15/06/2010 -
ROAD TO THE SILVER! World Championship 2010 DivIIIa - part 2
Road to Silver - Part 2: The Goals, the Saves and the final
minutes!
04/06/2010 -
ROAD TO THE SILVER! World Championship 2010 DivIIIa - part 1
Soon to come: ROAD TO
THE SILVER! World Championship 2010 DivIIIa - part 2 - the goals!
17/05/2010 -
THREE-PEAT for IPTAMENI ATHENS
IPTAMENI ATHENS did it again, winning the
GREEK CHAMPIONSHIP with ease for a 3rd straight year
proving that they are by far the best team in Greece. Based on statistics, results and performance, Iptameni Athens has the best offence, the best defence and the best goalies of any other team in the Greek League.
Iptameni Athens scored a total of 156 goals in 6 games (2 gamed were cancelled) and had 8 goals against. They were basically scoring a total of 26 goals per game, a record in ice hockey and were rightfully named
2010 GREEK CHAMPIONS!
Iptameni Athens have a total of 6 Championships, the most of any other team, and as the results clearly show it will be difficult for this to change in the coming years.
The GREEK CHAMPIONS are: Giorgos Kalyvas, Dimitris Kalyvas, Orestis
Tilios, Panagiotis Iatridis, Kostas
Lembessis, Lazaros Efkarpidis, Giorgos Kouleles, Themistoklis Lambridis,
Alexandros Valsamas-Rallis, Iasonas Pachos, Giorgos
Fiotakis, Spyros-Libor Ploutsis, Ioannis
Ziakas, Diogenis Souras, Ioannis Koufis, Nikos
Chatzigiannis, John Lachance, Viktor Mateevitsi, Igor Apostolidis and
Christos Mandalios.
Next challenge for the team is the Continental Cup in September 2010, where they will go against the Champions of other European Nations.
As for the GREEK WOMAN'S
CHAMPIONSHIP, with 4 wins and 1 loss, team PEGASUS
was named CHAMPIONS!
Click here for scores and standing
Click here for Iptameni Athens website
22/04/2010 -
HELLAS - Luxembourg 2:1 and SILVER MEDAL!
Last day of the 2010 World Championship DivIIIA and the game between Greece and Luxembourg decided the silver medal winner.
The result: Greece 2 – Luxembourg 1
and the biggest success of Greek Ice Hockey is a reality. Greece won the Silver medal at the 2010 World Championship DivIIIA!!!
The 1100 fans that gathered at the ice rink had the opportunity to watch a great game.Both teams played defensive hockey during
the first period which ended 0-0. Same defensive
game in the second period but a five minute penalty
against Luxembourg in the last minutes of the second
period gave the Greek Team the opportunity to take
the lead with a goal by Georgios Kalyvas assisted by
Orestis Tilios. Another goal came in the middle of the third period that gave the Greek Team a 2 goal lead, this time by Themis Lambridis assisted by Lazaros Efkarpidis. Five minutes before the end of the game and a 2-man powerplay for Team Luxembourg gave them the opportunity to score and bring the game to 2-1. Everyone then started to remember the 2008 game between the two countries where Luxembourg was leading 2-0 a few minutes before the end, but Greece tied the game to bring it into overtime.
The final minutes saw Luxembourg pressuring for the equalizer and the Greek Team playing defense, many times falling face-first to block shots. The great defense played by the Greek players and the brilliant goaltending by Libor Ploutsis brought the first silver medal to the Greek National Team!
The Players of the National Team want to thank all the Greek and foreign hockey fans that came from all parts of Europe to support the Greek National Team with songs and cheers that helped push the team to victory.
20/04/2010 - Article on IIHF.com: From Abu Dhabi to the Acropolis
UAE and Greece face challenges to ensure their future on ice
KOCKELSCHEUER, Luxembourg – The international
ice hockey community has welcomed a new World
Championship member. While most are focused on the
upcoming World Championship, the United Arab Emirates
made its international debut last Wednesday in a game
against Greece.
It marked the first time an Arab nation participated at an IIHF World Championship. And it was a clash between two teams from warmer countries that face different challenges in developing the game.
April 14, 2010 will be the date a new chapter was added to the hockey history books. In Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, twenty players dressed in red skated on the ice for the face-off in what is the start of a new era in Arab ice hockey.
In front of 150 spectators team captain Juma Al Dhaheri and Team Greece captain Dimitrios Kalyvas shook hands in what turned out to be a special game for the two players. Both teams have reasons to be excited participating in the World Championships albeit for totally different reasons....
UAE and Greece face challenges to ensure their future on ice
