New South Wales roster for the 2025 20U Men’s Ice Hockey State of Origin Series

Ice Hockey NSW have announced their team roster for the New South Wales state 20 & under team which will compete in the 2025 20U Men’s Ice Hockey State of Origin Series. The competition will take place between February and March 2025 with games held at Hunter Ice Skating Stadium and Iceworld Boondall.

Last updated: 2 March 2025. Note: A = Alternate captain, C = Captain.

Defence

No.	Player	Club	Profile
11	Mathew Campbell	Reach Rebels	IHNSW
12	Chase Wedesweiler	Newcastle Northstars 17U	IHNSW
17	Cheslav Kulinich	Norwest Emperors 17U	IHNSW
25	David Quinn (C)	Sydney Heat	IHNSW
59	Declan Downie	Norwest Emperors 17U	IHNSW
69	Gregory Chystyakov	Polyflor Raptors	IHNSW

Forwards

No.	Player	Club	Profile
2	Benjamin McGrath	Norwest Emperors 17U	IHNSW
7	Declan Devine	Liverpool Saints 17U	IHNSW
10	Max Bu	Sydney Ice Dogs	IHNSW
19	Colby Shumak (A)	Sydney Bears	IHNSW
20	Cameron Hughes (A)	Central Coast Rhinos	IHNSW
22	Aiden Downie	Norwest Emperors 17U	IHNSW
43	Stepan Olkin	Sydney Ice Dogs	IHNSW
55	Robert Kowalczyk	Central Coast Rhinos	IHNSW
71	Sam Sywak	Norwest Emperors 17U	IHNSW
77	Jesse Bursik	Sydney Bears 17U	IHNSW
91	Clayton Ballard	Newcastle Northstars 17U	IHNSW

Goaltenders

No.	Player	Club	Profile
1	Connor Dowell	Reach Rebels	—
75	Matthew Montgomery	Newcastle Northstars	IHNSW
—*	Justin Baxter	Sydney Bombers	IHNSW

Reserves

Player	Club	Profile
Liam Waters	Liverpool Saints 17U	IHNSW
Will Waters	Liverpool Saints 17U	IHNSW

Staff

Player	Club
Derek ???	Head coach
David-James Jeremy	Assistant coach
Anthony ???	Assistant coach
Natalie ???	Manager
David ???	Team official
Greg ???	Team official
Margaret ???	Team official

Updates

• 3 February 2025: Player numbers and team captain labels added.
• 8 February 2025: Partial team staff details added.
• 22 February 2025: Max Bu added. Declan Devine, Connor Dowell moved from the reserves to the main roster.

Notes

• *Justin Baxter is #1 on eSportsdesk though this number is currently worn by Connor Dowell.

Further information

• State of Origin 20U – Team Announcement by Ice Hockey NSW (6 November 2024)
• Tournament schedule
• Team statistics on eSportsdesk
• Livestream of the tournament via YouTube