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|title = Wilson Cup
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|sport=Ice hockey
|founded=2007
|teams=3
|country={{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]]
|champion=[[Sydney Bears]]
|website=
|current_season=
| related_comps = [[Australian Ice Hockey League]]
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The '''Wilson Cup''' is an ice hockey trophy competition which is set up as a pre-season tournament to the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]]. It is contested between four top level teams based in [[New South Wales]]. The current holders of the Cup are the Sydney Bears who won their third title in 2016.
The '''Wilson Cup''' is an [[Australia|Australian]] ice hockey trophy first introduced in 2007 and named after John and Carol Wilson. The Cup was awarded to the winner of the New South Wales (NSW) pre-season tournament involving all NSW teams in the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]] (AIHL) between 2007 and 2016. Since 2017 the Wilson Cup has been awarded to the winner of the regular season four game series between the two Sydney based AIHL teams, the [[Sydney Bears]] and [[Sydney Ice Dogs]].


==History==
==History==
The Wilson Cup tournament was first played in 2007.<ref name="BD BEARSWIN2008">{{cite web | url = http://www.bearsden.com.au/pages.asp?page=&pubid=103&issid=105&artid=474&pgid=576 | title = Hungry Bears have done it again! | publisher = [[AIHL Bears]] | date = | accessdate = 2010-04-10 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5orflwfHG |archivedate=2010-04-10 |deadurl=no}}</ref> It was contested between four teams from the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]] – [[West Sydney Ice Dogs]], [[Newcastle North Stars]], the [[AIHL Bears|Bears]], and the [[Central Coast Rhinos]]. The Wilson Cup was donated on behalf of John and Carol Wilson who have been a major figure in Australian ice hockey and were the previous owners of the [[Blacktown Ice Arena]], were the championship was started. It is a round-robin event with each team playing a home and away game against the other, which is then followed by a playoff until the final.<ref name="HP WILSONLAUNCH">{{cite web | url = http://www.hockeypulse.com.au/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/75 | title = AIHL Teams Launch Wilson Cup  | publisher = HockeyPulse |first = Rowan |last = Lean | date = | accessdate = 2008-01-30 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5ores4yJj |archivedate=2010-04-10 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The 2007 tournament was won by the AIHL Bears. The 2008 competition was again won by the AIHL Bears beating the West Sydney Ice Dogs 6–4 in the final.<ref name="BD BEARSWIN2008"/> Before the start of the 2009 event the Central Coast Rhinos dropped out of the AIHL, they however competed in the 2009 Wilson Cup, winning the final 4–3 in a shootout against the West Sydney Ice Dogs.<ref name="HP RHINOSWIN">{{cite web | url = http://www.hockeypulse.com.au/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/51-rhinos-wilson-cup | title = Rhinos win the Wilson Cup | publisher = HockeyPulse | date = 2009-04-01 | accessdate = 2010-04-09 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5oreH1BYB |archivedate=2010-04-09 |deadurl=no}}</ref> In February 2014 it was announced was being revived and would feature the Newcastle North Stars, Sydney Bears and the Sydney Ice Dogs.<ref name="WILSONCUPANNOUNCED">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/11/2014-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/ | title=2014 Wilson Cup Schedule Announced | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2014-03-15 | accessdate=2014-03-11 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6O5uKq3mp |archivedate=2014-03-15 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The tournament featured a round robin of the three teams and finishes with a final between the top two placed teams, starting on 16 March and finishing on 5 April.<ref name="WILSONCUPANNOUNCED"/> In the opening game of the Wilson Cup the North Stars defeated the Bears 4-3 in a shootout.<ref name="2014WILSONCUPGAME1">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/17/2014-wilson-cup-game-1/ | title=2014 Wilson Cup: Game 1 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2014-03-17 | accessdate=2014-04-06 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6OdJe0OV9 |archivedate=2014-04-06 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The North Stars however lost game two to the Ice Dogs 5-4 in a shootout.<ref name="2014WILSONCUPGAME2">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/22/2014-wilson-cup-game-2/ | title=2014 Wilson Cup: Game 2 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2014-03-22 | accessdate=2014-04-06 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6OdJoFJmF |archivedate=2014-04-06 |deadurl=no}}</ref> In the last game of the round robin the Ice Dogs defeated the Sydney Bears 8-1 and they finished first in the standings.<ref name="2014WILSONCUPGAME3">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/29/2014-wilson-cup-game-3/ | title=2014 Wilson Cup: Game 3 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2014-03-22 | accessdate=2014-04-06 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6OdJseVpM |archivedate=2014-04-06 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The Ice Dogs were drawn against the North Stars in the final who finished the round robin in second place. The Ice Dogs defeated the North Stars 4-2, winning their first Wilson Cup title.<ref name="2014WILSONCUPFINAL">{{cite web | url=http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletterarchive.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=79264 | title=Ice Dogs add Wilson Cup to growing trophy case | publisher=Australian Ice Hockey League |first=Andrew |last=McMurtry | date=2014-04-05 | accessdate=2014-04-06 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6OdK000Kx |archivedate=2014-04-06 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The 2015 edition of the tournament was announced in March 2015 and again featured all three New South Wales-based AIHL clubs.<ref name="WILSONCUPSCHEDULE">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/03/10/2015-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/ | title=2015 Wilson Cup schedule announced | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2015-03-10 | accessdate=2015-04-18 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XsdPMsPa |archivedate=2015-04-18 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The number of games was increased from four to seven with a double round-robin being held before a final between the two top ranked teams.<ref name="WILSONCUPSCHEDULE"/> The Sydney Bears finished first in the round robin, winning three of their four games, and were drawn against the Newcastle North Stars in the final.<ref name="WILSONCUPROUNDROBINRESULT">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/04/11/2015-wilson-cup-game-5-6/ | title=2015 Wilson Cup: Game 5 & 6 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2015-04-11 | accessdate=2014-04-18 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6XsdWZ1ZF |archivedate=2014-04-18 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The North Stars won the final 4-3, claiming their first title.<ref name="WILSONCUPFINAL">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/04/18/north-stars-win-2015-wilson-cup/ | title=North Stars win 2015 Wilson Cup | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2015-04-18 | accessdate=2015-04-18 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Xsdaou5X |archivedate=2015-04-18 |deadurl=no}}</ref> Defending champions the Newcastle North Stars finished last after losing all four of their games, including one which had to be forfeited due to a scheduling conflict with their [[East Coast Super League]] club.<ref name="NORTHSTARSFORFEIT2016">{{cite web | url=https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/03/31/2016-wilson-cup-north-stars-forfeit-game-4/ | title=2016 Wilson Cup: North Stars forfeit Game 4 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2016-03-31 | accessdate=2016-04-17 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6gpX63L5m |archivedate=2016-04-17 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The Bears defeated the Sydney Ice Dogs 3–1 in the final at the [[Penrith Ice Palace]].<ref name="BEARSWIN2016WILSON">{{cite web | url=https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/04/16/bears-win-2016-wilson-cup/ | title=Bears win 2016 Wilson Cup | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2016-04-16 | accessdate=2016-04-17 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6gpWGvej7 |archivedate=2016-04-17 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
 
The Wilson Cup was founded in 2007 as the trophy for a pre-season tournament involving all the AIHL NSW teams, including [[Western Sydney Ice Dogs]], [[Newcastle North Stars]], [[AIHL Bears]] and [[Central Coast Rhinos]]. The Cup was donated and named on behalf of former Blacktown Ice Arena owners John and Carol Wilson, major figures in Australian ice hockey at the time.<ref name="BD BEARSWIN2008">{{cite web | url = http://www.bearsden.com.au/pages.asp?page=&pubid=103&issid=105&artid=474&pgid=576 | title = Hungry Bears have done it again! | publisher = [[AIHL Bears]] | access-date = 2010-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719151856/http://www.bearsden.com.au/pages.asp?page=&pubid=103&issid=105&artid=474&pgid=576 |archive-date=2008-07-19 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Between 2007 and 2009 the pre-season tournament was contested between the four NSW teams in a round-robin event that promoted youth players. Each team played each other home and away and concluded with a play-off and final.<ref name="HP WILSONLAUNCH">{{cite web | url = http://www.hockeypulse.com.au/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/75 | title = AIHL Teams Launch Wilson Cup  | publisher = HockeyPulse |first = Rowan |last = Lean | access-date = 2008-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716080312/http://www.hockeypulse.com.au/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/75 |archive-date=2010-07-16 |url-status=live}}</ref> The AIHL Bears (Sydney Bears) won the inaugural tournament and lifted the Wilson Cup in 2007. The Bears went back to back in 2008 by defeating the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 4-3 in the final.<ref name="BD BEARSWIN2008"/> In 2009 the Central Coast Rhinos won their first Wilson Cup by beating the Ice Dogs 4-3 in a shootout in the final despite the Rhinos subsequently dropping out of the 2009 AIHL season.<ref name="HP RHINOSWIN">{{cite web | url = http://www.hockeypulse.com.au/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/51-rhinos-wilson-cup | title = Rhinos win the Wilson Cup | publisher = HockeyPulse | date = 2009-04-01 | access-date = 2010-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219095914/http://hockeypulse.com.au/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/51-rhinos-wilson-cup |archive-date=2011-02-19 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
With Central Coast leaving the AIHL the Wilson Cup was not contested between 2010 and 2013.
 
In 2014, the Wilson Cup was resurrected with the Sydney Bears, Sydney Ice Dogs and Newcastle Northstars all featuring in the pre-season tournament for the Cup between 16 March and 5 April 2014.<ref name="WILSONCUPANNOUNCED">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/11/2014-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/ | title=2014 Wilson Cup Schedule Announced | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2014-03-15 | access-date=2014-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315185152/http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/11/2014-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/ |archive-date=2014-03-15 |url-status=live}}</ref> The round-robin format was retained but the top two placed teams went straight to a final for the Wilson Cup. Newcastle defeated the Bears 4-3 in a shootout in the opening match of the tournament.<ref name="2014WILSONCUPGAME1">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/17/2014-wilson-cup-game-1/ | title=2014 Wilson Cup: Game 1 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2014-03-17 | access-date=2014-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075449/http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/17/2014-wilson-cup-game-1/ |archive-date=2014-04-07 |url-status=live}}</ref> In game two, the Ice Dogs prevailed 5-4 over the North Stars also in a shootout.<ref name="2014WILSONCUPGAME2">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/22/2014-wilson-cup-game-2/ | title=2014 Wilson Cup: Game 2 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2014-03-22 | access-date=2014-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075453/http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/22/2014-wilson-cup-game-2/ |archive-date=2014-04-07 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the third and final match of the round-robin, the Ice Dogs secured a big 8-1 victory over the Bears to finish top and qualify for the final.<ref name="2014WILSONCUPGAME3">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/29/2014-wilson-cup-game-3/ | title=2014 Wilson Cup: Game 3 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2014-03-22 | access-date=2014-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075446/http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/29/2014-wilson-cup-game-3/ |archive-date=2014-04-07 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Ice Dogs were joined by Newcastle who finished second and the two teams face-off in the Wilson Cup final for 2014. The Ice Dogs beat the North Stars 4-2 in the final to clinch their first Wilson Cup title.<ref name="2014WILSONCUPFINAL">{{cite web | url=http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletterarchive.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=79264 | title=Ice Dogs add Wilson Cup to growing trophy case | publisher=Australian Ice Hockey League |first=Andrew |last=McMurtry | date=2014-04-05 | access-date=2014-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084134/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletterarchive.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=79264 |archive-date=2014-04-07 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
March 2015, the 2015 Wilson Cup tournament was announced with a double round-robin and final format change that saw the overall number of matches increased from 4 to 7.<ref name="WILSONCUPSCHEDULE">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/03/10/2015-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/ | title=2015 Wilson Cup schedule announced | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2015-03-10 | access-date=2015-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418152731/http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/03/10/2015-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/ |archive-date=2015-04-18 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Sydney Bears finished top of the round-robin stage with three wins from four matches. The Newcastle North Stars finished runner-up and qualified for the final against the Bears.<ref name="WILSONCUPROUNDROBINRESULT">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/04/11/2015-wilson-cup-game-5-6/ | title=2015 Wilson Cup: Game 5 & 6 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2015-04-11 | access-date=2014-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414212201/http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/04/11/2015-wilson-cup-game-5-6/ |archive-date=2015-04-14 |url-status=live}}</ref> Newcastle secured their first Wilson Cup triumph in the 2015 Wilson Cup final with a 4-3 victory over the Bears.<ref name="WILSONCUPFINAL">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/04/18/north-stars-win-2015-wilson-cup/ | title=North Stars win 2015 Wilson Cup | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2015-04-18 | access-date=2015-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418150619/http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/04/18/north-stars-win-2015-wilson-cup/ |archive-date=2015-04-18 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
The 2016 Wilson Cup featured an unchanged format from the prior year and ran from 19 March to 16 April 2016.<ref name="2016WILSONCUPSCHE">{{cite web | url=https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/03/12/2016-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/ | title=2016 Wilson Cup Schedule Announced | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2016-03-12 | access-date=2016-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423013100/https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/03/12/2016-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/ |archive-date=2016-04-23 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Sydney Bears finished first in the round robin stage for the second year in a row with three wins from four games.<ref name="2016WILSONCUPSTANDINGS">{{cite web | url=https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/04/09/2016-wilson-cup-game-5-6/ | title=2016 Wilson Cup: Game 5 & 6 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2016-04-09 | access-date=2016-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409144837/https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/04/09/2016-wilson-cup-game-5-6/ |archive-date=2016-04-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> Defending champions the Newcastle North Stars finished last after losing all four of their games, including one which had to be forfeited due to a scheduling conflict with their [[East Coast Super League]] club.<ref name="NORTHSTARSFORFEIT2016">{{cite web | url=https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/03/31/2016-wilson-cup-north-stars-forfeit-game-4/ | title=2016 Wilson Cup: North Stars forfeit Game 4 | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2016-03-31 | access-date=2016-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426160626/https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/03/31/2016-wilson-cup-north-stars-forfeit-game-4/ |archive-date=2016-04-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Bears defeated the Sydney Ice Dogs 3–1 in the final at the [[Penrith Ice Palace]] to secure their third Wilson Cup title eight years after their last success.<ref name="BEARSWIN2016WILSON">{{cite web | url=https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/04/16/bears-win-2016-wilson-cup/ | title=Bears win 2016 Wilson Cup | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2016-04-16 | access-date=2016-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416175152/https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/04/16/bears-win-2016-wilson-cup/ |archive-date=2016-04-16 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In 2017, due to the Bears and Ice Dogs being in the process of moving to [[Macquarie Ice Rink]] in northern Sydney ahead of the [[2017 AIHL season]], the pre-season tournament for the Wilson Cup was not held.<ref name="IHNAWILSONCUP2017">{{cite web|url=https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2017/03/26/wilson-cup-unlikely-for-2017-2/ |title=Wilson Cup unlikely for 2017 |publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia |date=2017-03-26 |access-date=2017-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326055720/https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2017/03/26/wilson-cup-unlikely-for-2017-2/ |archive-date=2017-03-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, the Wilson Cup was re-purposed as the trophy awarded to the winner of the AIHL regular season series between the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs, dropping the Newcastle Northstars from contention for the Cup. The Bears retained the title and lifted the Wilson Cup for the fourth time after the regular season series was tied on both wins and goal difference.<ref name="WILSONCUPWINNER">{{cite web | url=https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2017/08/06/sydney-bears-retain-wilson-cup/ | title=Sydney Bears retain Wilson Cup | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2017-08-06 | access-date=2017-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910092256/https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2017/08/06/sydney-bears-retain-wilson-cup/ |archive-date=2017-09-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
2018 maintained the Sydney derby regular season series as the format for winning the Wilson Cup. The Ice Dogs took a 2 game lead in the 2018 series in May with a convincing 5-1 victory followed by a 3-2 shootout win. The Bears struck back in July to bring up a grand stand finish to the series with a shutout 5-0 victory. In the fourth and final match of the series the Ice Dogs came out on top with a high scoring 7-2 victory to secure the series 3-1 and the team’s second Wilson Cup.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2018/08/29/sydney-ice-dogs-win-2018-wilson-cup/ | title = Sydney Ice Dogs win 2018 Wilson Cup | publisher=www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com | date=2018-08-29 | access-date = 2018-09-05 }}</ref>
 
In 2019, the Sydney Bears regained the Wilson Cup for a record fifth time after claiming a 4-0 series victory over the Sydney Ice Dogs. The Bear's claimed the trophy with a game to spare in July 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2019/07/06/sydney-bears-win-the-2019-wilson-cup/ | title = Sydney Bears win the 2019 Wilson Cup | publisher=www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com | date=2019-07-06 | access-date = 2019-10-13 }}</ref>
 
In 2022, following a two year absence due to the AIHL seasons being cancelled, the Sydney Bears repeated their 2019 feat by winning with Wilson Cup following a 4-0 clean sweep series victory over the Sydney Ice Dogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2022/08/20/2022-aihl-season-19-august-results-and-standings/ |title=2022 AIHL season: 19 August results and standings |publisher=icehockeynewsaustralia.com |first=Lee |last=Collins |date=20 August 2022 |accessdate=30 January 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819165933/https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2022/08/20/2022-aihl-season-19-august-results-and-standings/ |archivedate=19 August 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>


==Winners==
==Winners==
*2007 – [[AIHL Bears]]
===Year on year===
*2008 – AIHL Bears defeated [[West Sydney Ice Dogs]], 6–4
The final results for the Wilson Cup each and every season
*2009 – [[Central Coast Rhinos]] defeated West Sydney Ice Dogs, 4–3 in a shootout
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
*2014 – [[Sydney Ice Dogs]] defeated [[Newcastle North Stars]], 4–2
|-
*2015 – [[Newcastle North Stars]] defeated [[Sydney Bears]], 4-3
!Season
*2016 – [[Sydney Bears]] defeated Sydney Ice Dogs, 3–1
!Winner
!Runner-up
!Final result
|-
|[[2007 AIHL season|2007]] || [[AIHL Bears]] || colspan="2"|''Information not available''
|-
|[[2008 AIHL season|2008]] || [[AIHL Bears]] || [[West Sydney Ice Dogs]] || 6–4
|-
|[[2009 AIHL season|2009]] || [[Central Coast Rhinos]] || [[West Sydney Ice Dogs]] || 4–3 (SO)
|-
|colspan="4"| ''Wilson Cup not contested between [[2010 AIHL season|2010]] - [[2013 AIHL season|2013]]''
|-
|[[2014 AIHL season|2014]] || [[Sydney Ice Dogs]] || [[Newcastle North Stars]] || 4–2
|-
|[[2015 AIHL season|2015]] || [[Newcastle North Stars]] || [[Sydney Bears]] || 4–3
|-
|[[2016 AIHL season|2016]] || [[Sydney Bears]] || [[Sydney Ice Dogs]] || 3–1
|-
|[[2017 AIHL season|2017]] || [[Sydney Bears]] || [[Sydney Ice Dogs]] || Tied series 2-2
|-
|[[2018 AIHL season|2018]] || [[Sydney Ice Dogs]] || [[Sydney Bears]] || Won series 3-1
|-
|[[2019 AIHL season|2019]] || [[Sydney Bears]] || [[Sydney Ice Dogs]] || Won series 4-0
|-
|colspan="4"| ''Wilson Cup not contested between [[2020 AIHL season|2020]] - [[2021 AIHL season|2021]]''
|-
|[[2022 AIHL season|2022]] || [[Sydney Bears]] || [[Sydney Ice Dogs]] || Won series 4-0
|}
 
===By team===
Total number of Wilson Cup's won by teams in the AIHL throughout the Cup's entire history.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team
!{{Tooltip|No. of cups|Total number of Wilson Cups}}
!Winning years
|-
|[[Sydney Bears]]
|style="text-align:center"|6
|[[2007 AIHL season|2007]], [[2008 AIHL season|2008]], [[2016 AIHL season|2016]], [[2017 AIHL season|2017]], [[2019 AIHL season|2019]], [[2022 AIHL season|2022]]
|-
|[[Sydney Ice Dogs]]
|style="text-align:center"|2
|[[2014 AIHL season|2014]], [[2018 AIHL season|2018]]
|-
|{{nowrap|[[Newcastle Northstars]]}}
|style="text-align:center"|1
|[[2015 AIHL season|2015]]
|-
|[[Central Coast Rhinos]]
|style="text-align:center"|1
|[[2009 AIHL season|2009]]
|}
 
==See also==
*[[Australian Ice Hockey League]]
*[[Goodall Cup]]
*[[H Newman Reid Trophy]]
*[[V.I.P. Cup]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 18:08, 26 July 2023

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The Wilson Cup is an Australian ice hockey trophy first introduced in 2007 and named after John and Carol Wilson. The Cup was awarded to the winner of the New South Wales (NSW) pre-season tournament involving all NSW teams in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) between 2007 and 2016. Since 2017 the Wilson Cup has been awarded to the winner of the regular season four game series between the two Sydney based AIHL teams, the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs.

History

The Wilson Cup was founded in 2007 as the trophy for a pre-season tournament involving all the AIHL NSW teams, including Western Sydney Ice Dogs, Newcastle North Stars, AIHL Bears and Central Coast Rhinos. The Cup was donated and named on behalf of former Blacktown Ice Arena owners John and Carol Wilson, major figures in Australian ice hockey at the time.[1]

Between 2007 and 2009 the pre-season tournament was contested between the four NSW teams in a round-robin event that promoted youth players. Each team played each other home and away and concluded with a play-off and final.[2] The AIHL Bears (Sydney Bears) won the inaugural tournament and lifted the Wilson Cup in 2007. The Bears went back to back in 2008 by defeating the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 4-3 in the final.[1] In 2009 the Central Coast Rhinos won their first Wilson Cup by beating the Ice Dogs 4-3 in a shootout in the final despite the Rhinos subsequently dropping out of the 2009 AIHL season.[3]

With Central Coast leaving the AIHL the Wilson Cup was not contested between 2010 and 2013.

In 2014, the Wilson Cup was resurrected with the Sydney Bears, Sydney Ice Dogs and Newcastle Northstars all featuring in the pre-season tournament for the Cup between 16 March and 5 April 2014.[4] The round-robin format was retained but the top two placed teams went straight to a final for the Wilson Cup. Newcastle defeated the Bears 4-3 in a shootout in the opening match of the tournament.[5] In game two, the Ice Dogs prevailed 5-4 over the North Stars also in a shootout.[6] In the third and final match of the round-robin, the Ice Dogs secured a big 8-1 victory over the Bears to finish top and qualify for the final.[7] The Ice Dogs were joined by Newcastle who finished second and the two teams face-off in the Wilson Cup final for 2014. The Ice Dogs beat the North Stars 4-2 in the final to clinch their first Wilson Cup title.[8]

March 2015, the 2015 Wilson Cup tournament was announced with a double round-robin and final format change that saw the overall number of matches increased from 4 to 7.[9] The Sydney Bears finished top of the round-robin stage with three wins from four matches. The Newcastle North Stars finished runner-up and qualified for the final against the Bears.[10] Newcastle secured their first Wilson Cup triumph in the 2015 Wilson Cup final with a 4-3 victory over the Bears.[11]

The 2016 Wilson Cup featured an unchanged format from the prior year and ran from 19 March to 16 April 2016.[12] The Sydney Bears finished first in the round robin stage for the second year in a row with three wins from four games.[13] Defending champions the Newcastle North Stars finished last after losing all four of their games, including one which had to be forfeited due to a scheduling conflict with their East Coast Super League club.[14] The Bears defeated the Sydney Ice Dogs 3–1 in the final at the Penrith Ice Palace to secure their third Wilson Cup title eight years after their last success.[15]

In 2017, due to the Bears and Ice Dogs being in the process of moving to Macquarie Ice Rink in northern Sydney ahead of the 2017 AIHL season, the pre-season tournament for the Wilson Cup was not held.[16] As a result, the Wilson Cup was re-purposed as the trophy awarded to the winner of the AIHL regular season series between the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs, dropping the Newcastle Northstars from contention for the Cup. The Bears retained the title and lifted the Wilson Cup for the fourth time after the regular season series was tied on both wins and goal difference.[17]

2018 maintained the Sydney derby regular season series as the format for winning the Wilson Cup. The Ice Dogs took a 2 game lead in the 2018 series in May with a convincing 5-1 victory followed by a 3-2 shootout win. The Bears struck back in July to bring up a grand stand finish to the series with a shutout 5-0 victory. In the fourth and final match of the series the Ice Dogs came out on top with a high scoring 7-2 victory to secure the series 3-1 and the team’s second Wilson Cup.[18]

In 2019, the Sydney Bears regained the Wilson Cup for a record fifth time after claiming a 4-0 series victory over the Sydney Ice Dogs. The Bear's claimed the trophy with a game to spare in July 2019.[19]

In 2022, following a two year absence due to the AIHL seasons being cancelled, the Sydney Bears repeated their 2019 feat by winning with Wilson Cup following a 4-0 clean sweep series victory over the Sydney Ice Dogs.[20]

Winners

Year on year

The final results for the Wilson Cup each and every season

Season Winner Runner-up Final result
2007 AIHL Bears Information not available
2008 AIHL Bears West Sydney Ice Dogs 6–4
2009 Central Coast Rhinos West Sydney Ice Dogs 4–3 (SO)
Wilson Cup not contested between 2010 - 2013
2014 Sydney Ice Dogs Newcastle North Stars 4–2
2015 Newcastle North Stars Sydney Bears 4–3
2016 Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs 3–1
2017 Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs Tied series 2-2
2018 Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Bears Won series 3-1
2019 Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs Won series 4-0
Wilson Cup not contested between 2020 - 2021
2022 Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs Won series 4-0

By team

Total number of Wilson Cup's won by teams in the AIHL throughout the Cup's entire history.

Team No. of cups Winning years
Sydney Bears 6 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
Sydney Ice Dogs 2 2014, 2018
Newcastle Northstars 1 2015
Central Coast Rhinos 1 2009

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hungry Bears have done it again!". AIHL Bears. http://www.bearsden.com.au/pages.asp?page=&pubid=103&issid=105&artid=474&pgid=576. 
  2. ↑ Lean, Rowan. "AIHL Teams Launch Wilson Cup". HockeyPulse. http://www.hockeypulse.com.au/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/75. 
  3. ↑ "Rhinos win the Wilson Cup". HockeyPulse. 2009-04-01. http://www.hockeypulse.com.au/index.php/the-news/1-latest-news/51-rhinos-wilson-cup. 
  4. ↑ "2014 Wilson Cup Schedule Announced". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2014-03-15. http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/11/2014-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/. 
  5. ↑ "2014 Wilson Cup: Game 1". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2014-03-17. http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/17/2014-wilson-cup-game-1/. 
  6. ↑ "2014 Wilson Cup: Game 2". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2014-03-22. http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/22/2014-wilson-cup-game-2/. 
  7. ↑ "2014 Wilson Cup: Game 3". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2014-03-22. http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/03/29/2014-wilson-cup-game-3/. 
  8. ↑ McMurtry, Andrew (2014-04-05). "Ice Dogs add Wilson Cup to growing trophy case". Australian Ice Hockey League. http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletterarchive.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=79264. 
  9. ↑ "2015 Wilson Cup schedule announced". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2015-03-10. http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/03/10/2015-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/. 
  10. ↑ "2015 Wilson Cup: Game 5 & 6". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2015-04-11. http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/04/11/2015-wilson-cup-game-5-6/. 
  11. ↑ "North Stars win 2015 Wilson Cup". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2015-04-18. http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2015/04/18/north-stars-win-2015-wilson-cup/. 
  12. ↑ "2016 Wilson Cup Schedule Announced". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2016-03-12. https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/03/12/2016-wilson-cup-schedule-announced/. 
  13. ↑ "2016 Wilson Cup: Game 5 & 6". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2016-04-09. https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/04/09/2016-wilson-cup-game-5-6/. 
  14. ↑ "2016 Wilson Cup: North Stars forfeit Game 4". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2016-03-31. https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/03/31/2016-wilson-cup-north-stars-forfeit-game-4/. 
  15. ↑ "Bears win 2016 Wilson Cup". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2016-04-16. https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2016/04/16/bears-win-2016-wilson-cup/. 
  16. ↑ "Wilson Cup unlikely for 2017". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2017-03-26. https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2017/03/26/wilson-cup-unlikely-for-2017-2/. 
  17. ↑ "Sydney Bears retain Wilson Cup". Ice Hockey News Australia. 2017-08-06. https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2017/08/06/sydney-bears-retain-wilson-cup/. 
  18. ↑ "Sydney Ice Dogs win 2018 Wilson Cup". www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com. 2018-08-29. https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2018/08/29/sydney-ice-dogs-win-2018-wilson-cup/. 
  19. ↑ "Sydney Bears win the 2019 Wilson Cup". www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com. 2019-07-06. https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2019/07/06/sydney-bears-win-the-2019-wilson-cup/. 
  20. ↑ Collins, Lee (20 August 2022). "2022 AIHL season: 19 August results and standings". icehockeynewsaustralia.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220819165933/https://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2022/08/20/2022-aihl-season-19-august-results-and-standings/. Retrieved 30 January 2023. 

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