
 United States 1 0 0 1 1 7 -6
Total 224 96 13 115 975 895 +80

See also

References

  1. ^ "Eesti jäähokikoondis võitis Lauri Lahesalu lahkumismängus Leedut" [Estonia won Lithuania at Lauri Lahesalu's farewell game]. Delfi. 21 April 2025.
  2. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ "IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". iihf.com. 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Estonia". IIHF. Retrieved 1 June 2024.