2015 AIHL season
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The 2015 AIHL season was the 16th
Teams
In 2015 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league.[1]
Team | City | Arena | Head Coach | Captain |
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Adelaide Adrenaline | Adelaide | IceArenA | Trevor Walsh | Greg Oddy |
CBR Brave | Canberra |
Phillip Ice Skating Centre | Brad Hunt | Mark Rummukainen |
Melbourne Ice | Melbourne | Medibank Icehouse |
Brent Laver | Lliam Webster |
Melbourne Mustangs | Melbourne | Medibank Icehouse |
Brad Vigon | Sean Jones |
Newcastle North Stars | Newcastle | Hunter Ice Skating Stadium | Andrew Petrie | Robert Malloy |
Perth Thunder | Perth |
Perth Ice Arena | Dave Kenway | Samuel Wilson |
Sydney Bears | Penrith | Penrith Ice Palace | Vladimir Rubes | Michael Schlamp |
Sydney Ice Dogs | Sydney | Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink | Anders Jespersen | Brian Funes |
League business
The
In May, watchmakers Haigh & Hastings signed a deal with the AIHL to become a sponsor for the 2015 season, expanding their activity in the league with the company already a major sponsor of the Perth Thunder.[19] Also in May the Perth Thunder announced Ryan Laurel Resourcing, Sandalford Wines and Smartclub as a new sponsors of the club and the CBR Brave changed their official post match partner from Smoque restaurant to the Hellenic Club's Trattoria restaurant in order to accommodate the number of fans.[20][21][22] In June, Sydney Ice Dogs head coach Anders Jespersen due to unknown reasons and was replaced by Sydney Bears player Mario Passarelli.[23] The head coach position was then handed to Tim Flynn after Passarelli opted to play for the Ice Dogs as a skater.[24][25] In July, the league signed a deal with TGI Fridays Australia which saw them named as the official restaurant of the AIHL.[26] The deal includes TGI Fridays showing the Fox AIHL Games of the Week and the Melbourne Central restaurant hosting the official after part of the 2015 playoffs. Also in July the Perth Thunder announced that Zarraffa's Coffee and Nova 93.7 had signed on with the club as sponsors.[27]
Exhibition games
The first exhibition game was held on 21 March between the Adelaide Adrenaline and an
Personnel changes
In September 2014, the
Player transfers
Interclub transfers
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Retirements
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New signings |
Players lost
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Regular season
The regular season started on 25 April 2015 and ran through to 23 August 2015 before the top four teams compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.
The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing first in the regular season with 63 points.[76] Following the playoffs the AIHL announced the winners of the 2015 awards.[77] Newcastle North Stars Geordie Wudrick and Jan Safar won the Most Valuable Player and Defenceman of the Year respectively, Kamil Jarina of the Sydney Bears won the Goaltender of the Year, Perth Thunder's Kieran Webster was named Rookie of the Year and Dave Kenway Coach of the Year, and the Skater's Network Local Player of the Year was won by Wehebe Darge of the Adelaide Adrenaline.[77]
April
Game | Date | Time | Away | Score | Home | Location | Attendance | Recap |
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1 | 25 April | 17:00 | Sydney Ice Dogs | 1–7 | Melbourne Ice | Melbourne | [1] | |
2 | 25 April | 17:00 | Adelaide Adrenaline | 4–6 | Newcastle North Stars |
Newcastle | [2] | |
3 | 25 April | 17:30 | Sydney Bears | 2–4 | CBR Brave | Canberra | [3] | |
4 | 26 April | 16:00 | Sydney Ice Dogs | 0–13 | Melbourne Mustangs | Melbourne | [4] | |
5 | 26 April | 17:00 | Adelaide Adrenaline | 5–3 | Sydney Bears | Penrith | 300 | [5] |
6 | 26 April | 17:00 | CBR Brave | 4–7 | Newcastle North Stars |
Newcastle | [6] | |
7 | 30 April | 20:00 | Melbourne Ice | 2–1 | Melbourne Mustangs | Melbourne | 1400 | [7] |
May
June
July
August
Standings
Team | GP | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
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Newcastle North Stars |
28 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 152 | 83 | +69 | 63 |
Melbourne Ice | 28 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 121 | 83 | +38 | 56 |
Perth Thunder | 28 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 103 | 93 | +10 | 48 |
CBR Brave | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 125 | 104 | +21 | 47 |
Adelaide Adrenaline | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 109 | 111 | −2 | 42 |
Melbourne Mustangs | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 139 | 105 | +34 | 41 |
Sydney Bears | 28 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 110 | 110 | 0 | 37 |
Sydney Ice Dogs | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 39 | 209 | −170 | 01 |
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs | H Newman Reid Trophy winners |
1The Ice Dogs were fined three competition points for multiple breaches by-law 4 which requires teams to travel with at least 15 players unless an exemption has been granted.[75]
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[78]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | POS |
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Geordie Wudrick | Newcastle North Stars |
28 | 44 | 47 | 91 | 40 | F |
Stephen Blunden | CBR Brave | 24 | 28 | 51 | 79 | 46 | F |
Luke Moffatt | Newcastle North Stars |
21 | 33 | 32 | 65 | 32 | F |
Kelly Geoffrey | CBR Brave | 21 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 40 | F |
Jan Safar | Newcastle North Stars |
28 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 44 | F |
Joseph Harcharik | Sydney Bears | 28 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 26 | F |
Thomas Powell | Melbourne Ice | 28 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 12 | F |
Matt Armstrong | Melbourne Ice | 26 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 28 | F |
Patrick O'Kane | Melbourne Mustangs | 28 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 8 | F |
Wehebe Darge | Adelaide Adrenaline | 26 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 65 | F |
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time.[79]
Player | Team | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
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Josh Unice | CBR Brave | 679 | 533 | 42 | 3.09 | 0.921 | 0 |
Dayne Davis | Newcastle North Stars |
1074 | 684 | 60 | 2.79 | 0.912 | 0 |
Mark Guggenberger | Perth Thunder | 747 | 494 | 46 | 3.08 | 0.907 | 0 |
Charlie Smart | Adelaide Adrenaline | 1031 | 687 | 73 | 3.54 | 0.894 | 2 |
Jaden Pine-Murphy | Melbourne Ice | 857 | 534 | 57 | 3.33 | 0.893 | 1 |
Season awards
Below lists the 2015 AIHL regular season award winners.
Award | Name | Team |
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MVP | Geordie Wudrick | Newcastle North Stars
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Goaltender | Kamil Jarina | Sydney Bears |
Defenceman | Jan Safar | Newcastle North Stars
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Rookie | Kieran Webster | Perth Thunder |
Local player | Wehebe Darge | Adelaide Adrenaline |
Coach | Dave Kenway | Perth Thunder |
Goodall Cup playoffs
The 2015 playoffs started on 29 August 2015, with the
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Newcastle North Stars
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4 | CBR Brave | 3 | |||||||
Newcastle North Stars
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Melbourne Ice | 2 | ||||||||
3 | Perth Thunder | 0 | |||||||
2 | Melbourne Ice | 1 |
Semi-finals
All times are UTC+10:00
29 August 2015 15:00 | PP) (Wudrick) | |
3 – 2 | 38:45 – Wudrick (Starke) | |
3 – 3 | 44:09 – Wudrick | |
3 – 4 | 48:49 – Wudrick |
29 August 2015 18:30 | PP) (Baclig, Graham ) |
Final
30 August 2015 15:00 | Medibank Icehouse Attendance: 2000 |
Game reference | |||||||||||||||||
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Alex Leclerc | Goalies | Dayne Davis | Referee: Jeff Scott Linesmen: Tim Bell Joe Mayer | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 31 |
All-Star weekend
On 19 August the league announced that they will hold the inaugural All-Star Weekend at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle on 12 and 13 September.[83] The event featured a skills competition on 12 September and an All-Star game on 13 September.[83] APA Group was announced as the sponsor of the weekend while Fox Sports broadcast a 90-minute special on 17 September.[83] The skills competition involved all 34 players competing in at least one of the six skill-based contests.[83] The six events to be featured included a breakaway challenge, fastest skater, elimination shootout, hardest shot, shooting accuracy and puck control.[83] The All-Star game consisted of two teams named Team Bales and Team Schlamp, named after their respective captains Brian Bales and Michael Schlamp and features players from different teams.[83]
The Skills competition saw players from the
Skills competition
- Breakaway Challenge: Brian Bales (Newcastle North Stars)
- Fastest Skater: Robert Haselhurst (Perth Thunder)
- Elimination Shootout: Matt Wetini (Newcastle North Stars)
- Hardest Shot: Matt Armstrong – 96 mph (Melbourne Ice)
- Shooting Accuracy: Josef Rezek (Adelaide Adrenaline)
- Stick Handling: Thomas Powell (Melbourne Ice)
All-star game
13 September 2015 13:00 | Team Schlamp | 7–3 (4–1, 2–1, 1–1) | Team Bales | Hunter Ice Skating Stadium |
Game reference | ||||
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0 min | Penalties | 0 min | ||
34 | Shots | 35 |
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