 This would be the first time in a few years that a league would exist but as the Melbourne Glaciarium did not operate an ice floor in 1946 due to the popularity of dancing, the 1946 competition would only operate inside Harry Hans Kleiner's St. Moritz Ice Palais and the modern era of club ice hockey would begin.Harry Hans Kleiner donated the trophy we know today as the H.H.Kleiner Trophy to the first champions, the Western Suburbs.