Western Australian Ice Hockey Association
On 22 September 1949, a prospectus was written to introduce the first ice rink to Western Australia.The rink was being built by Ice Palais Ltd. and Bruce Carrol was the chairman of directors, who stated that even with the completion date of the rink being weeks away there were already plans by Perth sporting clubs to make ice hockey teams.[17][18] Some of members of the first 2 teams were: Collegians – W. Rossiter, Peter Logan, Brian Strack, D. Whitehead Western Dodgers – Laurie Anderson, R. Cody Shortly after the first game of ice hockey played in Perth a 22 year old recent migrant, Bob Pals, began planning to form a team composed entirely of Dutch migrants.Bob Pals had represented the Netherlands in the 1948 World Amateur Championships held in Montreux, Switzerland.Other members of the proposed Dutch team were a 7 time medalist for long distance skating in the Netherlands, Lue Markies; a leading figure and dance skater Louis Kramer; and another member of the national ice hockey team for the Netherlands, Rudi Williams, who also played ice hockey for the Amsterdam Icebergs.