26-667: The Wilson Cup may refer to: Wilson Cup (ice hockey) , an ice hockey trophy awarded in New South Wales, Australia to the winner of a pre-season tournament; Wilson Cup (football) , a football trophy awarded from 1906 until 1946 to a local team in Edinburgh, Scotland; Wilson Cup (basketball) , awarded annually to the Ontario University Athletics league college basketball champion. George Wilson Cup ,
52-625: A 2 game lead in the 2018 series in May with a convincing 5-1 victory followed by a 3-2 shootout win. The Bears struck back in July to bring up a grand stand finish to the series with a shutout 5-0 victory. In the fourth and final match of the series the Ice Dogs came out on top with a high scoring 7-2 victory to secure the series 3-1 and the team’s second Wilson Cup. In 2019, the Sydney Bears regained
78-696: A bridge between junior leagues and the AIHL . Five of the teams are based in Sydney and one is based in Newcastle . The East Coast Super League (ECSL) was formed in 2002 by New South Wales Ice Hockey following the amalgamation of the former Junior and Senior A leagues. The league started with four clubs, with the Raptors winning the inaugural title. The 2003 ECSL finals were won by the Sydney Heat and in 2004
104-594: A competition open to reserve football teams affiliated to member clubs of the Irish League. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wilson Cup . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilson_Cup&oldid=584003836 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
130-588: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wilson Cup (ice hockey) The Wilson Cup is an Australian ice hockey trophy first introduced in 2007 and named after John and Carol Wilson. The Cup was awarded to the winner of the New South Wales (NSW) pre-season tournament involving all NSW teams in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) between 2007 and 2016. Since 2017
156-695: The 2015 season in first place with 31 points. The Rebels advanced to the grand final series after defeating the Penrith Raptors in the semifinals and faced off against the Sting who had beat the Newcastle North Stars in their semifinal. The Sting went on to defeat the Rebels in two games, claiming their third Championship title. In February 2016 it was announced that the Sydney Heat had folded following an instruction from Ice Hockey NSW to
182-545: The AIHL before the start of the 2009 season. They finished the regular season in first place however were knocked out of the playoffs in the semifinal round, with the Penrith Raptors going on to win the 2010 playoffs. The Rhinos and Ice Breakers both left the league at the end of the season and were replaced by the Vipers and Reach Rebels respectively for the 2011 season. The Rebels won the finals in their debut season and in 2012
208-557: The ECSL is 17. Midget-aged players playing in both the ECSL and in Midget competition must prioritise Midget competition if there is a schedule clash. Full-time rostered players must have competed in a minimum of seven ECSL regular season games to be eligible for the playoffs. Players competing in either the AIHL or a Midget competition must have played a minimum of five games in the ECSL and seven games in their other league to be eligible for
234-610: The ECSL to reduce the league to five teams for the 2016 season. Some of the Heat's former players were signed by the other clubs in the league including the Blueline Bombers who picked up eight players. The Heat also announced their intention to return to the league in the future. The Sting changed their name to the Sydney Sting for the start of the 2016 season and introduced a new logo and jersey. The 2016 regular season
260-595: The Ice Dogs secured a big 8-1 victory over the Bears to finish top and qualify for the final. The Ice Dogs were joined by Newcastle who finished second and the two teams face-off in the Wilson Cup final for 2014. The Ice Dogs beat the North Stars 4-2 in the final to clinch their first Wilson Cup title. March 2015, the 2015 Wilson Cup tournament was announced with a double round-robin and final format change that saw
286-481: The North Stars won their third title. In 2013 the Sting won the playoffs, their first since 2009. The Vipers folded at the end of the 2013 season and were replaced by the Blueline Bombers for the start of the 2014 season. The 2014 regular season was won by the Reach Rebels who also went on to win the playoffs, defeating the Sting two games to one. The Rebels claimed back to back regular season titles, finishing
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#1732791470508312-507: The Raptors won their second title. In 2005 the ECSL expanded to six clubs and also marked the first expansion outside of Sydney, with the Australian Ice Hockey League 's (AIHL) Newcastle North Stars entering a farm team into the competition. The North Stars went on to win in their debut season and won again in 2007, with the Ice Breakers winning the 2006 ECSL final in between the North Stars two years of titles. After expanding in 2006
338-552: The Sydney Ice Dogs 3–1 in the final at the Penrith Ice Palace to secure their third Wilson Cup title eight years after their last success. In 2017, due to the Bears and Ice Dogs being in the process of moving to Macquarie Ice Rink in northern Sydney ahead of the 2017 AIHL season , the pre-season tournament for the Wilson Cup was not held. As a result, the Wilson Cup was re-purposed as the trophy awarded to
364-496: The Wilson Cup each and every season Total number of Wilson Cup's won by teams in the AIHL throughout the Cup's entire history. East Coast Super League The East Coast Super League (ECSL), is an ice hockey league in New South Wales , Australia . The league was formed in 2002 by New South Wales Ice Hockey 's amalgamation of the former Junior and Senior A leagues. It is Australia's second highest level of ice hockey, and acts as
390-410: The Wilson Cup for a record fifth time after claiming a 4-0 series victory over the Sydney Ice Dogs. The Bear's claimed the trophy with a game to spare in July 2019. In 2022, following a two year absence due to the AIHL seasons being cancelled, the Sydney Bears repeated their 2019 feat by winning with Wilson Cup following a 4-0 clean sweep series victory over the Sydney Ice Dogs. The final results for
416-702: The Wilson Cup has been awarded to the winner of the regular season four game series between the two Sydney based AIHL teams, the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs . The Wilson Cup was founded in 2007 as the trophy for a pre-season tournament involving all the AIHL NSW teams, including Western Sydney Ice Dogs , Newcastle North Stars , AIHL Bears and Central Coast Rhinos . The Cup was donated and named on behalf of former Blacktown Ice Arena owners John and Carol Wilson, major figures in Australian ice hockey at
442-539: The final. In 2009 the Central Coast Rhinos won their first Wilson Cup by beating the Ice Dogs 4-3 in a shootout in the final despite the Rhinos subsequently dropping out of the 2009 AIHL season. With Central Coast leaving the AIHL the Wilson Cup was not contested between 2010 and 2013. In 2014, the Wilson Cup was resurrected with the Sydney Bears, Sydney Ice Dogs and Newcastle Northstars all featuring in
468-448: The last five minutes using a stop clock. Team rosters must have at least 40% of their players aged 25-and-under. Players aged 23 or older are limited to playing five Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) games. Once they have exceeded this limit they are not permitted to return to the ECSL until the following season. There is no cap on the number of AIHL games a player under the age of 23 can play. The minimum age for players to compete in
494-477: The league dropped back down to four teams with two teams leaving the league including the previous ECSL champions the Raptors. The Ice Breakers won their second title in 2008 and in 2009 the Sting won the first ECSL final. The 2009 season also saw the Penrith Raptors enter the league, taking on the name of the previous Raptors club. In 2010 the Central Coast Rhinos entered the league after leaving
520-406: The overall number of matches increased from 4 to 7. The Sydney Bears finished top of the round-robin stage with three wins from four matches. The Newcastle North Stars finished runner-up and qualified for the final against the Bears. Newcastle secured their first Wilson Cup triumph in the 2015 Wilson Cup final with a 4-3 victory over the Bears. The 2016 Wilson Cup featured an unchanged format from
546-404: The playoffs. The league runs a 20-game season followed by a playoff series. The semifinals are a two-game series which uses a cumulative aggregate format to determine the winner. The grand final series uses a best of three game format. If after Game 2 in the semifinals or after Game 3 in the grand finals the series is a draw the games will go into continuous overtime. : Currently dormant for
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#1732791470508572-403: The pre-season tournament for the Cup between 16 March and 5 April 2014. The round-robin format was retained but the top two placed teams went straight to a final for the Wilson Cup. Newcastle defeated the Bears 4-3 in a shootout in the opening match of the tournament. In game two, the Ice Dogs prevailed 5-4 over the North Stars also in a shootout. In the third and final match of the round-robin,
598-405: The prior year and ran from 19 March to 16 April 2016. The Sydney Bears finished first in the round robin stage for the second year in a row with three wins from four games. Defending champions the Newcastle North Stars finished last after losing all four of their games, including one which had to be forfeited due to a scheduling conflict with their East Coast Super League club. The Bears defeated
624-491: The time. Between 2007 and 2009 the pre-season tournament was contested between the four NSW teams in a round-robin event that promoted youth players. Each team played each other home and away and concluded with a play-off and final. The AIHL Bears (Sydney Bears) won the inaugural tournament and lifted the Wilson Cup in 2007. The Bears went back to back in 2008 by defeating the Western Sydney Ice Dogs 4-3 in
650-546: The winner of the AIHL regular season series between the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs, dropping the Newcastle Northstars from contention for the Cup. The Bears retained the title and lifted the Wilson Cup for the fourth time after the regular season series was tied on both wins and goal difference. 2018 maintained the Sydney derby regular season series as the format for winning the Wilson Cup. The Ice Dogs took
676-679: Was won by the Rebels who claimed their third title overall. The Rebels advanced to the grand final series after defeating the Blueline Bombers in the semifinals. They faced off against the Sydney Sting who had defeated the North Stars to advance. The Rebels were awarded the cup following the forfeit of the Sting for playing an ineligible player in Game 2 of the series. The ECSL is played under International Ice Hockey Federation rules and incorporates some modifications from Ice Hockey Australia as well as some of its own special rules. Games are played with three twenty minute running time periods with only
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