2022 CBR Brave season

2022 CBR Brave
Goodall Cup champions
League	1st AIHL
2022 record	15–0–1–2
Home record	9–0–1–0
Road record	6–0–0–2
Goals for	141
Goals against	56
Team information
Coach	Stuart Philps
Assistant coach	Andrew Brunt
Captain	Kai Miettinen
Alternate captains	Bayley Kubara Casey Kubara
Arena	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Casey Kubara (25)
Assists	Wehebe Darge (33)
Points	Casey Kubara (52)
Penalty minutes	Joseph Hughes (51)
Goals against average	Alex Tetreault (2.74)
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The 2022 CBR Brave season was the Brave's 7th season in the Australian Ice Hockey League since being founded and entering the league in 2014. Canberra completed the double by finishing first in the regular season and winning the grand final in the AIHL Finals, lifting the H Newman Reid Trophy for the third time and Goodall Cup for the second time in franchise history. ^{[1] [2]}

Season notes

In February 2022, there was unconfirmed reports the CBR Brave were looking to leave the AIHL and join the newly formed Pacific Hockey League. ^[3] In late February 2022, Brave CEO, Sunny Singh, publicly committed the team to the AIHL for the 2022 season. Singh said the AIHL had taken profound action in addressing key issues the Brave organisation had leading into the new season. ^[4]

In April, the team announced the 2022 team roster, team staff and new on-ice leadership team. ^{[5] [6]} The Brave's most capped player, Kai Miettinen, was appointed team captain, replacing the departed Matt Harvey. ^[7] Bayley and Casey Kubara were promoted to alternate captains to assist Kai. ^[8]

In July 2022, two regular season games involving the Brave and Melbourne Mustangs were first postponed and then cancelled due to flight cancellations. ^[9] The Brave team were left stranded at Canberra Airport on Saturday morning and despite attempts to rebook were unable to secure a flight to Melbourne on the weekend of 2 and 3 July 2022. ^[10] The Brave and Mustangs were subsequently unable to come to an agreement to re-arrange the two games before the end of the regular season and by early August the games were officially cancelled. ^[11] Both teams were awarded three points each for the two cancelled games, sharing in the six points that would have been contested for. ^[12]

On 31 July 2022, the CBR Brave announced the change in ownership of the team from Sunny Singh to Steve Moeller, with Moeller taking over the General Manager (GM) role within the organisation. ^{[13] [14]}

For the final three games of the regular season and the exhibition game against the Central Coast Rhinos, the Brave released gameday programmes for the first time since 2016. Unlike previously, the new programmes were released digitally only and not printed. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

In 2022, the Brave setup two charity rounds during the AIHL regular season to raise money for Hockey Fights Cancer and Menslink. ^{[18] [19]} The team raised money during the games against the Newcastle Northstars and Sydney Ice Dogs and issued special one-off sweaters that were then auctioned off after the games. ^{[20] [21]}

The Brave set two new team records in 2022, securing the team's largest regular season and finals victories.

In recognition of the CBR Brave's achievements in the 2022 season, the team was named Canberra team of the year in the 2022 CBR Sports Awards. The Brave were selected from a field of finalists including ACT Griffins, Canberra Gunners and Tuggeranong Vikings Masters Swimming Club. ^[22] In additional to team of the year, the Brave were also ranked 20th in the top 25 Australasian Sporting Teams for 2022, produced by Platinum Asset Management and GAIN LINE Analytics. ^[23]

Roster

Team roster for the 2022 AIHL season ^{[24] [25]}

CBR Brave roster - 2022 AIHL season
Active Roster				Coaching staff
Goaltenders -- Luke Fiveash -- Wylie Hodder 29 Alexandre Tetreault 35 Aleksi Toivonen Defencemen 58 Declan Bronte 27 Andreas Camenzind  5 Garret Cockerill (I)  6 Nicholas Doornbos 22 Mike Giorgi  7 Bayley Kubara (A) 61 Joseph Maatouk 20 Matthew Marasco 41 Matthew Price 72 Alastair Punler 18 Jamie Woodman		Forwards 71 Jordan Brunt 44 Nick Christensen  9 Wehebe Darge 42 Jackson Gallagher  3 Mitchell Henning 21 Joseph Hughes 15 Casey Kubara (A) 85 Toby Kubara 16 Tyler Kubara 11 Lyndon Lodge -- Brandon McNally (I) 64 Kai Miettinen (C) 51 Hamish Murray 19 Mario Valery-Trabucco (I) 14 Charlie York 91 Henry York		Head Coach Stuart Philps Coaches Andrew Brunt Jake Sbroja Andrew Deans Darryl Day Rob Reid Jono Carey Legend (C) Captain (A) Alternate Captain (I) Import player Statistics Average age: 26.4 Average height: 183 cm Average weight: 82.16 kg Locals: 27 Imports: 3 Acquired 2022: 13 Acquired pre-2022: 17
Last updated on: 15 August 2022
Elite Prospects

Transfers

All transfers in and out of the team since the last AIHL season. ^[26]

In

Pos	Player	Transferred From	Local / Import
D	Declan Bronte	Connecticut Chiefs	Local
D	Garret Cockerill	Reading Royals	Import
G	Luke Fiveash	No team	Local
G	Wylie Hodder	No team	Local
F	Toby Kubara	No team	Local
F	Lyndon Lodge	Perth Thunder	Local
D	Matt Marasco	No team	Local
W	Brandon McNally	Cardiff Devils	Import
D	Alastair Punler	Perth Thunder	Local
G	Aleksi Toivonen	Melbourne Mustangs	Local
C	Mario Valery-Trabucco	Hannover Scorpions	Import
D	Jamie Woodman	Perth Thunder	Local
F	Charlie York	No team	Local
C	Henry York	No team	Local

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To	Local / Import
D	Spencer Austin	No team	Local
G	Matt Climie	Bratislava Capitals	Import
W	Hayden Dawes	Lindenwood Lions	Local
G	Jakob Doornbos	Sydney Ice Dogs	Local
W	Jordan Draper	Hamburg Crocodiles	Import
G	Nickolas Eckhardt	No team	Local
W	Jesse Gabrielle	HK Nitra	Import
D	Matt Harvey	No team	Local
W	Adam Kambeitz	No team	Import
F	Jayden Lewis	No team	Local
C	Brayden Low	Reading Royals	Import
D	Tyler Mayea	Birmingham Bulls	Import
D	Conor Riley	Adirondack Thunder	Import
D	Mark Rummukainen	No team	Local
F	Lachlan Seary	—	Local
C	Chris Williamson	Nanton Palominos	Import

Staff

Staff Roster for 2022 AIHL season ^{[27] [28]}

CBR Brave Staff

Role	Staff
Head coach	Stuart Philps
Assistant coach	Andrew Brunt
Team manager	Andrew Deans
Equipment manager	Darryl Day
Team doctor	Rob Reid
Physiotherapist	Jono Carey
Strength / conditioning coach	Jake Sbroja
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
2022	18	15	2	0	1	141	56	+85	49	1st	10	9	0	0	1	83	35	+48	8	6	2	0	0	58	21	+37

Position by round

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

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CBR Brave (C)	18	15	0	1	2	141	56	+85	49	2022 Goodall Cup Finals
2	Newcastle Northstars	20	15	0	2	3	112	74	+38	47
3	Sydney Bears	20	10	2	0	8	105	93	+12	34
4	Melbourne Mustangs	18	8	0	1	9	89	83	+6	28
5	Melbourne Ice	20	3	2	0	15	54	116	−62	13
6	Sydney Ice Dogs	20	3	0	0	17	66	145	−79	9

Source: AIHL Elite Prospects
Rules for classification:
Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss
Note: CBR Brave and Melbourne Mustangs were awarded 3 points each for 2 cancelled games. ^[12] Their points tallies reflect this adjustment.
(C) Champion

Finals

Summary

Season	Finals weekend
	P	W	L	GF	GA	Result	Semi-final	Preliminary final	Goodall Cup final
2022	2	2	–	9	3	Champion	Won 6-1 (Northstars)	–	Won 3-2 (Northstars)

Bracket

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Grand final

2 September – Melbourne

4 September – Melbourne

CBR Brave

6

CBR Brave

3

Newcastle Northstars

1

3 September – Melbourne

Newcastle Northstars

2

Newcastle Northstars

4

2 September – Melbourne

Sydney Bears

3

Sydney Bears

7

Melbourne Mustangs

3

Schedule & results

Exhibition games

2022 exhibition fixtures and results
Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
7 AUG	15:30	Central Coast Rhinos	2–12	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	Ref
27 AUG	17:00	CBR Brave	Cancelled	Brisbane Lightning	Iceworld Boondall	Ref

Regular season

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Arena	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	-	-	W	W	W	W	W	W

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

2022 fixtures and results
Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Recap
30 APR	17:00	CBR Brave	10–3	Melbourne Ice	O’Brien Icehouse
1 MAY	14:00	CBR Brave	6–4	Melbourne Ice	O’Brien Icehouse
7 MAY	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–9	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
8 MAY	16:30	CBR Brave	14–1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink
14 MAY	17:30	Melbourne Ice	1–9	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
15 MAY	17:00	Melbourne Ice	3–7	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
29 MAY	17:00	Sydney Bears	8–7 (SO)	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
4 JUN	16:30	CBR Brave	7–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Macquarie Ice Rink
5 JUN	16:30	CBR Brave	4–5	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink
11 JUN	17:30	Sydney Bears	4–11	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
18 JUN	16:30	CBR Brave	6–1	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
19 JUN	16:00	CBR Brave	2–3	Newcastle Northstars	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
2 JUL	17:00	CBR Brave	Cancelled	Melbourne Mustangs	O’Brien Icehouse
3 JUL	14:00	CBR Brave	Cancelled	Melbourne Mustangs	O’Brien Icehouse
10 JUL	16:30	CBR Brave	9–1	Sydney Bears	Macquarie Ice Rink
16 JUL	17:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–9	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
17 JUL	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	4–6	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
23 JUL	17:30	Newcastle Northstars	3–9	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
24 JUL	17:00	Newcastle Northstars	2–8	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre
13 AUG	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	1–8	CBR Brave	Phillip Ice Skating Centre

Finals

Goodall Cup semi-final

2 September 2022 20:30

CBR Brave

6–1 (1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Newcastle Northstars

O’Brien Icehouse

Game reference
	Alex Tetreault	Goalies	Charles Smart	Referees: Jeff Klinck Kent Unwin Linesmen: David Rehak Mark Peruzzo
	0 – 1 5:44 – Robert Malloy (Tesarik, Manwarring) Mitchell Henning (Valery-Trabucco, Cockerill) – 12:19 1 – 1 Joseph Hughes (Camenzind) – 21:29 2 – 1 Joseph Hughes (Unassisted) – 31:02 3 – 1 Wehebe Darge (Bronte, Lodge) – 45:24 4 – 1 Tyler Kubara (Darge, Hughes) – 52:52 5 – 1 Kai Miettinen (Lodge, Henning) – 54:56 6 – 1
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	54	Shots	28

Goodall Cup final

4 September 2022 14:00

CBR Brave

3–2 (2–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Newcastle Northstars

O’Brien Icehouse

Game reference
	Alex Tetreault	Goalies	Charles Smart	Referees: Joey Theriault Jeff Klinck Linesmen: David Rehak Russel Dow
	Joseph Hughes (Cockerill, Brunt) – 09:07 1 – 0 Wehebe Darge (Giorgi) – 10:29 2 – 0 2 – 1 24:44 – Francis Drolet (Malloy, Tesarik) Casey Kubara (Darge, Valery-Trabucco) – 53:32 3 – 1 3 – 2 59:52 – Robert Malloy (Hawes)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	22

Player statistics

Stats for 2022 AIHL season ^{[29] [30]}

Skaters

Regular season Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM Declan Bronte D 16 3 8 11 8 Jordan Brunt F 18 4 9 13 4 Andreas Camenzind C 15 14 24 38 12 Nick Christensen F 15 2 4 6 6 Garret Cockerill D 6 6 6 12 12 Wehebe Darge W 17 17 33 50 20 Nicholas Doornbos F 11 0 0 0 6 Jackson Gallagher W 14 3 1 4 0 Mike Giorgi D 18 3 11 14 18 Mitchell Henning F 18 9 7 16 6 Joseph Hughes W 10 11 9 20 51 Bayley Kubara D 7 3 8 11 12 Casey Kubara W 18 25 27 52 8 Toby Kubara F 16 0 1 1 8 Tyler Kubara F 16 8 22 30 10 Lynden Lodge F 6 2 3 5 4 Joseph Maatouk D 8 0 0 0 4 Matthew Marasco D 9 1 0 1 16 Brandon McNally W 0 0 0 0 0 Kai Miettinen F 18 8 13 21 10 Hamish Murray F 0 0 0 0 0 Matthew Price D 15 1 7 8 2 Alastair Punler D 6 0 7 7 10 Mario Valery-Trabucco C 15 20 26 46 22 Jamie Woodman D 2 1 3 4 2 Charlie York F 10 0 1 1 4 Henry York C 0 0 0 0 0

Finals Nat Player Pos M G A P PIM Declan Bronte D 2 0 1 1 0 Jordan Brunt F 2 0 1 1 0 Andreas Camenzind C 2 0 1 1 4 Nick Christensen F 2 0 0 0 0 Garret Cockerill D 2 0 2 2 4 Wehebe Darge W 2 2 2 4 2 Nicholas Doornbos F – Jackson Gallagher W 1 0 0 0 0 Mike Giorgi D 2 0 1 1 0 Mitchell Henning F 2 1 1 2 0 Joseph Hughes W 2 3 1 4 0 Bayley Kubara D 2 0 0 0 4 Casey Kubara W 2 1 0 1 0 Toby Kubara F 1 0 0 0 0 Tyler Kubara F 2 1 0 1 0 Lynden Lodge F 2 0 2 2 2 Joseph Maatouk D – Matthew Marasco D 1 0 0 0 0 Brandon McNally W – Kai Miettinen F 2 1 0 1 0 Hamish Murray F – Matthew Price D 2 0 0 0 0 Alastair Punler D – Mario Valery-Trabucco C 2 0 2 2 4 Jamie Woodman D – Charlie York F – Henry York C –

Goaltenders

Regular season Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SA SV SV% Luke Fiveash G – Wylie Hodder G – Alexandre Tetreault G 14 0 0 0 0 789 36 2.74 336 300 0.893 Aleksi Toivonen G 5 0 0 0 0 296 19 3.85 144 125 0.868

Finals Nat Player Pos M G A PIM SO MP GA GAA SA SV SV% Luke Fiveash G – Wylie Hodder G – Alexandre Tetreault G 2 0 0 0 0 120 3 1.50 50 47 0.940 Aleksi Toivonen G –

Awards

Team awards for 2022 season [31] 2022 Brave awards Award Recipient Bravest of the Brave Mario Valery-Trabucco Best Forward Casey Kubara Best Defenceman Garret Cockerill Fans Choice Mike Giorgi Player's Choice Mario Valery-Trabucco Coach's Award Bayley Kubara Emerging Brave Declan Bronte John Lewis Memorial Award Jordie Gavin Deans Award Scott Stevenson

AIHL awards for 2022 season [32] 2022 AIHL awards Award Recipient Most Valuable Player Casey Kubara Local Player of the Year Casey Kubara

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