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2016 AIHL season

January 01, 1970

The 2016 AIHL season was the 17th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 23 April 2016 until 21 August 2016, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 27 and 28 August. The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points. The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the second year in a row after defeating the CBR Brave in the final.

2016 AIHL season
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration23 April 2016 – 28 August 2016
Regular season
H Newman Reid TrophyMelbourne Ice
(2nd title)
Season MVPWehebe Darge
(Adrenaline)
Top scorerConnor McLaughlin
(61 points)
(North Stars)
Goodall Cup
ChampionsNewcastle North Stars
  Runners-upCBR Brave
Finals MVPDayne Davis
(North Stars)
AIHL seasons
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Teams edit

In 2016 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league.[1]

2016 AIHL teams
Team City Arena Head coach Captain
Adelaide Adrenaline   Adelaide IceArenA   Trevor Walsh   Greg Oddy
CBR Brave   Canberra Phillip Ice Skating Centre   Josh Unice   Jordan Gavin
Melbourne Ice   Melbourne O'Brien Group Arena   Brent Laver   Lliam Webster
Melbourne Mustangs   Melbourne O'Brien Group Arena   Michael Flaherty   Patrick O'Kane
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   Ron Kuprowsky   Michael Schlamp
Sydney Ice Dogs   Sydney Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink   Vladimir Rubes   Scott Stephenson

League business edit

In September 2015 it was announced that the Medibank Icehouse had been renamed the O'Brien Group Arena following a lease takeover by the O'Brien Catering Group.[2] The league announced that the Sydney Bears will host two games against the Melbourne Ice in Queensland during the 2016 season.[3] The games, promoted under the title of the Brisbane Battle, will be held at Iceworld Boondall and Iceworld Acacia Ridge on 14 and 15 May respectively.[3] The AIHL have not held a game in Queensland since the suspension of the Gold Coast Blue Tongues in 2012.[4] In February 2016 the Sydney Ice Dogs announced that Reach Crane Trucks had renewed their sponsorship for 2016, extending the original three-year deal that was signed in 2013.[5] The Ice Dogs later signed TAFE SWSi Aboriginal Learning Circle as a new sponsor for the season.[6] Also in February Hards Transport renewed their naming rights sponsorship of the Adelaide Adrenaline.[7] The Adrenaline also signed new sponsors Reading Cinemas, Paxton Wines and Mortgage Choice Malvern and extended their deal with the Hilton Hotel's MyBar as their official post-game venue.[8][9][10][11] In March 2016 the CBR Brave signed Casino Canberra and McDonald's ACT as major sponsors and Canberra Toyota as their vehicle sponsor.[12][13] The CBR Brave also extended their deal with Anytime Fitness as the club's official gym partner and the Hellenic Club of Canberra as their post-game partner and renewed their sponsorship deal with Jordo's Chop Shop.[14][15][16] On 21 March 2016 the Bears announced that they had formed a partnership with the Australian Defence Force Ice Hockey Association's Army Knights for 2016.[17] This was followed by the CBR Brave forming a partnership with the Navy Tigersharks.[18] Both partnerships aim to help promote ice hockey within the Defence Force and develop emerging talent.[17][18] The Bears partnership deal also includes discounted tickets for Defence Force members during the season.[17] The Sydney Bears have reached a deal with Hawkesbury Radio to broadcast at least two of their home games for the 2016 season while also continuing to broadcast via their normal Mixlr stream.[19] The Perth Thunder will also start live broadcasting their home games via Mixlr for the 2016 season.[19] In April the Brave announced a partnership with the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League to help increase promotion between the two teams.[20] On 22 April the Perth Thunder announced that they had signed Smooth Financial Services as a platinum sponsor for the 2016 season.[21] In May 2016 Hi-Tec Oils renewed their major sponsorship with the Sydney Bears for the season.[22] Also in May The James Hotel signed a deal with the Melbourne Mustangs to become a major sponsor and host the club's pre and post-game functions.[23]

Exhibition games edit

On 31 March 2016 the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs competed in an exhibition game at the O’Brien Group Arena with the Ice winning 5–1.[24] The 2016 edition of the Wilson Cup was held in March and April 2016.[25] The tournament featured the three New South Wales based clubs competing in a double round-robin before a final between the two top ranked teams.[25] The Sydney Bears finished first in the round robin stage, winning three of their four games, and were drawn against the Sydney Ice Dogs in the final.[26] The Bears won the final 3–1, claiming their third Wilson Cup title.[27]

Personnel changes edit

In October 2015 it was announced that Vladimir Rubes had stepped down as head coach of the Sydney Bears due to family commitments.[28] Rubes was replaced by assistant Ron Kuprowsky to the position of head coach. Kuprowsky was previously coach of the Sydney Ice Dogs before joining the Bears in 2015.[29] Also in October the Sydney Ice Dogs announced their 2016 committee with Tim Flynn moving from the head coach position to the role of general manager, taking over the position from Anthony Wilson.[30] Flynn's role as general manager for the Sydney Ice Dogs lasted until March 2016 with the club replacing him with former player Jason Juba.[31] In November 2015 the Melbourne Mustangs announced that Brad Vigon had resigned from the position of head coach due to family commitments.[32] Vigon was replaced by assistant coach Michael Flaherty with the Mustangs also adding former Australian national team players Damian Holland and Jon Moses as Flaherty's new assistant coaches.[33] The Mustangs also announced that Andrew McDowell had stepped down from the position of Vice President in order to focus on his role of Director of Hockey Operations.[33] He was replaced by Myles Harris.[33]

In December 2015 the Adelaide Adrenaline announced that head coach Ryan O'Handley had stepped down from the position of head coach due to family commitments.[34] O'Handley however moved into the positions of Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations at the club.[34] A couple of weeks later the Adrenaline signed former AIHL and Australian national team player Trevor Walsh as O'Handley's replacement.[35] Following the appointment of Walsh as head coach the Adrenaline also announced that Gordon Cochrane and Sami Mantere had been signed as assistant coaches for 2016.[36] In March 2016 the Sydney Ice Dogs announced that they had signed former Sydney Bears head coach Vladimir Rubes to the position of head coach.[37] Rubes stepped down from his position of head coach of the Sydney Bears in October 2015 citing family commitments.[37] Also in March the CBR Brave re-signed head coach Josh Unice along with assistant coaches David Rogina and Stuart Philps for the 2016 season.[37]

In June 2016 the Adrenaline relieved Trevor Walsh of his duties as head coach.[38] He was replaced by former Australian national team assistant coach Eric Lien.[39] On 17 August, three days before the final round of the regular season, the Brave announced that Josh Unice had resigned from his position of head coach due to a number of personal issues outside of hockey.[40] He was replaced by the club's assistant coaches for the remainder of the season.[40]

Player transfers edit

Regular season edit

The regular season is set to start on 23 April 2016 and run through to 21 August 2016 before the top four teams advance to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.[77] A weeks break will be held in June to accommodate the All-Star Weekend which is scheduled for 11 and 12 June 2016 in Penrith, New South Wales.[77] The AIHL will hold their first games in Queensland since 2012 after they announced that the Sydney Bears and Melbourne Ice will compete in a double header in Brisbane.[3][4] The games, promoted under the title of the Brisbane Battle, will be held at Ice World Boondall and Iceworld Acacia Ridge on 14 and 15 May respectively.[3]

In March 2016 it was reported that the Adelaide Ice Arena had to close their large ice surface for repairs following failed pressure tests.[78] The repairs resulted in the league pushing back the start Adrenaline's home season from 23 April to 15 May and rescheduling of four games.[79] Game 1 between the North Stars and Adrenaline at the Adelaide Ice Arena was pushed back to 17 July from its original date of 23 April.[80] Game 81 between the Thunder and the North Stars at the Perth Ice Arena was moved forward into the vacant 23 April slot after originally being scheduled for 17 July.[80] The double header between the Adrenaline and the Thunder at the Adelaide Ice Arena was also pushed back from its original date of 30 April and 1 May to 21 and 22 May.[80] On 5 June Game 48 between the Sydney Ice Dogs and Melbourne Mustangs was postponed due to flooding at the Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink.[81] The match was later rescheduled for 7 August at the same venue.[82]

25 June game between the Melbourne Ice and Sydney Bears served as the third annual Canada Day Classic match.[83] The Bears won the game 4–3 following a shootout to claim the title for the third straight year.[83] On 6 August the Sydney Ice Dogs hosted the Adelaide Adrenaline in the Matt Clark Memorial Game, part of the clubs Leukaemia fundraising night.[84] The Ice Dogs wore the old Warringah Bombers jersey, dedicated to former Bombers player Matt Clark who died from leukaemia in 1995.[84] The Ice Dogs won the game 9–8.[84] 13 August match between the Adelaide Adrenaline and CBR Brave served as the second annual beyondblue Cup, setup to help raise awareness for the charity.[85] The Brave won the Cup for the second year in a row, defeating the Adrenaline 5–4 following a shootout.[85]

The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing first in the regular season with 66 points.[86][87] Following the end of the season the AIHL announced the winners of the 2016 awards.[88] Adelaide Adrenaline's Wehebe Darge won the Most Valuable Player and Anthony Kimlin of the Sydney Bears won the Goaltender of the Year.[88] The CBR Brave's Jan Safar won the Defenceman of the Year and Casey Kubara was awarded both the Rookie of the Year and Local Player of the Year.[88] The Melbourne Ice's Brent Laver was named Coach of the Year.[88]

April edit

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
81 23 April 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 3 – 2 (SO) Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [1]
2 23 April 19:00 Melbourne Mustangs 0–3 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [2]
3 23 April 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [3]
4 24 April 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 2–1 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [4]
5 24 April 17:00 CBR Brave 6–3 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace [5]
7 30 April 17:00 CBR Brave 4–2 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [6]
8 30 April 17:00 Melbourne Ice 7–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 500 [7]

May edit

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
10 1 May 16:00 CBR Brave 1–7 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [8]
11 1 May 16:00 Melbourne Ice 3 – 2 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [9]
12 1 May 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 6–2 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace [10]
13 7 May 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 0–1 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [11]
14 7 May 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4 – 5 (SO) Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [12]
15 7 May 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 9–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [13]
16 7 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 3 – 2 (SO) CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [14]
17 8 May 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–6 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [15]
18 8 May 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 1–5 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [16]
19 8 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 3 – 4 (SO) Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [17]
20 8 May 17:00 CBR Brave 4 – 3 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [18]
21 14 May 16:00 Melbourne Ice 3 – 2 (SO) Sydney Bears Ice World Boondall 600 [19]
22 14 May 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [20]
23 14 May 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 8–2 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [21]
24 14 May 17:30 Perth Thunder 6–2 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [22]
25 15 May 15:30 Melbourne Ice 3–1 Sydney Bears Ice World Acacia Ridge [23]
26 15 May 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–6 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [24]
27 15 May 16:00 Newcastle North Stars 2–5 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [25]
28 15 May 17:00 Perth Thunder 7–6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [26]
29 19 May 20:00 Melbourne Mustangs 2–7 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [27]
6 21 April 16:30 Perth Thunder 3–2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [28]
30 21 May 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–3 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [29]
31 21 May 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 6–4 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace
32 22 May 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 6–4 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [31]
9 22 May 16:30 Perth Thunder 4–3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [32]
33 22 May 17:00 CBR Brave 2–7 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [33]
34 28 May 16:30 Melbourne Ice 4 – 5 (SO) Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [34]
35 28 May 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–4 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [35]
36 28 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 4 – 3 (SO) Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink
37 28 May 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 3–5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [37]
38 29 May 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 – 4 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [38]
39 29 May 16:30 Melbourne Ice 4 – 5 (SO) Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [39]
40 29 May 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 6–4 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [40]
41 29 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 4–6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [41]

June edit

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
42 4 June 16:30 Sydney Bears 6–2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
43 4 June 17:00 CBR Brave 5–7 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [43]
44 4 June 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 5–4 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [44]
45 4 June 17:00 Perth Thunder 3–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [45]
46 5 June 16:00 CBR Brave 3–6 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [46]
47 5 June 16:00 Sydney Bears 4 – 3 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
49 5 June 17:00 Perth Thunder 2–3 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [48]
50 18 June 16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 3–1 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [49]
51 18 June 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3–2 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [50]
52 18 June 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 2–5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [51]
53 19 June 16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 3–6 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [52]
54 19 June 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 1–4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [53]
55 19 June 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 1 – 2 (SO) Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace
56 19 June 17:00 Melbourne Ice 8–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [55]
57 25 June 17:00 Sydney Bears 4 – 3 (SO) Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
58 25 June 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–5 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [57]
59 26 June 16:00 Sydney Bears 2–4 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
60 26 June 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 5–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [59]

July edit

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
61 2 July 16:30 Melbourne Ice 9–1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [60]
62 2 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 1–2 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [61]
63 2 July 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–5 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace
64 2 July 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 3–1 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [63]
65 3 July 16:00 Perth Thunder 6–3 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [64]
66 3 July 16:00 Melbourne Ice 3–2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [65]
67 3 July 17:00 CBR Brave 6–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [66]
68 3 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 3–0 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
69 9 July 16:30 CBR Brave 3 – 4 (SO) Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [68]
70 9 July 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 3–2 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [69]
71 9 July 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 4–3 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace [70]
72 9 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 5–4 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [71]
73 10 July 16:00 Newcastle North Stars 2–3 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [72]
74 10 July 16:30 CBR Brave 4–2 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [73]
75 10 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 – 2 (SO) Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace
76 10 July 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 8–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [75]
77 16 July 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 3–2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [76]
78 16 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 3–1 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [77]
79 16 July 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [78]
80 17 July 16:00 Sydney Bears 1–4 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
1 17 July 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 2–1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [80]
82 23 July 19:00 Melbourne Ice 3–1 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [81]
83 23 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 4–2 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace [82]
84 23 July 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [83]
85 24 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 1–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [84]
86 24 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 5–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [85]
87 30 July 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 5–3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [86]
88 30 July 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–3 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [87]
89 30 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 2–5 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
90 31 July 16:00 Melbourne Mustangs 3–2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [89]
91 31 July 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–6 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena [90]
92 31 July 17:00 CBR Brave 6–4 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace

August edit

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
93 6 August 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 8–9 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [92]
94 6 August 17:00 Perth Thunder 4 – 3 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [93]
95 6 August 17:30 Melbourne Ice 10–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [94]
48 7 August 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 2–4 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [95]
96 7 August 17:00 Perth Thunder 4–3 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace
97 7 August 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3–4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [97]
98 7 August 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 1–4 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [98]
99 11 August 20:00 Melbourne Ice 4–1 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [99]
100 13 August 16:30 Sydney Bears 0–2 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
101 13 August 16:30 CBR Brave 5 – 4 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [101]
102 13 August 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 7–10 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena [102]
103 14 August 16:00 CBR Brave 6–5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena [103]
104 14 August 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–4 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [104]
105 14 August 16:30 Sydney Bears 1–2 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
106 20 August 17:00 Perth Thunder 4–2 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [106]
107 20 August 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 1–2 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace
108 20 August 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 0–7 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [108]
109 20 August 17:00 CBR Brave 4–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink [109]
110 21 August 16:00 Perth Thunder 2–5 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena [110]
111 21 August 16:00 Melbourne Mustangs 5 – 4 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [111]
112 21 August 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3–2 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace

Standings edit

Team GP W SOW SOL L GF GA GDF PTS
Melbourne Ice 28 19 3 3 3 127 71 +56 66
Perth Thunder 28 16 4 1 7 96 73 +23 57
Newcastle North Stars 28 15 1 5 7 105 74 +31 52
CBR Brave 28 15 2 2 9 129 117 +12 51
Melbourne Mustangs 28 11 2 0 15 89 102 −13 37
Sydney Bears 28 5 5 3 15 77 95 −18 28
Sydney Ice Dogs 28 7 1 1 19 92 139 −47 24
Adelaide Adrenaline 28 5 1 4 18 83 127 −44 21
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs H Newman Reid Trophy winners

Statistics edit

Scoring leaders edit

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[89]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS
Connor McLaughlin Newcastle North Stars 28 35 26 61 34 F
Benjamin Breault Perth Thunder 28 26 26 52 20 F
Wehebe Darge Adelaide Adrenaline 28 20 32 52 22 F
Michael Dorr Perth Thunder 28 20 31 51 16 F
Geordie Wudrick CBR Brave 20 20 30 50 34 F
Mathieu Guertin CBR Brave 20 18 31 49 86 F
Casey Kubara CBR Brave 27 16 33 49 24 F
Jason Baclig Melbourne Ice 28 24 24 48 39 F
Jessyko Bernard Perth Thunder 26 17 27 44 61 F
Strat Allen Sydney Ice Dogs 25 16 27 43 30 F

Leading goaltenders edit

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time.[90]

Player Team MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Thomas Heemskerk Perth Thunder 1347 905 66 2.45 0.927 2
Troy Davenport Melbourne Ice 1084 543 45 2.08 0.917 1
Anthony Kimlin Sydney Bears 1138 766 70 3.08 0.909 1
Dayne Davis Newcastle North Stars 1218 632 60 2.46 0.905 0
Fraser Carson Melbourne Mustangs 781 438 49 3.14 0.888 0

Season awards edit

Below lists the 2016 AIHL regular season award winners.

Award Name Team
MVP   Wehebe Darge Adelaide Adrenaline
Goaltender   Anthony Kimlin Sydney Bears
Defenceman   Jan Safar Newcastle North Stars
Rookie   Casey Kubara CBR Brave
Local player   Casey Kubara CBR Brave
Coach   Brent Laver Melbourne Ice

Source

Goodall Cup playoffs edit

The 2016 playoffs started on 27 August 2016 with the Goodall Cup final being held on 28 August. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series. All three games were held at the O'Brien Group Arena in Docklands, Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs.[91] The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The finals were again sponsored by Air Canada, their fourth year in a row.[92] The Goodall Cup was won by the Newcastle North Stars (6th title) who defeated the CBR Brave 2–1 in regular time.[92] North Stars' goaltender Dayne Davis was named the finals Most Valuable Player.[88]


* denotes number of overtime periods

Semi-finals edit

All times are UTC+10:00

27 August 2016
15:00		CBR Brave4 – 3 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		Melbourne IceO'Brien Group Arena
Game reference
Aleksi ToivonenGoaliesTroy DavenportReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Fraser Ohlson
Casper Russell-Huber
2:43 – Safar (PP) (T. Kubara, Miettinen)1 – 0
1 – 113:27 – Lassen (PP) (Graham, Armstrong)
1 – 226:01 – Hughes (Baclig, Yule)
29:47 – Wudrick (PP) (Safar, Brandi)2 – 2
44:31 – Wudrick (PP) (Prokop, Kubara)3 – 2
3 – 348:35 – Lassen
58:47 – Safar (Wudrick and Rummukainen)4 – 3
12 minPenalties35 min
34Shots35
27 August 2016
18:00		Newcastle North Stars3 – 2 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		Perth ThunderO'Brien Group Arena
Game reference
Dayne DavisGoaliesThomas HeemskerkReferee:
Cory Ross
Linesmen:
Kent Unwin
Christopher Parks
0 – 16:09 – Cox (Dorr)
12:41 – Swiston (SH) (McLaughlin)1 – 1
1 – 226:12 – Breault (Bernard, Dorr)
42:25 – Swiston (Harris)2 – 2
60:01 – Powell (Greenside)3 – 2
4 minPenalties2 min
45Shots27

Final edit

28 August 2016
15:00		CBR Brave1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)		Newcastle North StarsO'Brien Group Arena
Game reference
Aleksi ToivonenGoaliesDayne DavisReferee:
Cory Ross
Linesmen:
Fraser Ohlson
Casper Russell-Huber
0 – 113:02 – McLaughlin (Nadin)
0 – 219:44 – Harris (Taylor)
32.51 – Wudrick (Safar, Blunden)1 – 2
8 minPenalties8 min
29Shots31

All-Star weekend edit

Main article: AIHL All-Star Weekend 2016

The 2016 AIHL All-Star Weekend was held at the Penrith Ice Palace on 11 and 12 June 2016.[93] The format of the weekend remained unchanged from 2015 with a skills competition on 11 June and an all-stars game on 12 June.[94] Sydney Bears' Michael Schlamp was announced as captain of one of the two teams for the second year in a row.[93] Matt Armstrong of the Melbourne Ice was announced as the second team's captain, replacing Brian Bales from 2015.[93] APA Group re-signed as sponsor of the weekend after sponsoring the 2015 inaugural event.[93] Fox Sports also broadcast a 90-minute special from the weekend.[94]

The Skills competition saw CBR Brave players take out three of the seven events, while both the Melbourne Mustangs and Sydney Bears picked up two each.[95] On 12 June Team Schlamp defeated Team Armstrong 10–9 at the Penrith Ice Palace to win the 2016 All-Star Game.[95] Michael Dorr of the Perth Thunder was named the most valuable player of the match and the best forward. The Sydney Bears' Ryan Annesley and Anthony Kimlin were named best defenceman and best goaltender respectively, and the Perth Thunder's Rob Haselhurst was named the best Australian player.[95]

Skills competition edit

All-star game edit

12 June 2016
15:00		Team Schlamp10–9
(3–1, 2–4, 5–4)		Team ArmstrongPenrith Ice Palace
Game reference
0 minPenalties4 min
39Shots34

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2016, aihl, season, 17th, season, australian, hockey, league, aihl, from, april, 2016, until, august, 2016, with, goodall, finals, following, august, melbourne, newman, reid, trophy, after, finishing, regular, season, with, most, points, newcastle, north, star. The 2016 AIHL season was the 17th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League AIHL It ran from 23 April 2016 until 21 August 2016 with the Goodall Cup finals following on 27 and 28 August The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the second year in a row after defeating the CBR Brave in the final 2016 AIHL seasonLeagueAustralian Ice Hockey LeagueSportIce hockeyDuration23 April 2016 28 August 2016Regular seasonH Newman Reid TrophyMelbourne Ice 2nd title Season MVPWehebe Darge Adrenaline Top scorerConnor McLaughlin 61 points North Stars Goodall CupChampionsNewcastle North Stars Runners upCBR BraveFinals MVPDayne Davis North Stars AIHL seasons 20152017 Contents 1 Teams 2 League business 2 1 Exhibition games 2 2 Personnel changes 2 3 Player transfers 2 3 1 Interclub transfers 2 3 2 Retirements 2 3 3 New signings 2 3 4 Players lost 3 Regular season 3 1 April 3 2 May 3 3 June 3 4 July 3 5 August 3 6 Standings 3 7 Statistics 3 7 1 Scoring leaders 3 7 2 Leading goaltenders 3 8 Season awards 4 Goodall Cup playoffs 4 1 Semi finals 4 2 Final 5 All Star weekend 5 1 Skills competition 5 2 All star game 6 References 7 External linksTeams editIn 2016 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league 1 2016 AIHL teams Team City Arena Head coach Captain Adelaide Adrenaline nbsp Adelaide IceArenA nbsp Trevor Walsh nbsp Greg Oddy CBR Brave nbsp Canberra Phillip Ice Skating Centre nbsp Josh Unice nbsp Jordan Gavin Melbourne Ice nbsp Melbourne O Brien Group Arena nbsp Brent Laver nbsp Lliam Webster Melbourne Mustangs nbsp Melbourne O Brien Group Arena nbsp Michael Flaherty nbsp Patrick O Kane Newcastle North Stars nbsp Newcastle Hunter Ice Skating Stadium nbsp Andrew Petrie nbsp Robert Malloy Perth Thunder nbsp Perth Perth Ice Arena nbsp Dave Kenway nbsp Samuel Wilson Sydney Bears nbsp Penrith Penrith Ice Palace nbsp Ron Kuprowsky nbsp Michael Schlamp Sydney Ice Dogs nbsp Sydney Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink nbsp Vladimir Rubes nbsp Scott StephensonLeague business editIn September 2015 it was announced that the Medibank Icehouse had been renamed the O Brien Group Arena following a lease takeover by the O Brien Catering Group 2 The league announced that the Sydney Bears will host two games against the Melbourne Ice in Queensland during the 2016 season 3 The games promoted under the title of the Brisbane Battle will be held at Iceworld Boondall and Iceworld Acacia Ridge on 14 and 15 May respectively 3 The AIHL have not held a game in Queensland since the suspension of the Gold Coast Blue Tongues in 2012 4 In February 2016 the Sydney Ice Dogs announced that Reach Crane Trucks had renewed their sponsorship for 2016 extending the original three year deal that was signed in 2013 5 The Ice Dogs later signed TAFE SWSi Aboriginal Learning Circle as a new sponsor for the season 6 Also in February Hards Transport renewed their naming rights sponsorship of the Adelaide Adrenaline 7 The Adrenaline also signed new sponsors Reading Cinemas Paxton Wines and Mortgage Choice Malvern and extended their deal with the Hilton Hotel s MyBar as their official post game venue 8 9 10 11 In March 2016 the CBR Brave signed Casino Canberra and McDonald s ACT as major sponsors and Canberra Toyota as their vehicle sponsor 12 13 The CBR Brave also extended their deal with Anytime Fitness as the club s official gym partner and the Hellenic Club of Canberra as their post game partner and renewed their sponsorship deal with Jordo s Chop Shop 14 15 16 On 21 March 2016 the Bears announced that they had formed a partnership with the Australian Defence Force Ice Hockey Association s Army Knights for 2016 17 This was followed by the CBR Brave forming a partnership with the Navy Tigersharks 18 Both partnerships aim to help promote ice hockey within the Defence Force and develop emerging talent 17 18 The Bears partnership deal also includes discounted tickets for Defence Force members during the season 17 The Sydney Bears have reached a deal with Hawkesbury Radio to broadcast at least two of their home games for the 2016 season while also continuing to broadcast via their normal Mixlr stream 19 The Perth Thunder will also start live broadcasting their home games via Mixlr for the 2016 season 19 In April the Brave announced a partnership with the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League to help increase promotion between the two teams 20 On 22 April the Perth Thunder announced that they had signed Smooth Financial Services as a platinum sponsor for the 2016 season 21 In May 2016 Hi Tec Oils renewed their major sponsorship with the Sydney Bears for the season 22 Also in May The James Hotel signed a deal with the Melbourne Mustangs to become a major sponsor and host the club s pre and post game functions 23 Exhibition games edit On 31 March 2016 the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs competed in an exhibition game at the O Brien Group Arena with the Ice winning 5 1 24 The 2016 edition of the Wilson Cup was held in March and April 2016 25 The tournament featured the three New South Wales based clubs competing in a double round robin before a final between the two top ranked teams 25 The Sydney Bears finished first in the round robin stage winning three of their four games and were drawn against the Sydney Ice Dogs in the final 26 The Bears won the final 3 1 claiming their third Wilson Cup title 27 Personnel changes edit In October 2015 it was announced that Vladimir Rubes had stepped down as head coach of the Sydney Bears due to family commitments 28 Rubes was replaced by assistant Ron Kuprowsky to the position of head coach Kuprowsky was previously coach of the Sydney Ice Dogs before joining the Bears in 2015 29 Also in October the Sydney Ice Dogs announced their 2016 committee with Tim Flynn moving from the head coach position to the role of general manager taking over the position from Anthony Wilson 30 Flynn s role as general manager for the Sydney Ice Dogs lasted until March 2016 with the club replacing him with former player Jason Juba 31 In November 2015 the Melbourne Mustangs announced that Brad Vigon had resigned from the position of head coach due to family commitments 32 Vigon was replaced by assistant coach Michael Flaherty with the Mustangs also adding former Australian national team players Damian Holland and Jon Moses as Flaherty s new assistant coaches 33 The Mustangs also announced that Andrew McDowell had stepped down from the position of Vice President in order to focus on his role of Director of Hockey Operations 33 He was replaced by Myles Harris 33 In December 2015 the Adelaide Adrenaline announced that head coach Ryan O Handley had stepped down from the position of head coach due to family commitments 34 O Handley however moved into the positions of Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations at the club 34 A couple of weeks later the Adrenaline signed former AIHL and Australian national team player Trevor Walsh as O Handley s replacement 35 Following the appointment of Walsh as head coach the Adrenaline also announced that Gordon Cochrane and Sami Mantere had been signed as assistant coaches for 2016 36 In March 2016 the Sydney Ice Dogs announced that they had signed former Sydney Bears head coach Vladimir Rubes to the position of head coach 37 Rubes stepped down from his position of head coach of the Sydney Bears in October 2015 citing family commitments 37 Also in March the CBR Brave re signed head coach Josh Unice along with assistant coaches David Rogina and Stuart Philps for the 2016 season 37 In June 2016 the Adrenaline relieved Trevor Walsh of his duties as head coach 38 He was replaced by former Australian national team assistant coach Eric Lien 39 On 17 August three days before the final round of the regular season the Brave announced that Josh Unice had resigned from his position of head coach due to a number of personal issues outside of hockey 40 He was replaced by the club s assistant coaches for the remainder of the season 40 Player transfers edit Interclub transfers edit Nat Player Previous team New team Ref nbsp Zachary Boyle Adelaide Adrenaline CBR Brave 41 nbsp Ellesse Carini Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs 42 nbsp David Dunwoodie CBR Brave Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Brian Funes Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Sean Hamilton Sydney Ice Dogs Perth Thunder 45 nbsp Joseph Hughes Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Tomas Manco CBR Brave Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Joel Rhodes Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Jan Safar Newcastle North Stars CBR Brave 47 nbsp Charlie Smart Adelaide Adrenaline Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Andrew White Adelaide Adrenaline Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Geordie Wudrick Newcastle North Stars CBR Brave 48 Retirements edit Nat Player Team New role Ref nbsp Vincent Hughes Melbourne Mustangs 49 nbsp Christopher Sekura Sydney Ice Dogs Assistant coach at Sydney Ice Dogs 50 nbsp Robert Starke Newcastle North Stars 51 New signings edit Nat Player Previous team New team Ref nbsp Ryan Annesley No team Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Brentin Azzopardi Banff Academy Bears Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Phil Bakatsoulas No team Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp T J Battani No team Adelaide Adrenaline 53 nbsp Jessyko Bernard Concordia University Perth Thunder 45 nbsp Art Bidlevskii Kallinge Ronneby IF CBR Brave 41 nbsp Nicola Brandi SC Rapperswil Jona Lakers CBR Brave 41 nbsp Benjamin Breault LHC Les Lions Perth Thunder 45 nbsp Russel Brewer Adelaide Tigers Adelaide Adrenaline 53 54 nbsp Billy Cliff No team Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Timothy Cox No team CBR Brave 41 nbsp Zane Cunliffe No team Perth Thunder 45 nbsp Troy Davenport No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Michael Dorr Fife Flyers Perth Thunder 45 nbsp Ted Fabijan Adelaide Blackhawks Adelaide Adrenaline 53 55 nbsp Lachlan Fahmy Banff Academy Bears Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Zack Firlotte Elsipogtog Hawks Adelaide Adrenaline 53 nbsp Luke Fisher No team Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp Darcy Flanagan Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp David Foster Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp Jordan Geyer Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline 53 56 nbsp Matt Gilpin No team CBR Brave 41 nbsp Per Daniel Goransson Northern Vikings Perth Thunder 45 nbsp Brandon Greenside Peoria Rivermen Newcastle North Stars 57 nbsp Mathieu Guertin Trois Rivieres Blizzard CBR Brave 41 nbsp Josh Harris Peoria Rivermen Newcastle North Stars 57 nbsp Dale Harrop Canterbury Red Devils Perth Thunder 45 nbsp Thomas Heemsherk Bentley Generals Perth Thunder 45 nbsp Alex Henderson Penrith Raptors Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Mitchell Henning No team CBR Brave 41 nbsp Mark Higgins No team Melbourne Mustangs 58 nbsp Jamie Holland No team Adelaide Adrenaline 53 nbsp Geoff Irwin No team Sydney Bears 44 nbsp James Isaacs Coventry Blaze Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Nic Kawasaki Penrith Raptors Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Anthony Kimlin Whitby Dunlops Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Joshua Kleipas Sydney Sting Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Bayley Kubara Reach Rebels Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Casey Kubara Atlanta Jr Knights CBR Brave 60 nbsp Lasse Lassen No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Bobby Lipsett No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Eric Louis Seize Royal Military College of Canada Melbourne Mustangs 61 nbsp Matti Luoma No team CBR Brave 62 nbsp Cole MacMillan University of Prince Edward Island Adelaide Adrenaline 53 nbsp David Mahood Perth Pelicans Perth Thunder 45 nbsp Liam Manwarring Sydney Sabres Newcastle North Stars 57 nbsp Marcel McGuiness Adelaide Redwings Adelaide Adrenaline 53 63 nbsp Connor McLaughlin University of Alberta Augustana Newcastle North Stars 57 nbsp Mike McMahon No team Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp Ian Merwin No team Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Nicholas Mizen Las Vegas Storm Newcastle North Stars 57 nbsp Charlie Moore No team Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp Luke Moore No team CBR Brave 41 nbsp Gabriel O Connor Corsaires de Nantes Adelaide Adrenaline 53 nbsp Sam O Neill Hodges No team Adelaide Adrenaline 53 nbsp Cian O Reilly Blueline Bombers Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Dion Palmer Adelaide Redwings Adelaide Adrenaline 53 64 nbsp Dathan Pleiter Perth Pelicans Perth Thunder 45 nbsp Luke Philps No team CBR Brave 41 nbsp Neal Prokop No team CBR Brave 41 nbsp Jake Riley Adelaide Penguins Adelaide Adrenaline 53 65 nbsp Gabriel Roblebo Sydney Sting Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Ryan Ruddle No team Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp Jonatan Ruth No team Newcastle North Stars 57 nbsp Remy Sandoy West Auckland Admirals Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp David Sefic SKHL Crvena Zvezda Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp Chris Slauenwhite Hamilton Steelhawks Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp Cam Smith Army Knights Sydney Bears 44 66 nbsp Tim Stanger Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle North Stars 57 nbsp Petr Stepanek HC Zdar nad Sazavou Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Scott Stephenson No team Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Todd Stephenson No team Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Thomas Steven Green Bay Jr Gamblers U18 Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp Paul Swindlehurst Manchester Storm Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Matt Taylor Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle North Stars 57 nbsp Grant Toulmin Manchester Storm Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Byron Tschuma Melbourne Whalers Melbourne Mustangs 52 nbsp Brent Vandenberg Dundas Real McCoys Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Jeremy Vasquez CIHA White Midget AAA Sydney Bears 44 nbsp Nicholas Weiland Bridgton Academy 18U Sydney Ice Dogs 43 nbsp Brandon Wong Indy Fuel Newcastle North Stars 57 nbsp Chris Yule No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Andrey Zolotarev Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline 53 67 Players lost edit Nat Player Previous team New team Ref nbsp Drew Akins Melbourne Mustangs No team 68 nbsp Corey Banfield Melbourne Mustangs Pensacola Ice Flyers 68 nbsp Alan Becken Sydney Bears Blueline Bombers 42 69 nbsp Jan Bejcek Sydney Bears No team 42 nbsp Jamie Blazevic Sydney Ice Dogs No team 70 nbsp Paul Bond Sydney Bears No team 42 nbsp Jonathan Boxill Adelaide Adrenaline Belfast Giants 71 nbsp Joshua Broekman Newcastle North Stars No team 72 nbsp Jeremy Brown Melbourne Ice Chambly Forts 73 nbsp Dale Burgess Sydney Bears Penrith Raptors 42 74 nbsp Aaron Clayworth CBR Brave No team 41 nbsp Ethan Cornford Melbourne Mustangs Tottenham Steam 68 nbsp Luc Daigneault Perth Thunder No team 45 nbsp Riccardo Del Basso Perth Thunder No team 45 nbsp Andrew Fitzgerald Melbourne Mustangs No team 68 nbsp Ben Gebert Adelaide Adrenaline No team 71 nbsp Kelly Geoffrey CBR Brave Aigles de La Roche sur Yon 41 nbsp Viktor Gibbs Sjodin Melbourne Mustangs No team 68 nbsp Mike Giorgi CBR Brave No team 41 nbsp Andrew Glass Adelaide Adrenaline No team 71 nbsp Kaden Goulds Perth Thunder Cockburn Whitehawks 45 75 nbsp Jeff Grant Melbourne Mustangs No team 68 nbsp Matt Grogan Sydney Ice Dogs Mississippi RiverKings 70 nbsp Tyler Grove Adelaide Adrenaline No team 71 nbsp Mark Guggenberger Perth Thunder DVTK Jegesmedvek 45 nbsp Joseph Harcharik Sydney Bears Sollentuna HC 42 nbsp Luke Harding Adelaide Adrenaline No team 71 nbsp Kory Helowka Adelaide Adrenaline Danbury Titans 71 nbsp Mackenzie Hill Melbourne Ice No team 73 nbsp Alex Hudson Perth Thunder Louisiana IceGators 45 nbsp Greg Hyde Perth Thunder No team 45 nbsp Michael James Melbourne Mustangs No team 68 nbsp Kamil Jarina Sydney Bears No team 42 nbsp Tim Johansson Melbourne Ice Solvesborgs IK 73 nbsp Toni Kluuskeri Perth Thunder Narvik IK 45 nbsp Jackson Knott Sydney Ice Dogs Parry Sound Islanders 70 nbsp Jake Knott Sydney Ice Dogs Parry Sound Islanders 70 nbsp Paul Kurceba Melbourne Ice No team 73 nbsp Alex Leclerc Melbourne Ice Lloydminster Bobcats 73 nbsp Mitchell Levitt Perth Thunder No team 45 nbsp David Lewis CBR Brave No team 41 nbsp Jayden Lewis CBR Brave No team 41 nbsp Kyle Mariani CBR Brave Bouquetins de Val Vanoise 41 nbsp James Marino Sydney Ice Dogs Bridgton Academy 18U 70 nbsp Shannon McGregor Sydney Ice Dogs No team 70 nbsp Luke Moffatt Newcastle North Stars HC Gherdeina 72 nbsp Alan Moss Melbourne Mustangs No team 68 nbsp Ales Padelek Sydney Bears Peterborough Phantoms 42 nbsp Ben Pagett CBR Brave No team 41 nbsp Thomas Papps Adelaide Adrenaline No team 71 nbsp Mario Passarelli Sydney Ice Dogs No team 70 nbsp Jordan Peddle CBR Brave Terrace River Kings 41 nbsp Scott Pitt CBR Brave Braehead Clan 41 nbsp Ryan Remillard Adelaide Adrenaline No team 71 nbsp Alain Riesen CBR Brave No team 41 nbsp David Ruck Perth Thunder No team 45 nbsp Hayden Sheard Newcastle North Stars Newcastle North Stars ECSL 72 76 nbsp Ryan Strayer Sydney Ice Dogs Southern Stampede 70 nbsp Peter Taylor CBR Brave No team 41 nbsp Marco Tomasello Sydney Ice Dogs No team 70 nbsp Josh Unice CBR Brave No team 41 nbsp Aaron Widger Adelaide Adrenaline No team 71 nbsp Stuart Woodall CBR Brave No team 41 nbsp Bradley Young Perth Thunder No team 45 Regular season editThe regular season is set to start on 23 April 2016 and run through to 21 August 2016 before the top four teams advance to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series 77 A weeks break will be held in June to accommodate the All Star Weekend which is scheduled for 11 and 12 June 2016 in Penrith New South Wales 77 The AIHL will hold their first games in Queensland since 2012 after they announced that the Sydney Bears and Melbourne Ice will compete in a double header in Brisbane 3 4 The games promoted under the title of the Brisbane Battle will be held at Ice World Boondall and Iceworld Acacia Ridge on 14 and 15 May respectively 3 In March 2016 it was reported that the Adelaide Ice Arena had to close their large ice surface for repairs following failed pressure tests 78 The repairs resulted in the league pushing back the start Adrenaline s home season from 23 April to 15 May and rescheduling of four games 79 Game 1 between the North Stars and Adrenaline at the Adelaide Ice Arena was pushed back to 17 July from its original date of 23 April 80 Game 81 between the Thunder and the North Stars at the Perth Ice Arena was moved forward into the vacant 23 April slot after originally being scheduled for 17 July 80 The double header between the Adrenaline and the Thunder at the Adelaide Ice Arena was also pushed back from its original date of 30 April and 1 May to 21 and 22 May 80 On 5 June Game 48 between the Sydney Ice Dogs and Melbourne Mustangs was postponed due to flooding at the Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 81 The match was later rescheduled for 7 August at the same venue 82 25 June game between the Melbourne Ice and Sydney Bears served as the third annual Canada Day Classic match 83 The Bears won the game 4 3 following a shootout to claim the title for the third straight year 83 On 6 August the Sydney Ice Dogs hosted the Adelaide Adrenaline in the Matt Clark Memorial Game part of the clubs Leukaemia fundraising night 84 The Ice Dogs wore the old Warringah Bombers jersey dedicated to former Bombers player Matt Clark who died from leukaemia in 1995 84 The Ice Dogs won the game 9 8 84 13 August match between the Adelaide Adrenaline and CBR Brave served as the second annual beyondblue Cup setup to help raise awareness for the charity 85 The Brave won the Cup for the second year in a row defeating the Adrenaline 5 4 following a shootout 85 The Melbourne Ice won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing first in the regular season with 66 points 86 87 Following the end of the season the AIHL announced the winners of the 2016 awards 88 Adelaide Adrenaline s Wehebe Darge won the Most Valuable Player and Anthony Kimlin of the Sydney Bears won the Goaltender of the Year 88 The CBR Brave s Jan Safar won the Defenceman of the Year and Casey Kubara was awarded both the Rookie of the Year and Local Player of the Year 88 The Melbourne Ice s Brent Laver was named Coach of the Year 88 April edit Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap 81 23 April 16 30 Newcastle North Stars 3 2 SO Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 1 2 23 April 19 00 Melbourne Mustangs 0 3 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 2 3 23 April 17 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 3 4 24 April 16 30 Newcastle North Stars 2 1 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 4 5 24 April 17 00 CBR Brave 6 3 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 5 7 30 April 17 00 CBR Brave 4 2 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 6 8 30 April 17 00 Melbourne Ice 7 1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 500 7 May edit Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap 10 1 May 16 00 CBR Brave 1 7 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 8 11 1 May 16 00 Melbourne Ice 3 2 SO Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 9 12 1 May 17 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 6 2 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 10 13 7 May 16 30 Melbourne Mustangs 0 1 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 11 14 7 May 17 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4 5 SO Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 12 15 7 May 17 00 Newcastle North Stars 9 1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 13 16 7 May 17 00 Sydney Bears 3 2 SO CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 14 17 8 May 16 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2 6 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 15 18 8 May 16 30 Melbourne Mustangs 1 5 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 16 19 8 May 17 00 Sydney Bears 3 4 SO Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 17 20 8 May 17 00 CBR Brave 4 3 SO Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 18 21 14 May 16 00 Melbourne Ice 3 2 SO Sydney Bears Ice World Boondall 600 19 22 14 May 16 30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 20 23 14 May 17 00 Newcastle North Stars 8 2 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 21 24 14 May 17 30 Perth Thunder 6 2 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 22 25 15 May 15 30 Melbourne Ice 3 1 Sydney Bears Ice World Acacia Ridge 23 26 15 May 16 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 3 6 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 24 27 15 May 16 00 Newcastle North Stars 2 5 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 25 28 15 May 17 00 Perth Thunder 7 6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 26 29 19 May 20 00 Melbourne Mustangs 2 7 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 27 6 21 April 16 30 Perth Thunder 3 2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 28 30 21 May 17 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 3 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 29 31 21 May 17 00 Newcastle North Stars 6 4 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 30 32 22 May 16 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 6 4 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 31 9 22 May 16 30 Perth Thunder 4 3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 32 33 22 May 17 00 CBR Brave 2 7 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 33 34 28 May 16 30 Melbourne Ice 4 5 SO Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 34 35 28 May 17 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2 4 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 35 36 28 May 17 00 Sydney Bears 4 3 SO Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 36 37 28 May 17 30 Newcastle North Stars 3 5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 37 38 29 May 16 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 4 SO Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 38 39 29 May 16 30 Melbourne Ice 4 5 SO Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 39 40 29 May 17 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 6 4 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 40 41 29 May 17 00 Sydney Bears 4 6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 41 June edit Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap 42 4 June 16 30 Sydney Bears 6 2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 42 43 4 June 17 00 CBR Brave 5 7 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 43 44 4 June 17 00 Melbourne Mustangs 5 4 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 44 45 4 June 17 00 Perth Thunder 3 2 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 45 46 5 June 16 00 CBR Brave 3 6 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 46 47 5 June 16 00 Sydney Bears 4 3 SO Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 47 49 5 June 17 00 Perth Thunder 2 3 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 48 50 18 June 16 30 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 1 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 49 51 18 June 17 00 Melbourne Ice 3 2 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 50 52 18 June 17 30 Melbourne Mustangs 2 5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 51 53 19 June 16 30 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 6 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 52 54 19 June 17 00 Melbourne Mustangs 1 4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 53 55 19 June 17 00 Newcastle North Stars 1 2 SO Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 54 56 19 June 17 00 Melbourne Ice 8 1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 55 57 25 June 17 00 Sydney Bears 4 3 SO Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 56 58 25 June 17 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 5 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 57 59 26 June 16 00 Sydney Bears 2 4 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 58 60 26 June 17 00 Newcastle North Stars 5 2 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 59 July edit Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap 61 2 July 16 30 Melbourne Ice 9 1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 60 62 2 July 17 00 Perth Thunder 1 2 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 61 63 2 July 17 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 4 5 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 62 64 2 July 17 30 Newcastle North Stars 3 1 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 63 65 3 July 16 00 Perth Thunder 6 3 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 64 66 3 July 16 00 Melbourne Ice 3 2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 65 67 3 July 17 00 CBR Brave 6 1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 66 68 3 July 17 00 Sydney Bears 3 0 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 67 69 9 July 16 30 CBR Brave 3 4 SO Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 68 70 9 July 17 00 Newcastle North Stars 3 2 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 69 71 9 July 17 00 Melbourne Mustangs 4 3 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 70 72 9 July 17 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 5 4 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 71 73 10 July 16 00 Newcastle North Stars 2 3 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 72 74 10 July 16 30 CBR Brave 4 2 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 73 75 10 July 17 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 2 SO Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 74 76 10 July 17 00 Melbourne Mustangs 8 3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 75 77 16 July 16 30 Newcastle North Stars 3 2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 76 78 16 July 17 00 Sydney Bears 3 1 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 77 79 16 July 17 30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5 6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 78 80 17 July 16 00 Sydney Bears 1 4 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 79 1 17 July 16 30 Newcastle North Stars 2 1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 80 82 23 July 19 00 Melbourne Ice 3 1 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 81 83 23 July 17 00 Perth Thunder 4 2 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 82 84 23 July 17 30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2 7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 83 85 24 July 17 00 Perth Thunder 1 3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 84 86 24 July 17 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 5 8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 85 87 30 July 16 30 Melbourne Mustangs 5 3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 86 88 30 July 16 30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 3 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 87 89 30 July 17 00 Sydney Bears 2 5 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 88 90 31 July 16 00 Melbourne Mustangs 3 2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 89 91 31 July 16 30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 6 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 90 92 31 July 17 00 CBR Brave 6 4 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 91 August edit Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap 93 6 August 17 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 8 9 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 92 94 6 August 17 00 Perth Thunder 4 3 SO Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 93 95 6 August 17 30 Melbourne Ice 10 9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 94 48 7 August 17 00 Melbourne Mustangs 2 4 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 95 96 7 August 17 00 Perth Thunder 4 3 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 96 97 7 August 17 00 Melbourne Ice 3 4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 97 98 7 August 17 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 1 4 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 98 99 11 August 20 00 Melbourne Ice 4 1 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 99 100 13 August 16 30 Sydney Bears 0 2 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 100 101 13 August 16 30 CBR Brave 5 4 SO Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 101 102 13 August 17 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 7 10 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Group Arena 102 103 14 August 16 00 CBR Brave 6 5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena 103 104 14 August 16 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 4 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 104 105 14 August 16 30 Sydney Bears 1 2 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 105 106 20 August 17 00 Perth Thunder 4 2 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 106 107 20 August 17 00 Melbourne Mustangs 1 2 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 107 108 20 August 17 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 0 7 Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 108 109 20 August 17 00 CBR Brave 4 6 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink 109 110 21 August 16 00 Perth Thunder 2 5 Melbourne Ice O Brien Group Arena 110 111 21 August 16 00 Melbourne Mustangs 5 4 SO Newcastle North Stars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 111 112 21 August 17 00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 2 Sydney Bears Penrith Ice Palace 112 Standings edit Team GP W SOW SOL L GF GA GDF PTS Melbourne Ice 28 19 3 3 3 127 71 56 66 Perth Thunder 28 16 4 1 7 96 73 23 57 Newcastle North Stars 28 15 1 5 7 105 74 31 52 CBR Brave 28 15 2 2 9 129 117 12 51 Melbourne Mustangs 28 11 2 0 15 89 102 13 37 Sydney Bears 28 5 5 3 15 77 95 18 28 Sydney Ice Dogs 28 7 1 1 19 92 139 47 24 Adelaide Adrenaline 28 5 1 4 18 83 127 44 21 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 89 Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS Connor McLaughlin Newcastle North Stars 28 35 26 61 34 F Benjamin Breault Perth Thunder 28 26 26 52 20 F Wehebe Darge Adelaide Adrenaline 28 20 32 52 22 F Michael Dorr Perth Thunder 28 20 31 51 16 F Geordie Wudrick CBR Brave 20 20 30 50 34 F Mathieu Guertin CBR Brave 20 18 31 49 86 F Casey Kubara CBR Brave 27 16 33 49 24 F Jason Baclig Melbourne Ice 28 24 24 48 39 F Jessyko Bernard Perth Thunder 26 17 27 44 61 F Strat Allen Sydney Ice Dogs 25 16 27 43 30 F Leading goaltenders edit Only the top five goaltenders based on save percentage with a minimum 40 of the team s ice time 90 Player Team MIP SOG GA GAA SVS SO Thomas Heemskerk Perth Thunder 1347 905 66 2 45 0 927 2 Troy Davenport Melbourne Ice 1084 543 45 2 08 0 917 1 Anthony Kimlin Sydney Bears 1138 766 70 3 08 0 909 1 Dayne Davis Newcastle North Stars 1218 632 60 2 46 0 905 0 Fraser Carson Melbourne Mustangs 781 438 49 3 14 0 888 0 Season awards edit Below lists the 2016 AIHL regular season award winners Award Name Team MVP nbsp Wehebe Darge Adelaide Adrenaline Goaltender nbsp Anthony Kimlin Sydney Bears Defenceman nbsp Jan Safar Newcastle North Stars Rookie nbsp Casey Kubara CBR Brave Local player nbsp Casey Kubara CBR Brave Coach nbsp Brent Laver Melbourne Ice SourceGoodall Cup playoffs editThe 2016 playoffs started on 27 August 2016 with the Goodall Cup final being held on 28 August Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series All three games were held at the O Brien Group Arena in Docklands Victoria the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs 91 The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final The finals were again sponsored by Air Canada their fourth year in a row 92 The Goodall Cup was won by the Newcastle North Stars 6th title who defeated the CBR Brave 2 1 in regular time 92 North Stars goaltender Dayne Davis was named the finals Most Valuable Player 88 SemifinalsFinal 1Melbourne Ice34CBR Brave4 CBR Brave1Newcastle North Stars23Newcastle North Stars3 2Perth Thunder2 denotes number of overtime periods Semi finals edit All times are UTC 10 00 27 August 201615 00CBR Brave4 3 OT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Melbourne IceO Brien Group ArenaGame referenceAleksi ToivonenGoaliesTroy DavenportReferee Jeff ScottLinesmen Fraser OhlsonCasper Russell Huber2 43 Safar PP T Kubara Miettinen 1 01 113 27 Lassen PP Graham Armstrong 1 226 01 Hughes Baclig Yule 29 47 Wudrick PP Safar Brandi 2 244 31 Wudrick PP Prokop Kubara 3 23 348 35 Lassen58 47 Safar Wudrick and Rummukainen 4 312 minPenalties35 min34Shots35 27 August 201618 00Newcastle North Stars3 2 OT 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Perth ThunderO Brien Group ArenaGame referenceDayne DavisGoaliesThomas HeemskerkReferee Cory RossLinesmen Kent UnwinChristopher Parks0 16 09 Cox Dorr 12 41 Swiston SH McLaughlin 1 11 226 12 Breault Bernard Dorr 42 25 Swiston Harris 2 260 01 Powell Greenside 3 24 minPenalties2 min45Shots27 Final edit 28 August 201615 00CBR Brave1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 Newcastle North StarsO Brien Group ArenaGame referenceAleksi ToivonenGoaliesDayne DavisReferee Cory RossLinesmen Fraser OhlsonCasper Russell Huber0 113 02 McLaughlin Nadin 0 219 44 Harris Taylor 32 51 Wudrick Safar Blunden 1 28 minPenalties8 min29Shots31All Star weekend editMain article AIHL All Star Weekend 2016 The 2016 AIHL All Star Weekend was held at the Penrith Ice Palace on 11 and 12 June 2016 93 The format of the weekend remained unchanged from 2015 with a skills competition on 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