Stephanie Boxall Trophy

The Stephanie Boxall Trophy is the minor premiership (or regular season championship) trophy of the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League
Taking over from the West Lakes Trophy in 2020, is the Stephanie Boxall Trophy. The trophy is awarded to the winner of the minor premiership in the AWIHL, the team that finishes top of the league standings at the conclusion of the regular season. The trophy is named after Stephanie Boxall, who was a pioneer of the women's game in Australia. Originally playing boys before the women's game was established, Steph took on the sport's ruling body in the 1980s and won the right for women to continue to participate in men's ice hockey after the national body tried to ban women due to fears of being sued if a woman got hurt. This helped paved the way for the establishment of the women's game in Australia. Steph was an inaugural member of the Australian national team and National Women's Championship when it started in 1995. She went on to captain Australia and has been called the “best female ice hockey player Australia has ever had”. Steph is the first Australian, and is one of only six women, to be named in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada.
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Category:Ice hockey in Australia
Category:Trophies and awards