Victorian Ice Hockey Association
| Victorian Ice Hockey Association | |
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Jurisdiction | Victoria |
| Founded | 12 September 1908 |
| Affiliation | Ice Hockey Australia |
| President | Warren Porter |
| Secretary | Christopher Dials |
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The Victorian Ice Hockey Association, currently trading as Ice Hockey Victoria is the governing body of ice hockey in Victoria, Australia. The Victorian Ice Hockey Association is a branch of Ice Hockey Australia.
History
1908 VAIHA: Club Hockey Begins
12 September 1908 is the date of the formation of the first ice hockey association in Australia. The meeting at the Melbourne Glaciarium occurred directly after an evening ice hockey game between the Brighton Ice Hockey Club and the Melburnians, which resulted in a 2-2 tie. The meeting was for the purpose of organising a club for the following season and the following committee was appointed: Lorimer, Ward, Errol F. Woods, W. Purbrick and Andrew Lambert Reid. Mr. Purbrick was nominated as honorable Treasurer and Mr. Reid was nominated as the Secretary.[1]
The name of the association was the Victorian Amateur Ice Hockey Association (VAIHA). The association consisted of 4 ice hockey clubs:[2]
- Beavers
- Brighton
- Glaciarium
- Melburnians
The Glaciarium Ice Hockey Club were the first ice hockey club to form in Australia, in 1907 and they are named for the Melbourne Glaciarium as the in house representative team. The remainder of the original 3 teams were formed in 1908. The Melburnians IHC consisted of the Melbourne Grammar School field hockey team and the team was named the Melburnians after the school. The Brighton IHC team were also named after a school, Brighton Grammar School.
The first state championship series in Australia was held in the Melbourne Glaciarium between 14 September 1909 - 27 September 1909. The final game was held on the evening of 27 September 1909 and was between the Glaciarium and Melburnians. The Glaciarium won the championship final by a score of 3-0 and were awarded gold medals.[2]
National Competition
1909: The Goodall Cup
The first inter-state ice hockey championship was held between a state representative team from Victoria and from New South Wales. This tournament was a best-of-3 format and saw Victoria win the series 2 games to 1.[3] New South Wales was represented by a newly formed team in 1909 and traveled to Melbourne on 29 August 1909 which marked the first national interstate competition for senior men's hockey in Australia.[4] This was the year that 16-year-old John Edwin Goodall donated the J. E. Goodall Cup to the interstate series, the Victoria state team won the inaugural tournament to become the first Goodall Cup Champions, with Robert Jackson as the captain, who scored 3 goals in the second half of the final game.
The first game of the series had a final score of 2-1 with New South Wales defeating Victoria.[5] Friday 3 September 1909 the Victorian team defeated the New South Wales team 1-0, giving Victorian goaltender Charles Watt the first recorded shutout in Goodall Cup history.[6] In the third game of the series both teams had won a game each. Victoria defeated New South Wales 6-1 and became the first team to win the interstate championship in Australia and the first to be awarded the Goodall Cup.[7]
Before World War 1, which interrupted the Goodall Cup series in 1914, Victoria won 3 out of 5 Goodall Cup championships held between 1909 and 1913.
When the Goodall Cup tournament resumed in 1921, New South Wales would win but Victoria would win the following year in 1922, captained by John Edwin Goodall. This was Victoria's last Goodall Cup win until 1947.
In 1952 the tournament expanded with the introduction of a team from Tasmania. The first time Tasmania competed in the inter-state tournament was 1 July 1952 against Victoria at the Hobart Glaciarium. Victoria would go on to win the Goodall Cup that year.[8]
The Goodall Cup continued to be awarded to the winners of the inter-state ice hockey champions until 2001. In 2002 the Goodall Cup was used as an award to the playoff champions in the Australian Ice Hockey League, which is the most elite national ice hockey league in Australia. For its centenary, the Goodall Cup was used again as an award for an inter-state ice hockey competition but was returned to be used the AIHL immediately after.
1921: A Second Goodall Cup
A second cup was donated by John Edwin Goodall in 1921, not to be confused with the Goodall Cup used for the inter-state competition, this second Goodall Cup was used as the premiership trophy for the Victorian ice hockey league.[9]
1922: The Gower Cup
The first inter-state women's ice hockey championship tournament was held in the first week in August 1922 between New South Wales and Victoria, New South Wales won the first game of the series 3-0.[10]
About the Organization
The Victorian Ice Hockey Association (VIHA) was formed as the Victorian state branch for Ice Hockey Australia. It is responsible for organising six leagues covering three different age groups during the normal season as well as a summer hockey program that operates five leagues.[11][12] It is also responsible for selecting the state teams to compete in the national tournaments.
VIHA operates its leagues out of two venues of the Olympic Ice Skating Centre based in Oakleigh South and the Icehouse based in Docklands.[13] Teams are fielded in the leagues by six clubs – the Blackhawks Ice Hockey Club, the Braves Ice Hockey Club, the Demons Ice Hockey Club, the Melbourne Jets Ice Hockey Club, the Saints Monarchs Ice Hockey Club, and the Sharks Ice Hockey Club.[14] The associations current president is Warren Porter.
Leagues
- Premier A – the top senior league in Victoria
- Premier Reserve – the second tier senior league
- Premier C Division I – the third tier senior league that employs a non-checking rule. Is open to both men and women
- Premier C Division II – the fourth tier senior league. Also open to both men and women and employs the non-checking rule
- Junior Midget – junior league open to players 18 and under (temporarily suspended for the 2014 season)
- Junior Bantam – junior league open to players 15 and under
- Junior Pee Wee – junior league open to players 13 and under
Summer leagues
- Recreational C Division I
- Recreational C Division II
- Recreational C Division III
- Recreational C Division IV
Awards and Trophies
H. H. Kleiner Memorial Trophy
The H.H. Kleiner trophy is awarded to the winners of the playoffs in the Victorian Premier A league.
Basil Hansen Memorial Trophy
The Basil Hansen Memorial Trophy is currently awarded to the playoff champions in the Premier Reserve league. The trophy namesake is Basil Hansen, an Australian ice hockey champion.
Don Reddish Trophy
The Don Reddish trophy is currently awarded to the playoff champions in the Premier C division I
Clive Connelly Trophy
The Clive Connelly Trophy is currently awarded to the playoff champions in the Premier C division II
Uniform and Logos
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See also
References
- ↑ "The Glaciarium". Table Talk (magazine). 17 September 1908. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Ice Hockey Championship - Won By the Glaciarium". The Argus (Melbourne). 28 September 1909. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "First Interstate Hockey Matches Played At Melbourne Glaciarium". Table Talk (magazine). 30 September 1909. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Glaciarium Ice Hockey". Sydney Morning Herald. 30 August 1909. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Ice Hockey - Victoria V New South Wales". The Argus (Melbourne). 1 September 1909. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Ice Hockey - Victoria Defeats New South Wales". The Argus (Melbourne). 4 September 1909. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Ice Hockey - Victoria V New South Wales". The Argus (Melbourne). 6 September 1909. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Interstate Ice Hockey At Glaciarium". The Mercury (Hobart). 1 July 1952. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "Ice Hockey - Essendon Wins Premiership". Sporting Globe. 5 September 1925. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "Ice Hockey". The Muswellbrook Chronicle. 11 August 1922. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "Standings". Victorian Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ↑ "Summer Hockey". Victorian Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ↑ "Rinks". Victorian Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ↑ "Clubs". Victorian Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
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