Tassie Tigers
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| Full name | Tassie Tigers |
|---|---|
| League | Hockey One |
| Founded | 17 April 2019 |
| Home ground | Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart, Australia (Capacity 4,000) |
| Website | hockeytasmania |
Tassie Tigers is an Australian professional field hockey club based in Hobart, Tasmania. The club joined the Australian Hockey League in 1992 as a men's team. In 2019, the Tassie Tigers expanded to encompass both Tasmanian men's and women's teams, Tassie Van Demons, as one of 7 clubs to compete in Hockey Australia's new premier domestic competition, Hockey One.[1]
Tassie Tigers will compete in the inaugural season of Hockey One, which will be contested from late September through to mid November 2019.[2]
In 2014 the Tigers became the AHL champions, drawing 2-2 with the WA Thundersticks in the gold medal game, but eventually winning 3-2 in penalty shoot-outs.[3]
Home Stadium
[edit]Tassie Tigers are based out of the Tasmanian Hockey Centre in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart. Throughout the Hockey One league, Tassie Tigers will play a number of home games at the stadium.[4]
Teams
[edit]Men's team
[edit]| # | Name | Appearances (all time) | Goals (all time) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus McCausland | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Hayden Beltz | 44 | 4 |
| 6 | Josh Brooks | 17 | 2 |
| 7 | Josh Mardell | 16 | 0 |
| 9 | Jeremy Edwards | 81 | 7 |
| 11 | Eddie Ockenden | 124 | 48 |
| 13 | Joshua Beltz | 39 | 1 |
| 14 | Jack Welch | 41 | 10 |
| 15 | Oscar Pritchard | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Alex Hogan-Jones | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Oliver Pritchard | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | Grant Woodcock | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | Tim Deavin | 126 | 11 |
| 20 | Ehren Hazell | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | Oliver Stebbings | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Oliver Smith | 11 | 1 |
| 28 | Lachlan Rogers | 4 | 0 |
| Harvey Bessell | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Hayward | 0 | 0 | |
| Keenan Johnson | 0 | 0 | |
| Max Johnstone | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Jones | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Payne | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Pritchard | 0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Sproule | 0 | 0 |
Women's team
[edit]Details and team rosters to be confirmed.
History
[edit]
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 5th |
| 2014 | 1st |
| 2015 | 3rd |
| 2016 | 7th |
| 2017 | 7th |
Awards
[edit]Individual
[edit]Player of the Tournament:
- Todd Williams - 1993
- Daniel Sproule - 1998
- Matthew Wells (2) - 2001, 2003
- Zain Wright - 2002
- Eddie Ockenden (4) - 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
Tournament Highest Goalscorer:
- Craig Keegan (2) - 1999 (15 Goals), 2000 (10 Goals)
- Marcus Richardson - 2007 (12 Goals)
- Eddie Ockenden - 2011 (11 Goals)
- Kieron Arthur - 2017 (9 Goals)
Player of the Final:
- Tristan Clemons - 2014
Team
[edit]Tournament Champions: 2014
Play the Whistle Award: 2014, 2015
References
[edit]- ^ "New Look Tassie Tigers Launch With Hockey One". Hockey Tasmania. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Tassie Tigers".
- ^ http://www.hockey.org.au/News/tas-tigers-nsw-arrows-win [bare URL]
- ^ "Hockey One - WHAT'S THE FORMAT?". hockeyone.com.au. Retrieved 18 April 2019.