A rink renovation has caused both Sydney teams in the national league to withdraw from the 2025 season, prompting calls for more investment to bolster the number of appropriate rinks for professional play.
The Sydney Ice Dogs and Sydney Bears will not feature in the 2025 AIHL season.Sydney will be missing from the national ice hockey league due to renovations at the rink shared by its two teams.What's next?abc.net.au/news/australian-ice-hockey-withdrawal-sydney-teams-macquarie-rink/104756750The shock withdrawal of Sydney's two teams from the Australian Ice Hockey League has amplified calls for more pro-standard rinks in the country.
"Sydney is the only city in the country that's produced an NHL player, Nathan Walker ... and we just don't have facilities to produce more Nathan Walkers at the moment. Woolnough, who formerly played in the NRL and notched more than 100 games for the Newcastle Knights, said ice hockey had been a part of the national sport landscape for more than a century."Rugby league was established in Australia around the same time."The Sydney Ice Dogs say the club is devastated it won't be on the ice in 2025."We haven't grown as much as other sports and that's because of our geography, climate and the lack of rinks," he said.
"Especially for Newcastle, Central Coast and Canberra, we accommodate a lot of their fans to our home games which makes it a great rivalry," he said.
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