Adelaide Rush

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Adelaide Rush
Adelaide Rush Logo.svg
City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adelaide, SA
League Australian Women's Ice Hockey League
Founded2005(18 years ago) (2005)
Home arena IceArenA
Colours(2005–2011)
   
(2011–2016)
    
(2016–present)
   
Head coach Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joey McDougall
Captain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Natasha Farrier
Website adelaiderush.com.au
Franchise history
2005–2011Adelaide Assassins
2011–2016Adelaide Adrenaline
2016–presentAdelaide Rush
Championships
Regular season titles2 (2010, 2012)
Joan McKowen trophy 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
Hockey current event.svg Current season

The Adelaide Rush is an Australian amateur ice hockey team from Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 2005 as the Adelaide Assassins, the Rush, who were also known as the Adrenaline for four years, have been a member of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) since inception in 2007. The Rush are based at the IceArenA in the central suburb of Thebarton in Adelaide. The team has won six Joan McKowen trophies and are two time league premiers.

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History

Pre-AWIHL

The Adelaide Rush were founded in 2005 as the Adelaide Assassins. [1] The team joined the National Women's Program Showcase Series announced by Ice Hockey Australia in 2005. [2] The Showcase series would be an opportunity to build up to establishing a fully-fledged national women's league. [2] Adelaide competed in the two Showcase Series in 2006 and 2007. [3]

In early 2006, the Assassins appointed the Australian U18 national team assistant coach, Pier Martin, as their inaugural head coach for the 2006 Showcase Series. [4] Adelaide selected thirteen players in their first roster, including at least seven Australian internationals in Lucy Parrington, Jodie Walker, Serena Yu, Mel McLaren, Tash Farrier, Candice Mitchell and Tamra Jones. [4] The first Showcase began in February 2006 with five teams, Adelaide Assassins, Sydney Sirens, Brisbane Goannas, Canberra Ice Caps and Melbourne Flames. [5] Adelaide won the first Showcase Series, finishing top of the standings with 18 points from 12 games, defeating the Sirens by four points to the title. [5] In the second Showcase Series in 2006-07, the Assassins went undefeated to win the Showcase back-to-back. Adelaide was the first team to lift the West Lakes Trophy in 2007, which had been donated by Westlakes Trophies and Framing to the National Women's Program. The Assassins closest game in the second Showcase was a 6-4 victory over the Sydney Sirens on 11 February 2007. [6]

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. [7]

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. [8]

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

Club identity

Adelaide Assassins (2005-11)

The Assassins were founded with a red, black and white colour scheme. The team's uniforms were prodomantly red with black and white horizontal stripes. [3] The team's logo followed the same colour scheme with Adelaide Assassins spelt out in full with a customised typeface. The logo featured a black bullet swooshing from the top left to the bottom right. [9] [10]

Adelaide Adrenaline (2011-16)

On 8 August 2011, the Adelaide Assassins merged with the Adelaide Adrenaline ice hockey organisation as part of the wider AWIHL and Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) policy for teams to merge or sign memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreements to better align to the two leagues and share resources. [8] This resulted in the Assassins adopting the Adrenaline logo, colour scheme and uniforms. [3] Shifting from predominantly red to dark blue with red, yellow and white secondary colours. The new logo consisted of a hockey puck with AA on the face and a hand breaking through clutching a hockey stick. [11]

Adelaide Rush (2016-present)

On 12 July 2016, the Adelaide Adrenaline's men's and women's programs de-coupled, with the women's program becoming independent once more. The team updated its branding and name, adopting the name Adelaide Rush and new colour scheme of red and navy blue. The team uniforms would revert to predominantly red with a large blue horizontal blue stripe on the front. The new round 'badge' logo features a large red 'R' in its centre on a navy-blue background. This is surrounded by a red ring with navy blue trim with the team's name 'Adelaide Rush' and the year date '2016'. [12]

Season by season results

Players

Current roster

Team roster for the 2023-24 AWIHL season. [13] [14]

Adelaide Rush roster - 2023-24 AWIHL season
Active RosterInactive RosterCoaching staff
Goaltenders
  •  1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rebecca Kempe
  • 47 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Amelia Knott
  • 30 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joanne Phillis
  • 37 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Madison Smith

Defencemen

  • 24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elana Holub
  • 33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grace Kalambokas
  • 18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell
  • 19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marni Trapolino
  • 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maya Tupper (I)
  •  6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tiffany Venning
  • 59 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kirsty Venus (I)
  • 44 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah Wise
Forwards
  • 12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Natalie Ayris
  • 20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Amber Bedell
  •  4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Torie Cybulski
  • 22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Natasha Farrier (C)
  • 49 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Diana Glass
  •  8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kelly Harris
  • 14 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Madeline Langevin
  •  2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Lunn
  •  9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlyn Malthaner (A)
  • 34 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sierra Meroniuk (I)
  • 11 Flag of the United States.svg Reaghan Pietrowski (I)
  • 21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kate Tihema (A)
  • -- Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eleanor Bartter (NF)
  • -- Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jasmine Chen (NF)
  • -- Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anika Wegund (NF)
Head Coach
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joey MacDougall

Coaches

  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeffrey Fode (AC)
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brandon Taylor (DC)
  • Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeremy Friederich (GC)


Legend
(C) Captain
(A) Alternate Captain
(I) Import player

Statistics
Locals: 20
Imports: 4

Last updated on: 2 December 2023
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Leaders

Captains

The Rush have had six captains in the team's known history, including ten seasons with Candice Mitchell over two stints. [15]

SeasonCaptainAlt Captain OneAlt Captain Two
2006 Information not available
2006–07 Information not available
2007–08 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell
2008–09 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell
2009–10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell
2010–11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell
2011–12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell
2012–13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell
2013–14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bethanie Kavanagh Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sari Lehmann
2014–15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bethanie Kavanagh Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sari Lehmann
2015–16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bethanie Kavanagh Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kate Tihema
2016–17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sari Lehmann Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kelly Harris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kirsty Venus1
2017–18 Flag of the United States.svg Ashley Pelkey Flag of the United States.svg Hannah Wright Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell
2018–19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Candice Mitchell
2019–20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kirsty Venus
2022–23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Natalie Ayris
2023–24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Natasha Farrier Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kaitlyn Malthaner Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kate Tihema

References: [16]

1In 2016–17, the Rush had three alternative captains, rather than the normal two, Tess Reynolds was the third alternative captain.

Head coaches

The Rush have had seven head coaches in the team's known history, including Josef Rezek who had two stints as head coach. [17]

No.NameTerm
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pier Martin2006
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Botterill2008–13
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josef Rezek2013–16
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitch Kelleher2016–17
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josef Rezek2017–18
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Holland2018–19
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hayden Crafter2019–20
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joey McDougall2022–Present

References: [4] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

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