2009 AIHL season

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2009 AIHL season
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The 2009 AIHL season was the tenth

Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy (backdated) after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. Adelaide Adrenaline won the Goodall Cup
(backdated) for the first time by defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final.

League business

The 2009 season will be reduced to seven teams after the Central Coast Rhinos dropped out due to changes made in the licensing model.[1] Two teams were renamed for the start of the season, Western Sydney Ice Dogs, dropped the Western part of the title to become the Sydney Ice Dogs[2] and the Adelaide A's have been renamed for the start of the season, playing under the new name of Adelaide Adrenaline.[1] The Sydney Ice Dogs have also been forced to relocate to Liverpool's Catholic Club's ice rink after their former home at Baulkham Hills rink withdrew from the league.

On 25–26 July there was a week's break for the Junior Men's national tournament, known as the Brown Tournament.

Regular season

Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
1 Sydney 6–1 Gold Coast Liverpool Saturday, 25 April [1]
2 Canberra 5–2
Bears
 Canberra Saturday, 25 April [2]
3
Newcastle
 5–3 Sydney Newcastle Sunday, 26 April [3]
4
Bears
 0–7 Gold Coast Penrith Sunday, 26 April [4]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
5 Melbourne Ice 3–4
Newcastle
 Melbourne Saturday, 2 May [5]
6
Bears
 1–5 Sydney Penrith Saturday, 2 May [6]
7 Adelaide 7–3
Newcastle
 Adelaide Sunday, 3 May [7]
8 Sydney 2–3 SO Canberra Liverpool Sunday, 3 May [8]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
9 Canberra 1–5 Melbourne Canberra Saturday, 9 May [9]
11
Newcastle
 5–1 Gold Coast Newcastle Saturday, 9 May [10]
12 Sydney 6–1
Bears
 Liverpool Saturday, 9 May [11]
13
Newcastle
 8–5 Gold Coast Newcastle Sunday, 10 May [12]
14
Bears
 4–3 SO Melbourne Penrith Sunday, 10 May [13]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
39 Gold Coast 2–3 SO
Newcastle
 Gold Coast Saturday, 16 May [14]
16 Adelaide 8–1 Canberra Adelaide Saturday, 16 May [15]
42 Gold Coast 4–5 SO
Newcastle
 Gold Coast Sunday, 17 May [16]
18 Melbourne 5–2 Canberra Melbourne Sunday, 17 May [17]
41
Bears
 1–5 Sydney Penrith Sunday, 17 May [18]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
20 Gold Coast 8–4
Bears
 Gold Coast Saturday, 23 May [19]
21 Canberra 5–8
Newcastle
 Canberra Saturday, 23 May [20]
22 Melbourne 2–5 Adelaide Melbourne Saturday, 23 May [21]
23 Gold Coast 9–5
Bears
 Gold Coast Sunday, 24 May [22]
24 Melbourne 2–4 Adelaide Melbourne Sunday, 24 May [23]
25 Sydney 1–3 Canberra Liverpool Sunday, 24 May [24]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
26 Canberra 2–5
Newcastle
 Canberra Saturday, 30 May [25]
27 Melbourne 4–5 SO Sydney Melbourne Saturday, 30 May [26]
28 Adelaide 8–3 Sydney Adelaide Sunday, 31 May [27]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
30 Gold Coast 4–2 Adelaide Gold Coast Saturday, 6 June [28]
31
Newcastle
 7–3
Bears
 Newcastle Saturday, 6 June [29]
10 Canberra 2–5 Melbourne Canberra Saturday, 6 June [30]
33 Gold Coast 5–2 Adelaide Gold Coast Sunday, 7 June [31]
34
Bears
 3–5 Melbourne Penrith Sunday, 7 June [32]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
35 Adelaide 4–2
Bears
 Adelaide Saturday, 13 June [33]
36 Canberra 6–3 Sydney Canberra Saturday, 13 June [34]
37 Melbourne 6–0
Bears
 Melbourne Sunday, 14 June [35]
38 Sydney 4–6
Newcastle
 Liverpool Sunday, 14 June [36]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
15 Gold Coast 9–2 Sydney Gold Coast Saturday, 20 June [37]
40 Adelaide 5–1 Canberra Adelaide Saturday, 20 June [38]
19
Bears
 2–6
Newcastle
 Penrith Saturday, 20 June [39]
17 Gold Coast 8–4 Sydney Gold Coast Sunday, 21 June [40]
43 Melbourne 8–3 Canberra Melbourne Sunday, 21 June [41]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
44 Adelaide 5–2 Melbourne Adelaide Saturday, 27 June [42]
45
Newcastle
 9–4 Canberra Newcastle Saturday, 27 June [43]
46 Sydney 4–1 Gold Coast Liverpool Saturday, 27 June [44]
47 Adelaide 1–4 Melbourne Adelaide Sunday, 28 June [45]
48
Bears
 3–2 SO Gold Coast Penrith Sunday, 28 June [46]
49
Newcastle
 3–2 Sydney Newcastle Sunday, 28 June [47]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
50
Newcastle
 3–4 Adelaide Newcastle Saturday, 4 July [48]
51 Canberra 1–4 Sydney Canberra Saturday, 4 July [49]
52 Melbourne 3–4 SO Gold Coast Melbourne Saturday, 4 July [50]
53 Melbourne 5–4 Gold Coast Melbourne Sunday, 5 July [51]
54 Sydney 5–3 Adelaide Liverpool Sunday, 5 July [52]
29
Bears
 2–7
Newcastle
 Penrith Sunday, 5 July [53]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
55 Melbourne 2–5
Newcastle
 Melbourne Saturday, 11 July [54]
56 Canberra 1–5 Gold Coast Canberra Saturday, 11 July [55]
57 Sydney 5–3
Bears
 Liverpool Saturday, 11 July [56]
58 Adelaide 5–7
Newcastle
 Adelaide Sunday, 12 July [57]
59 Canberra 1–3 Gold Coast Canberra Sunday, 12 July [58]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
60 Adelaide 9–3 Gold Coast Adelaide Saturday, 18 July [59]
61 & 62
Newcastle
 3–7 Melbourne Newcastle Saturday, 18 July [60]
63 Adelaide 2–4 Gold Coast Adelaide Sunday, 19 July [61]
64
Bears
 5–4 SO Canberra Penrith Sunday, 19 July [62]
65 & 32 Sydney 3–5 Melbourne Liverpool Sunday, 19 July [63]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
66 Gold Coast 3–6 Canberra Gold Coast Saturday, 1 August
67 Adelaide 7–3
Bears
 Adelaide Saturday, 1 August [64]
68 Gold Coast 5–1 Canberra Gold Coast Sunday, 2 August [65]
69 Melbourne 10–3
Bears
 Melbourne Sunday, 2 August [66]
70 Sydney 3–2
Newcastle
 Liverpool Sunday, 2 August [67]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
71
Newcastle
 5–3 Adelaide Newcastle Saturday, 8 August [68]
72 Canberra 6–4
Bears
 Canberra Saturday, 8 August [69]
73 & 74
Bears
 3–7 Adelaide Penrith Sunday, 9 August [70]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
75 Gold Coast 5–2 Melbourne Gold Coast Saturday, 15 August [71]
76 & 77 Canberra 1–6 Adelaide Canberra Saturday, 15 August [72]
84
Newcastle
 5–3
Bears
 Newcastle Sunday, 23 August [73]
78 Gold Coast 4–9 Melbourne Gold Coast Sunday, 16 August [74]
79 Sydney 5–6 OT Adelaide Liverpool Sunday, 16 August [75]
80
Newcastle
 5–2 Canberra Newcastle Sunday, 16 August [76]
Game No. Home team Score Away team Location Date Report
81 Adelaide 1–3 Sydney Adelaide Saturday, 22 August [77]
82
Bears
 6–4 Canberra Penrith Saturday, 22 August [78]
83 Melbourne 4–1 Sydney Melbourne Sunday, 23 August [79]

Note: "SO" indicates that a game was won through a shootout. Games schedule sourced from the AIHL.[3]

Standings

Team GP W SOW SOL L GF GA GDF PTS
Newcastle North Stars
 24 17 2 0 5 122 85 +37 55
Melbourne Ice 24 15 0 3 6 113 77 +36 48
Adelaide Adrenaline 24 15 1 0 8 117 75 +42 47
Gold Coast Blue Tongues 24 13 1 3 7 108 86 +22 44
Sydney Ice Dogs 24 10 1 2 11 87 90 −3 34
Canberra Knights 24 4 1 1 18 60 120 −60 15
The Bears
 24 1 3 0 20 66 140 −74 9
Qualified for the AIHL playoffs H Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[4]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS
Brad Smulders Gold Coast Blue Tongues 22 33 43 76 8 F
Éric Lafrenière
Newcastle North Stars
 22 27 30 57 6 F
Matthew Watkins Melbourne Ice 22 25 29 54 8 C
Adrian Saul
Newcastle North Stars
 22 14 37 51 28 F
John Halverson
Newcastle North Stars
 23 31 17 48 106 D
Lliam Webster Melbourne Ice 22 18 28 46 79 F
Steven Kaye
Newcastle North Stars
 17 18 27 45 30 F
André Selander Gold Coast Blue Tongues 20 22 18 40 93 LW
Jassi Sangha Sydney Ice Dogs 20 17 20 37 87 LW
Vladimir Rubes
The Bears
 19 16 20 36 35 F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[5]

Player Team MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Matthew Ezzy
Newcastle North Stars
 928 645 71 3.68 0.890 0
Olivier Martin Adelaide Adrenaline 989 604 69 3.49 0.886 0
Luke Fiveash Gold Coast Blue Tongues 607 356 42 3.46 0.882 1
Stuart Denman Melbourne Ice 965 496 65 3.37 0.869 1
James Herbert Sydney Ice Dogs 871 430 63 3.62 0.853 0

Playoffs

In 2009, the Goodall Cup, celebrating 100 years of existence, had been taken back from Ice Hockey Australia (IHA) for an amateur interstate tournament and was replaced by the AIHL with the newly commissioned AIHL Champions Trophy.[6]

The 2009 playoffs was scheduled for 29 August 2009 with Championship final held on 30 August 2009.

Newcastle North Stars 3–2 in overtime after the two sides finished regulation time locked at 2–2. Adelaide's Cass Delsar, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP) after scoring the overtime winner.[8]

In March 2010, the AIHL and IHA agreed to reinstate the Goodall Cup as the ultimate prize of the AIHL and backdated Adelaide Adrenaline's 2009 championship to the Goodall Cup (first title), etching the South Australian team's name on the cup and officially calling them the 2009 Goodall Cup champions.[6]

Semifinals Final
      
1 Melbourne Ice 1
4 Adelaide Adrenaline 6
Adelaide Adrenaline 3
Newcastle North Stars
2
3
Newcastle North Stars
5
2 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals

29 August 2009
16:30		Adelaide Adrenaline6–1
(2–0, 3–1, 1–0)		Melbourne IceHunter Ice Skating Stadium, Newcastle
Game reference
Olivier MartinGoaliesStuart DenmanReferee:
Gordon Young
Linesmen:
Jason Forbes
Jim McIntosh
Mantere (Oddy)1 – 0
Beirnes (PP) (Keane, Thilthorpe)2 – 0
Beirnes (Delsar)3 – 0
Mantere (Oddy, Greer)4 – 0
4 – 1Webster (PP) (Watkins, Seckington)
Werner (PP) (Morgan, Mantere)5 – 1
Werner (Darge, Keane)6 – 1
14 minPenalties26 min
34Shots25
29 August 2009
20:00
Newcastle North Stars
Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 1000
Game reference
Milan NovysedlakGoaliesMatthew EzzyReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Darren Hardy-Hawken
Rick West
0 – 1Kaye (PP) (Lafrenière, Saul)
0 – 2Halverson (SH) (Saul, Starke)
Ivarsson (PP) (Smulders, Selander)1 – 2
Selander (PP) (Smulders, Upton)2 – 2
Smulders (SH) (Ivarsson)3 – 2
3 – 3Morrisson (Murrell)
3 – 4Kaye (Price, Saul)
3 – 5Kaye (Saul, Lafrenière)
18 minPenalties14 min
29Shots39

Final

30 August 2009
16:00
Newcastle North Stars
Hunter Ice Skating Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 950
Game reference
Olivier MartinGoaliesMatthew EzzyReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Rick West
Jason Forbes
0 – 1Halverson (Sheffield)
Morgan (PP) (Harding, Werner)1 – 1
Oddy (PP) (Werner)2 – 1
2 – 2Halverson (PP) (Kaye, Saul)
Delsar (Beirnes, Harding)3 – 2
16 minPenalties18 min
34Shots17

References

  1. ^ a b "AIHL releases 2009 schedule". AIHL. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Same teams new identity". AIHL. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2009.
  3. ^ a b "2009AIHL". AIHL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Scoring Leaders". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Goalie Leaders". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b Lambert, Peter (31 March 2010). "AIHL Welcomes Back Goodall Cup". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Australian Ice Hockey League: VIP 2009 AIHL Finals". Australian Ice Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  8. ^ Lambert, Peter (30 August 2009). "Adelaide Adrenaline are Australian Champions". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

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