Slovenia national ice hockey team

The Slovenian national men's ice hockey team, also known as the Lynx ( _sl. Risi), is currently ranked 15th in the world by IIHF as of 2007. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. Slovenia has only 980 players (0.05% of its population) but has managed to join group A and play among the 16 best teams in the world. Their best ever record is 13th place. Their current coach is Mats Waltin

*First game: March 20, 1992 in Klagenfurt, Austria: ih|AUT 1-0 ih|SLO
*Largest victory: March 15, 1993 in Ljubljana, Slovenia: ih|SLO 29-0 ih|RSA|1928
*Largest defeat: April 28, 2003 in Tampere, Finland: ih|FIN 12-0 ih|SLO

*Most points: Tomaz Vnuk, 171
*Most games: Robert Ciglenecki, 159

2008 World Championship team

*Head coach: flagicon|SWE Mats Waltin [ [http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/132/IHM1320SLO_33_5_0.pdf] IIHF World Championship, MEN - Slovenia Team Roster. Retrieved May 8, 2008.]

Current top players

*Anže Kopitar
*Jan Mursak
*Tomas Razingar
*Robert Kristan
*Marcel Rodman
*David Rodman
*Ales Kranjc

Olympic Record

*1920-2006 - Did not participate

World Championship Record

*1930-1992 - Did not participiate
*1993 - Finished in 20th place (4th in "Pool C")
*1994 - Finished in 25th place (5th in "Pool C")
*1995 - Finished in 27th place (7th in "Pool C")
*1996 - Finished in 23rd place (3rd in "Pool C")
*1997 - Finished in 22nd place (2nd in "Pool C")
*1998 - Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1999 - Finished in 21st place (5th in "Pool B")
*2000 - Finished in 23rd place (7th in "Pool B")
*2001 - Finished in 17th place (Won "Division I, Group B")
*2002 - Finished in 13th place
*2003 - Finished in 15th place
*2004 - Finished in 17th place (Won "Division I, Group B")
*2005 - Finished in 13th place
*2006 - Finished in 16th place
*2007 - Finished in 17th place (Won "Division I, Group B")
*2008 - Finished in 15th place

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