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The Slovenia men's national ice hockey team is the
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team representing
Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...
internationally. It is governed by the
Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia The Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia ( sl, Hokejska zveza Slovenije, HZS) is the governing body of ice hockey in Slovenia. Slovenia was one of ten nations to join the International Ice Hockey Federation on May 6, 1992, the largest number of n ...
. As of September 2022, Slovenia is ranked 19th in the world by the
IIHF World Ranking The IIHF World Ranking is a ranking of the performance of the national ice hockey teams of member countries of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It is based on a formula giving points for each team's placings at IIHF-sanctioned to ...
. The team's biggest success is reaching the quarter-finals at the
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. Their best record at the
Ice Hockey World Championships The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual ...
is 13th place, while their highest IIHF ranking is 12th place. Six players from Slovenia have been drafted into the NHL since 1998;
Anže Kopitar Anže Kopitar (, born 24 August 1987) is a Slovene professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). The 11th overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Kopitar became the first Slovene to ...
and
Jan Muršak Jan Muršak (born 20 January 1988) is a professional Slovenian ice hockey player for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Muršak first played hockey in Slovenia as a member of HDK Maribor before he left to spend one season in the C ...
have played in the league.


History

Before Slovenia's independence, Slovenian hockey players played for the Yugoslavia national team. From 1939, when Yugoslavia took part in its first
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, to 1991, when the country disintegrated, 91% of all Yugoslav national team members were Slovenes, including the entire squad that represented Yugoslavia at the
1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games ( Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки иг� ...
in
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. Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, and joined the
International Ice Hockey Federation The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 ...
the following year. They first played as an independent nation at the 1993 World Championship, hosting the Group C tournament, the lowest tier. They played in the elite division for the first time in
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, and at their first
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in
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.


Tournament record


Olympic Games


World Championship


Team


Current roster

Roster for the
2023 IIHF World Championship The 2023 IIHF World Championship will be co-hosted by Tampere, Finland and Riga, Latvia. The tournament is scheduled to be held from 12 to 28 May 2023, and will be organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Host nation bid The ...
. Head coach:
Matjaž Kopitar Matjaž Kopitar (born 6 November 1965) Career profile oeliteprospects.com/ref> is a Slovenian former professional ice hockey player. He is the father of the ice hockey players Gašper and Anže Kopitar. Playing career Kopitar began his career ...


Coaching history

* Rudi Hiti (1992–1995) *
Vladimir Krikunov Vladimir Vasilievich Krikunov (russian: Владимир Васильевич Крикунов, born March 24, 1950) is retired Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and former head coach of team Russia. He is currently a coach of the KHL club Din ...
(1995–1996) * Pavle Kavčič (1996–1999) * Rudi Hiti (1999–2000) * Matjaž Sekelj (2001–2003) * Kari Savolainen (2003–2005) * František Výborný (2005–2006) *
Ted Sator Ted Sator (born November 18, 1949) is an American professional ice hockey coach. He has twelve seasons of National Hockey League (NHL) coaching experience, serving as an assistant coach for various teams and head coach of the New York Rangers and ...
(2006–2007) * Mats Waltin (2007–2008) * John Harrington (2009–2010) *
Matjaž Kopitar Matjaž Kopitar (born 6 November 1965) Career profile oeliteprospects.com/ref> is a Slovenian former professional ice hockey player. He is the father of the ice hockey players Gašper and Anže Kopitar. Playing career Kopitar began his career ...
(2010–2015) * Nik Zupančič (2015–2017) * Kari Savolainen (2017–2018) * Ivo Jan (2018–2019) *
Matjaž Kopitar Matjaž Kopitar (born 6 November 1965) Career profile oeliteprospects.com/ref> is a Slovenian former professional ice hockey player. He is the father of the ice hockey players Gašper and Anže Kopitar. Playing career Kopitar began his career ...
(2019–present)


NHL Entry Draft

''Players from Slovenia selected in the
NHL Entry Draft The NHL Entry Draft (french: Repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH) is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the rights to available ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirem ...
.''


All-time record

Correct as of 26 May 2023. Teams in ''italics'' are defunct. Overtime and game winning shot victories and losses are counted towards wins and losses.


References


External links

*
IIHF profile
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