Melbourne Ice (Women)

The Melbourne Ice is an Australian amateur ice hockey team from Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2005, the Ice have been a member of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) since inception in 2007. The Ice are based at the O'Brien Icehouse, located in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne. The team has won six Joan McKowen trophies and are four time league premiers.

Melbourne Ice
2016–17 AWIHL season
CityMelbourne, Victoria
LeagueAustralian Women's Ice Hockey League
Founded2005 (2005)
Operated2005–present
Home arenaO'Brien Icehouse
Colours(2005-2010)
         
(2010-present)
              
Head coach Marcus Wong
Captain Christina Julien
AffiliatesMelbourne Ice
(AIHL)
WebsiteMelbourneice.com.au
Franchise history
2005–2010Melbourne Dragons
2010–presentMelbourne Ice
Championships
Regular season titles5 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019)
Joan McKowen trophy7 (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)

History
The Melbourne Dragons logo used between 2005-2010

Founded in 2005, the Melbourne Dragons were one of four founding teams of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL). The Dragons participated in the Showcase Series in 2005/06 and 2006/07 before the formal AWIHL started in 2007/08. The Dragons joined the new league along with the Adelaide Assassins, Brisbane Goannas and Sydney Sirens.[1]

In 2010, the Dragons entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Melbourne Ice Hockey Club, who operate the Australian Ice Hockey League men's team. The agreement saw the Ice buy into the club as a minority partner, with the Dragons retaining majority share. The Dragons re-branded to the Melbourne Ice Women and started trading under the name Melbourne Ice.[2] The team also moved into the Olympic sized Henke Rink at the Melbourne Icehouse within the Docklands precinct of Melbourne.[3]

In 2011, the team won its first national championship and trophy. The Ice defeated the Sydney Sirens in the final to clinch the title and their maiden Joan McKowen Trophy. The Melbourne Ice placed second in the league standings at the end of the regular season with eight wins from twelve matches.[4] In the finals, the Ice came up against the Sydney Sirens in a two match series for the Joan McKowen Trophy. In game one, the Ice shutout the Sirens and secured a 1-0 victory. In game two, the Ice maintained the goal difference to win 2-1 in a shootout and claim the national championship and the Joan McKowen Trophy.[5]

The Ice became an AWIHL powerhouse in the 2010s.[6] After their first title in 2011 the team went on to win another six championships and five premierships in the following eight years, including four straight premiership-championship doubles between 2013 and 2016.[7] The last four Joan McKowen Trophy finals the Ice have contested, they have versed rivals Sydney Sirens. They have defeated the Sirens in every final match the two teams have faced each other. In 2019, the two teams met for the grand prize at the Adelaide IceArenA. The match was a tight affair with both team’s locked at three-all with one minute left in regulation time. The Ice won the match and the trophy through a Bettina Meyers goal with 36.7 seconds left on the clock.[8]

In 2019 the Melbourne Ice women were ranked 23rd in the Australasia Best Sporting Team (ABST) top twenty-five list. Produced by Platinum Asset Management and GAIN LINE Analytics, the list represents an analytical approach to measuring success in team sports in Australia and New Zealand within a rolling five year period.[9][10]

Season by season results
Champions Runners-up Third Place
Melbourne Dragons all-time record
Season Regular season Finals weekend
P W T L OW OL Pts Finish P W L Result Semi-final Preliminary final 3rd place match WL Trophy final
2007/08Information not available
2008/0912–39––34th2–2FourthLost 1-5 (Sirens)–Lost 0-3 (Goannas)–
2009/1014527––123rd1–1Semi-finalistLost 4-3 (Sirens)–
Melbourne Ice all-time record
Season Regular season Finals weekend
P W T L OW OL Pts Finish P W L Result Semi-final Preliminary final 3rd place match JMK Trophy final
2010/11128–4––242nd22–ChampionWon 1-0 (Sirens)–Won 2-1 (Sirens)
2011/12127–5––202nd211Runner-upWon 7-3 (Adrenaline)–Lost 5-7 (Adrenaline)
2012/131412–2––361st22–ChampionWon 3-2 (Adrenaline)–Won 3-2 (Adrenaline)
2013/141210–11–321st22–ChampionWon 2-0 (Adrenaline)–Won 2-0 (Adrenaline)
2014/151210––11331st22–ChampionWon 2-8 (Adrenaline)–Won 6-0 (Sirens)
2015/16128–211271st321ChampionLost 2-8 (Sirens)Won 7-4 (Goannas)–Won 7-6 (SO) (Sirens)
2016/17125–511183rd211ThirdLost 0-3 (Goannas)–Won 14-1 (Rush)–
2017/18128–4––242nd22–ChampionWon 5-1 (Goannas)–Won 4-2 (Sirens)
2018/191210–1–1311st22–ChampionWon 9-2 (Goannas)–Won 4-3 (Sirens)
2019/2012713–1233rd211ThirdLost 2-4 (Rush)–Won 4-3 (Inferno)–

Championships
Champions (7): 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Runners-Up (1): 2012
  • West Lakes Trophy (repurposed as league premiership trophy in 2010)
Premiers (5): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
Runners-Up (3): 2011, 2012, 2018

Roster

Current for the 2018–19 AWIHL season[11]

Melbourne Ice Roster
#NatNamePosAgeAcquired
1Jenelle CarsonG222015
3Kim LoD2017
4Taz ScullyD/F2018
5Georgia CarsonD282013
6Hope NewmanF222015
8Lauren DiduszkoD/F2018
9Isobel CantrillF202015
11Julia TranD/F2018
12Georgia MooreD332017
13Ashlie AparicioF272016
14Bettina MeyerF312017
15Christine DuttonD/F2017
16Ruth BrophyG402015
17Kristelle Van Der WolfF232013
18Marnie PullinF162017
20Ketta ScheuerleinD/F2018
22Hollie BoltonD262017
27Rylie PadjenD322013
29Emily PageF2018
30Julia GabrielsonG2017
71Isabel RaymundoD/F172018
77Nicole JonesF372015
91Christina Julien (C)F322016

Leaders

Captains
Season Captains
Captain Alternative Alternative
2005-2007 Information not available
2008-09 Lucy Parrington
2010 Information not available
2011-12 Shona Green Lucy Parrington Nicole Tritter
2012-13 Shona Green Lucy Parrington Nicole Tritter
2013-14 Shona Green Lucy Parrington Christine Cockerell
2014-15 Shona Green Lucy Parrington Christine Cockerell
2015-16 Shona Green Lucy Parrington Georgia Carson
2016-17 Shona Green Georgia Carson Rylie Padjen
2018 Information not available
2019–20 Christina Julien

Head coaches
Season Head coach
One Two Three
2005-2009 Information not available
2010-11 Lee BrownTommy Powell
2011-12 Lee BrownTommy Powell
2013-2014 Information not available
2015-16 Jeremy Muir
2016-17 Jeremy Muir
2017-18 Marcus Wong Mark Smith Brent Laver
2018-19 Marcus Wong Mark Smith Laurie Piggot
2019-20 Marcus Wong Mark Smith Laurie Piggot

Identity

Name and colours

Since 2010, the team have identified with the Melbourne Ice branding including the colours navy blue, crimson red and white.The colours are used in all aspects of the club including: uniforms, supporter merchandise, official media and digital design. Prior to 2010, when the team operated in the AWIHL as the Melbourne Dragons, the team identified with the colours indigo blue and white. The team has changed names once, in 2010 after the signing of the MoU between the Dragons and Ice. Since 2010 the team has identified as the Melbourne Ice.

Team name changes
# Colours Name From To
1           Melbourne Dragons 20052009
2                Melbourne Ice 2010Current

Facilities
Entrance to O'Brien Icehouse
The Henke Rink inside the Icehouse, home of the Melbourne Ice

In 2010, after the Dragons re-branded to the Melbourne Ice, they moved into the newly completed $58m Melbourne Icehouse (Known as the O’Brien Icehouse for sponsorship reasons), located in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne.[12] The Ice have played all their home matches from the 2010/11 AWIHL season onwards at the Icehouse.[13] The Icehouse is the only twin ice-sheet facility in Australia.[14] The hockey rink within the facility is named the Henke Rink, in honour of Geoffrey Henke AO.[15] The Icehouse has an Olympic sized ice surface, café, bar, specialist winter sports gym, pro shop, corporate boxes and seating for 1,000 spectators as well as room for additional 500 standing attendance on match days.[16]

Prior to 2010, for five years, the Ice, when they were the Dragons, were based in Oakleigh South, Monash in the wider Melbourne metropolitan area.[17] Their home venue was the 300 capacity Olympic Ice Skating Centre (OISC), noted at the time for being a small rink, with its width two-thirds that of a regulation Olympic-sized rink.[17]

Stadium history
Rink Location First Last
Olympic Ice Skating CentreOakleigh South20052009
Melbourne IcehouseDocklands2010Current

Broadcasting

Online video streaming: Kayo Sports (2019 - Current)
The Melbourne Ice are a part of the entire AWIHL broadcasting deal with Kayo Sports to show one weekly 'game of the week' match that includes 20 minutes of highlights with commentary and player interviews.[18][19]

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See also

References
  1. "League History". Australian Women's Ice Hockey League. www.AWIHL.com.au. 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  2. "We are Melbourne Ice". Melbourne Ice. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. "2010/2011 AWIHL Season". Sticks and Stones Photography. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. "AWIHL Standings 2010/2011". www.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. "AWIHL Finals 2011". www.pointstreak.com. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. "Melbourne Ice Womens Team". Melbourne Ice. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. "AWIHL Finals Wrap Up: Melbourne Ice claim 2016 Finals". Ice Hockey Australia. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  8. Basso, Tom (29 March 2019). "Melbourne win record-breaking seventh AWIHL title". Ice Hockey Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  9. "Australasia's Best Sporting Team 2019". www.platinum.com.au. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. "AIHL and AWIHL clubs feature in Australasia's Best Sporting Team 2019". www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  11. "Melbourne Ice 2018-2019 team roster". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  12. Boulton, Martin (27 June 2010). "Crushed Ice, anyone?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  13. "AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE (AWIHL): Melbourne Ice team profile". O'Brien Icehouse. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  14. "National Ice Sports Centre". Department of Planning and Community Development, Government of Victoria. 17 October 2009. Archived from the original on 17 October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  15. "Official naming of the Henke Rink". National Ice Sports Centre. 9 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  16. "Facilities". O'Brien Icehouse. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  17. Brodie, Will (4 September 2011). "Ice hockey shoots, and scores". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  18. "AWIHL to be aired on Kayo Sports in 2019". www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  19. "Kayo to stream AWIHL Game of the Week". www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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