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12/12/2012
The NZIHF has
a selection of New Zealand game
worn playing jerseys for sale. All
proceeds will go towards financial
assistance for the Ice Blacks, Ice
Fernz, NZ U20, NZ U18 and NZ U16
teams.
A full catalogue and how to purchase
these jerseys is available here...
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09/10/2012
The New Zealand
Under-16 team defeated the Australian
Under-16 team 2-0 in their last
game at the very successful Under-16
Development Camp held in Auckland
over the last week. New Zealand
played Australia three times during
this camp and this is the first
time that Under-16 teams have played
each other.
For daily reports
and game reports go here...
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01/10/2012
The New Zealand
Ice Blacks coaching staff are please
to announce the
2013
New Zealand Ice Blacks Trial Squad
to attend the Ice Blacks trials
in February 2013. The Ice
Blacks will compete in the 2013
IIHF Division IIB Championships
to be held in Izmit, Turkey on the
21-27 April 2013.
More...
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22/09/2012
The South won
the 2012 Skate of Origin title and
Glass Shield in a hard fought game
in Christchurch yesterday afternoon.
Media
reports;
-NZIHL -
South Stars win Glass Shield
-Red Devils
Web -
Skate of Origin Christchurch
-On the Fly
Hockey -
Shield heads South
-3News -
Last chance for Ice Blacks Hopefuls
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17/09/2012
The Skate of
Origin title will be up for grabs
in Christchurch next weekend with
a skills challenge at 1000 hours
and Skate of Origin game scheduled
for 1445 hours.
For skill challenge information
and team line-ups go here...
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16/9/2012
Southern are
the 2012 NZJEL champions after the
final two rounds were played in
Christchurch over the weekend.
Game results
available here.
2013
League Awards
MVP Auckland
- Oliver Hay
MVP Canterbury - Daniel Lee
MVP Southern - Harrison Macharg
Top Points Scorer - Jacob
Hurring (Southern)
Best Forward - Oliver Hay
(Auckland)
Best Defenceman - Ben Harford
(Southern)
Best Goaltender - Grace Harrison
(Auckland)
League MVP - Jacob Hurring
(Southern)
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10/09/2012
The Canterbury
Red Devils are the 2012 NZIHF Champions
after topping the Southern Stampede
in a finals thriller ending in a
shootout in Queenstown.
Media reports;
-Stuff.co.nz -
Red Devils win NZIHL title amid
controversy
-Stuff.co.nz -
Dramatic Shootout win for Red Devils
-Hewitt Sports -
Handsome Devils lift Birgil Cup
-Sportscene Queenstown -
Stampede lose Queenstown cliff-hanger
Photos;
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By Blair Pattinson -
NZIHL Final - Red Devils vs Stampedel
Video;
-Youtube -
The game winning "spin-o-rama" goal
League
Awards;
100 Club
Brett Speirs (Stampede)
Andrew Hay (Botany Swarm)
Berton Hains (Stampede)
MVP Swarm
Alexandr Polozov
MVP Admirals
Bradey Fox
MVP Dunedin
Thunder Andre Robichaud
MVP Red
Devils James Kirkwood
MVP Stampede
Brett Speirs
League
MVP Chris Eaden - Red Devils
Top Rookie
Andre Robichaud - Dunedin Thunder
Best
Defenseman Mike Morrison
- Dunedin Thunder
Top Goalkeeper
Aston Brooks - Southern Stampede
Top Points
Scorer Chris Eaden - Red
Devils
MVP Finals
Valerie Konev - Red Devils
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03/09/2012
The New Zealand
Icefernz coaching staff are please
to announce the
2013
New Zealand Icefernz squad from
which a team will be selected to
compete in the IIHF World Woman's
Championship - Division 2A to be
held in Auckland 7-14 April 2013.
More
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03/09/2012
The New Zealand
Under-18 coaching staff are please
to announce the
2013 New
Zealand Under-18 team to compete
in the IIHF World Under-18 Championship
- Division 3 in Taiwan 11-17
March 2013.
More ........
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02/09/2012
Auckland won
the Women, Peewees & Junior
divisions of the
2012 National Championships
held in Auckland over the weekend.
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15/08/2012
2012 New Zealand
Under 16 Development Squad Announcement
It is with delight that the coaching
and management staff of the New
Zealand Under 16 Development Team
announces the squad to participate
in the New Zealand Under 16 Development
Camp in Auckland from 30 September
to 7 October 2012. The squad consists
of 30 skaters, 4 goaltenders and
3 non-travelling reserves.
More info here....
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5/08/2012
Swedish Ice Hockey Coaches impressed
with development of Ice Hockey in
NZ
Top Swedish
coaches Björn Pettersson and Ulf
Hall spent three weeks in New Zealand,
coaching players and running coaching
clinics coaches in the Auckland,
Canterbury and Southern regions.
Paul Harrison had the opportunity
to chat with Ulf Hall before he
and Björn flew home to Sweden, and
find out how the inaugural trip
to New Zealand went.
Read Pauls report here.....
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16/07/2012 -
www.iihf.com
Women's hockey world comes together
in Finland
VIERUMÄKI –
If you're curious about the future
of women’s hockey, you should be
at Vierumäki, Finland, where over
200 athletes, and over a hundred
staff members, have gathered for
a week, to participate in five development
programs.
More....
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10/07/2012
Trans Tasman Challenge League wrap
up report.
So
the Trans Tasman Champions League
was wrapped up Sunday night after
two days of fun filled hockey, which
gave us a few surprises as well
as the more common thing people
have become accustomed to, the Ice
winning more trophies.
More..................
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6/07/2012 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm face Aussie Best
WITH results
in the New Zealand Ice Hockey League
(NZIHL) not going to plan, defending
champions Botany Swarm now have
the best of Australia to contend
with.
More...
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5/07/2012 -
www.iihf.com
A Kiwi (Paris Heyd) in Paris
DUNEDIN, New
Zealand – Paris Heyd’s venture into
European ice hockey has raised his
expectations and made him a potential
super star of the sport in New Zealand.
He was a talented New Zealand ice
hockey player before his seven-month
stint with the Cergy-Pontoise Jokers
in France.
More....
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14/06/2012
Congratulations
to Mikayla Woodyear-Smith,
Caitlin Heale,
Amber Midgley and
Grace Harrison
who will be attending the
IIHF Hockey Development
Camp in Vierumäki , Finland 15th
– 22nd July, 2012.
They will receive coaching from
some of the top coaches in world
ice hockey and to play with and
against the best females born 1996
and 1997. NZIHF was asked to select
3 players and 1 goalie that have
the following qualities:
-Great
desire to play the game fairly
-Be a
good ambassador for ice hockey in
their nation
-Demonstrate
sportsmanship both on and off of
the ice
-Respect
for team-mates, coaches, game officials
and administrators
-A positive
and enthusiastic attitude that supports
teamwork
-A good
role model to support the development
of ice hockey
In addition
Corey Down has been selected
to attend the Learn
to Play Instructor Seminar
and the highly successful
Coaching Symposium
at the same camp He will attend
seminars led by some of the best
women’s hockey coaches and national
team staff, observe and learn about
fitness testing, receive information
and practical examples of a Girls’
Hockey Day program; and observe
games and practices from both camps
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09/06/2012 -
www.odt.co.nz
For want of a key player.
Come back, Rick.
The Ice Blacks need you to advance
to a higher grade of international
ice hockey. Dunedin Thunder goaltender
Rick Parry was a key player in the
squad from 2008 to 2011 when the
Ice Blacks made headway on the international
scene.
More........
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09/05/2012
The NZIHF has
received a donation of Taktifoi.
This is a coaching aid. White plastic
film with drawing of an ice rink
on with a charge that sticks them
to the outside of the rink glass.
Coaches use whiteboard pens to draw
plays on the glass inside the rink.
For an NZIHF member discount use
code takti5.
More information here.
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19/04/2012
The 2012 NZ
Ice Blacks were dismissed from Division
IIA by an unrelenting Serbia in
their last game at the IIHF Division
IIA World Championships last
night.
More info
here...
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12/04/2012
The NZ Ice
Blacks have finished their training
in Austria and have travelled to
Reykjavik, Iceland to compete in
the IIHF Division IIA World Championships
12-18 April 2012. Games will be
televised live here
http://www.ruv.is/beint .The
Ice Blacks first game is against
Iceland on "BLACK FRIDAY".
More information
here...
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03/04/2012
The NZ Ice
Blacks have left New Zealand for
their training camp in Europe. They
will be competing in the IIHF Division
IIA World Championships in Reykjavik,
Iceland 12-18 April 2012.
More information
here.
Members of the 2012 New Zealand
Ice Blacks at the airport.
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01/04/2012
The NZ Ice Fernz
have finished in fourth place after
losing 1-5 to Hungary this morning
in their final game at the IIHF
Women's Div IIA World Championship
in Maribor, Slovenia.
More information
here .....
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19/03/2012
The NZ Under
18 team won silver in the IIHF U18
Div IIIA World Championship in Sofia
Bulgaria (12-18 March), after losing
to 3-8 to Belgium in the final.
Kahu Joyce won the tournament best
defence man award.
More information
including daily reports here .....
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16/03/2012
The NZ Ice Fernz
departed New Zealand for their training
camp in Austria. They will compete
in the IIHF Women's Div IIA World
Championship in Maribor, Slovenia
25-31 March 2012.
More
information here.
Members of the
2012 Ice Fernz en-route to Austria
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29/02/2012
The NZ Under
18 team have departed for Austria
for a training camp prior to competing
in the IIHF U18 Div IIIA World Championship
in Sofia Bulgaria (12-18 March).
More information
including daily reports here .....
Members of the
2012 NZ U18 team at Auckland Airport.
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03/02/2012
The NZ Ice Blacks
Head Coach Andy Kaisser is
pleased to announce the
2012
Ice Blacks Team. The team
will compete in the IIHF Open Div
IIA World Championship in Reykjavik,
Iceland - 12-18 April 2012 .
More information here.
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27/01/2012
The NZIHF Junior
Girls Development Camp was held
in Christchurch in January.
More photos here.
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27/01/2012
The NZIHF 2012
U13 & U16 Summer Development
Camp was held at Paradice Avondale,
Auckland from 21-25 January 2012.
We would like to thank all coaches,
parents and helpers to make this
camp a successful and enjoyable
time again. Feedback from parents
and participants including suggested
improvements is invited. Please
send feedback to Grant Hay by email
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president@nzicehockey.co.nz.
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24/01/2012
The New Zealand
Under 20 Team took the bronze medal
in the IIHF Under 20 Div III Worlds.
The event
web site is here, and for other
comments visit the team
facebook page here.
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20/01/2012
Libby-Jean Hay
finished 8th and and Callum Burns
3rd equal (4th on countback) in
the finals their respective events
last night. These are fantastic
results for New Zealand. Full results
women
here and men
here.
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20/01/2012
INNSBRUCK –
Libby-Jean Hay is an unlikely story
- a 17-year-old ice hockey player
from New Zealand - a nation where
ice hockey takes a back seat to
sports like rugby and swimming.
She was competing in the recent
Youth Olympic Games Ice Hockey Skills
Challenge and took time out to visit
with IIHF.com.
Video here....
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11/01/2012
Follow the progress
of the New Zealand Under 16 team
on tour in Australia. For daily
reports from Head Coach Andrew Hay
go to the U16
home page here....
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22/12/2011
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28/11/2011
The NZ Ice Fernz
Head Coach Corey Down is pleased
to announce the
2012
Ice Fernz Team. The team
will compete in the IIHF Women's
Div IIA World Championship in Maribor,
Slovenia 25-31 March 2012.
More
information here.
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02/11/2011
The inaugural
Youth Olympic Winter Games will
take place in less than three months’
time and New Zealand will be well
represented. New Zealand’s first
athletes selected to the 2012 Winter
Youth Olympic Team will be part
of this exciting new event which
will see over 1,000 of the world's
best 14-18 year olds contest all
winter Olympic sports. Thirteen
of New Zealand’s finest young winter
talent have been named into the
team and a further two are expected
to join the Team as qualifications
continue until mid-December. Among
the athletes named are Olivia Thomson
(biathlon), David Weyer (curling),
Eleanor Adviento (curling), Kelsi
Heath (curling) Luke Steele (curling),
Callum Burns (ice hockey),
Libby-Jean Hay (ice hockey),
Beau-James Wells (freeski), Hamish
Bagley (snowboard), Harry Izard-Price
(alpine), Piera Hudson (alpine),
Samantha Poots (freeski) and Tim
Herbert (snowboard).
More....
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10/10/2011
The NZIHF 2012
U13 & U16 Summer Development
Camp will be held at Paradice Avondale,
Auckland 21-25 January 2012.
Registration forms and more information
available here.
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20/08/2011
The NZ Under
20 Head Coach Stephen Reid
is pleased to announce the
2012 Under
20 Team. The team will
compete in the IIHF Under 20 Div
III World Championship in Dunedin
15-22 January 2012.
More information
here.
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15/09/2011
The NZIHF is
pleased to announce the
NZ U16 Development
Team to travel to Australia
from the 8-15 January 2012.
More...
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13/09/2011
The NZIHF is
pleased to announce the
selection
squad for the 2012 Ice Blacks.
The 2012 Ice Blacks team will be
selected from this squad in February
2012 and will compete in the 2012
IIHF Division IIA Championships
to be held in Reykjavik, Iceland
on the 12-18 March 2012.
More
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13/09/2011
Listen to NZIHF
Communications Manager George Pilgrim
talk about New Zealand Ice Hockey
on "Ice Hockey Internet Radio".
Look for Blogtalkradio on this web
site. George is featured about 20
minutes into this broadcast. Select
the item shown, then "the play arrow".
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08/09/2011
To the Ice Hockey Nations of
Russia, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic,
Germany, Latvia, Slovakia, Sweden
and Ukraine.
On behalf of
the New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
we extend our deepest sympathies
to families, friends and colleagues
of the players that were involved
in the recent tragic
air disaster.
You are all in
our thoughts and prayers at this
sad time.
Grant Hay
(President)
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06/09/2011 -
www.iihf.com
Melbourne's icing on the cake. Australia,
New Zealand celebrate champs, join
together for TTCL.
MELBOURNE/AUCKLAND
– Melbourne Ice in Australia and
the Botany Swarm in New Zealand
defended their titles as the hockey
season in the southern hemisphere
came to an end.
More...
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04/08/2011
In the final
round of the NZJEL in Dunedin this
weekend the Northern U16 team defeated
Southern U16 team in two of their
three games - 3-6, 9-2, 11-2 and
took the 2011 NZJEL Title in convincing
style.
2011 League
awards went to;
League MVP
- Frazer Ellis (Auckland)
Best Forward
- Callum Burns (Southern)
Best Defence
- Richard Dawson (Auckland)
Best Goalkeeper
- Firth Bidois (Auckland)
Top Points
Scorer - Frazer Ellis (Auckland)
MVP Auckland
- Scott Randall
MVP Southern
- Lachlan Frear
MVP Canterbury
- Liam Dallimore
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04/09/2011
Ice Hockey (Australia) shoots, and
scores
It will be standing
room only at the
Melbourne Icehouse
for the
Australian Ice Hockey League
Goodall Cup finals this weekend.
Not a big deal, you might say, in
a venue that holds only 1000 seats.
But until two
years ago, to watch the Melbourne
Ice battle Newcastle, Sydney and
Adelaide teams for the national
title, you would have been travelling
to a grungy suburban outpost to
sit with maybe a couple of hundred
diehards.
More
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03/09/2011
The North Island
maintained their unbeaten record
in the Skate of Origin with an 8-6?
win over the South Island at Avondale
on Saturday night.
Game report here.
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31/08/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm secure fourth title
The skilful
and stylish Botany Swarm have maintained
their national dominance by collecting
their fourth New Zealand Ice Hockey
League championship title in seven
years.
More .....
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29/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Stampede beaten but proud
Southern Stampede
coach Stephen Reid is still a proud
and pleased man. He saw no reason
to be too despondent after seeing
his side beaten by the Botany Swarm
in the national ice hockey league
final in Auckland on Saturday night.
More ...
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28/08/2011
As expected
the Botany Swarm dispatched the
Southern Stampede 5-3 to take out
the 2011 New Zealand National Ice
League title.
The victorious
Botany Swarm.
(More photos of the NZIHL finals
here)
League prizewinners
were;
MVP Red
Devils - Kyle Papai
MVP Dunedin
Thunder - Cameron Frear
MVP West
Auckland Admirals - Blake Jackson
MVP Southern
Stampede - Simon Glass
MVP Botany
Swarm - KC Ball
MVP League
- Gino Heyd - Dunedin Thunder
MVP Finals
- Alexandr Polozov - Botany Swarm
Top Points
Scorer - Chris Eaden - Canterbury
Red Devils
Best Defenseman
- Daniel Nicholls - Canterbury Red
Devils
Top Goalkeeper
- Zak Nothling - Botany Swarm
Top Rookie
- Jerreau Hohaia - Canterbury Red
Devils
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20/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Losing Ice Blacks give improved
performance
New Zealand
was beaten but not disgraced when
it went down to Australia in ice
hockey for the second time yesterday.
The strong Australian team completed
a clean sweep of the Winter Games
when it beat New Zealand 4-1 in
a tightly fought final at the Dunedin
Ice Stadium.
More...
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20/08/2011
Australia Win Gold with 4-1 defeat
of NZ
Australia has
claimed back the gold medal from
New Zealand's national ice hockey
team at the 2011 New Zealand Winter
games with a 4-1 win in the Grand
Final. Australia's stacked side
of Australian Ice Hockey League
stars went undefeated through the
tournament, but were pressed by
a physical and energetic "Ice Blacks",
keeping the Aussie's honest throughout
the Kia Motors Winter Games Final.
More...
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20/08/2011
The Ice Blacks
won 6-1 against China at the 100%
Pure New Zealand Winter Games tonight
and will face Australia in the final
tomorrow.
Winter games photos here.
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19/08/2011
Australia Seals Final Spot with
8-2 Defeat of the Ice Blacks at
the 100% Pure New Zealand Winter
Games
Australia have
ensured they will play in Sunday's
Final at the 2011 New Zealand Winter
Games after their second of two
round robin victories, a 8-2 defeat
of New Zealand's "Ice Blacks".
Australia had
outscored New Zealand 7-1 in the
first two periods, but an increased
level of physicality and effort
for the Ice Blacks kept the final
period fairly even, a good sign
with New Zealand likely to defeat
the Chinese Saturday night in the
lone semi-final.
More...
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18/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Third-period blitz key to NZ victory
It was blitzkrieg
attack by the Ice Blacks in the
third period when they scored five
goals to beat China 8-3 last night
at the Dunedin Ice Stadium.
More...
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17/08/2011
Join the Ice
Fernz at women's development camps
to be held in the North and South
Islands in September 2012. Women
players aged 12+ are invited to
attend either
9-11 September - Auckland (Botany)
or
24-25 September - Dunedin.
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17/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
China arriving late for opening
game
The winter weather
has disrupted the China Ice Hockey
team travel plans.
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17/08/2011
The 2011 100%
Pure New Zealand Winter Games -
Ice Hockey gets underway with New
Zealand vs China at 7:00pm this
evening in Dunedin.
See the Ice Hockey program here.
More information about the Winter
Games here.
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15/08/2011
The NZ Under
18 Head Coach (Jonathan Albright)
is pleased to announce the
2012 New Zealand Under 18 team
to compete in the IIHF Under 18
World Championships (Div IIIA) in
Sofia, Bulgaria 12-18 March 2012.
More information
here.
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14/08/2011
Auckland dominated
the Womens and Under 13 grades winning
gold at their 2011 National Championships
in Christchurch over the weekend.
In the Under 19 grade Southern won
gold after close games, including
4 drawn games.
Full details, honours board and
game sheets here.
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23/08/2011 -
www.odt.co.nz
Time spent in NZ everything expected
- and more
Dunedin Thunder
import player J Bertrand comments
on his season in the NZIHL league.
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08/08/2011 -
www.times.co.nz
Swarm abuzz about final.
Swarm captain
Andrew Hay says the competition
and standard of play in the league
has increased and improved this
year, because of the “higher level
of imports [foreign-born players]
spread through the teams, and local
players are all wiser, older, bigger
and stronger”.
More...
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20/07/2011
Ice Hockey Teams
from New Zealand, Austtalia
and China will compete in Dunedin
in the 2011 100% Pure New Zealand
Winter Games to be held in the lower
South Island 13-28 August.
More information here.
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17/07/2011
The Alexandra
Flames won the 2011 SNC National
Championship in Alexandra defeating
the Dunedin Outlaws in the final
7-1.
Game results
were Alexandra Flames 19, Gore Grizzlies
0; Queenstown Jurassics 1, Dunedin
Outlaws 4; Alexandra Flames 6, Dunedin
Outlaws 1; Queenstown Jurassics
12, Gore Grizzlies 1; Alexandra
Flames 5, Queenstown Jurassics 0;
Dunedin Outlaws 7, Gore Grizzlies
2.
Goalie of the
tournament – Reece Cunliffe of the
Alexandra Flames with 94.87 %
MVP – Richard
McCutcheon of the Alexandra Flames
Best Defence
– Sophia Leon de la Barra of the
Dunedin Outlaws
Best forward
– Chris Sangster of the Alexandra
Flames
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10/07/2011
New Zealand
entries Callum Burns (Queenstown)
finished second male and Libby-Jean
Hay (Auckland) fourth female
in the Global Skills Challenge held
as part of the
IIHF Annual Development Camp from
6-10 July in Vierumaki, Finland
over the weekend and by finishing
in the top 15 of the 28 countries
competing have each earned entry
to the 2012 Youth Olympic Winter
Games in Innsbruck, Austria in January.
Full NZIHF press release
here. More information about
the boys final
here, girls finals
here and background information
on the skills challenge
here.
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24/6/2011
The New Zealand
teams participating in 2011 Friendship
Tournament in Hudson are posting
interesting results. In the spirit
of friendship points are deducted
for each penalty. See how the Auckland
Aces, Canterbury Kiwis and Southern
Knights are faring under this system
here.
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14/06/2011
The New Zealand
Ice Hockey Federation would like
to gratefully acknowledge the help
of NZI in assisting the Christchurch
Friendship Team who missed connecting
flights as a result of the Christchurch
earthquake. With the help of Jane
Armstrong (Auckland Claims Manager)
the team was rebooked and able to
make the tournament before it started.
Three teams from New Zealand are
participating
in the 2011 Friendship Tournament
in Hudson, Wisconsin, USA. They
are the Auckland Aces, the Canterbury
Kiwis and the Southern Knights.
More information on the history
of the
Friendship Tournament here.
Press release
with tournament details in the
Hudson Star-Observer here.
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18/04/2011
Callum Burns
(Queenstown) won the 2011 NZIHF
Boys Skills Challenge final held
in Christchurch last weekend.
Second place was awarded to Frazer
Ellis (Auckland) Callum and 2011
NZIHF Girls Champion, Libby-Jean
Hay of Auckland will representing
New Zealand in the Global Skills
Challenge in Vierumaki, Finland
in early July. From there the top
15 in each gender will earn entry
to the 2012 Youth Olympic Winter
Games in Innsbruck, Austria in January.
Both players will have a very good
chance of going on to Austria. More
information about the boys final
here, girls finals
here and background information
on the skills challenge
here.
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11/04/2011 -
www.3news.co.nz
Ice Blacks record
best finish ever.
Article &
Video
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10/04/2010
The Ice Blacks
made history winning their first
division II medal taking silver
after defeating Mexico 5-0 tonight
at the 2011 IIHF Division II World
Championships in Melbourne. Captain
Corey Down who played his 50th game
for New Zealand and was awarded
MVP for the Ice Blacks for the tournament
and Zac Nothling took out best overall
goalie for the championship. More
information
here.
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02/04/2011
The Ice Fernz
finished their 2011 campaign unbeaten
with a convincing 7-2 win over Romania,
at the IIHF Womens Div IV World
Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.
The Ice Fernz are thus promoted
to Division III in 2012. Emma Gray
was the event top scorer and was
awarded MVP for the Ice Fernz and
also awarded best overall forward
for the Championship.
More info
here.
Click on photo
to enlarge. (Photo courtesy of www.pressphotos.biz)
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3/03/2011
Libby Jean Hay
from Auckland won the 2011 NZIHF
Girls Skills Challenge Final
in Dunedin during
the NZ Ice Fernz Training Camp
in early March.
The final pitted
the talents of Libby Jean Hay from
Auckland, Krystie Woodyear-Smith
from Christchurch, Ali Macharg from
Queenstown and Stephanie Patchett
from Dunedin. The boys final
between Frazer
Ellis and Richard Dawson of Auckland,
Max Dallimore and Daniel Monk representing
Christchurch and Callum Burns out
of Queenstown will be held
in Christchurch 16-17 April. More
information about the finals
here and background information
on the skills challenge
here
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23/02/2011
“Although the
forthcoming
USA vs. Canada games are not
sanctioned by NZIHF, we are excited
to see games of this magnitude on
home soil. It should be a great
show."
More information on the NZIHF sanction
position here.
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