Perth Sharks
Ice hockey team in Western Australia, Australia
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The Perth Sharks are an Australian junior ice hockey team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League. They represent one of the two junior ice hockey teams from Western Australia currently playing in the AJIHL, which is the most elite level for ice hockey at a national level for ages between 16–20 years old.
| Perth Sharks | |
|---|---|
| |
| City | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| League | Australian Junior Ice Hockey League |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Home arena | Xtreme Ice Arena |
| Colours | (2013-2014) (2014-present) |
| Owner | Western Australian Ice Hockey Association |
| General manager |  Gill McLean |
| Head coach | Markus Frankenberger |
| Captain | Alastair Punler |
| Franchise history | |
| 2013–present | Perth Sharks |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 1 (2015) |
| AJIHL Championships | 0 |
 Current season | |
Team history
Tryouts for the new Perth Sharks team began on 2 September 2014 with a mandatory fitness assessment, held on 2 September 2014 at Kingsway Christian College, and two ice sessions.[1]
The Perth Sharks played their first Australian Junior Ice Hockey League game on Monday October 21, 2013 against the Perth Pelicans. The Sharks team included national draft players Remy McGuiness from South Australia, Anthony Barnes and Jordan Millen from Queensland.[2]
Logo and uniform
2013-2014
The follow-up season in the Australian Junior Ice Hockey League saw a lot of change via expansion and renaming of its existing teams.[3] The changes were made in response to the National Hockey Leagues concern about the AJIHL using their team names and logos but also recognised the opportunity to create a new history for the teams through creating their own identity. In October 2013 the league expanded to six teams with two teams from Perth, the Sharks and the Pelicans, joining for the start of the 2013–14 season.[4]
Players
Current roster
For the 2015–16 AJIHL season[5]
| # | Nat | Name | Pos | Date of birth | Acquired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | | Tomek Sak | F | 26 June 1995 | 2013 |
| 4 | | Brad Campbell | F | 17 March 1995 | 2013 |
| 13 | | Alastair Punler | D | 12 February 1996 | 2013 |
| 16 | | Benedik Stolze | F | 26 July 1996 | 2013 |
| 17 | | Bruno Stolze | F | 26 July 1996 | 2013 |
| 23 | | Connor Knapman | D | 2 May 1998 | 2014 |
| 24 | | Harry Tanner | F | 13 July 1998 | 2014 |
| 25 | | Benjamin Kelly | F | 17 March 1996 | 2015 |
| 26 | | Adam Sheppard | D | 3 June 1998 | 2015 |
| 28 |  | Oscar Zhu | F | 4 May 1999 | 2015 |
| 29 | | Charlie Tennant | F | 12 April 1998 | 2015 |
| 31 |  | Adam Bridge | F | 2 March 1999 | 2015 |
| 32 | | Sean McLean | F | 7 March 1998 | 2014 |
| 33 | | Kevin Mateiu | F | 10 August 1995 | 2015 |
| 36 | | Kym White | D | 4 April 1995 | 2014 |
| 20 | | Mark McCann | G | 18 November 1995 | 2013 |
| 10 | | Hayden Stobbs | G | 12 June 1998 | 2015 |
