Perth Sharks

Perth Sharks
City	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
League	Australian Junior Ice Hockey League
Founded	2013
Home arena	Xtreme Ice Arena
Colours	(2013-2014)     (2014-present)
Owner(s)	Western Australian Ice Hockey Association
General manager	Gill McLean
Head coach	Markus Frankenberger
Captain	Alastair Punler
Franchise history
2013–present	Perth Sharks
Championships
Regular season titles	1 (2015)
AJIHL Championships	0
Current season

The Perth Sharks are an Australian junior ice hockey team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League. They represent one of the two junior ice hockey teams from Western Australia currently playing in the AJIHL, which is the most elite level for ice hockey at a national level for ages between 16–20 years old.

Team history

Tryouts for the new Perth Sharks team began on 2 September 2014 with a mandatory fitness assessment, held on 2 September 2014 at Kingsway Christian College, and two ice sessions. ^[1]

The Perth Sharks played their first Australian Junior Ice Hockey League game on Monday October 21, 2013 against the Perth Pelicans. The Sharks team included national draft players Remy McGuiness from South Australia, Anthony Barnes and Jordan Millen from Queensland. ^[2]

Logo and uniform

2013-2014

The follow-up season in the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League saw a lot of change via expansion and renaming of its existing teams. ^[3] The changes were made in response to the National Hockey Leagues concern about the AJIHL using their team names and logos but also recognised the opportunity to create a new history for the teams through creating their own identity. In October 2013 the league expanded to six teams with two teams from Perth, the Sharks and the Pelicans, joining for the start of the 2013–14 season. ^[4]

Players

Current roster

For the 2015–16 AJIHL season ^[5]

#	Nat	Name	Pos	Date of birth	Acquired
2		Tomek Sak	F	26 June 1995	2013
4		Brad Campbell	F	17 March 1995	2013
13		Alastair Punler	D	12 February 1996	2013
16		Benedik Stolze	F	26 July 1996	2013
17		Bruno Stolze	F	26 July 1996	2013
23		Connor Knapman	D	2 May 1998	2014
24		Harry Tanner	F	13 July 1998	2014
25		Benjamin Kelly	F	17 March 1996	2015
26		Adam Sheppard	D	3 June 1998	2015
28		Oscar Zhu	F	4 May 1999	2015
29		Charlie Tennant	F	12 April 1998	2015
31		Adam Bridge	F	2 March 1999	2015
32		Sean McLean	F	7 March 1998	2014
33		Kevin Mateiu	F	10 August 1995	2015
36		Kym White	D	4 April 1995	2014
20		Mark McCann	G	18 November 1995	2013
10		Hayden Stobbs	G	12 June 1998	2015

Captains

• 2013-14
• 2014-15 James Woodman (C), Tomek Sak (A), Alastair Punler (A)
• 2015-16 Alastair Punler (C), Tomek Sak (A), Bruno Stolze (A)
• 2016-17 Alastair Punler (C), Ryan Smyth (A), Jamie Campbell (A)

Head coaches

The first head coach for the Perth Sharks was Mike Johnston.

• 2013-14 Mike Johnston
• 2014-15 David Ruck
• 2015-16 David Ruck
• 2016-17 Markus Frankenberger

See also

• Ice hockey portal

• Australian Junior Ice Hockey League
• Melbourne Glaciers
• Melbourne Whalers
• Perth Pelicans
• Sydney Sabres
• Sydney Wolf Pack
• Ice Hockey Australia
• Ice Hockey New South Wales
• Australian Women's Ice Hockey League
• Australian Ice Hockey League
• Jim Brown Trophy
• Goodall Cup
• Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy

References

1. "AJIHL Update". Ice Hockey WA. 31 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
2. "Perth Rosters For Web" (PDF). Western Australian Ice Hockey Association. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
3. Macdougall, Andrew (22 August 2013). "New look for Melbourne and the AJIHL". On the Fly Hockey. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
4. "AJIHL National Junior League Kicks Off in Perth". Ice Hockey WA. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
5. Stephenson, Scott (30 November 2015). "AJIHL Season Preview: Perth Sharks". Ice Hockey Australia. Retrieved 3 December 2015.