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| Full name | Tassie Tigers |
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| League | Hockey One |
| Founded | 17 April 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-17) |
| Home ground | Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart, Australia (Capacity 4,000) |
| Website | hockeytasmania |
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.
Tassie Tigers will compete in the inaugural season of Hockey One, which will be contested from late September through to mid November 2019.
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.
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.
Teams
Men's team
| # | Name | Appearances (all time) | Goals (all time) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus McCausland | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Hayden Beltz | 44 | 4 |
| 6 | Josh Brooks | 17 | 2 |
| 7 | Josh Mardell | 16 | 0 |
| 9 | Jeremy Edwards | 81 | 7 |
| 11 | Eddie Ockenden | 124 | 48 |
| 13 | Joshua Beltz | 39 | 1 |
| 14 | Jack Welch | 41 | 10 |
| 15 | Oscar Pritchard | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Alex Hogan-Jones | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Oliver Pritchard | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | Grant Woodcock | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | Tim Deavin | 126 | 11 |
| 20 | Ehren Hazell | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | Oliver Stebbings | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Oliver Smith | 11 | 1 |
| 28 | Lachlan Rogers | 4 | 0 |
| Harvey Bessell | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Hayward | 0 | 0 | |
| Keenan Johnson | 0 | 0 | |
| Max Johnstone | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Jones | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Payne | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Pritchard | 0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Sproule | 0 | 0 |
Women's team
Details and team rosters to be confirmed.
History
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 5th |
| 2014 | 1st |
| 2015 | 3rd |
| 2016 | 7th |
| 2017 | 7th |
Awards
Individual
Player of the Tournament:
- Todd Williams - 1993
- Daniel Sproule - 1998
- Matthew Wells (2) - 2001, 2003
- Zain Wright - 2002
- Eddie Ockenden (4) - 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
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:
- Tristan Clemons - 2014
Team
Tournament Champions: 2014
Play the Whistle Award: 2014, 2015
References
- "New Look Tassie Tigers Launch With Hockey One". Hockey Tasmania. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- "Tassie Tigers".
- "TAS Tigers, NSW Arrows win". Hockey Australia. 11 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019.
- "Hockey One - WHAT'S THE FORMAT?". hockeyone.com.au. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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