Estonia women's national ice hockey team

A recoloured version of the lesser coat of arms of Estonia is used as the badge used on the players jerseys.
Association Estonian Ice Hockey Association
General Manager Estonia Marge Linnamagi
Head coach Estonia Veiko Suvaoja
Assistants Estonia Christian Adami
Most points Diana Kaareste (11)
Team colors               
IIHF code EST
Ranking
Current IIHF 37
Highest IIHF 32 (2007)
Lowest IIHF 37 (2011)
First international
 Estonia 8 – 2 Iceland 
(Tallinn, Estonia; November 25, 2005)
Biggest win
 Estonia 14 – 1 Turkey 
(Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania; March 27, 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Latvia 15 – 0 Estonia 
(Valmiera, Latvia; March 18, 2006)
IIHF World Women's Championships
Appearances 2 (first in 2007)
Best result 31st (in 2007, 2008)
International record (W–L–T)
5–9–0

The Estonia women's national ice hockey team is the women's national ice hockey team of Estonia. The team is controlled by the Estonian Ice Hockey Association, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

History

Estonia played its first game in 2005 in an exhibition game against Iceland, held in Tallinn, Estonia. Estonia won the game 8–2.[1] The following year they competed at the Riga Tournament which was held in Valmiera, Latvia.[1] Competing against Latvia, the Netherlands, and Norway, Estonia lost all three games with the 15–0 loss against Latvia being recorded as their worst ever result.[1]

In 2007 Estonia competed at their first IIHF World Women's Championships. Placed in Division IV, they finished fourth, winning two of their five games.[2] The following year Estonia competed at the 2008 IIHF Women's World Championship again winning two of their five games in Division IV.[3]

International competitions

All-time Record against other nations

As of September 14, 2011

Team GP W T L GF GA
 Turkey 2 2 0 0 22 2
 Iceland 3 2 0 1 12 8
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 0 5
 Norway 1 0 0 1 0 8
 Croatia 1 0 0 1 0 12
 Latvia 1 0 0 1 0 15
 Romania 2 0 0 2 3 13
 New Zealand 2 0 0 2 1 13

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Estonia All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  2. 1 2 "2007 IIHF World Womens Championship Div IV". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
  3. 1 2 "2008 IIHF World Women's Championship Div. IV". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
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