Tassie Tigers
Full nameTassie Tigers
Founded17 April 2019 (2019-04-17)
Home groundTasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart, Australia
(Capacity 4,000)
LeagueHockey One
Websitehockeytasmania.com.au

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

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

Men's team

Details and team rosters to be confirmed.

Women's team

Details and team rosters to be confirmed.

History

Old Tassie Tigers AHL club logo
Year Position
20135th
20141st
20153rd
20167th
20177th

Awards

Individual

Player of the Tournament:

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:

Team

Tournament Champions: 2014

Play the Whistle Award: 2014, 2015

References

  1. ↑ "New Look Tassie Tigers Launch With Hockey One". Hockey Tasmania. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "Tassie Tigers".
  3. ↑ http://www.hockey.org.au/News/tas-tigers-nsw-arrows-win
  4. ↑ "Hockey One - WHAT'S THE FORMAT?". hockeyone.com.au. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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