Australia Ice Hockey Olympics

1924 1936 edit in 1924 the tournament was played in a round robin format consisting of a preliminary round and a medal round.

Australia ice hockey olympics. Ben acton capt ron amess david cunningham noel derrick alfred dewhurst vic ekberg basil hansen clive hitch russell jones noel mcloughlin john nicholas peter parrott ken pawsey robert reid john thomas. Women made their entrance in this sport in 1980 at the moscow games. Men s ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the olympic games since 1920 it was introduced at the 1920 summer olympics and was permanently added to the winter olympic games in 1924. The list of olympic men s ice hockey players for australia consists of 15 skaters and 2 goaltenders.

Australia has participated in one tournament the 1960 winter olympics where they finished last of the. Ice hockey australia iha is pleased to announce the appointment of five marketing and communications professionals which have been tasked with assisting in the delivery of iha s 2020 2023 strategic plan. Organised games of ice hockey in australia began with the opening of the melbourne glaciarium on the afternoon of june 9 1906 at 16 city road south melbourne victoria. Australia has competed in two international competitions.

Olympic games all olympic games. They have also competed in the ice hockey world championships 33 times with their best result being a n. Australia has qualified for ice hockey at the winter olympic games competing at squaw valley in 1960. Ice hockey in australia is governed by ice hockey australia.

The medals were awarded based on win loss records during the medal round 18 this format was used until 1988 although the number of teams and games played varied slightly. Australia men s national team made their international debut at 1960 olympic games in squaw valley united states. Ice hockey australia announces new marketing and promotions team. 14 the first recorded organised game of ice hockey in australia was on tuesday july 17 1906 and was between a victorian representative team and the american sailors from the visiting american warship the uss baltimore.

Australia competed at the 1960 winter olympics in squaw valley united states this was the first and last time australia competed in ice hockey and nordic combined while ice hockey gave australia its only top ten finish in this games the team lost all of their matches conceding double digit goals. The women and junior teams made their debuts in 2000 1983. In its 100 years of olympic existence hockey has been essentially dominated by one country. Ice hockey in australia.

Olympic games and yog news. The australian men s national ice hockey team represent australia in the sport of ice hockey under the jurdicstation of ice hockey australia which is a part of the international ice hockey federation. Australia and olympic ice hockey. The valiant australian team did their best for australia.

Born 02 may 1936. Australia has been a member of the international ice hockey federation since 1938.