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| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Playoff champion of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League |
| History | |
| First award | 1995 |
| Most recent | Sydney Sirens |
The Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy is the annually awarded championship trophy, of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League (AWIHL), to the winner of the AWIHL finals. Originally donated in 1995, the trophy is named after Joan McKowen who died September 15, 1992 [1] and her husband Maxwell McKowen died in 2010.[2]
This trophy originated from a women's ice hockey championship tournament that started in 1994, which was a competition that was hosted in Queensland between a New South Wales team and a Queensland team competing. This invitational Women's tournament was just the beginning and saw the New South Wales team winning the championship. From this competition, the Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy began, first being awarded in February 1995. This event was held annually and served as the Australian senior women's national ice hockey championship.[3]
The Joan McKowen Memorial Trophy began being annually awarded after the Queensland women's invitational tournament in 1994 and was awarded to the winner of the Australian women's national ice hockey tournament until 2010.[2]
- ^ "Family Notices". The Canberra Times. Canberra: National Library of Australia. 17 September 1992. p. 22. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Brisbane Goannas - League History".
- ^ "Australian National Championship Results".