Adelaide Adrenaline | |
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City | Adelaide, South Australia |
League | Australian Ice Hockey League |
Conference | Rurak |
Founded | 1 July 2008 |
Operated | 2008–present |
Home arena | Adelaide Ice Arena |
Colours | Blue, gold, red, white |
General manager | Glen Foll |
Head coach | Kaden Elder |
Captain | Joey MacDougall |
Affiliate | Adelaide Generals |
Website | www |
Franchise history | |
2008 | Adelaide A's |
2009–present | Adelaide Adrenaline |
Championships | |
H Newman Reid Trophies | 0 |
Goodall Cups | 1 (2009) |
Current season |
The Adelaide Adrenaline is a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Adelaide, South Australia. The team is a member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The team was founded in 2008 as the Adelaide A's to replace the defunct Adelaide Avalanche who folded mid-season. The team plays its home games at the IceArenA, located in the suburb of Thebarton. The Adrenaline are one time Goodall Cup champions from 2009.
The team was formed at the start of July 2008 to replace the Adelaide Avalanche after they folded in June. In a deal with the AIHL the A's picked up the Avalanche's team list and fulfilled the existing game schedule for the remainder of the 2008 season. [1] [2] After the 2008 season the A's were renamed the Adelaide Adrenaline for the upcoming 2009 season. The Adrenaline's best result in the regular season came in the 2012 season when they finished second in their conference and second overall. The team have qualified for the playoffs on four occasions, winning the Goodall Cup in 2009 and finishing runners-up in 2010.
The 2009 season saw the newly named Adrenaline perform strongly in the regular season. Adelaide won 16 of 24 matches and finished third in the league table, qualifying for the finals weekend in Newcastle. [3] 29 August 2009, the Adrenaline played the Melbourne Ice in the semi-final at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium. Adelaide took an early lead in the first period thanks to a Sami Mantere goal and never looked back from that point. The Adrenaline ended up winning the match 6–1 with Sami Mantere, Jeremy Beirnes and Mike Werner all scoring braces. [4] 30 August 2009, the Adrenaline came up against the Newcastle North Stars in the AIHL Championship final in front of 950 people. It was a match where power plays provided the opportunities to break down stubborn defences with three of the four goals scored during regulation time coming with a man advantage. After a scoreless third period the two teams could not be separated on 2-2 and the match advanced to overtime. Cassian Delsar stepped up and scored the winner in overtime to claim the Adrenaline's first ever title and the finals MVP. [5] Adelaide was presented with the brand new H Newman Reid Trophy for winning the AIHL Championship. The trophy replaced the Goodall Cup, which had been withdrawn from the competition before the start of the season. The Goodall Cup returned the following season and the Adrenaline championship title win was backdated and Adelaide was awarded the Cup. The H Newman Reid Trophy became the premiership title prize instead. [6]
In the 2010 season, the Adrenaline again reached the AIHL finals weekend by finishing fourth in the league standings. [7] Adelaide drew the North Stars in the semi-finals in a reply of the previous season's final. In a vastly different kind of match compared to the final in 2009, the Adrenaline outshot the North Stars to beat Newcastle 7-6 to reach their second Goodall Cup final in a row. In the final Adelaide come up against home team, the Melbourne Ice. In front of a packed Melbourne Icehouse, Adelaide put up a good performance but ultimately fell short and lost the final 4–6. [8]
Ahead of the 2017 season, the Adrenaline announced a club re-brand with a new logo, uniform and digital design and assets. The re-brand was released with a new team hashtag ‘#OneBeat’. [9] The new logo was a stylised ‘A’ shaped by a heartbeat line presentation. In addition to the new primary logo, the Adrenaline revealed a new secondary logo to be used as shoulder patches on jerseys. The circular badge features the South Australian piping shrike emblematic bird at its heart on a white background. Surrounding piping shrike is the team name in full ‘Adelaide Adrenaline Ice Hockey Club’ on a navy background. The emblem is boarded by a red and yellow border to complete the team’s entire colour palette. [10] The new kits kept the traditional primary blue home colour and white away. [11]
On 13 May 2018, Adelaide, AIHL and Australian ice hockey legend, Greg Oddy announced his retirement. Over the course of 19 years Oddy became a superstar of the local game. Upon his retirement, Oddy held four AIHL all-time records for appearances (615), goals (268), assists (347) and points (615). Greg held the points record for the Australian national team (118). Oddy was a leader for the Adrenaline and Adelaide Avalanche. He captained both teams for 11 seasons combined (2005-2016). He won 3 Goodall Cups (2 with the Avalanche and 1 with the Adrenaline) and 3 gold medals with the national team. Oddy was Adelaide's last remaining foundation player still playing in 2018. Oddy's family built the Adrenaline and Avalanche teams and his contribution to South Australian hockey, the AIHL, the national team and the Adrenaline will not be forgotten. [12] [13]
On 11 January 2020, The Adrenaline announced former player and head coach Sami Mantere had been re-appointed as head coach for the 2020 season. Sami replaced outgoing head coach, Jim Fuyarchuk, who held the position for the last two seasons. [14] However, due to the postponement and eventual cancellation of the 2020 AIHL season, Sami was never in charge of a game in his second stint as Adrenaline head coach. [15] [16] The 2021 season followed 2020 in being cancelled by the AIHL, the Adrenaline went a second year without playing a game. [17]
During the two season hiatus, in October 2021, the AIHL began an expression of interest process to find a new licensee for the Adelaide Adrenaline license, following former holders, the South Australian Ice Sports Federation, relinquishing the license at the conclusion of the 2019 season. [18] The process took five months, and in February 2022 the new license holder was announced as Benny Gebert and Glen Foll. [19] Foll and Gebert were then appointed directors of the club and took on the roles of Hockey Operations Manager and Club Operations Manager respectfully. [20]
The Adrenaline were all ready to return to the ice in 2022 following the announcement of the 2022 AIHL season going ahead in December 2021. [21] Games were slated for the Adrenaline in the official schedule release by the league in February 2022. [22] However, the Adrenaline made it publicly known that they were locked in ongoing negotiations with the new management of the Adelaide IceArenA and had not yet secured an ice time agreement for games and training. The IceArenA management released a signed letter making public a list of grievances with the AIHL and stated it would be difficult for the venue to support the league. [23] On 20 March 2022, the Adrenaline rejected the IceArenA’s offer, stating the offer was both unviable and non-equitable. [24] Following the collapse of the negotiation process and due to a lack of alternative rink facility options in South Australia, the Adrenaline confirmed the team would withdraw from the 2022 AIHL season and hoped to return to action in 2023. [25]
In 2023, ahead of the 2023 AIHL season the Adelaide Adrenaline released an updated version of their team logo with a modified colour scheme. The team's colours changed from navy blue, yellow, white and red to dark blue, red, gold and black. The new colour scheme brings the Adrenaline into line with two other Adelaide based sporting teams, baseball team Adelaide Giants and basketball team Adelaide 36ers. The logo promoted the colour red to become more prominent with the font changing, while the positioning of Adelaide and Adrenaline was switched. [26]
Adelaide Adrenaline all-time record | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Season | Regular season | Finals | Top points scorer | ||||||||||||||||||||
P | W | T | L | OW | OL | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Finish | P | W | L | GF | GA | Result | Preliminary Final | Semi Final | Goodall Cup Final | Name | Points | ||
2008 1 | 28 | 6 | – | 14 | 6 | 2 | 90 | 107 | −17 | 32 | 6th | – | Peter Lindgren | 29 | |||||||||
2009 | 24 | 15 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 117 | 75 | +42 | 47 | 3rd | 2 | 2 | – | 12 | 5 | Champion | – | Won 6–1 (Ice) | Won 3–2 (North Stars) | Sami Mantere | 33 | |
2010 | 24 | 8 | – | 6 | 5 | 5 | 107 | 92 | +15 | 39 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | Runner-up | – | Won 7–6 (North Stars) | Lost 4–6 (Ice) | Greg Oddy | 41 | |
2011 | 28 | 12 | – | 9 | 5 | 2 | 117 | 94 | +23 | 48 | 4th | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 8 | Semi-finalist | – | Lost 3–8 (Ice) | – | Josef Rezek | 36 | |
2012 | 24 | 13 | – | 8 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 76 | +20 | 43 | 3rd | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | Semi-finalist | – | Lost 4–5 (North Stars) | – | Greg Oddy | 46 | |
2013 | 28 | 8 | – | 12 | 3 | 5 | 125 | 124 | +1 | 35 | 6th | – | Greg Oddy | 37 | |||||||||
2014 | 28 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 94 | 90 | +4 | 43 | 5th | – | Brett Liscomb | 36 | |||||||||
2015 | 28 | 11 | – | 11 | 3 | 3 | 109 | 111 | −2 | 42 | 5th | – | Wehebe Darge | 44 | |||||||||
2016 | 28 | 5 | – | 18 | 1 | 4 | 83 | 127 | −44 | 21 | 8th | – | Wehebe Darge | 52 | |||||||||
2017 | 28 | 6 | – | 18 | 1 | 3 | 85 | 142 | −57 | 23 | 8th | – | Cameron Critchlow | 43 | |||||||||
2018 | 28 | 3 | – | 20 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 151 | −89 | 16 | 8th | – | Ales Kratoska | 36 | |||||||||
2019 | 28 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 188 | −117 | 2 | 8th | – | Ales Kratoska | 31 | |||||||||
2020 | 2020 and 2021 AIHL seasons were cancelled and not contested | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Withdrew from 2022 AIHL season | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 26 | 4 | – | 21 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 162 | −72 | 13 | 9th | – | Brett Radford | 26 | |||||||||
2024 | 30 | 5 | – | 17 | 2 | 6 | 70 | 108 | −38 | 25 | 9th | – | Josh Adkins | 44 | |||||||||
2025 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Totals | 324 | 97 | 2 | 160 | 33 | 32 | 1156 | 1377 | -221 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 30 | |||||||||
Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
Team roster for the 2023 AIHL season [29] [30] [31]
Active Roster | Inactive Roster | Coaching staff | ||||
Goaltenders Defencemen | Forwards | Head Coach Coaches Legend Statistics | ||||
Last updated on: 15 September 2024 | ||||||
Elite Prospects IHNA |
Throughout the history of the Adrenaline, one jersey number has been retired in honour of a former club legend. The Adrenaline has already indicated they will retire Greg Oddy's jersey in the future. [32]
Retired number | History |
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Josh Harding – # 22 (2009-2016, Defenseman) Josh Harding was a founding player for the Adrenaline. Josh had been playing hockey in Adelaide, for the Avalanche, at the top level since 2003. In 250 AIHL games, third most in an Adelaide uniform, Harding clocked up 185 points, a Goodall Cup in 2009 and seven selections to the National Team. In 2011 Josh joined the Adrenaline leadership team as alternative captain. A position he held for five years. Former Adrenaline head coach and president Ryan O'Handley, who coached Harding both with Adelaide and the National Team, said he 'considers Josh the best Australian defenseman of his era. Harding was the total package on the ice. He used his combination of size and speed perfectly to compliment his incredible puck skills'. Harding's number 22 jersey was retired at the IceArenA in a pre-match ceremony on 22 July 2018. | |
These are the top-ten all-time player records in franchise history for the following categories: Appearances, [33] Goals, [34] Assists, [35] Points, [36] Penalty minutes [37]
(Figures are updated after each completed AIHL regular season)
Legend:
Current Adrenaline player |
These are the top-ten season by season all-time player records in franchise history for the following categories: Points, [38] Penalty minutes [39] and Save Percentage [40]
(Figures are updated after each completed AIHL regular season)
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Current as of 2024 AIHL season [31]
Adrenaline staff | |
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Role | Staff |
Head coach | Kaden Elder |
Assistant coach | Eric Lien |
Assistant coach | Jeremy Friederich |
Team manager | Jamie Taylor |
General manager | Glen Foll |
Trainer | Jake Hazel |
Governor | Glen Foll |
The Adrenaline have had three captains in the team's history. [43]
No. | Name | Term |
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1 | Greg Oddy | 2008–16 |
2 | David Huxley | 2017 |
3 | Josef Rezek | 2018–19 |
4 | Joey MacDougall | 2023–Present |
The Adrenaline have had six head coaches in the team's history. [47]
No. | Name | Term |
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1 | John Botterill | 2008–09 |
2 | Mike Gainer | 2010–11 |
3 | Ryan O'Handley | 2012–14 |
4 | Trevor Walsh | 2015–16 |
5 | Sami Mantere | 2017 |
6 | Jim Fuyarchuk | 2018–19 |
7 | Sami Mantere | 2020 |
8 | Stu Henly | 2023–24 |
9 | Kaden Elder (P/C) | 2024–Present |
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Former:
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