Perth Pelicans

Perth Pelicans
2015–16 AJIHL season
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 Australia Julia Pulner
Head coach Australia Darin Bryce
Captain Australia Jordan Grover
Franchise history
2013–present Perth Pelicans
Championships
Regular season titles 0
AJIHL Championships 0

The Perth Pelicans 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.

History

Tryouts for the new Perth Pelicans team began on 2 September 2014 with a mandatory fitness assessment, held on 2 September 2014 at Kingsway Christian College for 8pm, and 2 ice sessions.[1]

The Perth Pelicans played their first Australian Junior Ice Hockey League game on Monday October 21, 2013 against the Perth Sharks. The Pelicans team included national draft player Liam Hall from Queensland.[2]

The first team

The players from the first game the Perth Pelicans played in their inaugural season in the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League, October 21, 2013.[2]

For the 2013–14 AJIHL season

# Nat Name Pos Date of Birth Acquired
9 Australia Tom Smail (Captain) D - 2013
19 Australia Stephen McCann G - 2013
17 Australia David Mahood D - 2013
18 Australia Aaron Dumpleton F - 2013
5 Australia Ronan Devahasdin F - 2013
14 Australia Zane Cunliff F - 2013
20 Australia Chris Shade D - 2013
1 Australia Rowan Sobey G - 2013
13 Australia Blake Georgeff F - 2013
12 Australia Kieren Webster F - 2013
11 Australia Matt Armstrong F - 2013
16 Australia Rhys Dumpleton F - 2013
15 Australia Lyndon Lodge F - 2013
3 Australia Jordan Grover D - 2013
2 Australia Jonathon Spalding F - 2013
10 Australia Liam Hall F - 2013

Players

Current roster

For the 2015–16 AJIHL season

# Nat Name Pos Date of Birth Acquired
2 Australia Jonathan Spalding F 17 April 1996 2015
3 Australia Jordan Grover F 16 June 1995 2015
4 Australia Alistair Lambers F 2015
12 Australia Kieren Webster F 12 July 1997 2015
15 Australia Lyndon Lodge F 12 November 1997 2015
17 Australia David Mahood D 23 September 1996 2015
21 Australia Zac Hickey D 23 March 1998 2015
22 Australia Stuart Raine F 12 August 1998 2015
23 Australia Jordan Williams F 7 March 1997 2015
24 Australia Joshua Santana F 4 April 1998 2015
25 Australia Brenden Parker D 25 June 1997 2015
27 Australia Lachlan Dwyer D 3 February 1999 2015
29 Australia Ben Willcocks D 20 April 1999 2015
33 United Kingdom Craig Houston D 26 April 1997 2015
35 Australia Gabe Devereux - Smith D 10 September 1998 2015
6 Australia Dathan Pleiter G 22 May 1996 2014
19 Australia Stephen McCann G 9 July 1997 2015

Captains

Head coaches

The first Head Coach for the Perth Pelicans was Darin Bryce.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "AJIHL Update". Ice Hockey WA. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Perth Rosters For Web" (PDF). Western Australian Ice Hockey Association. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
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