IHV Premier League
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 IHV Premier League season | |
| Formerly | IHV Senior A |
|---|---|
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Founder | Victorian Ice Hockey Association |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country |  Australia |
| Most recent champion(s) | Bison (2024) |
| Most titles | Monarchs/Saints (19) |
| Official website | {{URL|example.com|optional display text}} |
IHV Premier League is an amateur ice hockey league in Victoria, Australia. It is the highest men's ice hockey league in the state and is governed by Ice Hockey Victoria (IHV). The league was established by the Victorian Ice Hockey Association in 1909 as the first ice hockey league in Victoria.[1]
The league is one level below the Australian Ice Hockey League with players rostered with some Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs playing in IHV Premier League. Clubs which participate in IHV Premier League are also required to provide teams in the lower senior divisions of IHV. No promotion or relegation exists within IHV, with players instead moving up or down divisions within their club based on ability.
Since the opening of O’Brien Icehouse in 2010[2], IHV Premier League has played only out of O’Brien Icehouse and currently plays on Friday nights from April / May to September. The top 4 teams at the end of the regular season qualify for finals. The grand final is played as a best-of-three game series and, since 1946, the H.H. Kleiner Trophy has been awarded to the champion.[3]
Clubs
Current Clubs
| Team name | Home venue,
capacity |
H.H. Kleiner Trophies | Most Recent Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bison | O’Brien Icehouse,
1,500 |
5 | 2024[4] | Formerly Braves until 2024 |
| Blackhawks | O’Brien Icehouse,
1,500 |
17 | 2023[5] | |
| Demons | O’Brien Icehouse,
1,500 |
9 | 2014 | Merged with Jets to form Rangers from 2009 until 2013, 2 titles (2009 & 2011) |
| Jets | O’Brien Icehouse,
1,500 |
2 | 2016 | Merged with Demons to form Rangers from 2009 until 2013, 2 titles (2009 & 2011) |
| Monarchs/Saints | O’Brien Icehouse,
1,500 |
19 | 1996 | Merged with Sharks to form Tigers from 2009 until 2013, 2 titles (2010 & 2013), formerly Monarchs until merging with Saints |
| Sharks | O’Brien Icehouse,
1,500 |
2 | 2018[6] | Merged with Monarchs/Saints to form Tigers from 2009 until 2013, 2 titles (2010 & 2013) |
Former Clubs
- Beavers
- Bendigo Raiders
- Brighton
- Essendon
- Glaciarium
- Glaciarium Rangers
- Hakoah
- Hawthorn
- Melburnians
- Northern Suburbs
- Ottawa
- Pirates
- Raiders
- Rangers (5-year merger of the Demons and Jets from 2009 until 2013)
- Smokey Bombers
- St Moritz Bombers
- Tigers (as a standalone club in the 20th century and a 5-year merger of the Monarchs/Saints and Sharks in the 21st century)
- Western Suburbs
- Wildcats
Champions[3]
| Year | Champion | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Western Suburbs | Northern Suburbs |
| 1947 | Black Hawks | Monarchs |
| 1948 | Monarchs | Demons |
| 1949 | Tigers | Monarchs |
| 1950 | Tigers | Monarchs |
| 1951 | Raiders | Pirates |
| 1952 | Raiders | Pirates |
| 1953 | Raiders | |
| 1954 | Raiders | Pirates |
| 1955 | Black Hawks | Wildcats |
| 1956 | Black Hawks | Monarchs |
| 1957 | Black Hawks | Monarchs |
| 1958 | Black Hawks | Monarchs |
| 1959 | Monarchs | Black Hawks |
| 1960 | Black Hawks | Hakoah |
| 1961 | Monarchs | Black Hawks |
| 1962 | Black Hawks | Monarchs |
| 1963 | Hakoah | Black Hawks |
| 1964 | Hakoah | Black Hawks |
| 1965 | Black Hawks | Monarchs |
| 1966 | Black Hawks | Hakoah |
| 1967 | Monarchs | Hakoah |
| 1968 | Monarchs | Black Hawks |
| 1969 | Monarchs | Hakoah |
| 1970 | Demons | Monarchs |
| 1971 | Hakoah | Rangers |
| 1972 | Monarchs | Rangers |
| 1973 | Monarchs | Rangers |
| 1974 | Hakoah | Pirates |
| 1975 | Rangers | Black Hawks |
| 1976 | Pirates | Hakoah |
| 1977 | Demons | Rangers |
| 1978 | Pirates | Black Hawks |
| 1979 | Rangers | Black Hawks |
| 1980 | Hakoah | Rangers |
| 1981 | Rangers | |
| 1982 | Not Contested | |
| 1983 | Monarch/Saints | Rangers |
| 1984 | Black Hawks | |
| 1985 | Pirates | Monarch/Saints |
| 1986 | Monarch/Saints | Pirates |
| 1987 | Monarch/Saints | Hakoah |
| 1988 | Monarch/Saints | Hakoah |
| 1989 | Monarch/Saints | Demons |
| 1990 | Monarch/Saints | Hakoah |
| 1991 | Monarch/Saints | Black Hawks |
| 1992 | Monarch/Saints | Hakoah |
| 1993 | Monarch/Saints | Black Hawks |
| 1994 | Monarch/Saints | Demons |
| 1995 | Jets | Monarch/Saints |
| 1996 | Monarch/Saints | Black Hawks |
| 1997 | Demons | Black Hawks |
| 1998 | Demons | Black Hawks |
| 1999 | Demons | Saints |
| 2000 | Demons | Blackhawks |
| 2001 | Demons | Saints |
| 2002 | Blackhawks | Demons |
| 2003 | Demons | Blackhawks |
| 2004 | Sharks | Blackhawks |
| 2005 | Blackhawks | Bendigo Raiders |
| 2006 | Blackhawks | Saints |
| 2007 | Braves | Blackhawks |
| 2008 | Blackhawks | Tigers |
| 2009 | Rangers | Blackhawks |
| 2010 | Tigers | Braves |
| 2011 | Rangers | Braves |
| 2012 | Braves | Tigers |
| 2013 | Tigers | Braves |
| 2014 | Demons | Blackhawks |
| 2015 | Braves | Jets |
| 2016 | Jets | Demons |
| 2017 | Braves | Jets |
| 2018 | Sharks | Blackhawks |
| 2019 | Blackhawks | Sharks |
| 2020 | Not contested | Not contested |
| 2021 | Not contested | Not contested |
| 2022 | Blackhawks | Demons |
| 2023 | Blackhawks | Monarchs/Saints |
| 2024 | Braves | Blackhawks |
| 2025 |
References
- ↑ "Instagram". 8 May 2025.
- ↑ "O'Brien Icehouse". Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "History". Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ↑ url=https://www.ihv.org.au/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=6231&leagueID=30016&gameID=2310842
- ↑ url=https://www.ihv.org.au/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=6231&leagueID=30016&gameID=2213124
- ↑ url=https://www.ihv.org.au/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=6231&leagueID=30016&gameID=1810257
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