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Ice Fernz win Silver

Ryan — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:17:08 +0000

The New Zealand Ice Fernz have won the silver medal at the IIHF World Women’s Championships Division IV tournament after thumping Turkey 16 – 0 in Romania.

Current Dunedin players Zanzee Pielak-Jones and Mallory Handcock competed along with former Dunedin players Lyndal Heineman, Megan Gilchrist, Kate Strain, Tineke Hendry, Susan Green and Angelique Mawson.

Annabelle Lewis was named the defense person of the tournament and Tara Tissink was the top goal scorer with 10 goals from five games.

To discuss the Ice Fernz success, please visit the Ice Fernz forum topic.

NZ U18 team win bronze

Ryan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:51:35 +0000

New Zealand U18 ice hockey team as won the bronze medal at the IIHF U18 World Championships.

NZ U18 Win Bronze
NZ U18 Fight for Gold

NZ Juniors Win Gold

Ryan — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:42:11 +0000

The New Zealand Under 20 Ice Hockey Team have won the gold medal in the IIHF U20 World Ice Hockey Championships Division 3 in Belgrade recently. New Zealand beat the favoured team Serbia to win their first ever World Championships. The team won the gold medal in a tight 5 – 4 game vs Serbia after beating Bulgaria (19 – 1), Turkey (20 -1), Armenia (8 – 4) and Australia (7 – 2). They are yet to play South Africa, but can not be beaten to the Gold Medal and will be promoted to Division 2 for 2009.

More information about the teams success is available at Scoop. For information about who is on the team, please visit the New Zealand Junior Ice Hockey Team Roster.

More Skills Challenge information

Ryan — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:22:22 +0000

Please contact Niel Frear if you are intending to attend the 2008 IIHF Skills Challenge. Information about the challenge (including videos) are available on the IIHF Skills Challenge website. Players must report in 45 mins prior to each ice session. The plan for each session is to warm up, practice skills and then run through and take times and scores for various skills. Afterwards a Jamboree game for all skill levels will be played.

Gore 12:30pm – 2:00pm Saturday 19th January
Dunedin 9:30am – 1:00pm Sunday 20th January

Player are welcome to attend both skills sessions. The cost will depend on the number of players who attend.

The 2008 IIHF Skills Challenge is organised by the Southern Ice Hockey League (SIHL) and is open to players born before 1994. The winner of the event will get the opportunity to travel to Canada to attend the International Skills Challenge … 2008 IIHF Skills Challenge Manual

IIHF Skills Challenge

Ryan — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:46:54 +0000

The Southern Ice Hockey League (SIHL) is organising the 2008 IIHF Skills Challenge in Gore for players born before 1994. The date is yet to be decided but is likely to be in late January. The winner of the event will get the opportunity to travel to Canada to attend the International Skills Challenge … 2008 IIHF Skills Challenge Manual