Brisbane Blitz

Brisbane Blitz
2016–17 AJIHL season
City Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
League Australian Junior Ice Hockey League
Founded 2 September 2015
Home arena Ice World Acacia Ridge
Colours (2015-16)
         
(2016-present)
              
Owner(s) Ice Hockey Queensland
General manager Australia Jacinta Santilli
Head coach Australia Darryl Dunsford
Captain Australia
Franchise history
2015–present Brisbane Blitz
Championships
Regular season titles 0
AJIHL Championships 0

The Brisbane Blitz are an Australian junior ice hockey team based in Brisbane, Queensland playing in the second tier of the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League referred to as AJIHL Tier 2. They represent the first junior ice hockey team from Queensland as part of the proposed 2nd expansion of the AJIHL, which is the most elite level for ice hockey at a national level for ages between 16–20 years old.

Team history

At the beginning of the 2015-16 AJIHL season, a proposal for the next expansion in the AJIHL was made by Ice Hockey Australia to include teams from the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory. A Wild Card entry was created in the AJIHL playoffs structure but no further public information would be made available for months but plans to form junior teams in each of these states was underway.[1]

On 2 September 2015 a public announcement was made via the Southern Stars Ice Hockey of the decision to include a Queensland team as part of a new AJIHL Tier 2 competition. The first proposed games were to take place in Sydney on 5–6 December 2015. The team would undergo a 4-week training and development clinic, at the Acacia Ridge ice rink, run by Con Dionissiou (Ice Hockey Queensland President) and Darryl Dunsford (Southern Stars President) in September 2015.[2]

The Brisbane Blitz began by playing their first exhibition game under the name Brisbane AJIHL at 5:15pm on 12 December 2015 against a Brisbane All Stars team consisting of Southern Stars Ice Hockey players and Boondall Buccaneers players. The game was played at Iceworld Olympic Ice Rink in Boondall.[3]

The Brisbane Blitz played in Canberra at the first AJIHL Tier 2 tournament in January 2016 against Canberra Junior Brave and Adelaide Generals. The Blitz won this tournament and therefore were selected as a Wild Card in the Tier 1 Finals which are being held 27–28 February 2016.

On 20 November 2016 the Brisbane Blitz team was selected for the 2016-17 AJIHL season, where the team would join regular season competition for the first time. Blitz goaltender Imogen Perry became the first female to play in the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League on 17 December 2016. The 16 year old faced 38 shots on goal against the previous years champion Sydney Sabres, winning 7 - 1 in her debut.[4]


The first team in club history:

# Nat Name Pos Shoots Date of Birth Acquired Reference
3 Australia Mitchell Henning F Right 2 November 1997 2015
4 Australia Nick Scanlan D Left 17 January 1997 2015
8 Australia Lachlan Tripp D Left 6 February 1999 2015
10 Australia Conar Peace F Right 30 November 1999 2015
11 Australia Damon de Ryck F Right 11 September 1997 2015
12 Australia Matthew de Beer F Right 30 November 1999 2015
13 Australia Leon Coleman F Right 30 November 1999 2015
14 Australia John Kenderdine F Right 30 November 1999 2015
15 Australia Luke Moore D Right 30 November 1999 2015
20 Australia Harley Anderson F Right 30 November 1999 2015
21 New Zealand Vaughan Lok Christie F Right 30 November 1999 2015
22 Australia Brandon Brotton F Right 30 November 1999 2015
33 Australia Matthew Wray F Right 30 November 1999 2015
35 Australia Henri Mousset F Right 21 June 1999 2015
76 Australia Isaac Norris D Left 21 April 1998 2015
58 Australia Luke Murphy F Right 3 June 1996 2015
97 Australia Anthony Santilli F Right 6 May 1997 2015
98 Australia Matt Gilpin F Right 30 November 1999 2015
1 Australia Joe Moore G Right 25 January 1997 2015

Players

Current Roster

For the 2016–17 AJIHL season[5]

# Nat Name Pos Shoots Date of Birth Acquired Reference
3 Australia Mitchell Henning F Right 2 November 1997 2015
6 Australia Grady Perlin D Right 28 June 2000 2016
8 Australia Lachlan Tripp D Left 6 February 1999 2015
10 Australia Leon Coleman F Right 30 November 1999 2015
15 Australia Matt Gilpin F Right 30 November 1999 2015
20 Australia Harley Anderson F Right 30 November 1999 2015
39 Australia Nick Scanlan D Left 17 January 1997 2015
47 Australia Conar Peace F Right 30 November 1999 2015
76 Australia Isaac Norris D Left 21 April 1998 2015
97 Australia Anthony Santilli F Right 6 May 1997 2015
98 Australia Matthew de Beer F Right 30 November 1999 2015
1 Australia Imogen Perry G Right 2016
30 Australia Alex Tetreault G Right 2016

Captains

Head Coaches

The first Head Coach for the Brisbane Blitz was Con Dionissiou.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "League Schedule". Ice Hockey Australia. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Buccaneers Ice Hockey Club - Practice Mixed - AJIHL Exhibition". Southern Stars Ice Hockey. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "ATTN: Registered players born from 1995 - 1999.". Ice Hockey Queensland. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ice Hockey Australia". Ice Hockey Australia. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Brizbane Blitz 2016/17 Squad". Brisbane Blitz Supporters. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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