2012 AIHL season

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2012 AIHL season
League Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration28 April 2012 – 2 September 2012
Regular season
H Newman Reid Trophy Newcastle North Stars
(4th title)
Season MVPJeremy Boyer (North Stars)
Tomas Landa (Bears)
Top scorerJeremy Boyer (North Stars)
Tomas Landa (Bears)
(58 points)
Goodall Cup
Champions Melbourne Ice
  Runners-up Newcastle North Stars
Finals MVPTodd Graham (Ice)
AIHL seasons
  2011
2013  

The 2012 AIHL season is the 13th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 28 April 2012 until 26 August 2012, with the Goodall Cup finals following on the 1 and 2 September. The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Ried Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points. The Melbourne Ice won the Goodall Cup for the third year in a row after defeating the North Stars in the final.

Contents

Teams

In 2012 the AIHL had 9 teams competing in the league. [1]

2012 AIHL teams
TeamCityArenaHead CoachCaptain
Adelaide Adrenaline Flag of South Australia.svg Adelaide IceArenA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan O'Handley Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Oddy
Canberra Knights Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Canberra Phillip Ice Skating Centre Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bear McPhail Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Rummukainen
Gold Coast Blue Tongues Flag of Queensland.svg Gold Coast Iceworld Boondall Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Nixon Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Geric
Melbourne Ice Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Medibank Icehouse Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Watson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vinnie Hughes
Melbourne Mustangs Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Melbourne Medibank Icehouse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill Wilkinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Hardy
Newcastle North Stars Flag of New South Wales.svg Newcastle Hunter Ice Skating Stadium Flag of Australia (converted).svg Garry Doré Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ray Sheffield
Perth Thunder Flag of Western Australia.svg Perth Perth Ice Arena Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stan Scott Flag of Australia (converted).svg Samuel Wilson
Sydney Bears Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Sydney Ice Arena Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vladimir Rubes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Schlamp
Sydney Ice Dogs Flag of New South Wales.svg Sydney Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ron Kuprowsky Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew White

League business

During the off-season the Australian Ice Hockey League announced that Perth Thunder had been accepted as a full member of the league expanding the competition to nine teams. The Mustangs IHC changed their name to the Melbourne Mustangs after the AIHL lifted a condition that prohibited the use of "Melbourne" in their team name. The restriction was originally put in place to protect the brand of the Melbourne Ice. [2] It was also announced that from 2012 the league would be split into two conferences in order to manage costs and length of the season. [3] The two conferences where named the Bauer Conference and Easton Conference after the AIHL signed a three-year deal with the Skaters Network who is the distributor of the ice hockey brands Bauer Hockey and Easton Hockey. The Bauer Conference will consist of the Canberra Knights, Newcastle North Stars, Sydney Bears, and the Sydney Ice Dogs, while the Easton Conference includes the Adelaide Adrenaline, Gold Coast Blue Tongues, Melbourne Ice, Melbourne Mustangs and the Perth Thunder. [4] Following the announcement of the conference system a change in the finals playoff structure was also announced. The winners of each conference at the end of the regular season would play in a semi-final against the runner-up of the opposing conference with the winners of the semi-finals progressing to the Goodall Cup final. [4] It was also announced a one-year partnership with Virgin Australia in which the airline would become the leagues preferred supplier for the 2012 season. [5] In February 2012 the Sydney Bears announced that they were leaving the Penrith Ice Palace as their home arena and were returning to play their games at the Sydney Ice Arena in Baulkham Hills where they had previously played from 2003 to 2006. [6] In April 2012 the AIHL announced that the Sydney Ice Dogs would be restricted to the dress of only three import players per game, as opposed to the normal four. The restriction is part of the penalties imposed on the club after it breached the AIHL code of conduct during the 2011 Goodall Cup final series in which a player and two team officials were involved in an assault of a Medibank Icehouse security guard. [7] [8]

Prior to the start of the regular season, three exhibition games were held. The first game was held between the Mustangs and the Melbourne Ice at the Medibank Icehouse with the Mustangs winning the game 5–2. [9] [10] The second and third games were played between the Sydney Bears and the Sydney Ice Dogs, with the Sydney Bears winning the first game 5–2 and the Sydney Ice Dogs winning the second game 5–4 in a shootout. [11] [12]

On 3 June, Gold Coast Blue Tongues' home game against the Melbourne Ice at Bundall Iceland was called off after a shortened first period due to an unplayable surface; it was the second such cancellation in less than a year at Bundall Iceland, with 10 July 2011 match between the Blue Tongues and Sydney Ice Dogs cancelled without play for the same reason. [13] After the cancelled game, Gold Coast was evicted from the rink by its owners, [14] and on 8 June, it was announced that its remaining seven home games for the season would be played at Iceworld in Acacia Ridge, Brisbane; the matches will begin at 10:30pm, with a better time unable to be negotiated with the rink due to the short notice of the relocation. [15] Although Melbourne was offered a win by forfeit for the cancelled match, the club agreed instead to reschedule the match to Thursday 23 August, to be played in Melbourne (although technically a Gold Coast home game). [16]

During July there will be a weeks break for the first Trans-Tasman Champions League. The formation of the Trans-Tasman Champions League was announced back in August 2011 between the AIHL and the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL). [17] The series will feature two teams from each the AIHL and the NZIHL each playing the others once with the winner being the team who finishes first in the round-robin standings. The two teams chosen from each league will be the 2011 regular season champions and the winner of the 2011 playoffs. In a situation where the winning of both events is the same the runner up of the playoff final will be selected to represent their respective league. [17]

Player transfers

DatePlayerPrevious teamNew teamRef
15 February 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ezzy Newcastle North Stars Retired [18]
29 February 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olivier Martin Adelaide Adrenaline Newcastle North Stars [19]
9 March 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dan Nicholls Texas Brahmas Adelaide Adrenaline [20]
14 March 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Liscomb New Jersey Outlaws Adelaide Adrenaline [21]
14 March 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wehebe Darge Alaska Avalanche Adelaide Adrenaline [22]
14 March 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Manning SUNY-Potsdam Adelaide Adrenaline [23]
14 March 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Corstens Viikingit Adelaide Adrenaline [24]
14 March 2012 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomas Landa HC Risuty Sydney Bears [25]
19 March 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aaron Barton University of Ottawa Adelaide Adrenaline [26]
20 March 2012 Flag of the United States.svg Kirk Golden Toulouse-Blagnac Sydney Ice Dogs [27]
20 March 2012 Flag of the United States.svg Casey Mignone Pensacola Ice Flyers Sydney Ice Dogs [28]
27 March 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Crowther Bobcaygeon Bucks Melbourne Ice [29]
27 March 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Humphries Banff Academy Bears Melbourne Ice [30]
27 March 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Graham Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack Melbourne Ice [31]
27 March 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Wong EVU U20 Melbourne Ice [32]
30 March 2012 Flag of the United States.svg Doug WilsonNo team Melbourne Ice [33]
30 March 2012 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Matt Korthuis HYS The Hague Melbourne Ice [34]
4 April 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeremy Boyer Quad City Mallards Newcastle North Stars [35]
8 April 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Beau Taylor Swan Valley Stampeders Newcastle North Stars [36]
17 April 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robbie Lawrance HYC Herentals Newcastle North Stars [37]
23 April 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shannon McGregor Bobcaygeon Bucks Sydney Ice Dogs [38]
23 April 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gabriel Robledo Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs [39]
24 April 2012 Flag of the United States.svg John Kennedy Dayton Gems Canberra Knights [40]
24 April 2012 Flag of the United States.svg Nic Polaski Dayton Gems Canberra Knights [41]
24 April 2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lucas Schott Brooklyn Aviators Canberra Knights [42]
29 April 2012 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andreas Camenzind Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Gold Coast Blue Tongues [43]
30 April 2012 Flag of New Zealand.svg George Huber Botany Swarm Adelaide Adrenaline [44]
29 June 2012 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mitch Morgan HYC Herentals Adelaide Adrenaline [45]
8 July 2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carter LawrenceNotre Dame Argos HR Midget Tier2 Gold Coast Blue Tongues [46]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Smart Toronto Canada Moose Sydney Bears [47]
2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kiefer Smiley Mississippi Surge Perth Thunder [48]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Nottle EHC/2 U20 Perth Thunder [49]
2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aaron Wilson Friesland Flyers Perth Thunder [50]
2012 Flag of New Zealand.svg Andrew Cox Karhu-Kissat Perth Thunder [51]
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Ginand Kalamazoo Wings Perth Thunder [52]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Kyros EHC/2 U20 Perth Thunder [53]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bradley Young Gold Coast Blue Tongues Perth Thunder [54]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrey Zolotarev Viikingit Adelaide Adrenaline [55]
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Brown Fayetteville FireAntz Canberra Knights [56]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harrison Byers Ochapowace Thunder Canberra Knights [57]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Letki Gold Coast Blue Tongues Canberra Knights [58]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kai Miettinen UJK Canberra Knights [59]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Kimlin Whitby Dunlops Gold Coast Blue Tongues [60]
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Adam Blanchette Danbury Whalers Gold Coast Blue Tongues [61]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Casey Minson ESC Darmstadt Gold Coast Blue Tongues [62]
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Pesce Middlebury College Gold Coast Blue Tongues [63]
2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg James Sanford Melbourne Mustangs Gold Coast Blue Tongues [64]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Christopher Wong EPS U17 Melbourne Ice [65]
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Dean Moore Kramfors-Alliansen Melbourne Mustangs [66]
2012 Flag of the United States.svg John Sullivan Columbus Cottonmouths Melbourne Mustangs [67]
2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kevin Day Solna SK Newcastle North Stars [68]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Upton Gold Coast Blue Tongues Newcastle North Stars [69]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Slauenwhite Adelaide Adrenaline Sydney Bears [70]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Slavomir Boris Canberra Knights Sydney Bears [71]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Spina Toronto Canada Moose Sydney Ice Dogs [72]
2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Wren SUNY Brockport Melbourne Mustangs [73]
2012 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carter LawrenceNotre Dame Argos HR Midget Tier2 Gold Coast Blue Tongues [46]
2012 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Etienne Du ToitNo team Gold Coast Blue Tongues [74]

Regular season

The regular season will start on 28 April 2012 and will run through to 26 August 2012 before the teams compete in the playoff series. [75] The Gold Coast Blue Tongues' final seven home games were relocated from Bundall, Gold Coast to Acacia Ridge, Brisbane after the cancelled match on 3 June. All relocated matches were scheduled to commence at 10:30pm, and the dates of some of the matches were adjusted to accommodate the away teams' travel plans. [76]

The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points, 52. [77] On 29 August the AIHL released the list of finalists for the 2012 awards. Matt Armstrong of the Melbourne Ice, Jeremy Boyer of the Newcastle North Stars, Perth Thunder's Kenny Rolph and Sydney Bears' Tomas Landa were nominated for the Most Valuable Player award, with Boyer and Landa both winning the award. Aaron Barton of Adelaide Adrenaline, Anthony Kimlin of the Gold Coast Blue Tongues and Perth Thunder's Kiefer Smiley were nominated for the Top Goaltender award with Anthony Kimlin being named the winner. Adam Blanchette of the Blue Tongues, Scott Levitt of the Melbourne Mustangs and Newcastle's Rob Lawrance were nominated for the Top Defenceman award with Rob Lawrance being announced as the winner. George Huber of the Adrenaline, Greg Bay of the Blue Tongues, the Mustangs' Brendan McDowell and Perth's David Kudla were all nominated for the Rookie of the Year award with George Huber and Greg Bay tying for the win. [78] [79]

April

GameDateTimeAwayScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecap
128 April16:30 Canberra Knights 3 – 2 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 400
228 April17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 5 – 6 (SO) Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1700
328 April18:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–5 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills
428 April17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3–4 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 1000
529 April15:30 Canberra Knights 2–5 Melbourne Ice Melbourne
629 April17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 7–2 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills
729 April17:00 Newcastle North Stars 4–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool

May

GameDateTimeAwayScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecap
85 May16:30 Canberra Knights 4 – 3 (SO) Perth Thunder Perth
95 May16:30 Melbourne Ice 5–6 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
105 May16:00 Newcastle North Stars 2–3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
115 May17:00 Sydney Bears 2–5 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
126 May16:30 Melbourne Ice 3 – 2 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
136 May15:30 Canberra Knights 4 – 3 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne
146 May17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 7–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 800
1512 May16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–1 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast 200
1612 May17:00 Perth Thunder 2–4 Melbourne Ice Melbourne
1712 May17:00 Newcastle North Stars 8–5 Sydney Bears Newcastle
1812 May17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–1 Canberra Knights Canberra 750
1913 May16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 8–4 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast 200
2013 May15:30 Perth Thunder 5–2 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne
2113 May17:00 Canberra Knights 1–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle
2217 May19:15 Melbourne Ice 5–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne
2319 May16:30 Perth Thunder 2–5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 470
2419 May17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4 – 5 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 260
2519 May17:00 Newcastle North Stars 6–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250
2619 May17:30 Sydney Bears 4–1 Canberra Knights Canberra 1000
2720 May16:30 Perth Thunder 2–6 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
2820 May15:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4–0 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1000
2920 May17:00 Sydney Bears 4–7 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle
3026 May16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–2 Perth Thunder Perth
3126 May17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4–7 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1000
3226 May17:30 Newcastle North Stars 9–5 Canberra Knights Canberra
3327 May16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–2 Perth Thunder Perth
3427 May15:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–5 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 970
3527 May17:00 Canberra Knights 2–7 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 175

June

GameDateTimeAwayScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecap
362 June16:00 Melbourne Ice 5–2 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast 250
372 June16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–7 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 450
382 June17:30 Sydney Bears 3–4 Canberra Knights Canberra
393 June16:00 Melbourne Ice Cancelled Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
403 June15:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 950
4116 June16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–3 Perth Thunder Perth
4216 June17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 6–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 1000
4316 June17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5 – 4 (SO) Canberra Knights Canberra 1000
4417 June16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–5 Perth Thunder Perth
4517 June15:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 0–6 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1100
4617 June17:00 Newcastle North Stars 3–1 Sydney Bears Newcastle
4722 June22:30 Perth Thunder 6–3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 100
4823 June17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 2–7 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle
4923 June18:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 6–4 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills
5023 June17:30 Melbourne Ice 8–3 Canberra Knights Canberra
5123 June22:30 Perth Thunder 6–3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge
5224 June17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 0–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 200
5324 June17:00 Melbourne Ice 6–2 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills
5430 June22:30 Sydney Bears 6 – 5 (SO) Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 130
5530 June16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 0–10 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 650
5630 June16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–2 Perth Thunder Perth 700
5730 June17:00 Canberra Knights 2–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle

July

GameDateTimeAwayScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecap
581 July16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 650
591 July15:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–9 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1200
601 July17:00 Newcastle North Stars 4–3 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills
6114 July22:30 Canberra Knights 1–5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 160
6214 July16:30 Sydney Bears 6–4 Perth Thunder Perth
6314 July17:00 Melbourne Ice 1–5 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 800
6415 July15:30 Sydney Bears 2–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne
6515 July17:00 Melbourne Ice 4–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 300
6621 July16:30 Newcastle North Stars 2–0 Perth Thunder Perth
6721 July17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 1–4 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1450
6821 July17:00 Sydney Bears 4–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 300
6921 July17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 6–2 Canberra Knights Canberra
7022 July15:30 Newcastle North Stars 3–5 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 750
7122 July17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250
7222 July17:00 Canberra Knights 2–4 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills
7328 July17:00 Perth Thunder 7–2 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 390
7428 July17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–5 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle
7528 July17:00 Sydney Bears 5 – 4 (SO) Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
7628 July17:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 1–4 Canberra Knights Canberra
7729 July15:30 Perth Thunder 6–3 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1000
7829 July17:00 Canberra Knights 1–9 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle
7929 July17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4–0 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250
8029 July17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–5 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills

August

GameDateTimeAwayScoreHomeLocationAttendanceRecap
813 August22:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 110
824 August17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 3 – 4 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Newcastle
834 August17:30 Perth Thunder 1 – 2 (SO) Canberra Knights Canberra
844 August22:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–1 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 120
855 August17:00 Perth Thunder 4–3 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills
865 August17:00 Canberra Knights 5–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
879 August19:15 Melbourne Ice 6–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 1150
8811 August16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3–2 Perth Thunder Perth
8911 August16:30 Sydney Bears 1–5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 470
9011 August17:00 Newcastle North Stars 5–3 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1150
9111 August17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–2 Canberra Knights Canberra
9212 August16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 0–4 Perth Thunder Perth
9312 August16:30 Newcastle North Stars 2–4 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 440
9412 August15:30 Sydney Bears 3 – 4 (SO) Melbourne Ice Melbourne 900
9518 August22:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 120
9618 August16:30 Melbourne Ice 1–3 Perth Thunder Perth
9718 August17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 1–0 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 420
9818 August17:30 Newcastle North Stars 7 – 6 (SO) Canberra Knights Canberra
9919 August16:30 Melbourne Ice 4–2 Perth Thunder Perth
10019 August15:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 6–4 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 385
10119 August17:00 Sydney Bears 4–0 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle
10219 August17:00 Canberra Knights 7–9 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250
3923 August19:00 Melbourne Ice 5–3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Melbourne 450
10325 August16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 5–1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 410
10425 August17:00 Perth Thunder 4–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 600
10525 August17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–5 Canberra Knights Canberra
10626 August16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4 – 5 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 450
10726 August17:00 Perth Thunder 4–7 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 350
10826 August17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 1–7 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills

Standings

Bauer Conference

TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGAGDFPTS
Newcastle North Stars 241620612078+4252
Sydney Ice Dogs 24121299699−340
Sydney Bears 24921129293−132
Canberra Knights 244421473116−4322

Easton Conference

TeamGPWOTWOTLLGFGAGDFPTS
Melbourne Ice 241530610968+4151
Adelaide Adrenaline 24131289676+2043
Gold Coast Blue Tongues 241003118185−433
Perth Thunder 241002128180+132
Melbourne Mustangs 245121654107−5319
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffsH Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. [80]

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIMPOS
Jeremy Boyer Newcastle North Stars 2425335822 F
Tomas Landa Sydney Bears 241939586 F
Matt Armstrong Melbourne Ice 2423285146 F
Phil Ginand Perth Thunder 23262450100 F
Mike McRae Gold Coast Blue Tongues 2221295066 F
Ken Rolph Perth Thunder 2421264726 F
Greg Oddy Adelaide Adrenaline 2227194626 F
Casey Mignone Sydney Ice Dogs 2424224666 F
Beau Taylor Newcastle North Stars 2425204510 F
Brian Bales Newcastle North Stars 2121244514 F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum of ten games played. [81]

PlayerTeamMIPSOGGAGAASVS% SO
Anthony Kimlin Gold Coast Blue Tongues 519399262.250.9351
Mike Brown Canberra Knights 718636583.640.9090
Aaron Barton Adelaide Adrenaline 871582552.840.9052
Kiefer Smiley Perth Thunder 1026655703.070.8931
Olivier Martin Newcastle North Stars 944589643.050.8911

Season awards

Below lists the 2012 AIHL regular season award winners.

AwardNameTeam
MVP Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomas Landa
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeremy Boyer
Sydney Bears
Newcastle North Stars
Goaltender Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony Kimlin Gold Coast Blue Tongues
Defenceman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robbie Lawrance Newcastle North Stars
Rookie Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Bay
Flag of New Zealand.svg Charlie Huber
Gold Coast Blue Tongues
Adelaide Adrenaline

Source

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2012 playoffs started on 1 September 2012, with the Goodall Cup final being held on 2 September. [75] Following the end of the regular season the top two teams from each conference advanced to the playoff series with the winner of each conference playing in the semi-final round against the runner-up of the other conference. [4] All three games were held at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, New South Wales, the home of the Newcastle North Stars. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. [82] The Melbourne Ice completed the three-peat and won the Goodall Cup for the third year in a row after defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final. [83] Todd Graham of the Melbourne Ice was named the finals MVP. [79]

Semifinals Final
      
1 Adelaide Adrenaline 4
4 Newcastle North Stars 5
Newcastle North Stars 3
Melbourne Ice 4
3 Sydney Ice Dogs 2
2 Melbourne Ice 6

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals

1 September 2012
15:30
Adelaide Adrenaline 4–5
(1–2, 2–1, 1–2)
Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
Game reference
Aaron BartonGoaliesOlivier MartinReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Cory Ross
Matthew Taylor
0 – 11:35 – Boyer (Bales, Day)
2:35 – Greer (Oddy, Darge)1 – 1
1 – 210:21 – Stranger (Starke)
1 – 321:13 – Boyer (Bales, Taylor)
23:44 – Werner2 – 3
29:27 – Oddy (Greer, Liscomb)3 – 3
3 – 431:00 – Bales (Upton, Quirk-Orford)
32:21 – Darge4 – 4
4 – 533:47 – Taylor (Bales, Day)
8 minPenalties13 min
27Shots22
1 September 2012
19:00
Sydney Ice Dogs 2–6
(0–3, 1–2, 1–1)
Melbourne Ice Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
Game reference
Gabriel RobledoGoaliesStuart DenmanReferee:
Rick West
Linesmen:
Darren Lampard
Greg Madsen
0 – 10:14 – Armstrong (J. Hughes, Baclig)
0 – 22:56 – J. Hughes (Armstrong, Baclig)
0 – 34:06 – Baclig (Wilson, Powell)
0 – 416:20 – Powell (Webster) (PP)
18:50 – White1 – 4
1 – 525:40 – Korthuis (J. Hughes)
38:13 – Tesarik (Monaghan)2 – 5
2 – 639:29 – Baclig (Armstrong, Graham)
26 minPenalties10 min
27Shots27

Final

2 September 2012
16:00
Melbourne Ice 4–3
(1–2, 2–0, 1–1)
Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
Attendance: 1000
Game reference
Stuart DenmanGoaliesOlivier MartinReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Cory Ross
Matthew Taylor
0 – 13:01 – Day (Lawrance)
0 – 212:59 – Quirk-Orford (Lawrance, Bales)
13:16 – Armstrong1 – 2
20:00 – Webster 2 – 2
29:09 – Baclig (Sturrock)3 – 2
Webster (Korthuis)4 – 2
4 – 339:16 – Day (Boyer) (PP)
10 minPenalties4 min
25Shots32

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The 2014 AIHL season was the 15th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 12 April 2014 until 24 August 2014, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 30 and 31 August. The Melbourne Mustangs won both the H Newman Reid Trophy for finishing first in the regular season, and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Melbourne Ice in the final.

The 2015 AIHL season was the 16th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 25 April 2015, until 23 August 2015, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 29 and 30 August. The Newcastle North Stars won both the H Newman Reid Trophy for finishing first in the regular season, and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Melbourne Ice in the final.

The 2016 AIHL season was the 17th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 23 April 2016 until 21 August 2016, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 27 and 28 August. The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points. The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the second year in a row after defeating the CBR Brave in the final.

The 2017 AIHL season was the 18th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 22 April 2017 until 27 August 2017, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 2 and 3 September. The Melbourne Ice won both the H Newman Reid Trophy for finishing first in the regular season, and the Goodall Cup after defeating the CBR Brave in the final.

The 2018 AIHL season was the 19th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 21 April 2018 until 26 August 2018, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 1 and 2 September 2018. The CBR Brave won both the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points in league history, and the Goodall Cup for the first time by defeating the Sydney Bears in the final.

The 2019 AIHL season is the 20th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 20 April 2019 until 25 August 2019, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 31 August and 1 September 2019. The CBR Brave won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points in league history for the second time. The Sydney Bears won the Goodall Cup for the third time by defeating the Perth Thunder in the final.

The 2020 AIHL season was going to be the 21st season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It was originally scheduled to run from 18 April 2020 until 23 August 2020, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 29 August and 30 August 2020. However, on 12 March 2020 the league announced the postponement of the 2020 season to a to be determined date due to COVID-19. Then on 29 July 2020, the AIHL commission's return to play committee announced the official cancellation of the 2020 AIHL season due to July COVID outbreaks on the east coast as well as continued border closures for WA and SA. This marked the first time the Goodall Cup was not awarded since 1993, when the competition was cancelled as a result of financial problems.

The 2014 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 1st season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded in pre-season before the 2014 AIHL season. The season ran from 12 April 2014 to 30 August 2014 for the Brave. CBR finished third in their inaugural regular season behind the Melbourne Mustangs and Melbourne Ice. The Brave qualified for the AIHL Finals in Melbourne and played in semi-final two. Canberra were defeated by the Melbourne Ice, 1–6 in their semi-final match and were knocked out of the finals weekend, ending their season.

The 2022 AIHL season is the delayed 21st season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL), following the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The season will consist of 60 regular season games and is scheduled to run from 30 April to 28 August 2022, with the Goodall Cup finals, consisting of 2 semi-finals, a preliminary final and a grand final, following the regular season on 2–4 September 2022. The CBR Brave won the double and claimed the H Newman Reid Trophy for a third time and Goodall Cup for a second time in 2022 by finishing top of the regular season standings and winning the AIHL grand final. The Newcastle Northstars were runner's up to both titles and the Sydney Ice Dogs claimed the wooden spoon.

The 2023 AIHL season is the 22nd season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The season will consist of 130 regular season games and is scheduled to run from 15 April to 13 August 2023, with the Goodall Cup finals following the regular season.

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