Slovenia men's national ice hockey team Slovenia men's national ice hockey team The Slovenian men's national ice hockey team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia. The team is currently ranked 15th in the world by the International Ice Hockey Federation as of the 2018 IIHF World Ranking. Their best record is 13th place at the Ice Hockey World Championships, while their highest IIHF ranking is 12th place. Six players from Slovenia have been drafted into the NHL since 1998; Anže Kopitar and Jan Muršak have played in the league. As a member of Yugoslavia, Slovenia had been a member of the International Ice
Ice hockey announced a final figure of 104,173. The record was approached but not broken at the 2014 NHL Winter Classic, which also held at Michigan Stadium, with the Detroit Red Wings as the home team and the Toronto Maple Leafs as the opposing team with an announced crowd of 105,491. Number of registered hockey players, including male, female and junior, provided by the respective countries' federations. Note that this list only includes the 42 of 76 IIHF member countries with more than 1,000 registered players as of October 2018. Ice hockey Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice,