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{{Infobox sport governing body
|assocname = Victorian Ice Hockey Association
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|logo = Victorian Ice Hockey Association Logo.png
|logosize = 118px
|sport = Ice hockey
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|jurisdiction = [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
|founded = 1909
|aff = [[Ice Hockey Australia]]
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|president = Travis Alabaster
|vp (senior) = Richard Skrzelinski
|vp (junior) = Bryant Maddocks
|secretary = Rachael Hands
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|url = http://www.ihv.org.au/
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The '''Victorian Ice Hockey Association''', currently trading as '''Ice Hockey Victoria''' is the governing body of ice hockey in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia. The Victorian Ice Hockey Association is a branch of [[Ice Hockey Australia]].
==History==

===1908 VAIHA: Club Hockey Begins===
[[File:Melburnians_Ice_Hockey_Club_1910.png|left|thumb|Melburnians IHC 1910 - Champions]]

12 September 1908 is the date of the formation of the first ice hockey association in Australia. The meeting at the [[Melbourne Glaciarium]] occurred directly after an evening [[ice hockey]] game between the '''Brighton Ice Hockey Club''' and the '''Melburnians''', which resulted in a 2-2 tie. The meeting was for the purpose of organising a club for the following season and the following committee was appointed: Lorimer, Ward, Errol F. Woods, W. Purbrick and Andrew Lambert Reid.
Mr. Purbrick was nominated as honorable Treasurer and Mr. Reid was nominated as the Secretary.<ref name="1stassociationcomittee">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/146722298|title=The Glaciarium|newspaper=Table Talk (magazine) |date=17 September 1908 |accessdate=22 October 2015}}</ref>

The name of the association was the '''Victorian Amateur Ice Hockey Association''' (VAIHA). The association consisted of 4 ice hockey clubs:<ref name="1stchampionshipwin">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/357011?zoomLevel=3&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&searchTerm=August%2030,%201909&searchLimits=l-title=13|title=Ice Hockey Championship - Won By the Glaciarium|newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |date=28 September 1909 |accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref>
* Beavers
* Brighton
* Glaciarium
* Melburnians

The '''Glaciarium Ice Hockey Club''' were the first ice hockey club to form in Australia, in 1907 and they are named for the [[Melbourne Glaciarium]] as the in house representative team. The remainder of the original 3 teams were formed in 1908. The '''Melburnians IHC''' consisted of the Melbourne Grammar School field hockey team and the team was named the Melburnians after the school. The '''Brighton IHC''' team were also named after a school, Brighton Grammar School.

The first state championship series in Australia was held in the [[Melbourne Glaciarium]] between 14 September 1909 - 27 September 1909. The final game was held on the evening of 27 September 1909 and was between the '''Glaciarium''' and '''Melburnians'''. The Glaciarium won the championship final by a score of 3-0 and were awarded gold medals.<ref name="1stchampionshipwin"/>
=== 1910 VAIHSA: Victorian Amateur Ice Hockey and Sports Association ===
Matches played during intervals between ice skating sessions were played under the auspices '''Victorian Amateur Ice Hockey and Sports Association''' and from the local competition, players would be selected to represent Victoria in the annual Inter-State Series.<ref name="1910VAIHSA">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10868169|title=Hockey On The Ice|newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |date=30 June 1910 |accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref>

In 1911 the [[Melbourne Glaciarium]] was leased from 30 September that year, cutting the season shorter than usual.<ref name="1911Short">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198151310|title=Social Circle|newspaper=Leader (Melbourne) |date=8 July 1911 |accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref>

=== The Great War ===
As the Great War began, plans for the abandonment of ice hockey until the end of the war were considered.<ref name="GreatWar 1915">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155520119|title=Game To Be Played During The Season|newspaper=Winner (Melbourne) |date=16 June 1915 |accessdate=4 May 2016}}</ref> The rink management would go on to organise speed contests in the absence of a hockey season.<ref name="GreatWar 1915 two">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155528769|title=Ice Hockey - War Circumstances Hinder Association|newspaper=Winner (Melbourne) |date=7 June 1915 |accessdate=4 May 2016}}</ref> No cup was to be contested in the 1915 season<ref name="GreatWar 1915 three">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155528859|title=Ice Hockey - Season Opens Well At The Glaciarium|newspaper=Winner (Melbourne) |date=9 June 1915 |accessdate=4 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="GreatWar 1915 four">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155523570|title=Ice Hockey - Season's Prospects Said To Be Bright|newspaper=Winner (Melbourne) |date=23 June 1915 |accessdate=4 May 2016}}</ref>

===1921: A Local Goodall Cup===
A cup was donated by [[John Edwin Goodall]] in 1921, not to be confused with the [[Goodall Cup]] used for the inter-state competition, this Goodall Cup was used as the premiership trophy for the Victorian ice hockey league.<ref name="2ndGoodallCup">{{cite news|url=
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/184825372
|title=Ice Hockey - Essendon Wins Premiership|newspaper=Sporting Globe |date=5 September 1925 |accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="2ndGoodallCuptwo">{{cite news|url=
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146182040
|title=Ice Hockey - Essendon Wins Its First Premiership|newspaper=Table Talk (magazine) |date=10 September 1925 |accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref>

===1925: The Presidents Cup===

In the year Essendon won its first Premiership, earning the right to hold the Goodall Cup, they also held the first '''Presidents Cup''' donated by the Victorian Ice Hockey Association president Mr. P Sutherland.<ref name="2ndGoodallCuptwo"/>

===1946: League Reorganization===
[[File:1946 Western Suburbs.png|thumb|250px|The 1946 VIHA Premiers, Western Suburbs.]]
In 1946, the four previously-existing Suburbs teams (Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western) were disbanded and six brand new clubs were formed: Wildcats, Blackhawks, Demons, Monarchs, Tigers and Red Arrows. The Wildcats and the Blackhawks used the Melbourne Glaciarium as their headquarters and the Demons, Monarchs, Tigers and Red Arrows were based at the newer St. Moritz rink based in St. Kilda.

==National Competition==

===1909: The Goodall Cup===
[[File:IHA-Uniform_Victoria_1909.png|right|thumb|The first ice hockey uniform for Victoria 1909]]
[[File:First Victorian Ice Hockey Team 1909.png|left|thumb|The first ice hockey team representing Victoria 1909]]
[[File:Victoria_Goodall_Cup_Champions_1913.png|left|thumb|Victoria - Goodall Cup Champions 1913]]

[[1909 Goodall Cup|The first inter-state ice hockey championship]] was held between a state representative team from [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and from [[New South Wales]]. This tournament was a best-of-3 format and saw Victoria win the series 2 games to 1.<ref name="1stgoodallcuppostfinal">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/17392313?zoomLevel=1|title=First Interstate Hockey Matches Played At Melbourne Glaciarium|newspaper=Table Talk (magazine) |date=30 September 1909 |accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref> [[New South Wales]] was represented by a newly formed team in 1909 and traveled to Melbourne on 29 August 1909 which marked the first national interstate competition for senior men's hockey in Australia.<ref name="1stgoodallcuptravel">{{cite news|url=
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1307843?zoomLevel=1|title=Glaciarium Ice Hockey|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 August 1909 |accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref>
This was the year that 16-year-old [[John Edwin Goodall]] donated the J. E. Goodall Cup to the interstate series, the Victoria state team won the inaugural tournament to become the first Goodall Cup Champions, with '''Robert Jackson''' as the captain, who scored 3 goals in the second half of the final game.

The first game of the [[1909 Goodall Cup|series]] had a final score of 2-1 with New South Wales defeating Victoria.<ref name="1stgame">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/356666?zoomLevel=1|title=Ice Hockey - Victoria V New South Wales|newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |date=1 September 1909 |accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref> Friday 3 September 1909 the Victorian team defeated the New South Wales team 1-0, giving Victorian goaltender Charles Watt the first recorded shutout in [[Goodall Cup]] history.<ref name="2ndgame">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/1307916?zoomLevel=1 |title=Ice Hockey - Victoria Defeats New South Wales|newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |date=4 September 1909 |accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref> In the third game of the series both teams had won a game each. Victoria defeated New South Wales 6-1 and became the first team to win the interstate championship in Australia and the first to be awarded the [[Goodall Cup]].<ref name="3rdgame">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/356724?zoomLevel=3|title=Ice Hockey - Victoria V New South Wales|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |date=6 September 1909 |accessdate=27 September 2015}}</ref>

Before [[World War I]], which interrupted the [[Goodall Cup]] series in 1914, Victoria won 3 out of 5 Goodall Cup championships held between 1909 and 1913.

When the Goodall Cup tournament resumed in 1921, New South Wales would win but Victoria would win the following year in 1922, captained by [[John Edwin Goodall]]. This was Victoria's last Goodall Cup win until 1947.

In 1952 the tournament expanded with the introduction of a team from [[Tasmania, Australia|Tasmania]]. The first time Tasmania competed in the inter-state tournament was 1 July 1952 against Victoria at the [[Hobart Glaciarium]]. Victoria would go on to win the Goodall Cup that year.<ref name="Tasmaniaexpansion19521stgame">{{cite news|url=
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/27096860/1920305?zoomLevel=3
|title=Interstate Ice Hockey At Glaciarium|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)]] |date=1 July 1952 |accessdate=30 September 2015}}</ref>

The Goodall Cup continued to be awarded to the winners of the inter-state ice hockey champions until 2001. In 2002 the Goodall Cup was used as an award to the playoff champions in the [[Australian Ice Hockey League]], which is the most elite national ice hockey league in [[Australia]]. For its centenary, the Goodall Cup was used again as an award for an inter-state ice hockey competition but was returned to be used the [[Australian Ice Hockey League|AIHL]] immediately after.

===1921: A Second Goodall Cup===
A second cup was donated by [[John Edwin Goodall]] in 1921, not to be confused with the [[Goodall Cup]] used for the inter-state competition, this second Goodall Cup was used as the premiership trophy for the Victorian ice hockey league.<ref name="2ndGoodallCup">{{cite news|url=
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/184825372
|title=Ice Hockey - Essendon Wins Premiership|newspaper=[[Sporting Globe]] |date=5 September 1925 |accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref>

===1922: The Gower Cup===
[[File:1922 Vic Women.png|thumb|250px|The 1922 Victorian women's team.]]
The first inter-state women's ice hockey championship tournament was held in the first week in August 1922 between [[New South Wales]] and [[Ice Hockey Victoria|Victoria]], New South Wales won the first game of the series 3-0.<ref name="1stGowerCupGame">{{cite news|url=
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/11564623 |title=Ice Hockey |newspaper=[[The Muswellbrook Chronicle]] |date=11 August 1922 |accessdate=19 October 2015}}</ref>

==About the Organization==

The Victorian Ice Hockey Association (VIHA) was formed as the Victorian state branch for [[Ice Hockey Australia]]. It is responsible for organising six leagues covering three different age groups during the normal season as well as a summer hockey program that operates five leagues.<ref name="VICSTANDINGS">{{cite web | url=http://www.ihv.org.au/competition/winter-league/schedule-2/ | title=Standings | publisher=Victorian Ice Hockey Association | date= | accessdate=2011-10-30 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="SUMMERHOCKEY">{{cite web | url=http://www.ihv.org.au/competition/summer/schedule/ | title=Summer Hockey | publisher=Victorian Ice Hockey Association | date= | accessdate=2011-10-30 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> It is also responsible for selecting the state teams to compete in the national tournaments.

VIHA operates its leagues out of two venues of the [[Olympic Ice Skating Centre]] based in Oakleigh South and the [[National Ice Sports Centre, Melbourne|Icehouse]] based in Docklands.<ref name="RINKS">{{cite web | url=http://www.ihv.org.au/home/rinks/ | title=Rinks | publisher=Victorian Ice Hockey Association | date= | accessdate=2011-10-30 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> Teams are fielded in the leagues by six clubs – the Blackhawks Ice Hockey Club, the Braves Ice Hockey Club, the Demons Ice Hockey Club, the Melbourne Jets Ice Hockey Club, the Saints Monarchs Ice Hockey Club, and the Sharks Ice Hockey Club.<ref name="CLUBS">{{cite web | url=http://www.ihv.org.au/clubs-2/ | title=Clubs | publisher=Victorian Ice Hockey Association | date= | accessdate=2011-10-30 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> The associations current president is Warren Porter.

==Leagues==

=== Winter Competition ===
*[[Victorian Championship|Premier A]] – the top senior league in Victoria
*Premier Reserve – the second tier senior league
*Premier C Division I (C1) – the third tier senior league that employs a non-checking rule. Is open to both men and women
*Premier C Division II (C2)– the fourth tier senior league. Also open to both men and women and employs the non-checking rule

=== Under 21 ===
A junior league open to players 21 and under

The league consists of 3 teams and operates in 2 tiers based on skill level:

Tier 1
* Bombers
* Pirates
* Flyers

Tier 2
* Bombers
* Pirates
* Flyers

=== Under 15 ===
A junior league open to players 15 and under.

The league consists of 4 teams:
* Bears
* Bombers
* Pirates
* Flyers

=== Under 12 ===
A junior league open to players 12 and under

=== Summer Competition ===
*Recreational C Division I
*Recreational C Division II
*Recreational C Division III
*Recreational C Division IV

==Awards and Trophies==

===H. H. Kleiner Memorial Trophy===
The H.H. Kleiner trophy is awarded to the winners of the playoffs in the Victorian Premier A league.

===Basil Hansen Memorial Trophy===
The Basil Hansen Memorial Trophy is currently awarded to the playoff champions in the Premier Reserve league. The trophy namesake is Basil Hansen, an Australian ice hockey champion.

===Don Reddish Trophy===
The Don Reddish trophy is currently awarded to the playoff champions in the Premier C division I

===Clive Connelly Trophy===
The Clive Connelly Trophy is currently awarded to the playoff champions in the Premier C division II

==Presidents==
[[File:Phillip_John_Rupert_Steele_Sr_1914.png|right|thumb|29 July 1914 second president of the Victorian Ice Hockey Association.
<br>National Library of Australia<ref>{{cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155527482 |title=Great Strides Of The Association |newspaper=Winner |location=Melbourne |date=29 July 1914 |accessdate=4 May 2016 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>]]

* 1911 - Phillip John Rupert Steele Sr.<ref name="2ndVIHAPresident1911">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/366820|title=Hockey on the Ice - Farewell To Visiting Team|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |date=19 September 1911 |accessdate=11 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="2ndVIHAPresident1911two">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155527482|title=Great Strides Of The Association High Order Of Victorian Play|newspaper= Winner |date=29 July 1914 |accessdate=24 July 2016}}</ref>
* 1912 - Phillip John Rupert Steele Sr.<ref name="2ndVIHAPresident1912">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146179521|title=The Glaciarium|newspaper= Table Talk (magazine) |date=22 August 1912 |accessdate=4 May 2016}}</ref>
* 1913 - Phillip John Rupert Steele Sr.
* 1914 - Phillip John Rupert Steele Sr.<ref name="2ndVIHAPresident1914">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155527482|title=Great Strides Of The Association|newspaper= Winner |date=29 July 1914 |accessdate=4 May 2016}}</ref>
* 1925 - P. Sutherland<ref name="President1925">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155754798|title=Ice Hockey|newspaper= The Age |date=15 June 1925 |accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref>
* 1926 - P. Sutherland<ref name="President1926">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201623171|title=Ice Hockey|newspaper= The Age |date=24 May 1926 |accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref>
* 1927 - P. Sutherland<ref name="President1927">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205817564|title=Ice Hockey|newspaper= The Age |date=9 May 1927 |accessdate=21 September 2016}}</ref>
* 1930 - [[John Edwin Goodall]]<ref name="President1930">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131160799|title=Ice Hockey Notes|newspaper= The Referee |date=11 June 1926 |accessdate=2 August 2016}}</ref>
* 1936 - A. de Long<ref name="President1936">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205262885|title=Ice Hockey Meeting|newspaper= The Age |date=24 March 1936 |accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref>
* 1937 - A. de Long<ref name="President1937">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11061900|title=Trade Commissioner May Be Ice Hockey Coach|newspaper= The Argus (Melbourne) |date=5 May 1937 |accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref>
* 1938 - A. de Long<ref name="President1938">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12465091|title=Hockey Trophies Presented|newspaper= The Argus (Melbourne) |date=12 August 1938 |accessdate=1 August 2016}}</ref>
* 1940 - Wallace Sharland<ref name="President1940">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204426690|title=New Canadian Player|newspaper= The Age |date=27 April 1940 |accessdate=21 September 2016}}</ref>
* 1952 - S. Hiort<ref name="President1952">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/178177731|title=Upset In Ice Hockey|newspaper= The Sporting Globe |date=16 August 1952 |accessdate=21 September 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ihv.org.au/ Ice Hockey Victoria]

{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:Ice hockey governing bodies in Australia]]

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