2010 AIHL season

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2010 AIHL season
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration24 April 2010 – 29 August 2010
Regular season
H Newman Reid TrophyNewcastle North Stars
(3rd title)
Season MVPGreg Oddy (Adrenaline)
Top scorerBrian Bales (81 points)
(North Stars)
Goodall Cup
ChampionsMelbourne Ice
  Runners-upAdelaide Adrenaline
Finals MVPJason Baclig (Ice)
AIHL seasons
← 2009
2011 →

The 2010 AIHL season was the 11th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It also marked the 10th Anniversary since the league’s inception in 2000.[1] The league ran from 24 April 2010 until 22 August 2010, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 28 and 29 August 2010. The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. Melbourne Ice won the Goodall Cup for the first time by defeating the defending champions Adelaide Adrenaline in the final.

Teams[edit]

In 2010 the AIHL had 7 teams competing in the league.[2]

2010 AIHL teams
Team City Arena Head Coach Captain
Adelaide Adrenaline South Australia Adelaide IceArenA United States Mike Gainer Australia Greg Oddy
Canberra Knights Australian Capital Territory Canberra Phillip Ice Skating Centre United States David Rogina Australia Mark Rummukainen
Gold Coast Blue Tongues Queensland Gold Coast Iceworld Boondall Australia Kevin Sands Australia Ross Howell
Melbourne Ice Victoria (state) Melbourne Medibank Icehouse Australia Paul Watson Australia Lliam Webster
Newcastle North Stars New South Wales Newcastle Hunter Ice Skating Stadium Australia Don Champagne Australia Robert Starke
Sydney Bears New South Wales Penrith Penrith Ice Palace Australia Vladimir Rubes Australia Michael Schlamp
Sydney Ice Dogs New South Wales Sydney Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink Australia Mark Stephenson Australia Anthony Wilson

League business[edit]

During the off-season, the AIHL held its AGM where four board positions were filled following the retirement of three members. Chairman, Tim Frampton, was re-elected. The AGM agenda included the new stadium for Melbourne, scheduling, sponsorship, and referee management for the 2010 season. Other topics included IHA relations and a proposed new team from Brisbane.[3] The AIHL Bears renamed to the Sydney Bears. The team was previously known as the Sydney Bears between 1997 and 2007.[4]

In January, the AIHL released the season schedule. Seven teams would compete in eighty-four matches between April and August. The opening round of the season would kick off on the Anzac Day Weekend.[5]

In February, the new ice sports stadium in Melbourne was opened. Named the Icehouse, the new stadium boasts two Olympic-sized ice rinks and is the third rink in Australia to be fully glassed. The new facility is the home of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia.[6] In late February it was announced the Melbourne Ice would relocate to the new stadium in Docklands from the Olympic Ice Skating Centre, Oakleigh South.[7]

In March, the AIHL announced a change to how the Finals host would be selected. Rather than a combined member and board vote, the hosting rights would be put up for open tender.[8] The League also welcomed back the Goodall Cup after a one year absence. Ice Hockey Australia made the request for the league to take back the Cup and the organisation voted to restore the Goodall Cup as the Championship winning prize for the AIHL.[9] The newly minted AIHL Champions Trophy was renamed and re-purposed by the AIHL to become the H Newman Reid Trophy and would be handed to the regular season premiers.[10] 2009 AIHL Champions, the Adelaide Adrenaline, were etched into the Goodall Cup.[9]

During the season, the Gold Coast Blue Tongues signed an agreement with the Southern Stars Ice Hockey Club to play two home games in Brisbane at the olympic sized Acacia Ridge ice rink.[11] AIHL Vice President Joshua Puls tendered his resignation citing an over commitment with Victoria's disadvantaged communities and a perceived conflict of interest after accepting an appointment as Patron of the Melbourne Ice as his reasons for the decision.[12] The Sydney Ice Dogs also announced the launch of Ice Dogs TV featuring highlights from 2010 Ice Dogs home games as well as player interviews and other content.[13] In July, the league announced the new Melbourne Icehouse had been selected from the tender and would be the host venue for the 2010 Finals series.[14]

Regular season[edit]

April[edit]

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
1 24 April 17:00 Melbourne Ice 4 – 5 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 900 [1]
2 24 April 17:30 Sydney Bears 5–3 Canberra Knights Canberra [2]
3 25 April 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3–4 Sydney Bears Penrith [3]

May[edit]

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
4 1 May 16:00 Canberra Knights 5–6 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast [4]
5 1 May 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 7 – 6 (SO) Sydney Bears Penrith 60 [5]
6 1 May 17:45 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–4 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1100 [6]
7 2 May 15:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 – 3 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [7]
8 2 May 16:00 Canberra Knights 6–4 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Brisbane [8]
9 8 May 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–8 Canberra Knights Canberra [9]
10 8 May 17:45 Sydney Bears 2–9 Melbourne Ice Melbourne [10]
11 9 May 15:30 Sydney Bears 1–14 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [11]
12 9 May 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 6 – 7 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 700 [12]
13 15 May 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 1–5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast [13]
14 15 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 2–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [14]
15 15 May 17:30 Melbourne Ice 5–1 Canberra Knights Canberra [15]
16 16 May 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3–6 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast [16]
17 16 May 17:00 Melbourne Ice 9–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [17]
18 16 May 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 2–3 Sydney Bears Penrith [18]
19 22 May 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–7 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [19]
20 22 May 17:00 Canberra Knights 2–4 Sydney Bears Penrith [20]
21 23 May 16:15 Sydney Ice Dogs 0–7 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1000 [21]
22 23 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 0 – 1 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 800 [22]
23 29 May 16:30 Canberra Knights 2–3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [23]
24 29 May 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 1–4 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [24]
25 30 May 16:15 Canberra Knights 1–6 Melbourne Ice Melbourne [25]
26 30 May 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 1–7 Sydney Bears Penrith [26]

June[edit]

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
27 5 June 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast [27]
28 5 June 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 – 4 (SO)[I] Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [28]
29 5 June 17:30 Sydney Bears 4–3 Canberra Knights Canberra [29]
30 6 June 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 0–3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast [30]
31 6 June 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 1–2 Sydney Bears Penrith [31]
32 12 June 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 6–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [32]
33 19 June 16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 7 – 8 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [33]
34 19 June 17:00 Melbourne Ice 5–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 700 [34]
35 19 June 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–3 Canberra Knights Canberra [35]
36 20 June 16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 2–5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [36]
37 20 June 17:00 Melbourne Ice 1–4 Sydney Bears Penrith [37]
38 26 June 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 5–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [38]
39 26 June 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 6–2 Canberra Knights Canberra [39]
40 26 June 17:45 Adelaide Adrenaline 6–4 Melbourne Ice Melbourne [40]
41 27 June 16:15 Adelaide Adrenaline 0–2 Melbourne Ice Melbourne [41]
42 27 June 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4–2 Sydney Bears Penrith [42]

July[edit]

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
43 3 July 16:00 Melbourne Ice 5–4 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast [43]
44 3 July 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 7–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [44]
45 3 July 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 5 – 4 (SO)[I] Canberra Knights Canberra [45]
46 4 July 16:00 Melbourne Ice 4–2 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Brisbane [46]
47 4 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 – 2 (SO) Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [47]
48 4 July 17:00 Canberra Knights 5–7 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 700 [48]
49 10 July 16:00 Sydney Bears 2–4 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast [49]
50 10 July 17:45 Newcastle North Stars 2–9 Melbourne Ice Melbourne [50]
51 10 July 17:00 Canberra Knights 7–8 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [51]
52 11 July 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 3–1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [52]
53 11 July 16:00 Sydney Bears 2 – 3 (SO) Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast [53]
54 17 July 16:30 Melbourne Ice 8 – 7 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [54]
55 17 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 2–8 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [55]
56 17 July 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 6–3 Canberra Knights Canberra [56]
57 18 July 16:30 Melbourne Ice 3–4 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [57]
58 18 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 1–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [58]
59 24 July 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 5 – 4 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [59]
60 24 July 17:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3–2 Canberra Knights Canberra [60]
61 25 July 16:15 Newcastle North Stars 1 – 2 (SO) Melbourne Ice Melbourne [61]
62 25 July 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–4 Sydney Bears Penrith [62]
63 25 July 17:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4–5 Canberra Knights Canberra [63]
64 31 July 16:00 Newcastle North Stars 3–1 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast [64]
65 31 July 17:45 Canberra Knights 0–5 Melbourne Ice Melbourne [65]

August[edit]

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
66 1 August 16:00 Newcastle North Stars 8–3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast [66]
67 1 August 16:30 Canberra Knights 5–7 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [67]
68 1 August 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–5 Sydney Bears Penrith [68]
69 7 August 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4–10 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [69]
70 7 August 17:00 Canberra Knights 2–12 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [70]
71 7 August 17:45 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 2–5 Melbourne Ice Melbourne [71]
72 8 August 16:15 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3–6 Melbourne Ice Melbourne [72]
73 8 August 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 0–3 Sydney Bears Penrith [73]
74 14 August 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 0–4 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 850 [74]
75 14 August 17:30 Melbourne Ice 3 – 2 (SO) Canberra Knights Canberra [75]
76 15 August 17:00 Melbourne Ice 6–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [76]
77 15 August 17:00 Canberra Knights 0–11 Sydney Bears Penrith [77]
78 21 August 16:30 Sydney Bears 5 – 4 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide [78]
79 21 August 17:00 Canberra Knights 2–10 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool [79]
80 21 August 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3–11 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 850 [80]
81 22 August 16:15 Sydney Bears 3–7 Melbourne Ice Melbourne [81]
82 22 August 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3–8 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 800 [82]

^ I Double points game.

Standings[edit]

Team GP W SOW SOL L GF GA GDF PTS
Newcastle North Stars 24 14 7 1 2 131 74 57 57
Melbourne Ice 24 15 3 1 5 122 65 57 52
Sydney Bears 24 12 1 3 8 82 90 −8 41
Adelaide Adrenaline 24 8 5 5 6 107 92 15 39
Gold Coast Blue Tongues 24 9 1 1 13 84 107 −23 30
Canberra Knights 24 5 0 3 16 79 131 −52 18
Sydney Ice Dogs 24 4 0 3 17 74 120 −46 15
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs H Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Statistics[edit]

Scoring leaders[edit]

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[15]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS
Peter Cartwright Newcastle North Stars 25 41 47 88 24 F
Brian Bales Newcastle North Stars 25 33 54 87 28 F
Blair Tassone Newcastle North Stars 25 22 40 62 82 F
Greg Oddy Adelaide Adrenaline 26 19 29 48 18 F
Mike McRae Gold Coast Blue Tongues 23 17 19 46 87 F
Lliam Webster Melbourne Ice 26 24 22 46 95 F
Jason Baclig Melbourne Ice 23 25 20 45 10 F
Cameron Dion Adelaide Adrenaline 24 20 24 44 67 F
Dallas Costanzo Gold Coast Blue Tongues 23 18 26 44 63 F
Matthew Armstrong Melbourne Ice 24 16 28 44 66 D

Leading goaltenders[edit]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[16]

Player Team MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Matt Ezzy Newcastle North Stars 1023:00 763 69 3.04 91.0 2
Nick Boucher Sydney Bears 793:10 534 49 2.78 90.8 2
Reese Kalleitner Gold Coast Blue Tongues 393:15 336 36 4.12 89.3 0
Stuart Denman Melbourne Ice 1020:00 518 60 2.65 88.4 2
Olivier Martin Adelaide Adrenaline 921:00 566 73 3.57 87.1 0

Goodall Cup playoffs[edit]

The playoffs were held between 28 and 29 August with all three games being played at the Icehouse in Melbourne.[17] Melbourne Ice won the final and the Goodall Cup (1st title) after defeating the then defending champions Adelaide Adrenaline 6–4.[18] The Ice took an early lead in the final before going behind twice. A strong finish to the match saw the Goodall Cup return to Victoria for the first time in 27 years.[19] Melbourne Ice's Canadian born forward, Jason Baclig, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP) and was awarded the inaugural Kendall Finals MVP trophy.[20]

Semifinals Final
      
1 Newcastle North Stars 6
4 Adelaide Adrenaline 7
Adelaide Adrenaline 4
Melbourne Ice 6
3 Melbourne Ice 2
2 Sydney Bears 1

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals[edit]

28 August 2010
16:00		Newcastle North Stars6–7
(2–4, 0–2, 4–1)		Adelaide AdrenalineIcehouse, Melbourne
Attendance: 900
Game reference
Matthew EzzyGoaliesOlivier MartinReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Mitchell Waters
Darren Lampard
0 – 1Corstens (Oddy, Greer)
0 – 2Oddy (PS) (unassisted)
Bales (Tassone, Cartwright)1 – 2
1 – 3Mantere (Oddy, Dion)
1 – 4Lovdahl (PP) (Huxley, Darge)
Bales (SH) (Tassone, Belanger)2 – 4
2 – 5Dion (Oddy)
2 – 6Peterson (Greer, Lovdahl)
2 – 7Clark (Huxley, Corstens)
Belanger (PP) (Cartwright, Bales)3 – 7
Cartwright (Tassone)4 – 7
Oultram (SH) (Tassone, Cartwright)5 – 7
Tassone (Bales)6 – 7
8 minPenalties14 min
24Shots26
28 August 2010
19:30		Melbourne Ice2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)		Sydney BearsIcehouse, Melbourne
Attendance: 1300
Game reference
Stuart DenmanGoaliesNick BoucherReferee:
Gordon Young
Linesmen:
Jason Forbes
Jim McIntosh
0 – 1Stransky (Pelikovsky)
Webster (PP) (Armstrong, MacSweyn)1 – 1
J.Hughes (MacSweyn, Matus)2 – 1
6 minPenalties12 min
33Shots9

Final[edit]

29 August 2010
16:00		Adelaide Adrenaline4–6
(2–2, 1–2, 1–2)		Melbourne IceIcehouse, Melbourne
Attendance: 1500
Game reference
Olivier MartinGoaliesStuart DenmanReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Mitchell Waters
Darren Lampard
0 – 1J.Hughes (MacSweyn, Moore)
Oddy (SH) (Darge)1 – 1
Dion (Harding)2 – 1
2 – 2Armstrong (unassisted)
Dion (PP) (Corstens, Oddy)3 – 2
3 – 3Powell (Armstrong, Baclig)
3 – 4J.Hughes (MacSweyn, Webster)
3 – 5Armstrong (Powell, Baclig)
Keane (Delsar)4 – 5
4 – 6Webster (unassisted)
10 minPenalties16 min
25Shots31

References[edit]

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  12. ^ Lambert, Peter (6 May 2010). "AIHL VP Josh Puls resigns from post". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Ice Dogs TV finally launched and ready to view". Australian Ice Hockey League. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  14. ^ Lambert, Peter (1 July 2010). "Goodall Cup Finals at Icehouse". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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  16. ^ "Goalie Leaders". Pointstreak. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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  18. ^ "2010 AIHL Final Boxscore". Australian Ice Hockey League. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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External links[edit]

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