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Portugal men's national ice hockey team

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Portugal
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Seleção
AssociationFederação de Desportos de Inverno de Portugal
General managerCristina Lopes
Head coachJim Aldred
CaptainHigínio Ferreira
Top scorerPhilip Sardinha (13)
Most pointsPhilip Sardinha (16)
Team colors       
IIHF codePOR
Ranking
Current IIHFNR (27 May 2024)[1]
First international
 Portugal 3–2 Andorra 
(Canillo, Andorra; 29 September 2017)
Biggest win
 Portugal 11–2 Andorra 
(Füssen, Germany; 19 November 2018)
 Portugal 10–1 Ireland 
(Füssen, Germany; 20 November 2018)
 Portugal 10–1 Greece 
(Bratislava, Slovakia; 23 April 2024)
Biggest defeat
 Liechtenstein 21–0 Portugal 
(Bratislava, Slovakia; 3 May 2023)
International record (W–L–T)
9–15–0
Portugal's national hockey team jersey, Hockey Hall-of-Fame Toronto
Team Portugal, January 2016, at Prague, Czech Republic

The Portuguese national ice hockey team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Hóquei no Gelo) is the national men's ice hockey team of Portugal. The team was previously controlled by the Federation of Portuguese Ice Sports (FPDG.) In September 2017, control was given to the Federação de Desportos de Inverno de Portugal, which also retains the associate membership within the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which had been acquired by the FPDG on May 13, 1999. Portugal is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Rankings and is still not actively competing in any World Championship events.

History

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2000

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Ice hockey was played in Portugal from 1996 until 2006 in the Palácio do Gelo shopping center, in Viseu. Since 2010, ice hockey practices and friendly games have been played in Elvas, Portugal.

In 2000, the national team of Portugal played three games, the only games they ever played. The team they compiled to play was made up of former Portuguese immigrants who played ice hockey in the United States and Canada, as well as former players from traditional roller hockey. The event consisted of three games between the newly created national team of Portugal and the First Portuguese Canadian Cultural Center (FPCCC) from Toronto, Ontario, representing Canada. The games were held from June 21 to June 23, 2000, at the Palácio do Gelo in Viseu.

The tournament was a game venture by the Federação Portuguesa de Desportos No Gelo and the Embassy of Canada, namely the Ambassador of Canada, Robert Vanderloo. The event was also sponsored by Banco Comercial Português and Nortel.

The FPCCC won the first game 18–6 and the second 21–5. Pedro Regado was the first ever player to score for Portugal when he scored on 8:04 mark of the first period. The third and final game was played with the decision to mix-up the teams, placing Portuguese descendants of the FPCCC on the Portuguese team. At the end of the third match, the score was a close 15–11 for FPCCC. Portugal has not played an organized match until 2015.

2015 onwards

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In January 2015, Portugal returned to play two international exhibition games, against the Čeští lvi in Elvas, Portugal. Portugal won their first game ever with a 6–4 win and a 6–2 win on the day after. This exhibition games were sponsored by the Czech Republic embassy in Portugal, namely by the strong support of Czech ambassador Stanislav Kázecký.

On January 14, 2016. Portugal played two exhibition games in Prague, Czech Republic. Portugal lost 0–2 against the Čeští Lvi and 0–3 against the Sklepovští Sršáni. Two days afterwards Portugal won their first ever away game with a 4–3 victory against the Čeští Lvi.

On 14 and 15 January 2017, Portugal hosted a quadrangular tournament in Elvas, Portugal. This was the largest ice hockey competition ever held in the country. Other than team Portugal, there were invited two teams from Czech Republic, the Čeští Lvi, the Sklepovští Sršáni and the second division French team Evry-Viry Jets. Even if Portugal was not able to conquer the tournament, this event was another step forward for the Portuguese ice hockey community and showed their capacity of organizing an international event.

Portugal played on 22 and 23 April 2017 at an international tournament with teams from Norway, Finland and Spain at Granada, Spain. The national team now led by their Canadian Coach Jim Aldred was able to retain a 6–0 victory against the Granada Eagles. It was the first away tournament played by Portugal and it showed a clear improvement in their level of play.[citation needed] Aldred's team affiliated with the Portuguese Winter Sports Federation (FDIP), and he was invitated to oversee the Portugal national team,[2][3] with his wife as the manager.[4][5]

The first international event Aldred coached for Portugal was the inaugural IIHF Development Cup, hosted in Andorra in 2017.[6] Winning their debut game in a shootout by a 3–2 score versus the Andorra national team, Portugal had losses to the Ireland national team and the Morocco national team. In the third-place match, Portugal defeated Andorra by a 5–3 score for the bronze medal.[7][8] Later in 2017, Aldred led Portugal to a second-place finish at a ten-team tournament in his former hometown of Nijmegen.[9]

On April 28 and 29, 2018, Portugal played returned to Granada to play the Mr. Taxi Cup. The team performed, once again, at a very competitive level, with very close scores with more experience teams.

Returning to the Development Cup in 2018, Aldred added players from the Portuguese diaspora to earned a silver medal, following a loss by a 4–5 score to the North Macedonia national team.[10] Portugal had two wins and one loss, and scored 27 goals in three tournament games.[11]

When the IIHF Development Cup resumed in 2022, Aldred coached the Portugal national team each year since.[6][12] After two consecutive cups without winning a game,[a] Portugal placed second at the 2024 Development Cup with a loss to the Ireland national team by a 5–1 score in the final game.[15]

In July 2023, Ice Hockey Club Porto was established by national team head coach Jim Aldred, with the aim of developing the quality of Portuguese-based ice hockey players.[16] The team became the first Portuguese team to join the Spanish Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo (LNHH).[17]

Aldred has cited the lack of a standard-sized rink as the primary obstacle to developing ice hockey in Portugal.[2] In collaborating with the FDIP, Aldred hopes for a rink in the Lisbon metropolitan area, in addition to the Olympic-sized rink scheduled for the Porto metropolitan area, to open in Trofa in 2025.[5]

Current roster

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No. Pos Name Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace
20 G Maxim Andreyev 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1989-02-27) February 27, 1989 (age 36) Kazakhstan
30 G Ivan Silva 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 73 kg (161 lb) (1997-04-24) April 24, 1997 (age 27) Spain
09 D Maurício Xavier 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 99 kg (218 lb) (1966-01-17) January 17, 1966 (age 59) Portugal
08 D Filipe Paulo 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 70 kg (150 lb) (1982-01-08) January 8, 1982 (age 43) Portugal
81 D Sylvain Rodrigues 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (1987-08-15) August 15, 1987 (age 37) France
71 D Yuri El-Zein 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 92 kg (203 lb) (1999-06-04) June 4, 1999 (age 25) Portugal
03 D Diogo Esteves Rocha 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) (1997-09-17) September 17, 1997 (age 27) Switzerland
93 D Jeshon Assunção 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (1993-04-12) April 12, 1993 (age 32) Switzerland
19 D Pedro Cardoso 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (1975-03-01) March 1, 1975 (age 50) Switzerland
07 F Kevin Hortinha 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1978-10-04) October 4, 1978 (age 46) Canada
10 F Diogo Xavier 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (150 lb) (1992-06-07) June 7, 1992 (age 32) Portugal
19 F Guilherme Morais 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 72 kg (159 lb) (1994-02-19) February 19, 1994 (age 31) Portugal
88 F Isaac Carreiro 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 68 kg (150 lb) (2000-11-19) November 19, 2000 (age 24) Canada
89 F Brandon Gay 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (150 lb) (1994-03-10) March 10, 1994 (age 31) Switzerland
29 F Hervé José Alves 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 75 kg (165 lb) (1988-07-27) July 27, 1988 (age 36) Switzerland
74 F Higínio Ferreira 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (1984-02-10) February 10, 1984 (age 41) Switzerland
33 D Ricardo Schläpfer 1.78 m (5 ft 7 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (1998-12-12) December 12, 1998 (age 26) Switzerland
15 F Philip Sardinha 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 88 kg (195 lb) (1996-06-11) June 11, 1996 (age 28) Canada
73 F Corentin Rodrigues 1.83 m (5 ft 12 in) 73 kg (161 lb) (1998-08-20) August 20, 1998 (age 26) Switzerland

Tournaments results

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IIHF Development Cup

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  • 2017, Canillo, Andorra : Bronze
  • 2018, Füssen, Germany : Argent
  • 2022, Füssen, Germany : 6th Place
  • 2023, Bratislava, Slovakia : 5th Place
  • 2024, Bratislava, Slovakia : Argent

All-time international record

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As of 6 May 2023[18]

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Algeria 1 0 0 1 1 9
 Andorra 4 3 0 1 19 19
 Argentina 2 1 0 1 10 14
 Brazil 1 1 0 0 6 2
 Colombia 3 1 0 2 10 32
 Greece 1 1 0 0 10 1
 Ireland 7 2 0 5 35 49
 Liechtenstein 2 0 0 2 0 24
 North Macedonia 2 0 0 2 7 14
 Morocco 1 0 0 1 2 11
Total 24 9 0 15 100 175

Press articles

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Notes

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  1. ^ Portugal were winless in five games in 2022.[13] Portugal were winless in four games in 2023.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Silva, David (27 February 2024). "Ver a seleção portuguesa de hóquei no gelo nas Olimpíadas é um sonho". Esporte ao Minuto (in Portuguese). Oeiras, Portugal. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Jim Aldred, o senhor Hóquei". Portuguese Winter Sports Federation (in Portuguese). 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  4. ^ da Costa Brookes, Cristina (5 September 2022). "Portugal on Ice!". The Portugal News. Lagoa, Portugal. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  5. ^ a b da Costa Brookes, Cristina (11 October 2024). "Could new ice rinks be on the cards for Portugal?". The Portugal News. Lagoa, Portugal. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Ex AHL Player Helping Portugal Become a Hockey Nation". The Puck Authority. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  7. ^ Merk, Martin (1 October 2017). "Morocco makes it". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Development Cup details". Eurohockey. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Från Lissabon till Lycksele". Västerbottens-Kuriren (in Swedish). Umeå, Sweden. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  10. ^ Merk, Martin (29 November 2018). "Second Development Cup held". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  11. ^ "Development Cup details". Eurohockey. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  12. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (1 January 2025). "IIHF Contributors' Class 2025". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  13. ^ Pierre, Christian (9 May 2022). "Colombia wins at debut". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Development Cup details". Eurohockey. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  15. ^ Glennon, Michael (28 April 2024). "Ireland win gold at IIHF Cup in Slovakia". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Dublin, Ireland. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  16. ^ "HC Porto testa qualidade do hóquei no gelo português na Liga espanhola" (in Portuguese). Sapo Desporto. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  17. ^ "HC Porto estreia Portugal na liga espanhola de hóquei no gelo" (in Portuguese). BomDia.eu. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  18. ^ "Portugal - National Teams of Ice Hockey". nationalteamsoficehockey.com. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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