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Sydney Bears
Sydney Bears
City	Penrith, New South Wales
League	AIHL
Founded	2000
Home arena	Penrith Ice Palace
Colours	Red, black, silver and white
General manager	Gabriel Robledo; Rick Williams; Wayne Hellyer
Head coach	Vlad Rubes
Captain	Michael Schlamp
Franchise history
2000-2007	Sydney Bears
2007-2009	AIHL Bears
2010-present	Sydney Bears
Goodall Cup	2 (2002, 2007)
V.I.P cup	1 (2008)

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The Sydney Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Penrith, New South Wales. They are currently one of eight teams competing in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The Bears played at the Sydney Ice Arena from the time of their inception through the end of the 2006 season. They moved into their new arena, Penrith Ice Palace, to begin the 2007 AIHL season.

Team history

The Bears are two-time winners of the Goodall Cup and won the AIHL championship in 2002 and 2007. The Bears were one of three teams that founded the AIHL in 2000, along with the Adelaide Avalanche and Canberra Knights. Although the Bears did not win the championship in either year, they won the Goodall Cup tournament in 2001 in Newcastle, the last time the Cup was awarded independently of the AIHL.

In 2002, the Bears defeated the Avalanche in the Goodall Cup final for their second consecutive Cup and their first and only AIHL championship to date. Four members of the Bears - Tyler Lovering, Brett Nelson-Bond, Vladimir Rubes and Murray Wand - were named to the Mighty Roos roster for the 2006 Division II World Championships in New Zealand. In 2007 the team announced they would move to Penrith for the 2007 AIHL season and at the same time, dropping the "Sydney" part from the name to become The Bears, or AIHL Bears. For the start of the 2010 season the Bears reverted to their previous name of Sydney Bears.^[3]

Season	GP	W	T¹	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GF	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
2002	15	12	1	-	-	2	90	54	25	1	Won Goodall Cup final vs. Adelaide Avalanche)
2003	6	1	0	-	-	5	23	34	2	5	Did not qualify
2004	29	8	6	1	4	10	68	71	31	3	Lost in Semifinals, 4-5 (West Sydney Ice Dogs)
2005	26	11	0	2	1	12	96	100	38	4	Lost in Semifinals, (Adelaide Avalanche)
2006	28	15	-	1	1	11	133	101	48	5	Did not qualify
2007	28	14	-	4	2	8	112	84	49^*	4	Won Semifinals 4-5 (Adelaide Acalanche) Won Goodall Cup, 4-3 in OT (Newcastle North Stars
2008	28	20	-	0	1	7	134	118	61	1	Lost in Semifinal, 7-5 (Newcastle North Stars)
2009	24	1	-	3	0	20	66	140	9	7	Did not qualify
2010	25	12	-	9	1	3	41	83	92	3	Lost Semifinal, 1-2 (Melbourne Ice)

¹ As of the 2006 AIHL season, all games will have a winner.

* The Bears were penalised 3 competition points for icing players that had not been officially cleared to play by the IIHF and IHA.

Championships

Goodall Cup: 2002, 2007

V.I.P. Cup: 2008

Players

Current Roster

Team roster for the 2011 AIHL season ^[4]^[5]^[6]

**Sydney Bears 2011 Roster**
#	Name	Pos	Date of Birth	Age	Birthplace
2	Jordan Hale (I)	D/F	12-02-1990	21	Lacombe, Canada
3	Steven Adams	D	23-06-1979	32	Adelaide,Australia
5	Daniel Spina	D	08-09-1992	18	Australia
6	Nick Cleland	D	20-11-1984	26	Canberra. Australia
6	Geoff O'Hara (I)	D	19-05-1979	32	Bristol, England
8	Jim Zvonicek	F	21-08-1988	22	Australia
12	Lukas Manco	D	26-10-1992	18	Australia
16	Michael Schlamp (C)	F	30-01-1981	30	Regina, Canada
18	Kurtis Dulle (I) (A)	D	06-11-1979	31	Craik, Canada
19	Brett Nelson-Bond (A)	F	25-06-1983	28	Australia
20	Vladimir Rubes (A)	F	08-09-1970	40	Prague, Czech Republic
21	Tony Demelinne	F	07-10-1987	23	Den Haag, Netherlands
29	Daniel Shaw	F	07-09-1990	20	Australia
33	Scott Clemie	F	16-12-1994	16	Australia
37	Sheldon Baerg (I)	G	28-11-1985	25	Burnaby, Canada
47	Spencer Austin	D	05-03-1992	19	Hamilton, Canada
55	Gabriel Robledo	G	25-12-1985	25	Australia
56	Lucien Hackett	F	17-03-1990	21	Vancouver, Canada
57	Laurie Mock	D	20-09-1983	27	Australia
84	Adrian Esposito	RW	01-02-1985	26
88	Joel McFadden	F	17-07-1991	19	Australia

^ I = Import Player

Notable players

Arena

The team plays its home games at the Penrith Ice Palace in Penrith, on the western outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales. The team previously played at the Sydney Ice Arena in Baulkham Hills under the name Sydney Bears, but announced they would move to Penrith for the 2007 AIHL season, dropping the "Sydney" from their name.

References

^ "Sydney Bears on Elite Prospects". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ Roach, Christian. "Bears tame Mustangs for 3rd win". Sydney Bears Official Site. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ "2010 AIHL Regular Season". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 2010-04-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Sydney Bears on Elite Prospects". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ "Team Roster". Official Sydney Bears Website. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
^ "Sydney Bears Roster". Official AIHL Website. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

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[1] "Sydney Bears on Elite Prospects". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

[2] Roach, Christian. "Bears tame Mustangs for 3rd win". Sydney Bears Official Site. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

[2010RENAME-3] "2010 AIHL Regular Season". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 2010-04-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] "Sydney Bears on Elite Prospects". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

[5] "Team Roster". Official Sydney Bears Website. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

[6] "Sydney Bears Roster". Official AIHL Website. Retrieved 27 June 2011.

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v t e Australian Ice Hockey League
Founded in 2000 (24 years ago) (2000) Country: Australia (top tier) Website: theAIHL.com
Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Teams	Adelaide Adrenaline Brisbane Lightning CBR Brave Central Coast Rhinos Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs Newcastle Northstars Perth Thunder Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs
Former teams	Adelaide Avalanche Canberra Knights Gold Coast Blue Tongues
Current arenas	Adelaide IceArenA Erina Ice Arena Hunter Ice Skating Stadium Iceworld Boondall Macquarie Ice Rink O'Brien Icehouse Perth Ice Arena Phillip Ice Skating Centre
Former arenas	Blacktown Ice Arena Iceland Bundall Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink Olympic Ice Skating Centre Penrith Ice Palace Sydney Ice Arena
Other	Goodall Cup H Newman Reid Trophy V.I.P. Cup Wilson Cup List of AIHL seasons
Related articles: IIHF IHA Australia national ice hockey team ECSL AWIHL AJIHL Trans-Tasman Champions League