Young AIHL stars named in Australian Under 20 team

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Ice Hockey Australia has announced it’s line-up for the 2025 IIHF Division 2B World Championships to be held in Belgrade, Serbia from 19-25 January.

Dave Ruck will return as head coach and will be assisted by Sydney Ice Dogs’ head coach Jason Kvisle.

Australia will face Belgium, Iceland, Israel, Serbia and Spain for a chance at promotion to division 2A. Australia finished 4^th in 2024, with two wins in five games played.
 
The team:

Braden Costa (Sydney Ice Dogs)
Brayden Maybee (Perth Thunder)
Cam Hughes (Central Coast Rhinos)
Cody Reader (Concordia University Ann Arbor)
Connor Wardlaw (Central Coast Rhinos)
Daniel Koudelka (Adelaide Adrenaline)
Daniel O’Handley (Adelaide Adrenaline)
Finlay Gordon (Perth Thunder)
Henry York (Canberra Brave)
Ivan Kuleshov (Sydney Ice Dogs)
Jerry Zhou (Sydney Ice Dogs)
Julian Friedrich (Adelaide Adrenaline)
Lachlan Sucher (St Catherines Falcons)
Luka Ouimette (Brisbane Lightning)
Maliq West (Newcastle Northstars)
Marcus Henderson (G) (Perth Thunder)
Oliver Ashby (Melbourne Mustangs)
Sam Bartlett (Melbourne Ice)
Tom Forrest (G) (Melbourne Ice)
Thomas Garas (Okanagan Hockey)
Tyler Colev (Perth Thunder)
Tyrone Oxlade (Sydney Bears)

The tournament page can be found here and broadcast details will be posted closer to the event.