The Jim Brown Shield Tournament is an annually awarded interstate ice hockey championship trophy in Australia for senior men aged 17 years and older with the condition that players of the Australian Ice Hockey League that are 24 years and older must have played less than 6 games to remain eligible. The current trophy is in the form of a shield and is the third trophy to bear the Brown family name. The trophy is named after Scottish born James Archibald Brown. The Jim Brown Shield is competed for in a series of games between state representative teams in what is called The Brown Tournament.[1]
| 2015 Jim Brown Tournament | |
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| League | Ice Hockey Australia |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Duration | 8 October 2015 – 11 October 2015 |
| Number of games | 15 |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Tournament | |
| First place finish | Victoria |
| Jim Brown Shield | |
| Champions | Victoria |
| Runners-up | Western Australia |
Jim Brown Memorial Trophy Tournament
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The 2015 national tournament will be held from 8 October - 11 October and will consist of 6 teams, 5 representing a state each and 1 representing a territory. The Australian territory that is competing in the tournament is Australian Capital Territory. The states competing are Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and the 2014 champions Western Australia.[2]
The tournament will be held at the O'Brien Group Arena, in Docklands, Victoria.
The schedule is as follows:[2]
| 2015 Jim Brown Tournament Schedule | |||||||||
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| Game | Date | Time | Away | Score | Home | Location | Recap | ||
| 1 | 8 October 2015 | 16:00 | South Australia | 1 - 10 | Victoria | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 2 | 8 October 2015 | 18:45 | New South Wales | 2 - 4 | Queensland | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 3 | 8 October 2015 | 20:45 | Australian Capital Territory | 0 - 6 | Western Australia | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 4 | 9 October 2015 | 7:00 | New South Wales | 2 - 6 | Victoria | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 5 | 9 October 2015 | 9:00 | South Australia | 5 - 1 | Australian Capital Territory | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 6 | 9 October 2015 | 11:00 | Western Australia | 4 - 2 | Queensland | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 7 | 9 October 2015 | 14:00 | New South Wales | 1 - 4 | South Australia | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 8 | 9 October 2015 | 16:30 | Western Australia | 2 - 4 | Victoria | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 9 | 9 October 2015 | 18:15 | Australian Capital Territory | 1 - 5 | Queensland | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 10 | 10 October 2015 | 7:00 | New South Wales | 6 - 1 | Australian Capital Territory | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 11 | 10 October 2015 | 9:00 | South Australia | 2 - 6 | Western Australia | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 12 | 10 October 2015 | 11:00 | Queensland | 1 - 2 | Victoria | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 13 | 10 October 2015 | 14:00 | Western Australia | 7 - 0 | New South Wales | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 14 | 10 October 2015 | 16:00 | South Australia | 1 - 2 | Queensland | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
| 15 | 10 October 2015 | 18:00 | Victoria | 12 - 0 | Australian Capital Territory | O'Brien Group Arena | |||
Standings
editThe standings for the 2015 Jim Brown Memorial Tournament:
| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
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| Victoria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | +28 | 15 |
| Western Australia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 12 |
| Queensland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 9 |
| South Australia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 6 |
| New South Wales | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 3 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 32 | –29 | 0 |
Jim Brown Shield Championship
editSemi Final 1
edit| 11 October 2015 08:00 | Victoria | 8 – 0 (2-0, 6-0, 8-0) | South Australia | O'Brien Group Arena |
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Semi Final 2
edit| 11 October 2015 10:00 | Western Australia | 4 – 3 (1-0, 1-3, 4-3) | Queensland | O'Brien Group Arena |
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Bronze-medal game
edit| 11 October 2015 15:00 | South Australia | 1 – 3 (0-1, 1-2, 1-3) | Queensland | O'Brien Group Arena |
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Gold-medal game
edit| 11 October 2015 17:00 | Victoria | 6 – 0 (1-0, 4-0, 6-0) | Western Australia | O'Brien Group Arena Attendance: 200 |
| Michael James | Goalies | ||||
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See also
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- Jim Brown Memorial Trophy
- Ice Hockey Australia
- Australian Capital Territory Ice Hockey Association
- New South Wales Ice Hockey Association
- Ice Hockey Queensland
- South Australia Ice Hockey Association
- Victorian Ice Hockey Association
- Western Australian Ice Hockey Association
- Australian Ice Hockey League
- Goodall Cup
- Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy
References
edit- ^ "Sport Regulations March 2015" (PDF). Ice Hockey Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Brown Tournament 2015". Ice Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.