Canterbury Red Devils

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Canterbury Red Devils
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City Christchurch
League New Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded2005
Operated2005–present
Home arena Alpine Ice Sports Centre
ColoursRed, white, black
   
General managerGraham Tappin
Head coachAnatoly Khorozov
CaptainChris Eaden
Website reddevils.co.nz
Championships
Regular season titles4 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2014)
NZIHL Champion4 (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014)

The Canterbury Red Devils is an ice hockey team based in Christchurch, New Zealand, and are members of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League. The club plays their home games at the Alpine Ice Centre. Since their foundation in 2005 the team have won both the regular season title and the playoffs on four occasions with their most recent coming in the 2014 NZIHL season.

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History

The Canterbury Red Devils were founded in 2005 and joined the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL) for its inaugural season. [1] In their debut season the Red Devils finished the regular season in last place and failed to qualify for the playoffs. [2] They again missed the playoffs in 2006 after finishing third in the standings. [3] In 2007 the Red Devils won their first regular season title, edging out the Botany Swarm on goal difference. [4] The team advanced to their first finals appearance however lost to the Swarm. [4] The Red Devils won their second regular season title in 2008 however, went on to lose to the Swarm in the final. [5] In 2009 the team won their third straight regular season title and advanced to the final against the Southern Stampede. [6] The Red Devils defeated the Stampede to claim their first playoffs title. [6] The 2010 and 2011 seasons saw the Red Devils finish the regular season in third place, losing out to the second placed team only on head-to-head win ratio. [7] [8] The team returned to the playoffs in 2012, winning their second playoffs title after defeating the Stampede in the final. [9] The Red Devils went on to win the 2013 and 2014 playoffs, defeating the Dunedin Thunder in both finals and also claiming their fourth regular season title in 2014. [10] [11] Following their 2014 playoffs win the Red Devils became the first NZIHL club to claim three titles in a row. The 2015 season saw the Red Devils finish the regular season in second place and lose to the Stampede in the finals. [12]

Season by season results

SeasonGPWOTWTOTLLGFGAPTSRegular Season FinishPlayoff ResultRef
2005 60–0–6173824thDid not qualify [2]
2006 61–1–4222693rdDid not qualify [3]
2007 107–1–26337261stLost final (Botany Swarm) [4]
2008 129–2–19348321stLost final (Botany Swarm) [5]
2009 1614–0–213335281stWon final (Southern Stampede) [6]
2010 1680–269275263rdDid not qualify [7]
2011 16101–147762333rdDid not qualify [8]
2012 1673–248068292ndWon final (Southern Stampede) [9]
2013 1692–149363322ndWon final (Dunedin Thunder) [10]
2014 16120–137958371stWon final (Dunedin Thunder) [11]
2015 1691–249664312ndLost final (Southern Stampede) [12]
2016 1691–158579302ndLost final (Southern Stampede) [13]
2017 1621–1125112795thDid not qualify [14]
20181611–0145812555thDid not qualify [15]
20191620–113339675thDid not qualify [16]
2020810–07266833rdPlayoffs not held [17]
20211621–1125610995thPlayoffs cancelled [18]
2022 1672–076260253rdLost semifinal (West Auckland Admirals) [19]
2023 1631–396082144thDid not qualify [20]

NZIHL Awards

Players and personnel

Current roster

Team roster for the 2021 NZIHL season [21]

# Nat Name Pos S/G AgeAcquiredBirthplace
91 Flag of New Zealand.svg Timothy CareyGL182020
52 Flag of New Zealand.svg Niall FanningGL242018
37 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lilly ForbesGL182020 Rangiora, New Zealand
30 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle KokeGL2020
16 Flag of the United States.svg Robert BanksDR342017 Erie, United States of America
66 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kalven CrockfordDL292020
11 Flag of New Zealand.svg George HopkinsDL242019
10 Flag of New Zealand.svg Taehun KangDR202021
24 Flag of New Zealand.svg Josh LouwDR252014
58 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendan LundDR252021
77 Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel MonkDL262019
95 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brandon MullerDL292021
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg Daniel NichollsDR312008 Christchurch, New Zealand
27 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mason ReesDR212016 Christchurch, New Zealand
25 Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry TappinDR212019
86 Flag of New Zealand.svg Logan WillisDR192021
21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bradley AppsFR262011 Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom
26 Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael AtkinsonFR282021
93 Flag of New Zealand.svg Haydn BoulFR202021
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Shaun BrownFL242015
94 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jacob CareyFR172021 Christchurch, New Zealand
14 Flag of New Zealand.svg Liam DallimoreFR252013 Oxford, United Kingdom
69 Flag of New Zealand.svg Alex DammFR252016 Christchurch, New Zealand
43 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chris EadenFR312007 Christchurch, New Zealand
10 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson FontaineFR172020
55 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vaclav GelnerFL372021
12 Flag of New Zealand.svg Matheson GrahamFL212018
75 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kieran HigginsFR192019
74 Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry LouwFR182020
40 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petr PospisilFL332020
61 Flag of New Zealand.svg Anton PurverFR342008 Christchurch, New Zealand
87 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin SaishoFR272021
20 Flag of New Zealand.svg Nik StefanissinFL352010
66 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jack SwiftFL202019
22 Flag of New Zealand.svg Luke TappinFR182019
13 Flag of New Zealand.svg Timothy ThomasFR182019
4 Flag of England.svg Dean TonksFL322015 Birmingham, United Kingdom

Team captains

  • Hayden Argyle, 2012–2015 [22]
  • James Archer, 2016
  • Chris Eaden, 2017

Head coaches

  • Jonathon Whitehead, 2010 [23]
  • János Kaszala, 2011 [24]
  • Anatoli Khorozov, 2012–2013 [25]
  • Stacey Rout, 2014 [26]
  • Anatoli Khorozov, 2015 [25]
  • Matthew Sandford, 2016–2017 [27]
  • Anatoli Khorozov, 2018 [25]

General managers

  • Jake Lane, 2012–2015 [28]
  • Martin Jeffreys, 2016 [29]
  • Sherry Peck, 2017 [30]
  • Jake Lane, 2018 [28]

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