2009 AIHL season

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2009 AIHL season
League Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration25 April 2009 – 30 August 2009
Regular season
H Newman Reid Trophy Newcastle North Stars
(2nd title)
Season MVPBrad Smulders
(Blue Tongues)
Top scorerBrad Smulders (76 points)
(Blue Tongues)
Goodall Cup
Champions Adelaide Adrenaline
  Runners-up Newcastle North Stars
Finals MVPCass Delsar (Adrenaline)
AIHL seasons
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The 2009 AIHL season was the tenth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 25 April 2009 until 23 August 2009, with the AIHL finals following on 29 and 30 August 2009. The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy (backdated) after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. Adelaide Adrenaline won the Goodall Cup (backdated) for the first time by defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final.

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League business

The 2009 season will be reduced to seven teams after the Central Coast Rhinos dropped out due to changes made in the licensing model. [1] Two teams were renamed for the start of the season, Western Sydney Ice Dogs, dropped the Western part of the title to become the Sydney Ice Dogs [2] and the Adelaide A's have been renamed for the start of the season, playing under the new name of Adelaide Adrenaline. [1] The Sydney Ice Dogs have also been forced to relocate to Liverpool's Catholic Club's ice rink after their former home at Baulkham Hills rink withdrew from the league.

On 25–26 July there was a week's break for the Junior Men's national tournament, known as the Brown Tournament.

Regular season

Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
1 Sydney 6–1 Gold Coast Liverpool Saturday, 25 April
2 Canberra 5–2 Bears Canberra Saturday, 25 April
3 Newcastle 5–3 Sydney Newcastle Sunday, 26 April
4 Bears 0–7 Gold Coast Penrith Sunday, 26 April
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
5 Melbourne Ice 3–4 Newcastle Melbourne Saturday, 2 May
6 Bears 1–5 Sydney Penrith Saturday, 2 May
7 Adelaide 7–3 Newcastle Adelaide Sunday, 3 May
8 Sydney 2–3 SO Canberra Liverpool Sunday, 3 May
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
9 Canberra 1–5 Melbourne Canberra Saturday, 9 May
11 Newcastle 5–1 Gold Coast Newcastle Saturday, 9 May
12 Sydney 6–1 Bears Liverpool Saturday, 9 May
13 Newcastle 8–5 Gold Coast Newcastle Sunday, 10 May
14 Bears 4–3 SO Melbourne Penrith Sunday, 10 May
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
39 Gold Coast 2–3 SO Newcastle Gold Coast Saturday, 16 May
16 Adelaide 8–1 Canberra Adelaide Saturday, 16 May
42 Gold Coast 4–5 SO Newcastle Gold Coast Sunday, 17 May
18 Melbourne 5–2 Canberra Melbourne Sunday, 17 May
41 Bears 1–5 Sydney Penrith Sunday, 17 May
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
20 Gold Coast 8–4 Bears Gold Coast Saturday, 23 May
21 Canberra 5–8 Newcastle Canberra Saturday, 23 May
22 Melbourne 2–5 Adelaide Melbourne Saturday, 23 May
23 Gold Coast 9–5 Bears Gold Coast Sunday, 24 May
24 Melbourne 2–4 Adelaide Melbourne Sunday, 24 May
25 Sydney 1–3 Canberra Liverpool Sunday, 24 May
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
26 Canberra 2–5 Newcastle Canberra Saturday, 30 May
27 Melbourne 4–5 SO Sydney Melbourne Saturday, 30 May
28 Adelaide 8–3 Sydney Adelaide Sunday, 31 May
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
30 Gold Coast 4–2 Adelaide Gold Coast Saturday, 6 June
31 Newcastle 7–3 Bears Newcastle Saturday, 6 June
10 Canberra 2–5 Melbourne Canberra Saturday, 6 June
33 Gold Coast 5–2 Adelaide Gold Coast Sunday, 7 June
34 Bears 3–5 Melbourne Penrith Sunday, 7 June
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
35 Adelaide 4–2 Bears Adelaide Saturday, 13 June
36 Canberra 6–3 Sydney Canberra Saturday, 13 June
37 Melbourne 6–0 Bears Melbourne Sunday, 14 June
38 Sydney 4–6 Newcastle Liverpool Sunday, 14 June
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
15 Gold Coast 9–2 Sydney Gold Coast Saturday, 20 June
40 Adelaide 5–1 Canberra Adelaide Saturday, 20 June
19 Bears 2–6 Newcastle Penrith Saturday, 20 June
17 Gold Coast 8–4 Sydney Gold Coast Sunday, 21 June
43 Melbourne 8–3 Canberra Melbourne Sunday, 21 June
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
44 Adelaide 5–2 Melbourne Adelaide Saturday, 27 June
45 Newcastle 9–4 Canberra Newcastle Saturday, 27 June
46 Sydney 4–1 Gold Coast Liverpool Saturday, 27 June
47 Adelaide 1–4 Melbourne Adelaide Sunday, 28 June
48 Bears 3–2 SO Gold Coast Penrith Sunday, 28 June
49 Newcastle 3–2 Sydney Newcastle Sunday, 28 June
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
50 Newcastle 3–4 Adelaide Newcastle Saturday, 4 July
51 Canberra 1–4 Sydney Canberra Saturday, 4 July
52 Melbourne 3–4 SO Gold Coast Melbourne Saturday, 4 July
53 Melbourne 5–4 Gold Coast Melbourne Sunday, 5 July
54 Sydney 5–3 Adelaide Liverpool Sunday, 5 July
29 Bears 2–7 Newcastle Penrith Sunday, 5 July
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
55 Melbourne 2–5 Newcastle Melbourne Saturday, 11 July
56 Canberra 1–5 Gold Coast Canberra Saturday, 11 July
57 Sydney 5–3 Bears Liverpool Saturday, 11 July
58 Adelaide 5–7 Newcastle Adelaide Sunday, 12 July
59 Canberra 1–3 Gold Coast Canberra Sunday, 12 July
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
60 Adelaide 9–3 Gold Coast Adelaide Saturday, 18 July
61 & 62 Newcastle 3–7 Melbourne Newcastle Saturday, 18 July
63 Adelaide 2–4 Gold Coast Adelaide Sunday, 19 July
64 Bears 5–4 SO Canberra Penrith Sunday, 19 July
65 & 32 Sydney 3–5 Melbourne Liverpool Sunday, 19 July
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
66 Gold Coast 3–6 Canberra Gold Coast Saturday, 1 August
67 Adelaide 7–3 Bears Adelaide Saturday, 1 August
68 Gold Coast 5–1 Canberra Gold Coast Sunday, 2 August
69 Melbourne 10–3 Bears Melbourne Sunday, 2 August
70 Sydney 3–2 Newcastle Liverpool Sunday, 2 August
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
71 Newcastle 5–3 Adelaide Newcastle Saturday, 8 August
72 Canberra 6–4 Bears Canberra Saturday, 8 August
73 & 74 Bears 3–7 Adelaide Penrith Sunday, 9 August
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
75 Gold Coast 5–2 Melbourne Gold Coast Saturday, 15 August
76 & 77 Canberra 1–6 Adelaide Canberra Saturday, 15 August
84 Newcastle 5–3 Bears Newcastle Sunday, 23 August
78 Gold Coast 4–9 Melbourne Gold Coast Sunday, 16 August
79 Sydney 5–6 OT Adelaide Liverpool Sunday, 16 August
80 Newcastle 5–2 Canberra Newcastle Sunday, 16 August
Game No.Home teamScoreAway teamLocationDateReport
81 Adelaide 1–3 Sydney Adelaide Saturday, 22 August
82 Bears 6–4 Canberra Penrith Saturday, 22 August
83 Melbourne 4–1 Sydney Melbourne Sunday, 23 August

Note: "SO" indicates that a game was won through a shootout. Games schedule sourced from the AIHL. [3]

Standings

TeamGPWSOWSOLLGFGAGDFPTS
Newcastle North Stars 241720512285+3755
Melbourne Ice 241503611377+3648
Adelaide Adrenaline 241510811775+4247
Gold Coast Blue Tongues 241313710886+2244
Sydney Ice Dogs 241012118790−334
Canberra Knights 244111860120−6015
The Bears 241302066140−749
Qualified for the AIHL playoffsH Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. [4]

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIMPOS
Brad Smulders Gold Coast Blue Tongues 223343768 F
Éric Lafrenière Newcastle North Stars 222730576 F
Matthew Watkins Melbourne Ice 222529548 C
Adrian Saul Newcastle North Stars 2214375128 F
John Halverson Newcastle North Stars 23311748106 D
Lliam Webster Melbourne Ice 2218284679 F
Steven Kaye Newcastle North Stars 1718274530 F
André Selander Gold Coast Blue Tongues 2022184093 LW
Jassi Sangha Sydney Ice Dogs 2017203787 LW
Vladimir Rubes The Bears 1916203635 F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage. [5]

PlayerTeamMIPSOGGAGAASVS% SO
Matthew Ezzy Newcastle North Stars 928645713.680.8900
Olivier Martin Adelaide Adrenaline 989604693.490.8860
Luke Fiveash Gold Coast Blue Tongues 607356423.460.8821
Stuart Denman Melbourne Ice 965496653.370.8691
James Herbert Sydney Ice Dogs 871430633.620.8530

Playoffs

In 2009, the Goodall Cup, celebrating 100 years of existence, had been taken back from Ice Hockey Australia (IHA) for an amateur interstate tournament and was replaced by the AIHL with the newly commissioned AIHL Champions Trophy. [6]

The 2009 playoffs was scheduled for 29 August 2009 with Championship final held on 30 August 2009. [3] Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, Newcastle, New South Wales. [7] The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Championship final. The inaugural AIHL Champions Trophy was won by the Adelaide Adrenaline who defeated the Newcastle North Stars 3–2 in overtime after the two sides finished regulation time locked at 2–2. Adelaide's Cass Delsar, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP) after scoring the overtime winner. [8]

In March 2010, the AIHL and IHA agreed to reinstate the Goodall Cup as the ultimate prize of the AIHL and backdated Adelaide Adrenaline's 2009 championship to the Goodall Cup (first title), etching the South Australian team's name on the cup and officially calling them the 2009 Goodall Cup champions. [6]

Semifinals Final
      
1 Melbourne Ice 1
4 Adelaide Adrenaline 6
Adelaide Adrenaline 3
Newcastle North Stars 2
3 Newcastle North Stars 5
2 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals

29 August 2009
16:30		 Adelaide Adrenaline 6–1
(2–0, 3–1, 1–0)		 Melbourne Ice Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Newcastle
Game reference
Olivier MartinGoaliesStuart DenmanReferee:
Gordon Young
Linesmen:
Jason Forbes
Jim McIntosh
Mantere (Oddy)1 – 0
Beirnes (PP) (Keane, Thilthorpe)2 – 0
Beirnes (Delsar)3 – 0
Mantere (Oddy, Greer)4 – 0
4 – 1Webster (PP) (Watkins, Seckington)
Werner (PP) (Morgan, Mantere)5 – 1
Werner (Darge, Keane)6 – 1
14 minPenalties26 min
34Shots25
29 August 2009
20:00		 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3–5
(2–2, 1–1, 0–2)		 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 1000
Game reference
Milan NovysedlakGoaliesMatthew EzzyReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Darren Hardy-Hawken
Rick West
0 – 1Kaye (PP) (Lafrenière, Saul)
0 – 2Halverson (SH) (Saul, Starke)
Ivarsson (PP) (Smulders, Selander)1 – 2
Selander (PP) (Smulders, Upton)2 – 2
Smulders (SH) (Ivarsson)3 – 2
3 – 3Morrisson (Murrell)
3 – 4Kaye (Price, Saul)
3 – 5Kaye (Saul, Lafrenière)
18 minPenalties14 min
29Shots39

Final

30 August 2009
16:00		 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 – 2 (OT)
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 950
Game reference
Olivier MartinGoaliesMatthew EzzyReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Rick West
Jason Forbes
0 – 1Halverson (Sheffield)
Morgan (PP) (Harding, Werner)1 – 1
Oddy (PP) (Werner)2 – 1
2 – 2Halverson (PP) (Kaye, Saul)
Delsar (Beirnes, Harding)3 – 2
16 minPenalties18 min
34Shots17

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