The Jim Brown Shield Tournament is an annually awarded interstate ice hockey championship trophy in Australia for senior men aged 17 years and older with the condition that players of the Australian Ice Hockey League that are 24 years and older must have played less than 6 games to remain eligible. The current trophy is in the form of a shield and is the third trophy to bear the Brown family name. The trophy is named after Scottish born James Archibald Brown. The Jim Brown Shield is competed for in a series of games between state representative teams in what is called The Brown Tournament.

Jim Brown Memorial Trophy Tournament

The 2015 national tournament will be held from 8 October - 11 October and will consist of 6 teams, 5 representing a state each and 1 representing a territory. The Australian territory that is competing in the tournament is

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. The states competing are Victoria,

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and the 2014 champions

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. The tournament will be held at the

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. The schedule is as follows:

Standings

The standings for the 2015 Jim Brown Memorial Tournament:

Jim Brown Shield Championship

Semi Final 1

Semi Final 2

Bronze-medal game

Gold-medal game

References

External links

Ice Hockey Australia website
{{Ice hockey in Australia Australian Ice Hockey League Australian Junior Ice Hockey League Junior ice hockey leagues junior Youth ice hockey