Australia women's national ice hockey team

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Australia
Australia national ice hockey team logo.png
Nickname(s)Mighty Jills
Association Ice Hockey Australia
General manager Alicia Kelly
Head coachMarcus Wong
AssistantsTerrance Kiliwnik
Jaden Pine-Murphy
CaptainStephanie Cochrane
Most gamesShona Green (66)
Top scorerMichelle Clark-Crumpton (32)
Most pointsSharna Godfrey (54)
Team colors   
IIHF codeAUS
Ranking
Current IIHF 31 Increase2.svg 2 (28 August 2023) [1]
Highest IIHF21 (2004)
Lowest IIHF33 (2022)
First international
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg 2–0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
(Hungary; 22 March 2000)
Biggest win
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg 19–0 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
(Cape Town, South Africa; 23 February 2023)
Biggest defeat
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg 12–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
(Vierumäki, Finland; 29 March 2008)
World Championships
Appearances20 (first in 2000 )
Best result20th (2004)
International record (W–L–T)
59–51–2

The Australian women's national ice hockey team represents Australia at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Ice Hockey Australia. As of 2011, Australia has 313 female players. [2] Australia is ranked 30th out of 34 countries in the IIHF World Ranking. Kathy Berg took the team to its highest point, being ranked 20th. She was the longest serving coach. Richo Padjen took over and the team started slipping down the rankings and hadn't been able to recover its former glory. In September 2015, an announcement was made on the Ice Hockey Australia website that Canadian Lindsay McAlpine will be the new coach. Replacing Lee Brown. [3] Lindsay McAlpine is expected to join the team for their first training camp in December. [4]

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History

In 2000 Australia first competed in the qualification tournament held for the right to participate in the 2001 Division I championships. Australia lost all three of their group matches and finished seventh out of eight after beating South Africa in the seventh place game. [5] The following year Australia again played in the qualification tournament in order to be promoted to Division I for the 2003 championships. Australia finished third in the group of five which saw Slovakia promoted to Division I for 2003. [5]

In 2003 the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) introduced a new format for the World Championships with the inclusion of second and third division. Australia was placed in the third division and gained promotion to the 2004 Division II tournament after winning four of their five games and finishing on top of the standings. The 2004 World Championships saw Australia relegated along with Great Britain from Division II to Division III for the 2005 tournament. [5]

At the 2005 World Championships Australia competed in Division III and narrowly avoided relegation to Division IV after finishing fifth out of six teams, beating only South Africa. [5] The next World Championship in 2007, Australia improved, again gaining promotion to Division II for the next years tournament. [6] Promotion to Division II however was again short as Australia finished last in the 2007 tournament and were relegated back to Division III. [7]

Olympic record

Australia's ice hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.

World Championships record

Team

Current roster

For the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II Group B [9] [10]

#Name Pos S/G AgeClub
14Ashlie Aparicio F L30 Melbourne Ice
23Georgia Carson D L32 Melbourne Ice
19Michelle Clark-Crumpton F L39 Perth Inferno
15Stephenie Cochrane F R33 Melbourne Ice
6Emily Davis-Tope F L22 Ontario Tech University
20Rylie Ellis (C) D L36 Melbourne Ice
25Tina Girdler G L35 Sydney Sirens
22Jaimi Goonan D L31 Brisbane Goannas
10Shona Green F R37 Melbourne Ice
2Remi Harvey D L29 Sydney Sirens
3Lindsey Kiliwnik F R21 Brisbane Goannas
1Olivia Last G L19 RoKi Rovaniemi
16Molly Lukowiak D L18 Perth Inferno
5Courtney Mahoney F R18 Ontario Hockey Academy
7Isla Malcolm F R23 Perth Inferno
12Georgia Moore (A) D R37 Melbourne Ice
8Matilda Pethrick D R18 Mid Fairfield CT Stars
18Marnie Pullin F L20 Melbourne Ice
24Sara Sammons F R23 Anna Maria College
11Nikki Sharp F L19 A21 Academy
21Kate Tihema (A) F R25 Adelaide Rush
13Kristelle Van Der Wolf F L27 Melbourne Ice

Staff

For the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II Group B [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ↑ IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/australia.html
  3. ↑ "NWT - Momentum gaining for first training camp". 21 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Lindsay McAlpine".
  5. 1 2 3 4 Müller, Stephan (2005). International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005. Germany: Books on Demand. pp. 215–223. ISBN   3-8334-4189-5.
  6. ↑ "2007 IIHF World Womens Championship Div III". International Ice Hockey Federation . Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  7. ↑ "2008 IIHF World Women's Championship Div. II". International Ice Hockey Federation . Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  8. ↑ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Australia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Australian women's national team 2022 captains". Ice Hockey News Australia. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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