Brisbane Blitz

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Brisbane Blitz
Brisbane Blitz Logo 2016.png
City Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
League Australian Junior Ice Hockey League
Founded2 September 2015
Home arena Iceworld Acacia Ridge
Colours(2015–16)
  
(2016–present)
   
Owner(s) Ice Hockey Queensland
General manager Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jacinta Santilli
Head coachDarryl Dunsford
Franchise history
2015–presentBrisbane Blitz
Championships
Regular season titles0
AJIHL Championships0
Hockey current event.svg Current season

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.

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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.[ citation needed ]

The Brisbane Blitz began by playing their first exhibition game under the name Brisbane AJIHL at 5:15 pm 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. [2]

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.[ citation needed ]

The first team in club history:

# Nat Name Pos ShootsDate of BirthAcquiredReference
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Henning F Right2 November 19972015
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Scanlan D Left17 January 19972015
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lachlan Tripp D Left6 February 19992015
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Conar Peace F Right30 November 19992015
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damon de Ryck F Right11 September 19972015
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew de Beer F Right30 November 19992015
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leon Coleman F Right30 November 19992015
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Kenderdine F Right30 November 19992015
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Moore D Right30 November 19992015
20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harley Anderson F Right30 November 19992015
21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Vaughan Lok Christie F Right30 November 19992015
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brandon Brotton F Right30 November 19992015
33 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Wray F Right30 November 19992015
35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Henri Mousset F Right21 June 19992015
76 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Isaac Norris D Left21 April 19982015
58 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Murphy F Right3 June 19962015
97 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Santilli F Right6 May 19972015
98 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Gilpin F Right30 November 19992015
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joe Moore G Right25 January 19972015

Players

Captains

Head coaches

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

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References

  1. ↑ "League Schedule". Ice Hockey Australia. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "ATTN: Registered players born from 1995 – 1999". Ice Hockey Queensland. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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