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The ''' | {{Infobox national hockey team | ||
| Name = Haiti | |||
| Badge = Flag of Haiti.png | |||
| Badge_size = 180px | |||
| First game = {{ih|LIB}} 7–4 {{ih-rt|HAI}}<br>{{small|([[Saint-Laurent, Quebec|Saint-Laurent]], Canada; 23 April 2017)}} | |||
| Largest win = <!-- None --> | |||
| Largest loss = {{ih|LIB}} 7–4 {{ih-rt|HAI}}<br>{{small|([[Saint-Laurent, Quebec|Saint-Laurent]], Canada; 23 April 2017)}} | |||
| Record = 0–1–0 | |||
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The '''Haiti national ice hockey team''' ({{lang-fr|Équipe d'Haïti de hockey sur glace}}) is the national men's [[ice hockey]] team of [[Haiti]]. Made up exclusively of Haitians living in [[Canada]], the Haitian team is an unofficial national team outside the [[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]] and has so far played in only one international game.<ref name="CBC 2017">{{cite web | title=Lebanon gets its own national hockey team - CBC News | website=CBC | date=September 21, 2017 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lebanese-national-hockey-team-1.4301145 | access-date=April 25, 2023}}</ref> | |||
==History== | |||
Haiti played a friendly match against [[Lebanon men's national ice hockey team|Lebanon]] on 23 April 2017 in Saint-Laurent, a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with both teams making their international debut.<ref>{{cite web | title=FLASH : Montreal premiere, hockey game Haiti - Lebanon - iciHaiti.com : All the news in brief 7/7 | website=IciHaiti.com | date=April 23, 2017 | url=https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-20636-icihaiti-flash-montreal-premiere-hockey-game-haiti-lebanon.html | access-date=April 25, 2023}}</ref> The Haitian team was defeated by the Lebanese team, 7–4.<ref name="Lebanon Beats Haiti">{{cite web|url=https://www.eurohockey.com/article/4837-lebanon-beats-haiti-for-historic-first-international-victory.html|title=Lebanon Beats Haiti for Historic First International Victory|date=24 April 2017|website=Eurohockey.com}}</ref> Former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player Georges Laraque, whose parents were born in Haiti, played for the Haitian team, among others. The Haitian team was coached by a Canadian former minor-league player Robert Haddock.<ref>{{cite web | title=Robert Haddock at eliteprospects.com | website=Elite Prospects | date=April 7, 1970 | url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/161042/robert-haddock | access-date=May 4, 2023}}</ref> While Haiti maintains a ball hockey national team that has played at the Ball Hockey World Championship,<ref name="Vilgrain">{{cite web | last=Spiegel | first=Jackie | title=Vilgrain inspired, instilled pride in Haiti ball hockey team | website=NHL.com | date=July 3, 2022 | url=https://www.nhl.com/news/claude-vilgrain-inspires-haitian-ball-hockey-team/c-334798762 | access-date=April 18, 2023}}</ref> there is currently no governing body for ice hockey in the country. | |||
===Haitian-born players overseas=== | |||
ost notable players of Haitian-origin have played in Canada. Claude Vilgrain played in 89 games for five seasons in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks, New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers, Maxime Boisclair played in 176 games for eight seasons in the Quebec-based minor league, Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, and Zack Stringer currently plays for the Regina Pats in the Canadian major junior league, Western Hockey League. Vilgrain additionally represented Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. André Mattsson, also of Haitian-origin, played for 13 seasons in several Swedish leagues (Elitserien, HockeyAllsvenskan and Division 2). Vilgrain, Boisclair, Stringer and Mattsson were all born in Port-au-Prince. | |||
==All-time record== | |||
<small>''Last match update: 23 April 2017''</small> | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center" | |||
|- | |||
!width=192|Team | |||
!width=40|{{tooltip|GP|Games played}} | |||
!width=40|{{tooltip|W|Wins}} | |||
!width=40|{{tooltip|T|Ties}} | |||
!width=40|{{tooltip|L|Losses}} | |||
!width=40|{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}} | |||
!width=40|{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}} | |||
|- style="background:#ffcccc;" | |||
|style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|LIB}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 7 | |||
|- | |||
! Total !! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 1 !! 4 !! 7 | |||
|} | |||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||
*4/23/17: '''{{Flagicon|LIB}} [[Lebanese National Team|Lebanon]]''' - [[File:Flag of Haiti.png|25px]] Haiti 7:4 @ Saint-Laurent | *4/23/17: '''{{Flagicon|LIB}} [[Lebanese National Team|Lebanon]]''' - [[File:Flag of Haiti.png|25px]] Haiti 7:4 @ Saint-Laurent | ||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/haiti/ National Teams of Ice Hockey] | *[https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/haiti/ National Teams of Ice Hockey] | ||
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| First international | |
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 Lebanon 7–4 Haiti  (Saint-Laurent, Canada; 23 April 2017) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
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Lebanon 7–4 Haiti (Saint-Laurent, Canada; 23 April 2017) | |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 0–1–0 |
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The Haiti national ice hockey team (French: Équipe d'Haïti de hockey sur glace) is the national men's ice hockey team of Haiti. Made up exclusively of Haitians living in Canada, the Haitian team is an unofficial national team outside the IIHF and has so far played in only one international game.[1]
History
Haiti played a friendly match against Lebanon on 23 April 2017 in Saint-Laurent, a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with both teams making their international debut.[2] The Haitian team was defeated by the Lebanese team, 7–4.[3] Former NHL player Georges Laraque, whose parents were born in Haiti, played for the Haitian team, among others. The Haitian team was coached by a Canadian former minor-league player Robert Haddock.[4] While Haiti maintains a ball hockey national team that has played at the Ball Hockey World Championship,[5] there is currently no governing body for ice hockey in the country.
Haitian-born players overseas
ost notable players of Haitian-origin have played in Canada. Claude Vilgrain played in 89 games for five seasons in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks, New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers, Maxime Boisclair played in 176 games for eight seasons in the Quebec-based minor league, Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey, and Zack Stringer currently plays for the Regina Pats in the Canadian major junior league, Western Hockey League. Vilgrain additionally represented Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. André Mattsson, also of Haitian-origin, played for 13 seasons in several Swedish leagues (Elitserien, HockeyAllsvenskan and Division 2). Vilgrain, Boisclair, Stringer and Mattsson were all born in Port-au-Prince.
All-time record
Last match update: 23 April 2017
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Results
- 4/23/17: Lebanon -
Haiti 7:4 @ Saint-Laurent
References
- ↑ "Lebanon gets its own national hockey team - CBC News". September 21, 2017. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lebanese-national-hockey-team-1.4301145.
- ↑ "FLASH : Montreal premiere, hockey game Haiti - Lebanon - iciHaiti.com : All the news in brief 7/7". April 23, 2017. https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-20636-icihaiti-flash-montreal-premiere-hockey-game-haiti-lebanon.html.
- ↑ "Lebanon Beats Haiti for Historic First International Victory". 24 April 2017. https://www.eurohockey.com/article/4837-lebanon-beats-haiti-for-historic-first-international-victory.html.
- ↑ "Robert Haddock at eliteprospects.com". April 7, 1970. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/161042/robert-haddock.
- ↑ Spiegel, Jackie (July 3, 2022). "Vilgrain inspired, instilled pride in Haiti ball hockey team". https://www.nhl.com/news/claude-vilgrain-inspires-haitian-ball-hockey-team/c-334798762.
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