The Jim Brown Shield Tournament is an annually awarded interstate ice hockey championship trophy in Australia for senior men aged 17 years and older with the condition that players of the Australian Ice Hockey League that are 24 years and older must have played less than 6 games to remain eligible. The current trophy is in the form of a shield and is the third trophy to bear the Brown family name. The trophy is named after Scottish born James Archibald Brown. The Jim Brown Shield is competed for in a series of games between state representative teams in what is called The Brown Tournament.[1]

2015 Jim Brown Tournament
LeagueIce Hockey Australia
SportIce hockey
Duration8 October 2015 – 11 October 2015
Number of games15
Number of teams6
Tournament
First place finishVictoria
Jim Brown Shield
ChampionsVictoria
  Runners-upWestern Australia
Australian Men's National Ice Hockey Championship seasons
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Jim Brown Memorial Trophy Tournament

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2015 Brown Tournament - South Australian goaltender Ian Hunter

The 2015 national tournament will be held from 8 October - 11 October and will consist of 6 teams, 5 representing a state each and 1 representing a territory. The Australian territory that is competing in the tournament is Australian Capital Territory. The states competing are Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and the 2014 champions Western Australia.[2]

The tournament will be held at the O'Brien Group Arena, in Docklands, Victoria.

The schedule is as follows:[2]

2015 Jim Brown Tournament Schedule
Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
1 8 October 2015 16:00 South Australia 1 - 10 Victoria O'Brien Group Arena
2 8 October 2015 18:45 New South Wales 2 - 4 Queensland O'Brien Group Arena
3 8 October 2015 20:45 Australian Capital Territory 0 - 6 Western Australia O'Brien Group Arena
4 9 October 2015 7:00 New South Wales 2 - 6 Victoria O'Brien Group Arena
5 9 October 2015 9:00 South Australia 5 - 1 Australian Capital Territory O'Brien Group Arena
6 9 October 2015 11:00 Western Australia 4 - 2 Queensland O'Brien Group Arena
7 9 October 2015 14:00 New South Wales 1 - 4 South Australia O'Brien Group Arena
8 9 October 2015 16:30 Western Australia 2 - 4 Victoria O'Brien Group Arena
9 9 October 2015 18:15 Australian Capital Territory 1 - 5 Queensland O'Brien Group Arena
10 10 October 2015 7:00 New South Wales 6 - 1 Australian Capital Territory O'Brien Group Arena
11 10 October 2015 9:00 South Australia 2 - 6 Western Australia O'Brien Group Arena
12 10 October 2015 11:00 Queensland 1 - 2 Victoria O'Brien Group Arena
13 10 October 2015 14:00 Western Australia 7 - 0 New South Wales O'Brien Group Arena
14 10 October 2015 16:00 South Australia 1 - 2 Queensland O'Brien Group Arena
15 10 October 2015 18:00 Victoria 12 - 0 Australian Capital Territory O'Brien Group Arena

Standings

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The standings for the 2015 Jim Brown Memorial Tournament:

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
Victoria 5 5 0 0 0 34 6 +28 15
Western Australia 5 4 0 0 1 25 8 +17 12
Queensland 5 3 0 0 2 14 12 +2 9
South Australia 5 2 0 0 3 13 20 -7 6
New South Wales 5 1 0 0 4 11 21 -10 3
Australian Capital Territory 5 0 0 0 5 3 32 –29 0

Jim Brown Shield Championship

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Semi Final 1

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11 October 2015
08:00
Victoria8 – 0
(2-0, 6-0, 8-0)
South AustraliaO'Brien Group Arena
8Goals0

Semi Final 2

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11 October 2015
10:00
Western Australia4 – 3
(1-0, 1-3, 4-3)
QueenslandO'Brien Group Arena
4Goals3

Bronze-medal game

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11 October 2015
15:00
South Australia1 – 3
(0-1, 1-2, 1-3)
QueenslandO'Brien Group Arena
1Goals3

Gold-medal game

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11 October 2015
17:00
Victoria6 – 0
(1-0, 4-0, 6-0)
Western AustraliaO'Brien Group Arena
Attendance: 200
Michael JamesGoalies
6Goals0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sport Regulations March 2015" (PDF). Ice Hockey Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Brown Tournament 2015". Ice Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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