Adelaide Rush

Adelaide Rush
2016–17 AWIHL season
City Australia Thebarton, South Australia
League Australian Women's Ice Hockey League
Founded 2006
Home arena Ice ArenA
Colours (2005-2011)
              
(2011-2015)
                   
(2016-present)
              
Owner(s) Adelaide Adrenaline
General manager Nikki Brammer
Head coach Mitch Kelleher
Website http://www.adelaiderush.com.au
Franchise history
2005–2011 Adelaide Assassins
2011–2015 Adelaide Adrenaline
2016–present Adelaide Rush
Championships
Regular season titles 1 (2012)
AWIHL Championships 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)

The Adelaide Rush are a women's ice hockey team in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League, which is the highest level national competition in Australia. The team is based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.[1]

History

Before the AWIHL

The Adelaide Assassins were one of the four founding teams in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League, which officially began in 2007 after two showcase season were held previously.[2]

As the Assassins, Adelaide won both the 2005-06 Showcase Series and the 2006-07 Showcase Series.[2]

AWIHL

The newly formed Australian Women's Ice Hockey League had its inaugural season in the 2007-08 season, where the Adelaide Assassins would again win the championship. At this time the championship trophy awarded to the winners of the finals was the West Lakes Trophy, made by Westlakes Trophies and Framing.[3]

On August 8, 2011, the Adelaide Assassins merged with the Adelaide Adrenaline ice hockey club. The move was made to increase the exposure of women's hockey in Australia with the help of associating with an already well known brand with which they could share resources with.[4]

Before the 2016 season began, the Adrenaline were re branded as Adelaide Rush.

Logo and uniform

The original Adelaide Assassins logo used from 2005 to 2009
Adelaide Adrenaline women logo used between 2010-2015

2005-2009 Adelaide Assassins

In their first year, and the first Showcase Series that lead to the inaugural AWIHL season, the Adelaide Assassins wore a predominantly red uniform with black and red stripes.

2010-2015 Adelaide Adrenaline

On August 8, 2011, the Adelaide Assassins merged with the Adelaide Adrenaline ice hockey club and would use the same logo and a red variant of the AIHL team.[4]

Players

Current Roster

For the 2016–17 AWIHL season:[5]

# Nat Name Pos Date of Birth Acquired
4 Australia Sarah Christiansen
6 Australia Samara Mihal
7 Australia Sara-Anne Lemanski
8 Australia Kelly Harris
9 Australia Sarah Teed
10 Australia Sari Lehmann
11 Australia Katrina Dobo
18 Australia Natalie Ayris
19 Australia Lily-Mae Edwards
22 Australia Tonii Larpent
44 Australia Sarah Wise
59 Australia Kirsty Venus
87 Australia Tess Reynolds
91 Australia Marina Nottle
29 Australia Tina Girdler G
30 Australia Joanne Phillis G

Captains

  • 2010-11 Candice Mitchell (C)
  • 2013-14 Candice Mitchell (C), Bethanie Kavanagh (A), Sari Lehmann (A)
  • 2014-15 Candice Mitchell (C), Bethanie Kavanagh (A), Sari Lehmann (A)
  • 2015-16 Candice Mitchell (C), Bethanie Kavanagh (A), Kate Tihema (A)
  • 2016-17 Sari Lehmann (C), Kelly Harris (A), Tess Reynolds (A), Kirsty Venus (A)

Head Coaches

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kutsche, Frank (2012). "Australian Women's Ice Hockey League". Sticks + Stones Photography. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "League History". Australian Women's Ice Hockey League. www.AWIHL.com.au. 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL)". The National Women’s Program. http://home.pacific.net.au/~navillus/index.htm. 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2011. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. 1 2 Rozleja, Michael (26 September 2011). "Assassin's Look To a Brighter Future...". Australian Women's Ice Hockey League. The National Women’s Program. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Adelaide Rush Players". Retrieved 29 October 2016. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
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