[1] The club unifies both men and women under one name,[2] unlike Victoria's former representation in the Australian Hockey League as the VIC Vikings (men) and VIC Vipers (women).

[3][4] HC Melbourne competed for the first time in the inaugural season of Hockey One, which was contested from late September through to mid November 2019.

[5] HC Melbourne opted for a pure hockey club name, with a view to attracting the Victoria hockey public community whom CEO Andrew Skillern said "showed the rest of the country and the world what we can achieve by getting behind the home team and filling the stands as part of the 2019 FIH Pro League and we cannot wait to have the same support in the new league.

Hockey Victoria had over 1,400 inaugural HC Melbourne members before the launch of the club.

[6] Throughout the Hockey One league, HC Melbourne plays a number of home games at the stadium.