2018 CBR Brave season

2018 CBR Brave
Goodall Cup champions
League	1st AIHL
2018 record	24–0–0–4
Home record	12–0–0–2
Road record	12–0–0–2
Goals for	152
Goals against	74
Team information
Coach	Robert Starke
Assistant coach	Mike Sargeant Gordon Cocknell
Captain	Matthew Harvey
Alternate captains	Wehebe Darge Kai Miettinen Jordan Gavin
Arena	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Trevor Gerling (24)
Assists	Trevor Gerling (43)
Points	Trevor Gerling (67)
Penalty minutes	Per Daniel Göransson (65)
Goals against average	Matt Hewitt (1.95)
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The 2018 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 5th season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. The season ran from 21 April 2018 to 2 September 2018 for the Brave. CBR finished first in the regular season to clinch their maiden H Newman Reid Trophy. ^[1] The team set then AIHL records for most wins and points in a season. ^[2] The Brave completed the double and claimed their first Goodall Cup trophy and the AIHL Championship in Melbourne in September. CBR defeated the Melbourne Mustangs in the first semi-final 5–1 before overcoming the Sydney Bears in the final 4–3 with an overtime winner scored by Trevor Gerling. ^[3] The Brave became the first Canberra based ice hockey franchise to lift the Goodall Cup and the second Canberra based team overall, following the ACT representative team's victory in 1998. ^[4] Canberra Brave's Dave and Jayden Lewis became the first father-son duo in Australian Ice Hockey League history to lift the Goodall Cup. ^[5] American import forward, Trevor Gerling, finished equal top points scorer in the league. ^[6] Canadian import goaltender, Matt Hewitt, finished top in the league goaltender standings and Australian international, Wahebe Darge, won the AIHL best local player award for 2018. ^{[7] [8]} Foundation player, Jordie Gavin who was instrumental in building the CBR Brave following the collapse of the Canberra Knights, retired after the 2018 AIHL final. ^[9]

Roster

Team roster for the 2018 AIHL season ^[10]

2018 AIHL CBR Brave Roster

#	Nat	Name	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
4		Channing Bresciani	D	L	32	2018	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
71		Jordan Brunt	F	L	25	2015	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
25		Matt Buskas	D	R	40–41	2017	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
17		James Byers	D	R	31	2014	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
9		Wehebe Darge (A)	LW/RW	L	33	2017	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
20		Hayden Dawes	RW	R	31	2018	Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
31		Jakob Doornbos	G	L	24	2018	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
31		Nickolas Eckhardt	G	L	35	2014	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
26		Darcy Flanagan	D	R	26	2018	Melbourne, Australia
19		Jordan Gavin (A)	F	R	42	2014	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
78		Trevor Gerling	RW	R	34	2018	Seattle, Washington, United States
59		Per Daniel Göransson	D	L	39	2018	Stockholm, Sweden
81		Matthew Harvey (C)	D	R	39	2014	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3		Mitchell Henning	F	R	27	2016	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
92		Mat Hewitt	G	L	32	2018	Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
24		Joseph Hughes	RW	R	40	2018	Springvale, Victoria, Australia
7		Bayley Kubara	D	R	26	2017	Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
15		Casey Kubara	RW	R	29	2016	Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
16		Tyler Kubara	F	R	30	2015	Wombarra, New South Wales, Australia
48		Chris Leveille	RW	L	37	2018	Guelph, Ontario, Canada
11		David Lewis	F	L	46	2018	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
14		Jayden Lewis	F	R	26	2018	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
6		Christopher McPhail	D/F	L	33	2017	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
64		Kai Miettinen (A)	F	L	29	2014	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
66		Ainars Podzins	LW/C	R	33	2018	Jūrmala, Latvia
12		Mark Rummukainen	D	R	43	2014	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
35		Alexandre Tetreault	G	L	26–27	2015	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
29		Tynan Theobald	G	L	29	2018	Melbourne, Australia

Transfers

All the player transfers in and out by the CBR Brave for the 2018 AIHL season.

In

Pos	Player	Transferred From	Local / Import
D	Channing Bresciani	University of Manitoba	Import
W	Hayden Dawes	Lindenwood University	Local
G	Jakob Doornbos	Sydney Wolf Pack	Local
D	Darcy Flanagan	Melbourne Ice	Local
W	Trevor Gerling	LHC Les Lions	Import
D	Per Daniel Göransson	Perth Thunder	Local
G	Mat Hewitt	University of British Columbia	Import
F	Joseph Hughes	Melbourne Ice	Local
W	Chris Leveille	Brampton Beast	Import
F	David Lewis	No team	Local
F	Jayden Lewis	KaKiPo U20	Local
W	Ainars Podzins	Edinburgh Capitals	Import
G	Tynan Theobald	London Lakers	Local

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To	Local / Import
C	Brian Bales	No team	Local
F	Corey Banks	No team	Local
W	Stephen Blunden	Northern Federals	Import
D	Dominic Jalbert	Anglet Hormadi Élite	Import
F	Toby Kubara	No team	Local
F	Tom Letki	No team	Local
F	Matti Luoma	No team	Local
D	Luke Philps	No team	Local
D	Jan Safar	Remparts de Tours	Import
G	Aleksi Toivonen	Melbourne Mustangs	Local
F	Geordie Wudrick	Sydney Ice Dogs	Import

Staff

Staff Roster for 2018 AIHL season ^[11]

2018 AIHL CBR Brave Staff

Role	Staff
Head coach	Robert Starke
Assistant coach	Mike Sargeant
Assistant coach	Gordon Cocknell
Director of Player Development and Personnel	Johan Steenberg
Team Manager	Andrew Deans
Equipment Manager	Darryl Day
Chiropractor	Saara Stevenson
Sports Trainer	Cameron Mohr
Personal Trainer	Alex Zeitlhofer
Personal Trainer	Dylan Swan
Bench official	Darren Sault
Bench official	Kelly Sault

Standings

Regular season

Summary

Season	Overall										Home								Away
	P	W	L	OW	OL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Finish	P	W	L	OW	OL	GF	GA	GD	P	W	L	OW	OL	GF	GA	GD
2018	28	24	4	0	0	152	74	+78	72	1st	14	12	2	0	0	76	35	+41	14	12	2	0	0	76	39	+37

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Position	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: www.icehockeynewsaustralia.com

League table

Team	GP	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
CBR Brave	28	24	0	0	4	152	74	+78	72
Sydney Bears	28	15	3	3	7	104	72	+32	54
Perth Thunder	28	12	4	2	10	111	100	+11	46
Melbourne Mustangs	28	12	2	2	12	106	97	+9	42
Newcastle Northstars	28	9	4	4	11	106	119	–13	39
Sydney Ice Dogs	28	10	3	2	13	96	97	–1	38
Melbourne Ice	28	7	2	4	15	87	114	–27	29
Adelaide Adrenaline	28	3	2	3	20	62	151	–89	16

Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs

H Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Finals

Summary

Season	Finals weekend
	P	W	L	GF	GA	Result	Semi-final	Goodall Cup final
2018	2	2	–	9	4	Champion	Won 5-1 (Mustangs)	Won 4-3 (OT) (Bears)

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	CBR Brave	5
	4	Melbourne Mustangs	1
						CBR Brave		4
						Sydney Bears		3
	3	Perth Thunder	0
	2	Sydney Bears	3

Schedule & results

Regular season

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Arena	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on Completed. Source: AIHL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss

2018 fixtures and results
Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
21 April	17:30	Sydney Bears	2–4	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
28 April	17:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
5 May	17:30	Newcastle Northstars	3–8	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
6 May	17:00	CBR Brave	3–5	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink
12 May	17:00	CBR Brave	3–1	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink
19 May	17:30	Perth Thunder	2–6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
20 May	17:00	Perth Thunder	4–3	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
26 May	17:00	Melbourne Ice	0–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
27 May	17:00	Melbourne Ice	1–4	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
16 June	16:30	CBR Brave	11–4	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
17 June	16:30	CBR Brave	5–2	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
23 June	17:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–1	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
24 June	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	4–8	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
30 June	16:30	CBR Brave	6–2	Perth Thunder	Perth Ice Arena
1 July	16:30	CBR Brave	6–2	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide Ice Arena
7 July	17:00	CBR Brave	7–5	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
8 July	16:00	CBR Brave	3–6	Melbourne Mustangs	O'Brien Group Arena
14 July	17:30	Newcastle Northstars	1–3	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
21 July	17:30	Sydney Bears	2–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
28 July	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
29 July	14:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	0–6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
4 August	17:00	CBR Brave	6–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink
5 August	16:00	CBR Brave	6–4	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
11 August	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	8–11	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
18 August	17:00	CBR Brave	3–1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink
19 August	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	2–5	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
25 August	17:00	CBR Brave	7–0	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena
26 August	16:30	CBR Brave	6–2	Melbourne Ice	O'Brien Group Arena

Finals

Goodall Cup semi-final

1 September 2018 15:00

Melbourne Mustangs

1–5 (0–2, 1–3, 0–0)

CBR Brave

O'Brien Group Arena Attendance: 1500

Game reference
	Aleksi Toivonen	Goalies	Matt Hewitt	Referees: Jeff Scott Kent Unwin Linesmen: Casper Russelhuber Grainge Phillips
	0 – 1 3:16 – Gerling (PP) (Bresciani, Leveille) 0 – 2 8:08 – C.Kubara (unassisted) 0 – 3 19.48 – Gerling (SH) (Leveille) 20:44 – Ferguson (Davies, McMahon) 1 – 3 1 – 4 28.09 – C.Kubara (Dawes) 1 – 5 29:00 – Harvey (Gerling, Darge)
	8 min	Penalties	28 min
	24	Shots	17

Goodall Cup final

2 September 2018 15:00

Sydney Bears

3–4 (OT) (0–2, 3–0, 0–1, 0–1)

CBR Brave

O'Brien Group Arena Attendance: 1500

Game reference
	Anthony Kimlin	Goalies	Matt Hewitt	Referees: Jeff Scott Kent Unwin Linesmen: Casper Russelhuber Fraser Ohlson
	0 – 1 5:08 – T.Kubara (Henning, Miettinen) 0 – 2 9:57 – Hughes (PP) (Darge) 20:01 – Schlamp (PP) (Strukoff, Lough) 1 – 2 23:50 – Clare (du Toit, Lough) 2 – 2 28:48 – Lough (Adams, Funes) 3 – 2 3 – 3 35:09 – Leveille (Darge, Bresciani) 3 – 4 61:39 – Gerling (Darge)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	37

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM Channing Bresciani D 24 3 42 45 48 Jordan Brunt F 19 0 3 3 2 Matt Buskas D 10 1 0 1 27 James Byers D 19 1 5 6 14 Wehebe Darge W 26 22 34 56 34 Hayden Dawes W 19 13 15 28 24 Darcy Flanagan D 15 0 1 1 8 Jordan Gavin F 18 3 1 4 10 Trevor Gerling W 24 24 43 67 12 Per Daniel Göransson D 21 4 10 14 65 Matthew Harvey D 26 6 15 21 38 Mitchell Henning F 24 2 10 12 10 Joseph Hughes W 20 15 16 31 34 Bayley Kubara D 24 0 6 6 36 Casey Kubara W 13 7 8 15 4 Tyler Kubara F 24 3 3 6 18 Chris Leveille W 15 20 27 47 47 David Lewis F 20 0 1 1 4 Jayden Lewis F 20 0 4 4 10 Christopher McPhail D/F 17 3 1 4 2 Kai Miettinen F 26 9 12 21 32 Ainars Podzins W/C 17 16 19 35 22 Mark Rummukainen D 9 0 0 0 2

Finals Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM Channing Bresciani D 2 0 2 2 0 Jordan Brunt F 1 0 0 0 0 Matt Buskas D – James Byers D 2 0 0 0 0 Wehebe Darge W 2 0 4 4 4 Hayden Dawes W 2 0 1 1 6 Darcy Flanagan D – Jordan Gavin F 1 0 0 0 0 Trevor Gerling W 2 3 1 4 10 Per Daniel Göransson D 2 0 0 0 0 Matthew Harvey D 2 1 0 1 0 Mitchell Henning F 2 0 1 1 0 Joseph Hughes W 2 1 0 1 2 Bayley Kubara D 2 0 0 0 2 Casey Kubara W 2 2 0 2 0 Tyler Kubara F 2 1 0 1 0 Chris Leveille W 2 1 2 3 0 David Lewis F 1 0 0 0 2 Jayden Lewis F 1 0 0 0 0 Christopher McPhail D/F 1 0 0 0 0 Kai Miettinen F 2 0 1 1 2 Ainars Podzins W/C – Mark Rummukainen D 1 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SH SA SV% Jakob Doornbos G 1 0 0 0 0 20 2 5.00 12 10 0.833 Nickolas Eckhardt G – Mat Hewitt G 26 0 3 2 2 1182 46 1.95 614 568 0.925 Alexandre Tetreault G 7 0 0 0 0 189 22 5.82 117 95 0.812 Tynan Theobald G 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 37.50 5 2 0.400

Finals Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SH SA SV% Nickolas Eckhardt G – Jakob Doornbos G – Mat Hewitt G 2 0 0 0 0 108 5 2.31 66 61 0.924 Alexandre Tetreault G – Tynan Theobald G –

Awards

Team awards for 2018 season [12] 2018 Brave awards Award Recipient Bravest of the Brave Trevor Gerling Matt Hewitt Best Forward Chris Leveille Best Defenceman Channing Bresciani Fans Choice Matt Hewitt Player’s Choice Wehebe Darge Coach’s Award Kai Miettinen Emerging Brave Mitchell Henning John Lewis Memorial Award Darryl Day Deans Award Tristan Metcalfe

AIHL awards for 2018 season [13] [14] 2018 AIHL awards Award Recipient Local Player of the Year Wehebe Darge

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