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	The name for the new Dutch migrant ice hockey team was the Penguins, who formed on 28 September 1950 to expand the Association to three teams.<ref name="1950Penguinsjoin">{{cite news\|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/39106486\|title=Sportsmen On Skates\|newspaper=Western Mail \|date=28 September 1950 \|accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref>		The name for the new Dutch migrant ice hockey team was the Penguins, who formed on 28 September 1950 to expand the Association to three teams.<ref name="1950Penguinsjoin">{{cite news\|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/39106486\|title=Sportsmen On Skates\|newspaper=Western Mail \|date=28 September 1950 \|accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref>
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	When the 1951 ice hockey season began, the '''West Australian Ice Hockey Association''' expanded to 4 teams with the addition of a new team called the '''Magpies'''.<ref name="WAIHAbeginning"/>		When the 1951 ice hockey season began, the '''West Australian Ice Hockey Association''' expanded to 4 teams with the addition of a new team called the '''Magpies'''.<ref name="WAIHAbeginning"/>

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{{Infobox sport governing body
|assocname = Western Australian Ice Hockey Association
|abbrev =
|logo = Western Australian Ice Hockey Association Logo.png
|logosize = 110px
|sport = Ice hockey
|category =
|image =
|caption =
|jurisdiction = [[Western Australia]]
|founded =
|aff = [[Ice Hockey Australia]]
|affdate =
|region =
|regionyear =
|headquarters = [[Palmyra, Western Australia|Palmyra]], [[Western Australia|WA]]
|location =
|president = Paul McCann
|chairman =
|chiefexec =
|secretary = Michaela Fellowes
|coach =
|womenscoach =
|key staff =
|sponsor =
|year closed =
|replaced =
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|url = http://www.icewa.com.au/
|countryflag = Australia
}}

The '''Western Australian Ice Hockey Association''', currently trading as '''Ice Hockey WA''' is the governing body of ice hockey in [[Western Australia]], Australia. The Western Australian Ice Hockey Association is a branch of [[Ice Hockey Australia]].

==Background==
The Western Australian Ice Hockey Association (WAIHA) was formed as the [[Western Australia]]n state branch for Ice Hockey Australia. It is responsible for organising the six state leagues across the three different age groups.<ref name="POINTSTREAK">{{cite web | url=http://www.pointstreak.com/players/players-leagues.html?leagueid=1041&seasonid=6629 | title=Western Australian Ice Hockey Association | publisher=Pointstreak | date= | accessdate=2011-10-02 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> It is also responsible for selecting the state teams to compete in the national tournaments.<ref name="CONSTITUTION">{{cite web | url=http://www.icewa.com/Documents/WAIHAConstitutionDec2005_003.pdf | title=IHWA Constitution | publisher=Western Australian Ice Hockey Association | date= | accessdate=2011-10-02 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

WAIHA operates its leagues across three venues – [[Cockburn Ice Arena]], [[Perth Ice Arena]] and the [[Xtreme Ice Arena]].<ref name="POINTSTREAK"/> Teams are fielded in the leagues by clubs, the Hawks Ice Hockey Club which is based in Cockburn, the West Coast Ice Hockey Association which is based in Malaga, and the Northern Vikings Ice Hockey Club which is based in Mirrabooka.<ref name="CLUBS">{{cite web | url=http://www.icewa.com/clubs.htm | title=Clubs | publisher=Western Australian Ice Hockey Association | date= | accessdate=2011-10-02 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref><ref name="VIKINGS">{{cite web | url=http://xtremeice.com.au/ice_hockey.html | title=Ice Hockey | publisher=Xtreme Ice Arena | date= | accessdate=2012-04-15 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref> The associations current president is Randy Salmond.<ref name="CONTACTS">{{cite web | url=http://www.icewa.com/contacts.htm | title=Contacts | publisher=Western Australian Ice Hockey Association | date= | accessdate=2011-10-02 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

==History==

===1949: The First Ice Rink in Western Australia===
[[File:Perth_Collegians_1950.png|left|thumb|Collegians IHC 1950]]
[[File:Western_Dodgers_1950.png|left|thumb|Western Dodgers IHC 1950]]

On 22 September 1949, a prospectus was written to introduce the first ice rink to Western Australia.<ref name="1stRinkWAProspectus">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/59496330|title=Prospectus|newspaper=Sunday Times |date=16 October 1949 |accessdate=19 November 2015}}</ref>
The first ice skating rink built in [[Western Australia]] was the Perth '''Ice Palais'''. It was located on Beaufort Street, Northbridge] inside inside the remodeled Tivoli Theatre. The rink was being built by '''Ice Palais Ltd.''' and Bruce Carrol was the chairman of directors, who stated that even with the completion date of the rink being weeks away there were already plans by Perth sporting clubs to make ice hockey teams. The rink surface was much smaller than other rinks in Australia at only 29m (95 feet) long and 26m (85 feet)wide.<ref name="1stRinkWA">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47678810|title=Ice Sports Planned For New Rink|newspaper=The West Australian |date=25 October 1949 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref> Though private skating lessons first began at 9:00am 12 December 1949, the rink was officially opened at 8:00pm 14 December 1949 by, then, Perth mayor Mr. J. Totterdell. The first manager of the rink was Edson R. Banks.<ref name="1stRinkWAOpening">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47816060|title=Ice Skating|newspaper=The West Australian |date=8 December 1949 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref>

The first competitive ice sport conducted by the '''Ice Palais Pty LTD''' was ice basketball and approximately 60 members of the '''Collegians High Sports Club''' began training for ice sports, assisted by Mr. H. W. White.<ref name="icebasketballplanning">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47835368|title=Ice Sports|newspaper=The West Australian |date=15 March 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="febicebasketball">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/80834124|title=Perth May See Ice Basketball|newspaper=The Daily News |date=25 February 1950 |accessdate=23 November 2015}}</ref> The '''Collegians''' were the first Perth based ice sports team formed 30 January 1950, and were quickly followed by <ref name="Collegiansstart">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/80834930|title=Perth Has Its Ice Sports Club|newspaper=The Daily News |date=31 January 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref> the formation of a second team called the '''Western Dodgers''' the following month. The intention was to train to play ice basketball as the rink surface was too small to play ice hockey on, being less than half of the required length of a standard ice rink. The teams would train every Sunday at the Perth Ice Palais and the Western Dodgers had the help of 2 premiership winning Victorian players, Ray Abbot and Bob Cody, for coaching the first team.<ref name="FirstTeamCoaches">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/83055807|title=Ice Basketball Is Catching On|newspaper=The Daily News |date=3 April 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref>

The first game of ice basketball in Perth was between two womens teams, the '''Wildcats''' and the '''Bulldogs''' on 22 May 1950.<ref name="1sticebballgamewomen">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47864426|title=Basketball Played On Ice|newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |date=23 May 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="1sticebballgamewomen2">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47864259|title=Skaters Play Basketball|newspaper=The West Australian |date=23 May 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref> The men played ice basketball for the first time in the Perth Ice Palais on 13 June 1950 in a game between the Western Dodgers and the Collegians. There was the intention to play ice hockey as well a month later with the Collegians and Western Dogers having already invested a total of £500 in ice hockey equipment combined.<ref name="1sticebballgame">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47869218|title=Perth Ice Sports Popular|newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |date=16 June 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref>

===Formation of The West Australian Ice Hockey Association===
[[File:Perth_Penguins_1950.png|left|thumb|Penguins IHC 1950]]

The formation of the first ice hockey association in [[Western Australia]] began at the time when a second club joined the Collegians in forming an ice hockey team in Febriuary 1950. The original 2 teams that formed the '''West Australian Ice Hockey Association''' were:<ref name="WAIHAbeginning">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/48194764|title=Perth Ice Hockey Players' Move To Boost Game|newspaper=Western Mail |date=1 May 1951 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref>
* Collegians
* Western Dodgers

The first game of ice hockey in Western Australia was between the '''Western Dodgers''' and the '''Colligians'''<ref name="1stGameWAPictures">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/39105979|title=Ice Hockey Makes Perth Debut|newspaper=Western Mail |date=6 July 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref> on the evening of 3 July 1950<ref name="1stGameWADate">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/84460367|title=Gear Costs Skaters £500|newspaper=The Daily News |date=3 July 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref> at 8:30pm.<ref name="1stGameWApregame">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/75614681|title=Ice Hockey In Perth|newspaper=Mirror |date=1 July 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref> The Western Dodgers won the game by a score of 4 -2.<ref name="1stGameWAscore">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47872986|title=Ice Hockey|newspaper=The West Australian |date=5 July 1950 |accessdate=19 November 2015}}</ref>

Some of members of the first 2 teams were:

'''Collegians''' - W. Rossiter, Peter Logan, Brian Strack, D. Whitehead

'''Western Dodgers''' - Laurie Anderson, R. Cody

Shortly after the first game of ice hockey played in [[Perth]] a 22 year old recent migrant, Bob Pals, began planning to form a team composed entirely of Dutch migrants. Bob Pals had represented the [[Netherlands]] in the 1948 World Amateur Championships held in [[Montreux, Switzerland]]. Bob's younger brother was the goaltender for the [[Netherlands]] in 11 internationals. Other members of the proposed Dutch team were a 7 time medalist for long distance skating in the Netherlands, Lue Markies; a leading figure and dance skater Louis Kramer; and another member of the national ice hockey team for the Netherlands, Rudi Williams, who also played ice hockey for the Amsterdam Icebergs. There were 3 potential names that were going to be used for this new ice hockey club; the Lions, the Penguins and the Icebergs.<ref name="1950beforePenguinsjoin">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/47877123|title=Ice Hockey Stars Among Dutch Migrants|newspaper=The West Australian |date=27 July 1950 |accessdate=19 November 2015}}</ref>

The name for the new Dutch migrant ice hockey team was the Penguins, who formed on 28 September 1950 to expand the Association to three teams.<ref name="1950Penguinsjoin">{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/39106486|title=Sportsmen On Skates|newspaper=Western Mail |date=28 September 1950 |accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref>

When the 1951 ice hockey season began, the '''West Australian Ice Hockey Association''' expanded to 4 teams with the addition of a new team called the '''Magpies'''.<ref name="WAIHAbeginning"/>

==Leagues==
*SuperLeague – The top senior league in Western Australia
*Senior Division I – Non Checking Adult League
*Senior Division II – Non Checking Adult League Division 2
*Midgets – junior league open to players 18 and under
*Peewee – junior league open to players 13 and under

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.icewa.com.au/ Ice Hockey WA]

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

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