The Argentine national ice hockey team () is the national men's

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team of

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. They are controlled by the Argentine Association of Ice and In-Line Hockey, an associate member of the

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(IIHF).

History

Pan American Ice Hockey Tournament The Argentina men's national ice hockey team played its first game in February 2012 against

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in an

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, Mexico.http://nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Argentina-Men-All-Time-Results.pdf Argentina lost the game 1–5. The following day they played their second of two exhibition matches against Mexico national team and suffered a wider loss of 1–10. Argentina has participated in all four editions of the

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. In the

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, they recorded their first ever victory defeating Brazil by a score of 5–3, before finishing fourth after losing to

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in the bronze medal game 9–1. After disappointing performances in the

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and

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editions of the tournament, in which the team finished near last place both times, Argentina obtained its first ever international ice hockey medal in the 2017 edition. Argentina recorded the tournament's biggest ever win with a 26–0 score against

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, before defeating Mexico's U23 squad 6–1 in the bronze medal match.
Latam Cup
In 2018, 2019, and 2021 Argentina participated in the first ever editions of the Latam Cup, held at the Panthers Ice Den in Coral Springs, Florida, with victories against Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico before a semi-final elimination in 2018 and quarter final eliminations in both 2019 and 2021 (due to COVID, there was no 2020 edition of the tournament). In the 2021 edition, Argentina was eliminated in double overtime by the eventual champions, Colombia. While the Latam Cup represents the only annually occurring competition for Argentina's national team, it is not an IIHF sanctioned tournament and therefore does not count towards Argentina's official International record.
Dallas Spring Classic
In March of 2022 Argentina obtained their first ever championship in ice hockey national team competition, thanks to an undefeated performance in the first ever edition of the Dallas Spring Classic, hosted by Amerigol Hockey together with the NHL franchise, Dallas Stars. In the group phase, Argentina defeated Venezuela 11-3, recorded their first ever victory versus Colombia by a score of 8-3, defeated Puerto Rico 4-2, and Brazil 10-6. In the semi-finals, Argentina again defeated Venezuela 10-3, before a championship match win against Puerto Rico by a score of 6-3. The title win received significant mainstream press coverage in Argentina.

Tournament record

Pan American Tournament

Roster

''Last roster update: September 1st, 2022'' Argentina
Ice Hockey - Roster Head coach: Dicky Haiek

All-time record against other nations

''As of 12 June 2017''

References

External links

Argentina Ice Hockey - Website of Men's national team

Argentine Ice Hockey - Instagram account of Men's national team

Argentine Association of Ice and In-Line Hockey
{{Men's national ice hockey teams Ice hockey in Argentina National ice hockey teams in the Americas

Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice ...