Dunedin Ice Hockey Association

Register for the Erewhon Cup 2014

The 2014 Edition of the Erewhon Cup will be held in Alexandra from July 4th to 6th.

The Erewhon Cup ice hockey tournament is opened to players from all Southern ice hockey clubs.

Registering a team

To register a team, fill in the registration form and return it to the organising committee before June 15th.

The tournament this year is limited to 8 teams so get those registrations in quickly.

Download the 2014 Erewhon Cup registration form (DOC, 250KB)

Individual players looking to join a team

If you’re not already affiliated to an existing team but would like to participate, there’s some options opened to you.

We might be able to put together a one-off team for the weekend or to match you up with an existing team that might be short of players.

Send your contact details to communications@dunedinicehockey.hellyer.kiwi and we’ll try our best to find you a spot on a team.

Format and rules

Two games will be disputed on Friday night. Saturday games will be played from 7AM to 7PM and will be followed with a social function. The round robin will be completed Sunday morning with the final to be played at 11.30AM.

19 hours of hockey games are planned in total.

The tournament takes the form a of a round-robin followed by an elimination round.

Each team is allowed to have 15 players and 2 goaltenders for the weekend. However it may only dress 10 players and 1 goaltender for any given game. Players may only play for one team.

Erewhon Cup Rules (updated 2004)

History of the tournament

The Erewhon Cup is one of the oldest ice hockey tournament in the world. The first edition was held in 1937 on a farm in Opawa, near Albury in South Canterbury. The Erewhon Cup was gifted to the winning team by Mr Wyndham Barker.

True to its origin, the Erewhon cup tournament is held on an outdoor rink. The tournament is also notable for the high level of camaraderie between all teams and players.

Article about the Mt Harper ice rink and Mr Wyndham Barker on the Department of Conservation website.
Otago Daily Times article about the 2012 edition of the Erewhon Cup