The Australian Skate Company

Puckhandlers Roller Sports Stadium is the first dedicated inline hockey rink built in Australia. Initially when we set out to start the rink for 'hockey only' many of those involved said we were "Crazy". In retrospect we were a bit nuts but luckily through a bit of hard work coupled with some good luck we have managed to make the place a tremendous success. The goal of the rink is to create a safe, fun, social atmosphere where kids and parents can come to have a skate and enjoy our services. The rink is designed for inline skating but the underlying goal is to create a bigger, better inline hockey base. Each person who walks through the front door hears about inline hockey one way or another. Inline Hockey is on the way to becoming a huge sport in Australia and Puckhandlers Roller Sports Stadium enjoys being a central part of it. The sport is growing everyday and has never been in a stronger position than it is now. The present ILHV (Inline Hockey Victoria) executive committee is excellent and with the help of Rodney DeBoos and Bruce Beatson , it will continue to grow and prosper. If you, or anyone you know would like information on inline hockey, contact the rink anytime and we will be more than happy to assist you with all relevant details. The rink is also in the process of developing a new sport 'Box Lacrosse'. The sport is huge internationally and growing strongly in Australia.

The A S C - directors, Ross Fisher and Karl Bryan.

Ross Fisher

Ross has a background in Aussie Rules football, playing 5 seasons with the Melbourne Football Club. On his impressive dossier of sporting achievements is an AFL Reserves Premiership. Since leaving football he has taken up a new sport, inline hockey. Amazingly after starting the sport at the age of 33 he has managed to carve himself quite an impressive inline hockey career, he is a dominant player in the A grade competition, was the highest point scorer in A grade in '01 and is the captain/coach of the defending champion Geelong Bisons. Ross is also a stand out player in the Pro Hockey League for the Bauer Reservoir Dogs as an enforcer and defensive forward. When his four children started playing with the Eltham Eagles in 1995, Ross saw enormous potential in the sport and felt there weren’t facilities available to compliment the players abilities (Maybe that is because he was used to the MCG!).

Karl Bryan

Hailing from Canada, Karl Bryan’s background is in marketing and ice/inline hockey. He is the current Captain of Victoria and a 9 time National Champion. Karl attended Red Deer University in Canada where he completed two years of Business with a Grade Point Average of 3.3 (82%). He arrived in Australia 1993 and soon after started playing ice and inline hockey in Melbourne. After playing the two he felt that inline hockey had enormous potential and helped form a new club, The Phantoms. He transferred to the Kings so he could play with good mates Johnny