GREEN, Shona
(1986 - )
[Top] IIHF Gold, 2020 World Championships [Beneath] Captain of the Melbourne Ice
CAREER SUMMARY
Birth
July 25th 1986
Clubs
VIHA Oakleigh Angels, VIHA Melbourne Dragons, AWIHL Melbourne Ice Women
McKowen Trophies
2011, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 [7]
World Championships
2004, 07, 08, 2011 to 17, 20, 22 [12] Ice Hockey
Captain of Australia
Captain of Melbourne Ice
BORN 25 JULY 1986, Shona Green (Powell) skated as a baby and developed as a Forward in boys leagues up to Junior A at Oakleigh in Melbourne and Bendigo. A calm and composed player, she possessed an unusually high hockey IQ. A new league called the South-Eastern Women's Ice Hockey League began in Victoria in 1998. The Blackhawks, Melbourne Australia, Monash Generals and Polar Bears competed for the Foundation Cup. Also in town were Louisville and the Oakleigh Angels, in which Green played.
Green joined the Melbourne Dragons, formerly the Melbourne Fire, and the team participated in the National Women's Program Showcase Series in 2006 and 2007. One of four founding teams of the Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League in 2007-08, the Dragons renamed the Melbourne Ice Women in 2010, winning their first national championship and McKowen Trophy in 2011. They defeated the Sydney Sirens in the final, and Green was the top Australian goal scorer.
The Melbourne Forward was creative, averaging 1.9 points a game over 102 games with her club. They won the Joan McKowen Trophy four times straight and a record-breaking seven times between 2011 and 2019, four against the Sydney Sirens and three against the Adelaide Adrenaline.
Club Captain for at least six seasons straight (2012 to 17), Green had the Most Points in 2011 and won at least six Joan McKowen Trophies. She led the League All-time Most Assists and was almost equal on Most Points and Most Goals.
The Victorian represented her state in the McKowen Trophy from an early age in the years before the AWIHL. She was state Captain in 2007 and possibly earlier. She first represented Australia in the 2004 World Championships and played 68 games in a total of 12 Worlds and one Asia Oceania Championship. Green and Rylie Ellis (Padjen) are equal all-time Most Games leaders at Internationals.
At the 2007 Worlds, the Forward scored the Game Winning Goal, which she considered her best achievement, and she was the Top Player On Team in 2014. In 2011, she trained 42 hours a week in her 16th year of practice and taught skating for Prep to Year 12 at the Icehouse in Melbourne.
The 165cm Forward averaged 0.7 points a game for her country and a Plus-minus 5. Seven times Captain of Australia or Alternate, she has won a Division 3 Gold medal (2007), two Division 2 Gold (2016, 20), one Division 2 Silver (2022), and two Division 2 Bronze (2012, 13).
A mentor to many junior development players, Shona Green ran hockey programs for women at the Icehouse in Melbourne, then after a year off, joined the AW 100 Games club in 2019. A Myotherapist, she worked with a range of sporting teams and sports including Richmond and Western Bulldogs football clubs.
1. AWIHL players who don’t have Permanent Residency are imports, including New Zealanders. In 2015, 3 imports were allowed per roster. In 2016, the rules permitted four imports per team, with only two playing per game.
2. The Melbourne Ice Women drew criticism for playing overseas goaltenders. A Canadian played three-quarters of games in net in 2015 when the Club easily defeated the Sydney Sirens 6-0 in the Final. The Adrenaline also played a Canadian, with both imports topping the leaderboard. A local took over the following year, and import goaltenders were no longer permitted to play in support of the National Women’s Team. Teams must ensure each tender receives no less than one-quarter of the regular season game time.
Ross Carpenter, 'Green, Shona (1986 - )', Legends of Australian Ice, Melbourne, Australia, http://icelegendsaustralia.com/bio_green.html, accessed online .
With the Oakleigh Angels
Victorian Women's Ice Hockey League, Melbourne, 1999. Courtesy Dana Ciernohorsky
With Team Victoria
Joan McKowen Trophy Nationals, 2004
With Team Australia
Div II Worlds, Vipitino/Sterzing, Italy, 2004. Courtesy Lisa McMahon.
With Team Australia
D-Pool Worlds, England, 2007. Courtesy Jodie Walker.
Team Victoria
McKowen Trophy National, Newcastle, 2008. Courtesy Jason Sangwin.
With Team Australia
Div II Worlds, Finland, 2008. Courtesy Kristy Oliver.
With Team Australia
IIHF Worlds, Newcastle, Australia, 2011
With Team Australia
Div IIA Worlds, Auckland, NZ, 2013.
With Team Australia
Div IIB Worlds, Akureyri, Iceland 2020.
Shona
O'Brien Icehouse, Melbourne, 2020.
Captain of Australia
With Rylie Ellis (Padjen), undated.
With Team Australia
Undated.
Captain of Australia
Undated.