0	3 secs	3,000,000 yrs	2.3 billion yrs ago	360 million yrs ago	10,000 BC
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO ...
	The Big Bang	Elements Form	Matter Domination Era	1st Ice Age	2nd Ice Age	Last Ice Age

	1859	1866	1876	1877 on	1879	1893–4	1893 on	1894		1901
ENGINEERED ICE AGE Dawn of the Grand Era of Ice Rinks 19th C AD Victoria, Australia
Exporting natural lake ice was big business for North America. Australia had none ...	• James Harrison, father of modern refrigeration, establishes Victoria Ice Works in Melbourne	• George Coppin patents a roller and ice skate on his return to Australia from America.	• John Gamgee of Edinburgh opens London Glaciarium World's first engineered ice rink	• Pacific Coast Steamship Company USA co-founded by great uncle of John Goodall	• McIlwraith McEacharn. World's first successful refrigerated export from Melbourne on SS Strathleven	• Victorian minister Robert Reid promotes refrigerated trade in Canada • 1st Stanley Cup	Ottawa Conference attended by both Reid and Simon Fraser. 1st trans-Pacific shipping and telegraph services	• 1st engineered ice rink in North America at Baltimore. Start of organised hockey in America	• Parallel Nations — extension of trade and 1st bi-lateral relations	• Federation of Australian states • Melbourne is Federal capital until 1927

Sydney Glaciarium

Ottawas

1911–13

Corinthians

1911–13

National League

Wanderers

1 1911–13

1

2

1

2

3

Goodall Cup

VIC

VIC

NSW

NSW

VIC

Not Yet Known

NSW: 2 of 5 Cups

1904 – 1914

1904 | 2

1905

1906 | 2 | 3

1907

1908 | 2

1909 | 2 | 3 | 4

1910 | 2

1911

1912 | 2

1913 | 2 | 3 | 4

1914

War 1915-19

Rinks

Adel Glaci

Melb Glaciarium

1 | Syd Glaciarium

Adel closure

GLACIARIA Blood-lust Decade

• Victorian H Newman Reid opens Australia's 1st experimental ice rink in Adelaide. Nephew of Robert Reid

• 1st ice season • 1st int'l instructor James Brewer of Prince's, London • Reid's Ice Skating & Refrigerating Co, Melbourne

Reid sells Adelaide opens Melbourne at today's South Gate • Aus v America 1st International • 1st Australian ice hockey team

• Aus v Canada at Melbourne • 1st Canadian Rules • Sydney Glaci opens – 3 rinks

• Victorian Amateur Ice Hockey Association (VAIHA) • 1st Women's ice hockey, Melbourne • IIHF founded

• 1st Goodall Cup the year after Canada's Allan Cup • 1st VIHA champs • Kendall arrives; becomes BHP chief engineer

• Melburnian commence league domination in Victoria with Hal and Leslie Reid and young Goodall

• First NSW club competition • Kendall cptains Corinthians • National Ice Skating Association of Australia (NISAA) in Melbourne

• Jim Kendall • 6-men a side • Last of the blood-lust games — 7 of 14 players seriously injured in 1 game • Vic captain Jackson turns pro

• Vics lead Cup victories; offside game 20 yrs before most of world

• Hockey + skating continues at Glaci

• 1916 Dunderdale 1st Australian to contest Stanley Cup • Jackson pro, USA • 1917 NHL forms • Reids to Sydney • Goodall inherits family fortune

State League Hamilton Trophy

South Sydney

(Souths) 1

1921–25

1922 – 35

Eastern Suburbs

Easts, red + white

1

2

Western Suburbs

(Wests)

North Sydney

(Norths)

1921–27

To St George

3

St George Dragons

1

Glebe Lions

(Black + gold)

1

2

3

4

5

National League

1

1

2

2

3

Gower Cup

VIC

Not known

NSW

NSW

VIC

Not known

VIC

Not known

Not known

NSW: 2 of 5 known

4

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Goodall Cup

No Contest

NSW

VIC

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW: 9 of 10 Cups

1920 – 1930

1920

1921 | 2 | 3

1922 | 2 | 3 | 4

1923 | 2

1924 | 2 | 3 | 4

1925

1926 | 2 | 3 | 4

1927

1928 | 2 | 3 | 4

1929 | 2 | 3

1930 | 2 | 3

Great Depression

Rinks

GLACIARIA Demon Decade

• Kendall wins small fortune; starts Bradken * American Charlie Uksila, PCHA teammate of Dunderdale, trains teams in Australia

• NSW equals Victoria's Cup victories • 1st NSW Association established

• 1st Gower Cup in Melb. Donated by Kathleen (Goodall) 2-yrs after Canada's Lady Meredith Cup

• 1st national authority for ice hockey + speed skating (AIHSSC) • 1st president John Goodall • Uksila returns to coach

• NSW take lead in Cup victories and dominate for a quarter-century • Melb Glaci now central hub of all Vic ice and snow sports

• Jack Pike, most goals in Australia between the wars • Double-header Goodall Cup series • Jim Kendall retires; continues as coach

• Goodall weds well-known soprano, Kathleen Fanning • Molony refs Goodall + Gower Cups

• Faster, new generation of New South players trained by Kendall

• Inaugural Singleton Cup for speed skating, Melbourne

• Glebe record 5-straight • Goodall races Aston Martin in 1st Australian Grand Prix at Philip Island • 1st Aus speed skating international

• New South's Jimmy Brown breaks British speed skating record. 1st Aus NISA gold medal • St George win first Cup

• Melb Glaci refurbished for 1932 season. New electric refrigerating plant and interior. • Local + interstate matches broadcast on radio 3AR

State League McGeahran Trophy 1936 – 37

Eastern Suburbs

3

4

5

Buchan Trophy 1938 – 40

Western Suburbs

2 St George Saints

3

(Dragons)

4 (grey, red, white)

5

6

7

Glebe Lions

6

1923–40

North Shore

1939–40

National League

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Goodall Cup

NSW

T I E

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

No Contest

No Contest

NSW: 8 0f 9 Cups

1931 – 1941

1931

1932 | 2 | 3 | 4

1933 | 2 | 3

1934

1935

1936 | 2 | 3 | 4

1937 | 2 | 3

1938 | 2

1939 | 2 | 3

1940

1941

War 1942-5

Rinks

2 | Ice Palais

St Moritz

GLACIARIA Union Decade

• National Ice Skating Council of Australia • 25th Anniversary of Victorian ice * Victorian Junior Public Schools Ice Hockey Comp.

• Cup tie – end of NSW win spree • Affiliation with International Skating Union (ISU) • 1st Brown Trophy (Goodall speed skating)

• NSW now without Vic legend Leslie Reid — 'ownership' of Cup ruthlessly guarded • Curling Club of Australia (Victoria) forms in Melbourne

• Sir Norman Brookes elected president of Curling Club of Australia

• Molony retires – longest serving State captain.

• 1st Australian Winter Olympian – ice hockey player Ken Kennedy

• NSW Cup 'custody' in 15th yr – Napthine twins 'take care' of it • St George adopt Wembley Canadiens IHC colours

• IIHF Affiliation; unified rules • Sydney Ice Palais opens; 1st imports • Canadian Bears pros visit • Tom Coulter • AAIHA breakaway from national body

• Dawn of twin-rink era both states • H H Kleiner's St Moritz rink opens with 3 new clubs. • Canadians Carson, Lloyd and Barlock join Vics

• 1,000 people still attend matches

• Inter-rink hockey and speed skating competition thru'out war.

•  Players killed in action

State League Chalwin Trophy

Eastern Suburbs

6 (Easts)

Paratells

1954 – 81

Western Suburbs

(Wests)

1

Panthers

St George

(Dragons)

Ex-Imperials

Glebe

(Lions)

1923–55

5

20

6

21

7

1 Bombers

(red, white, blue)

2

3

8

9

10

11

Goodall Cup

T I E

VIC

NSW

VIC

NSW

VIC

VIC

VIC

VIC

VIC

No Contest

NSW: 2 of 9 cups

1946 – 1956

1946 | 2 |

1947 | 2 | 3 | 4

1948 | 2 | 3 | 4

1949 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

1950 | 2 | 3 | 4

1951 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

1952 | 2 | 3

1953 | 2 | 3 | 4

1954 | 2 | 3 | 4

1955

1956 | 2 |

Rinks

Hobart Glaci

3 | Manly Perth Ice Palais

Manly closes

Ice Palais closes Hobart/Perth close

Sydney Glaci closes

TWIN-RINK ERA Boom Decade

• 'New Australians'

• Vics win Cup back after 25-yrs; dominate next 35 yrs. • Australia's 1st ISU judge – Vic hockey player Cyril MacGillicuddy

• Hobart Glaciarium • Ron Casey's 1st All-Australian team * VIHL forms - Vic Cup strength halved

• VIHA + VIHL both defeat NSW in 2 separate series • Southern Fliers speed skating club • 1st WA hockey

• Viv Chalwin •Wests first cup • VIHA join AOF • Jim Brown retires; hockey and speed skating split – AIHSSC now AIHF • 1st Tas + WA hockey

• Vic + NSW speed skating unions • Aust Amateur Ice Racing Council (AAIRC) • National body re-named AIHF • WA/Tas associations

• Bombers win cup first season • Inaugural Stamina Trophy – 1st Jnr Interstate Series at St Moritz. NSW tie Vic 2–2 • AAIRC Duke Trophy

• Dick Mann • Former Canadian Bears pro Doc Carson presides over much of the VIHA Boom

• Dunbar Poole dies • Bombers on win-streak

• Aust Club Championships commence — top 2 clubs each state • Victoria win 7th Cup this decade. • Bombers go back-to-back

• Emil Butchasky • Sydney Glaci closes — no Goodall Cup contest for 5-yrs • Mirey Reid dies • Melbourne Glaci Golden Jubilee

• Dunbar Poole

State League CP Air Cup

Eastern Suburbs

1982 – 1999

Western Suburbs

St George

(Ex-Imperials)

(Saints)

8 1

9

10

7 Glebe (reformed)

8 (Lions)

9 1

4 Prague Bombers

5

6

National League

Five Dock

(Hot Spurs)

Hot Spurs

12

13

22

23

14

15

16

Goodall Cup

No Contest

No Contest

No Contest

No Contest

VIC

VIC

NSW

NSW

VIC

VIC

VIC

NSW: 2 of 7 Cups

1957 – 1967

1957

1958

1959 | 2 | 3 | 4

1960 | 2 | 3 | 4

1961 | 2

1962 | 2 | 3

1963 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

1964

1965 | 2 | 3 |

1966 | 2 | 3 |

1967 | 2

Rinks

4 | Five Dock Melb Glaci closes

5 | Prince Alfred Pk Adel St Moritz

6 | Homebush 7 | Newcastle 1 8 | Bondi Junction

Homebush closes Bris Mowbray Park

Bondi closes Brunswick

9 | Burwood Glaci Five Dock closes

10 | Ryde Ryde closes Clifton Hill

11 | Auburn Syd 12 | Canterbury I Auburn closes Moorabbin

13 | Narrabeen 1

DAWN OF TIN SHED ERA Olympic Decade

• 50 years of NSW ice sports • AAIRC join ISU • Melb Glaci closes after 50 yrs– longest operating ice rink in southern hemisphere

• Victorian ice hockey televised weekly

• 1st win as Prague Bombers • Prince Alfred Park operated by Vics Molony & Gordon • Jnr (U16) dev't led by Ken Pawsey • Jim Brown dies

• John Goodall dies • 3 new rinks • 1st Australian Olympic + Worlds ice hockey team; all but Rob Dewhurst are Vics.

• Bombers win 5 in a row . • Brisbane's 1st ice rink opens at South Brisbane • Queensland now competing

• 1st Aus Club Championships • World Championships, Colorado USA. 1st Worlds game won against Denmark

• Olympic qualification Tokyo - Aus eliminated by Japan.

• Inaugural Brown Trophy, Brisbane (U20; formerly Return Goodall) • 1st hockey at Adelaide St Moritz

• Inaugural De Fris trophy Melbourne • St George win record 9th premiership to take all-time lead • Ryde rink opens and closes

• Glebe and St George in race for most premierships • Qld to compete in Australian Club Championship in '67

• St George win record 10th premiership. • 3 new rinks

State League CP Air Cup

St George

11

12

2

1982 – 1999

10 Glebe

Lions

11

12

13 2

14

Prague Bombers

7

8

Hot Spurs

1959–74

Canterbury

Bankstown

United Inter'nal

1 1

2

Finn Eagles

National League

OiHAN (Old Timers)

17

24

25

26

18

19

20

21

22

1

23

Goodall Cup

VIC

NSW

NSW

NSW

VIC

VIC

VIC

VIC

VIC

QLD

VIC

NSW: 3 of 11 Cups

1968 – 1978

1968

1969 | 2

1970 | 2

1971

1972 | 2

1973 | 2

1974

1975

1976 | 2

1977 | 2 | 3 | 4

1978 | 2

Rinks

1 | Canberra Showgrounds

Canterbury closes

Burwood closes Moorabbin closes

14 | Canterbury II Oakleigh Ringwood

Canberra Sh'grnds closes

2 | Phillip ACT

15 | Narrabeen 2 16 | Newcastle 2 Dandenong

TIN SHED ERA Suburban Decade

• Glebe equal St George premiership record • Hockey in Canberra

• St George set new record with 11th premiership • Inaugural Tange Trophy - Vic wins both series

• Burwood Glaciarium closes • St George set new record with 12th premiership

• 2nd Brisbane rink Kalinga Park Toombul • Canterbury reopened by ice sports community

• Wayne Brown • Doc Carson's Monarch heading for premiership record

• Melbourne Nite Owls – 1st Aus old-timers club

• Return to IIHF Worlds at Grenoble in France • 1st old-timers national – Nite Owls tie Sydney Silver Tails 3–3

• Glebe set new premiership record • Vic legend Ted Molony dies; Australia's most significant ice sports builder after H N Reid

• Canterbury United win first premiership and last Aust Club Championship

• 2nd-period entertainment • Queensland's 1st Goodall Cup • SA compete 1st time

• Glebe win record 14th premiership

State League CP Air Cup

St George

1946–80

1982 – 1999

15Glebe

16 1946–80

To Canterbury

Prague Bombers

Warringah Bombers

9

10

11

12

Canterbury United

(black + gold)

Canterbury Eagles

(black + gold)

Finn Eagles

1 1971 – 81

Newcastle

North Stars

(red, white, blue)

Sydney Icemen

National League

Canberra Knights

(teal, white, black)

1

2

Macquarie Bears

(red, white, black)

1

2

Blacktown Warriors

OiHAN (Old Timers)

24

27

28

25

29

30

31

1

2

32

33

Goodall Cup

VIC

NSW

NSW

VIC

NSW

NSW

NSW

SA

SA

NSW

NSW

NSW 7 of 11 Cups

1979 – 1989

1979 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

1980 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

1981 | 2

1982 | 2 | 3

1983 | 2

1984 | 2 | 3 |

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989 | 2 | 3 | 4

Rinks

17| Blacktown Syd Footscray

1 | Phillip ACT

18 | Macquarie Syd St Moritz closes

Newcastle 2 closes Ringwood closes

19 | Dubbo NSW Prince Alfred Park closes

20 | Wagga NSW Bendigo Footscray closes

21 | Erina Dubbo closes Dandenong closes

22 | Liverpool Syd Wagga closes

TIN SHED ERA Shut-down Decade

• Two cup victories separate Victoria (24) and NSW (26) – closest since NSW took lead in 1925 • Footscray Iceland; rinks peak at 5

• AUS drops-out of IIHF Worlds 1980-5 • NIHL: Syd, New'le, Adel + 4 Vic teams

• New rink at Macquarie Shopping Centre, North Ryde • 3 new clubs incl Knights and North Stars

• Last Goodall Cup won by Victoria this century • Last National Ice Hockey League (NIHL) season • VIHL Mk II comes and goes

• Saints-Monarch become all-time VIHA league leaders with 9th premiership • ABC Slapshot Series featuring Australian league clubs

• ACT wins first premiership

• Prince Alfred Park closes after 16 yrs

• Start of longest winning streak in VIHA history – Monarch win 10 Kleiner Cups • South Australia's 1st Goodall Cup

• 1st international ice hockey medal – Pool D Gold, Perth • Guinness Record: highest score in Worlds match, Aus d. NZ, 58-0

• Christmas Down Under Tournament

• C-Pool Worlds in Sydney Australia

• 1985

State League CP Air Cup

13 Warringah Bombers

14

15

1982 – 1999

Canterbury Eagles

1

Newcastle

Sydney Icemen

?

Canberra Knights

1981–99

To AIHL

Macquarie Bears

3

4

5

6 Sydney Bears

7

Blacktown Bullets

1

Flyers

AIHL

Sydney Bears

AIHL

Canberra Knights

National League

OiHAN (Old Timers)

3

4

34

35

5

36

6

1

37

7

Goodall Cup

SA

SA

NSW

No Contest

NSW

SA

NSW

SA

ACT

NSW

SA

NSW: 4 of 10 Cups

1990 – 2000

1990 | 2

1991

1992 | 2

1993

1994

1995 | 2

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Rinks

Ringwood II

20 | Warner's Bay Geelong

TIN SHED ERA Regeneration Decade

• Aus Silver in IIHF Worlds D-Pool at Cardiff in Wales

• Worlds in Greece cancelled due to the Gulf War

• C-Pool IIHF Worlds in Britain

• Bears go back-to-back

• Bombers last Cup; probably a record.

• Last Cup as Macquarie Bears

• Vic legend Doc Carson dies

• AIHL mooted; Macquarie Bears now Sydney Bears

• Blacktown's1st Cup • ACT's 1st Goodall Cup

• Vic government seeks proposals for new ice sports centre - Docklands twin-rinks open a decade later

• Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL); 1st semi-pro national league

State League East Coast Super League

Canterbury Eagles

2002 –

Newcastle

North Stars

1

2

Sydney Bears

2 Blacktown Flyers

?

1 Raptors

2

2002–06

Heat

1

Ice Breakers

1

2

Sting

1

Penrith Raptors

1

C'tral Coast Rhinos

Sydney Bears

(AIHL)

Canberra Knights

(AIHL)

West Sydney

Ice Dogs (AIHL)

(burgundy, silver,

blue, black)

Sydney

Newcastle

North Stars (AIHL)

Central Coast

Rhinos (AIHL)

2005 – 09

To Minors

National League

OiHAN (Old Timers)

8

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

9

26

Goodall Cup

SA

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

NSW

SA

VIC

NSW: 7 of 10 Cups

2001 – 2010

2001 | 2

2002

2003

2004

2005 | 2 |

2006 | 2 |

2007 | 2 | 3

2008 | 2 | 3

2009 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

2010 | 2

Rinks

23 | Penrith

24 | Baulkham Hills Ringwood II closes

Bayswater Geelong/Bay'r close

Blacktown closes

Bendigo closes

Bendigo re-opens

Docklands Bendigo closes

SEMI-PRO ERA Centenary Decade

• Melbourne Ice – 1st semi-pro AIHL club in Victoria • Goodall Cup to AIHL

• AIHL attracts NHL players

• Centenary of ice ports in Victoria • Canterbury rink turns 40; oldest surviving rink

• Centenary of ice sports in New South Wales

• Worlds Div II Gold, Newcastle. Aus promoted to Div I (1st time)

• IHV/Goodall Cup centenary – trophy returns to national amateur league

• Icehouse twin-rink in Melbourne

State League East Coast Super League

Canterbury Eagles

Newcastle

3

Sydney Bears

Heat

Raptors

Sting

1

1 Reach Rebels

2

Vipers

2011 – 12

Blueline Bombers

1 Sydney Sabres

(AJIHL)

Sydney Wolf Pack

(AJIHL)

Sydney Bears

(AIHL)

Canberra Knights

2000 – 13

CBR Brave

Sydney Ice Dogs

Newcastle

North Stars

National League

OiHAN (Old Timers)

27

28

45

29

Goodall Cup

VIC

VIC

NSW

VIC

NSW: 1 of 4 Cups

2011 – 2020

2011 | 2 | 3 | 4

2012 | 2

2013 | 2 | 3 |

2014 | 2 |

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Rinks

SEMI-PRO ERA Future Decade

Reach Rebels' first Cup  • Div II Worlds at Icehouse. Austallia win Gold, promoted back to Div I

• Inaugural AJIHL • Inaugural Trans Tasman Champions League • Melbourne Ice 3 consecutive Cups

• Perth in AIHL finals 2nd season. • Nathan Walker plays NHL pre-season for Caps. • Two new NSW AJIHL teams, Sabres + Wolf Pack.

• Knights fold, CBR Brave joins AIHL, Canberra make finals first time. • Nathan Walker drafted by Washington Caps. • Most competitive AIHL season.

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