Dear Mums and Dads,

If your child is a registered NSW Atom or Peewee ice hockey player they are eligible to become part of the Westbus Pups Club where your Pups Club pass gets them access to all 12 Ice Dogs Home Games for the 2010 season.

Thanks to EA sports this year all Pups Club Kids who join will go into the draw to win an EA Sports NHL 10 video game!  It is free to join, So mum and dad if your son/daughter is a registered Atom (under 11) or Peewee (under 13) ice hockey player, please help them fill in the form below so we can tee up their pass and give them a chance to win NHL 10 on either XBOX 360 or Playstation 3.

This season’s pups club passes also come with a free Bauer Hockey Lanyard for them to wear and being apart of the pups club will have them in the running for more cool prizes throughout the season. 

Note: Players registration will be checked with Ice Hockey NSW.  Your email will be added to the Ice Dogs e-newsletter list where we ONLY send you a friendly game reminder of which you can unsubscribe at any time.

Lachlan Fahmy showing off his new NHL 10 EA Sports game

Thanks to EA Sports the Sydney Ice Dogs have the highly acclaimed NHL 2010 video game on XBOX 360 or Playstation 3 to give away throughout the 2010 season.  The first lucky recipients were Jack Oxlade of the Liverpool Saints and Lachlan Fahmy of the Norwest Emperors, both players who are regular attendees of the Ice Dogs skills clinic on Thursday nights. 

“The NHL games on EA Sports are great, I remember playing them back when they were on Sega Megadrive and still have a bash on the XBOX these days” admits Ice Dogs forward Scott Stephenson. 

“It is just a great game for kids who are passionate about their hockey and follow the NHL as they can be their idols on the game” adds team mate Shannon McGregor.

EA Sports NHL 10 is a must buy for any ice hockey player with an XBOX 360 or PS3

Atoms and Peewee players of the 2010 Pups club will go into the draw to win the NHL 10 video game on either Playstation 3 or the XBOX 360.  Lastly everyone will get a chance to win EA Sports NHL 10′ at one of the games where the video game will be raffled off as a prize.

“If you don’t get end up winning the game through the pups club or at a home game it is definitely worth trading in a few old games to get”  finishes Stephenson.

A big thanks to EA Sports for their support of the ice hockey community and bringing some smiles to the faces of some aspiring young ice hockey players.

Support your favourite team and get the best deal when you become an Ice Dogs Member in 2010.

Benefits of being a member

This year with a 12 home game schedule the price has been set so that member’s receive 3 home games for free.  With your membership passes you can avoid the queue and we will also have your seats reserved.  As Ice Dogs merchandise starts to build up member’s will also be entitled to 10% off Ice Dogs Merchandise.

- 3 FREE HOME GAMES
- SKIP THE QUEUE
- RESERVED SEATING
- 10% OFF ICE DOGS MERCHANDISE

Prices

Adult Member Price = $108.00     ($36 saving)

Child Member Price = $54.00  ($18 saving)

If your interested in becoming  an Ice Dogs Member this 2010 season please fill out the enquiry form below and someone from Ice Dogs Management will be in touch with you about payment options or answer any questions you may have.

Aussie Mens team at training session with McKenna in Lithuania

Any Aussie who doesn’t know anything about ice hockey and has been watching the Olympics are all asking the same thing…Where is Australia?  The year 2010 caps off a 50 year period since the Australian’s first and last Winter Olympics appearance in the 1960 games at Squaw Valley.  Whilst it is great to hear Aussies on the street, office, work sites and in cafes talking about ice hockey with fascination and interest it is also tragic they are unaware that the game has existed in Australia for over 100 years. 

So where is Australia? Well in 2009 the Aussie Mens team travelled to Lithuania to compete in the Division 1 World Championships which is one division below the World/Olympic Pool and the closest we have been to the Olympics in a long time.  Ask any member on that team and it was an eye opener to say the least.  But the great part is that Australia does produce talented ice hockey players and put them through a similar program, league and training regime similar to other European nations or even the Japanese who compete in Division 1 and the Olympics could be a closer possibility than you think.  Key word in that last sentence is “possibility”.  Unfortunately the last two sentences involve lots of financial support and the facilities but these are challenges not problems with the sport.

At Lithuania in front of a 7,000 people crowd

But don’t write off Aussie Ice Hockey just yet.  Have some faith!  The Australian Youth Team won gold for the first time in 2003 at the division 3 world championships knocking off China for the first time ever in a 6-3 win at Mexico City.  5 years prior to that the Australian Youth teams used to lose by ten goal margins to China.  What was the difference?  Was it the depth charts of the team of 1985-1986 born players where a spike of numbers in this age bracket was spurred along by the ”Mighty Ducks” movie…Maybe, but most likely not…or was it the fact that 5 years prior a training camp would last 2 days at a rink somewhere in Australia compared to 2 week training camps held in Canada or Europe which became the norm from 2001. This years Youth team is off to compete in Division 2 again.

The Mens team in Lithuania last year lost to third place Japan 6-0, an Aussie team that was also missing some key players to injury mind you.  See a pattern here?  With the right direction that 6-0 gap can be closed down to 2-0 or 1-0 and with a scoreline like that it then becomes anyones game.  If Australia can find its way to being competitive in that top three of Division 1 then the Olympics and World Pool become a possibility and a scary one at that. 

On top of that the AIHL are making strides every year and the league is getting better and promoted better. Melbourne just got a brand new ice facility so we are moving forward!

But I guess it all starts with the next upcoming Division 2 Wolrd Championships in Mexico City where the Australian Mens team will be looking to reclaim Gold and have another crack at Division 1 again.

So shall we aim for 2018 or 2022, or lets host the game and get automatic qualification…who cares if we get dominated at least people know where Australia is in the ice hockey come Winter Olympics!