Australian men’s under-20 team defeat the New Zealand men’s under-20 team in exhibition game

The Australian men’s national under-20 team have defeated the New Zealand men’s under-20 team 9–7 in an exhibition game in Hungary. Jed Lake led the scoring with two goals, followed by Artem Astafiev, Thomas Garas, Tobie Gilchrist, Daniel Koudelka, Ivan Kuleshov, Benjamin Shearer, and Dominik Trnka with one each. Following the end of regular time, the teams played a three-on-three overtime period which saw Dominik Trnka add another goal.

The match was held as part of the team’s training camp before the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division II Group B tournament which starts on 18 January in Belgrade, Serbia. Today’s game against New Zealand was Australia’s second exhibition game of the training camp, having played Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák Selects the day before.

Game summary

Further information

• Ice Hockey Australia recap
• Australian men’s U20 supporters page
• Australia’s team roster
• Stream of the game by MJSZ.tv (paywalled)