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2022 AIHL season

January 01, 1970

The 2022 AIHL season is the delayed 21st season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL), following the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 seasons. The season will consist of 60 regular season games and is scheduled to run from 30 April to 28 August 2022, with the Goodall Cup finals, consisting of 2 semi-finals, a preliminary final and a grand final, following the regular season on 2–4 September 2022. The CBR Brave won the double and claimed the H Newman Reid Trophy for a third time and Goodall Cup for a second time in 2022 by finishing top of the regular season standings and winning the AIHL grand final. The Newcastle Northstars were runner's up to both titles and the Sydney Ice Dogs claimed the wooden spoon.

2022 AIHL season
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration30 April 2022 – 4 September 2022
Regular season
H Newman Reid TrophyCBR Brave
(3rd title)
Season MVPCasey Kubara
(CBR Brave)
Top scorerCasey Kubara (52 points)
(CBR Brave)
Goodall Cup
ChampionsCBR Brave
(2nd title)
  Runners-upNewcastle Northstars
Finals MVPJoey Hughes
(CBR Brave)
AIHL seasons
← 2021
2023 →

Teams edit

In 2022 the AIHL had planned for 8 teams to be competing in the league when the season was announced.[1] However, the Perth Thunder had to withdraw due to ongoing Western Australia border restriction challenges.[2] Adelaide Adrenaline followed the Thunder in withdrawing from the 2022 season following failed protracted negotiations with the ice rink in Adelaide, leaving the team homeless in 2022.[3][4] This left the league with six teams competing in the regular season in 2022. Two expansion teams, plus the Thunder, announced they would play exhibition games in 2022.

2022 AIHL teams
Team City Arena Head Coach Captain
CBR Brave   Canberra Phillip Ice Skating Centre   Stuart Philps   Kai Miettinen
Melbourne Ice   Melbourne O'Brien Icehouse   Sandy Gardner   Austin McKenzie
Melbourne Mustangs   Melbourne O'Brien Icehouse   Chris Lawrence   Brendan McDowell
Newcastle Northstars   Newcastle Hunter Ice Skating Stadium   Kevin Noble   Liam Manwarring
Sydney Bears   Sydney Macquarie Ice Rink   Ron Kuprowsky   Brian Funes
Sydney Ice Dogs   Sydney Macquarie Ice Rink   Ondrej Cervenka   Daniel Pataky
Withdrawn teams
Adelaide Adrenaline   Adelaide No home venue N/A N/A
Perth Thunder   Perth Perth Ice Arena N/A N/A
Exhibition teams
Brisbane Lightning   Brisbane Boondall Iceworld   Terry Kiliwnik   Damian Bright
Central Coast Rhinos   Erina Erina Ice Arena   Ashley March   Robert Malloy
Perth Thunder   Perth Perth Ice Arena   Ben Breault   Ben Breault

League business edit

The AIHL made the announcement that the league would return for a regular season and finals for 2022 on 6 December 2021, ending two years of cancelled competition and exhibition series'.[1] The 2022 fixture list and finals schedule was released publicly by the AIHL on 8 February 2022.[5] Melbourne would return as the host city of the AIHL Finals in 2022, after Newcastle hosted the 2019 edition.[5] The League champion will be awarded the Goodall Cup, while the League Premiers will be awarded the H Newman Reid Trophy title.[1] On 8 April 2022, the AIHL released a revised season schedule that did not change any dates but replaced Adrenaline and Thunder regular season fixtures with exhibition games involving the Rhinos, Lightning and Thunder.[6]

The league made a number of key announcements in February in the lead up to the 2022 season start. Firstly, the AIHL would implement a game day format change it first flagged in 2020, which would bring the AIHL into line with international hockey standards. Game lengths would be increased from 50 minutes to 60 minutes with all three period lengths standardised to 20 minutes each.[7] Previously the first two periods in the AIHL would be 15 minutes long with only the third period lasting 20 minutes. Secondly, the AIHL announced the expansion of domestic and international broadcasting of the league. Within Australia, more matches would be made available through partner broadcaster Kayo Sports, expanding on previous deals that included one game a round on delay. AIHL.TV would also provide an alternative platform for streaming content from the league. Internationally, the AIHL secured a deal with US-based Synergy Sports to deliver live streaming of AIHL games to the US, Canadian, United Kingdom and European markets.[7] Thirdly, the AIHL will be setting up a new national community partnership to help showcase elite hockey in Australia.[7] Lastly, the AIHL concluded the expression of interest process to find a new Licensee for the Adelaide Adrenaline license, following former holders, the South Australian Ice Sports Federation, relinquishing the license at the conclusion of the 2019 season. The League began the search in October 2021 and concluded five months later in February 2022 by announcing Benny Gebert and Glen Foll as the successful bidders for the license.[8][7]

In March, the AIHL announced it had signed a three-year deal with Swiss-based Sportradar to become the league's global distributor of game streams and media rights. This superseded the previous announcement with Synergy Sports as Synergy was acquired by Sportradar In March 2022.[9] As part of the deal, Sportradar would also supply AIHL teams with video and data analytical services.[10] In addition, the league released details of a new finals format for 2022. The finals format would be expanded from two to three days with the semi-finals now formatted into major (1v2) and minor (3v4) games and an additional game, the preliminary final, would be added to the schedule on the middle day. The winner of the major semi-final automatically advances to the grand final, while the losing team plays-off against the winner of the minor semi-final in the preliminary final. It means the teams finishing third and fourth in the regular season will be required to play at least two games to reach the grand final and compete for the Goodall Cup.[11]

Expanding on the league's earlier announcement from February, in late April 2022, the AIHL revealed further details around the Kayo Sports domestic broadcasting deal for the 2022 season. Every game of the AIHL regular season, all 60, would be streamed live, free and exclusive on Kayo Sports. This would be the first time the league would broadcast every game of the season.[12] In July 2022, the AIHL and Ice Hockey Australia jointly founded a new Best and Fairest Award for all Australian national championships starting in 2022 including, Sydney Tange, Kurt Defris, Phillip Ginsberg, Jim Brown and Women's championships.[13]

In June, the AIHL entered into a new partnership with Workplace Law. The agreement with the specalised law firm, would deliver the AIHL a partner for legal advice and support across governance and constitutional matters, employment issues, tribunal/disciplinary matters, sponsorship and broadcast arrangements and competition matters.[14]

Interruptions edit

When the 2022 season was announced by the AIHL, it was indicated that all eight current AIHL teams would participate.[1] The AIHL in February 2022 released the regular season schedule and it contained fixtures for all eight teams, home and away.[5] In response to the schedule, the Perth Thunder released a public statement on 12 February 2022, confirming the current Western Australian border restrictions presented challenges for the team to participate in the 2022 season, but the team would continue to dialog with stakeholders and hope for a resolution from the state government.[15] On 18 February 2022, the Thunder in conjunction with the AIHL announced the team would not participate in the 2022 AIHL season due to uncertainty of when the WA border would open again and the limited time left to organise the team and travel prior to the 2022 season kicking off. The Thunder did offer the possibility of exhibition matches being played in Perth in 2022 to compensate for the unfortunate situation for its players, staff, fans and sponsors.[2]

Adelaide Adrenaline's participation in the 2022 AIHL season has been caste in doubt with negotiations with Adelaide IceArenA, the only ice rink facility in Adelaide, breaking down.[3] On 15 February 2022, IceArenA management released a signed letter with a list of accusations and grievances against the AIHL and ended the letter stating it would be difficult for the arena to support the AIHL.[16] The Adrenaline deemed the subsequent draft agreement proposed by the IceArenA management for use of the facility for the 2022 AIHL season as non-equitable and unviable.[3] On 27 March 2022, the Adrenaline officially withdrew from the 2022 AIHL season.[4]

On 26 February 2022, the CBR Brave responded to an unconfirmed claim that they were looking to leave the AIHL, by confirming their status as an AIHL team and committing to the league and the 2022 season.[17][18] Brave CEO, Sunny Singh, said the league had taken profound action in addressing key issues the Brave had heading into the 2022 season.[18]

Two regular season games set to be played in Melbourne between the CBR Brave and Melbourne Mustangs were first postponed and later cancelled in July 2022. The games, scheduled for 2 and 3 July 2022, were postponed after flight cancellations at Canberra Airport left the CBR Brave stranded in Canberra and unable to fly to Melbourne for the double header against the Mustangs. Despite efforts to rebook both the Saturday and Sunday games were postponed on the Saturday.[19][20] Both teams tried to reschedule the two games but ultimately were unsuccessful. On 30 July 2022 it was revealed the game were cancelled and both teams would share the six points on offer, three points each.[21] The League confirmed the games were officially cancelled on 3 August 2022.[22]

Expansion edit

Two teams decided against pursuing AIHL licenses in 2022. The Melbourne Ducks played exhibition matches against AIHL teams in 2021 but decided to join the new Pacific Hockey League in 2022.[23] Joining the Ducks in the Pacific Hockey League is the Brisbane Rampage, who abandoned their strategic goal of obtaining an AIHL license in favour of joining the rival league.[23] Ice Hockey Queensland (IHQ) subsequently decided to withdraw their endorsement of the Rampage and seek an AIHL license themselves in partnership with Brisbane Buccaneers and the Southern Stars.[24][25] On 28 February 2022, IHQ was granted an AIHL license by the league commission.[26] IHQ revealed their new AIHL team would play out of Boondall Iceworld and be called Brisbane Lightning.[27] On 7 March 2022, it was reveled former AIHL team, Central Coast Rhinos, had made contact with the AIHL to obtain a new license and present their case for re-admission to the league.[28] The Rhinos last played in the AIHL in 2008 before a licensing disagreement saw the team leave the league. They applied for re-entry in 2015, but were unsuccessful in their application on that occasion.[29] On 10 March 2022, the AIHL made the decision to grant the Rhinos a new AIHL license, ending the team's 14-year hiatus out of the league.[30] Central Coast will play out of their spiritual home, Erina Ice Arena, which went through major renovations and upgrades between 2019 and 2022.[31][32] Both the Lightning and Rhinos will play exhibition matches in 2022 with a view for both to join the AIHL regular league schedule in 2023.[27][30]

Exhibition games edit

The Brisbane Lightning, Central Coast Rhinos and Perth Thunder all announced in pre-season that they would be perusing to play exhibition games during the AIHL 2022 regular season.[27][30][2] In total 29 exhibition games were scheduled in 2022, consisting of pre-season warm-ups, games with new teams and games with the Thunder during the regular season. Most games were announced with the release of the revised AIHL 2022 season schedule on 8 April 2022,[6] however, the first exhibition series between the Sydney Bears and Newcastle Northstars was made public on 17 March 2022 and consisted of two pre-season match ups at Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle and Macquarie Ice Rink in North Sydney.[33] The team breakup of exhibition games for 2022 see the Lightning scheduled for 16 games, Bears 9 games, Rhinos 8 games, Northstars 6 games, Thunder, Mustangs and Ice Dogs 4 games, Ice 3 games and Brave 2 games. On 24 July 2022, the exhibition game between the Brisbane Lightning and Sydney Bears held as Iceworld Boondall in Brisbane was abandoned near the end of the second period follow an ugly high sticking incident.[34] Subsequently, the AIHL Player Safety Committee concluded its investigation into the incident that led to the abandoned game and made the following ruling. The Brisbane Lightning player involved was suspended for 2+5 AIHL games (7 in total) and suspended from all Ice Hockey Australia national events until the suspension is completed in 2023. The Sydney Bears organisation was fined $3,500 for intentionally forfeiting the game.[35]

Personnel changes edit

On 12 February 2022, the AIHL announced its new board of directors and key executives for 2022. The board comprises Garry Doré, Peter Jon Hartshorne, Wayne Hellyer and Joyce Price, with Hartshorne acting as chairman. Christine Bertolotti was appointed head of finance, Dawn Watt head of operations and Rob Duchemin head of referees & discipline.[7]

There has been a number of franchise personal changes in addition to the league itself for 2022. These include a new executive team being appointed in February 2022 at the Sydney Bears. Nathan Graham became president and will be assisted by Andrew Bourne, Ruby Bray and Hamish Davey as vice presidents. Vanessa Saros takes over duties as Bears secretary.[36] In March 2022, Adelaide Adrenaline appointed Glen Foll as new director of hockey operations and Benny Gebert as director of club operations, after the duo secured the operating license for the Adrenaline franchise from the AIHL.[37]

There have also been a number of coaching changes for AIHL teams in 2022. The Sydney Ice Dogs lost Andrew Petrie, after he resigned in November 2021.[38] He was replaced as head coach by former Czech player Ondrej Cervenka in March 2022.[39] Adelaide Adrenaline and head coach Sami Mantere parted ways following the cancellation of the 2020 season. Mantere chose to sign for Adelaide Avalanche in March 2022 for the inaugural season of the Pacific Hockey League.[40] Also in March, the newly formed Brisbane Lightning announced Terry Kiliwnik as their maiden head coach and Ivan Rapchuk as his assistant.[41] In April, the Melbourne Mustangs appointed Canadian Chris Lawrence as head coach for 2022. This will be Lawrence's first head coach position as he comes off a long playing career in the AHL, ECHL and EIHL.[42] The Mebourne Ice turned to a familiar long term servant of the club with their appointment of Sandy Gardner as head coach for 2022. This will be Gardner's third stint as head coach of the Melbournian club. He would be joined by fellow long term clubman Brent Laver as his assistant coach alongside newcomer Michael Flaherty, who joined the club with a CV including head coaching the Mustangs, Glaciers and Victoria.[43] Canberra announced Stuart Philps would be retained as head coach for 2022, following his signing in the lead up to the cancelled 2020 season. Philps would be assisted by the returning Andrew Brunt, who had last coached the ACT team in the Brown Trophy in 2017 and had been the Brave assistant in 2015.[44] Early in the season, Newcastle Northstars changed coaching staff responsibilities with Canadian Kevin Noble shifted to head coach and John Kennedy moved to assistant coach alongside Amelia Matheson.

Player transfers edit

Regular season edit

Results edit

Home \ Away CB MI MM NN SB SI CB MI MM NN SB SI
CBR Brave 9–1 9–4 9–3 7–8 9–5 7–3 6–4 8–2 11–4 8–1
Melbourne Ice 3–10 2–7 2–9 5–2 3–5 4–6 4–6 3–2 3–6 4–2
Melbourne Mustangs – 4–0 1–3 4–7 6–4 – 3–4 4–7 3–4 12–2
Newcastle Northstars 1–6 8–2 7–4 7–1 5–4 3–2 9–3 6–3 7–4 8–4
Sydney Bears 5–4 4–0 4–9 5–8 12–2 1–9 7–2 2–3 4–3 10–3
Sydney Ice Dogs 1–14 6–1 6–3 2–8 2–3 3–7 4–5 6–9 3–6 1–12
Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2022. Source: AIHL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures edit

The 2022 regular season of 60 games, is scheduled to run from 30 April 2022 through to 28 August 2022, with each team playing 20 games. The top four teams qualify and advance to compete in the Goodall Cup finals weekend. The original schedule for 2022, consisting of 112 games had to be amended following the withdrawal of the Adrenaline and Thunder from the 2022 season, resulting in a reduction in the total number regular season games.[5][6]

April edit

April fixtures
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
30 APR 17:00 CBR Brave 10–3 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [1]
30 APR 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [2]

May edit

May fixtures
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
1 MAY 14:00 CBR Brave 6–4 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [3]
1 MAY 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 9–4 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [4]
7 MAY 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 3–1 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [5]
7 MAY 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [6]
8 MAY 14:00 Newcastle Northstars 9–2 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [7]
8 MAY 16:30 CBR Brave 14–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [8]
14 MAY 17:30 Sydney Bears 1–7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [9]
14 MAY 17:30 Melbourne Ice 1–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [10]
15 MAY 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3–7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [11]
20 MAY 19:30 Melbourne Mustangs 7–2 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [12]
21 MAY 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 8–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [13]
21 MAY 17:00 Sydney Bears 7–4 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [14]
22 MAY 14:00 Sydney Bears 2–5 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [15]
22 MAY 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–5 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [16]
28 MAY 16:30 Melbourne Ice 0–4 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [17]
29 MAY 16:30 Melbourne Ice 1–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [18]
29 MAY 17:00 Sydney Bears 8–7 (SO) CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [19]

June edit

June fixtures
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
3 JUN 19:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–12 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [20]
4 JUN 16:30 CBR Brave 7–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [21]
4 JUN 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 6–4 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [22]
5 JUN 16:30 CBR Brave 4–5 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [23]
11 JUN 16:30 Melbourne Ice 5–4 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [24]
11 JUN 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–6 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [25]
11 JUN 17:30 Sydney Bears 4–11 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [26]
12 JUN 15:30 Melbourne Ice 2–8 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [27]
12 JUN 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [28]
17 JUN 19:30 Melbourne Ice 0–4 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [29]
18 JUN 16:30 Sydney Bears 3–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [30]
18 JUN 16:30 CBR Brave 6–1 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [31]
19 JUN 16:00 CBR Brave 2–3 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [32]
25 JUN 17:00 Sydney Bears 6–3 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [33]
26 JUN 14:00 Sydney Bears 4–3 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [34]

July edit

July fixtures
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
2 JUL 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–10 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [35]
2 JUL 17:00 CBR Brave Cancelled Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [36]
2 JUL 17:30 Melbourne Ice 3–9 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [37]
3 JUL 14:00 CBR Brave Cancelled Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [38]
3 JUL 16:30 Melbourne Ice 2–7 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [39]
9 JUL 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 6–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [40]
10 JUL 16:30 CBR Brave 9–1 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [41]
16 JUL 17:30 Sydney Bears 4–7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [42]
16 JUL 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [43]
17 JUL 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 4–6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [44]
23 JUL 17:00 Melbourne Ice 4–3 (OT) Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [45]
23 JUL 17:30 Newcastle Northstars 3–9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [46]
24 JUL 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 2–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [47]
30 JUL 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–8 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium [48]

August edit

August fixtures
Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap
6 AUG 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 8–5 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [49]
6 AUG 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–3 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [50]
7 AUG 14:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–6 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [51]
13 AUG 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–2 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [52]
13 AUG 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre [53]
14 AUG 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 9–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [54]
19 AUG 19:30 Sydney Bears 12–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink [55]
20 AUG 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 2–3 (OT) Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [56]
21 AUG 14:00 Newcastle Northstars 7–4 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [57]
27 AUG 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 3–4 (OT) Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink [58]
27 AUG 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–12 Melbourne Mustangs O’Brien Icehouse [59]
28 AUG 14:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–4 Melbourne Ice O’Brien Icehouse [60]

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CBR Brave (C) 18 15 0 1 2 141 56 +85 49 2022 Goodall Cup Finals
2 Newcastle Northstars 20 15 0 2 3 112 74 +38 47
3 Sydney Bears 20 10 2 0 8 105 93 +12 34
4 Melbourne Mustangs 18 8 0 1 9 89 83 +6 28
5 Melbourne Ice 20 3 2 0 15 54 116 −62 13
6 Sydney Ice Dogs 20 3 0 0 17 66 145 −79 9
Source: AIHL Elite Prospects
Rules for classification:
Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss
Note: CBR Brave and Melbourne Mustangs were awarded 3 points each for 2 cancelled games.[22] Their points tallies reflect this adjustment.
(C) Champion

Skater statistics edit

2022 AIHL season top-ten skater statistics for points, goals, assists and penalty minutes.[101]

Points
# Name Team Pos Pts
1   Casey Kubara CB F 52
2   Wehebe Darge CB F 50
3   Mario Valery-Trabucco CB F 46
4   Francis Drolet NN F 45
5   Scott Timmins MM F 41
6   Daniel Berno NN F 40
7   Tomas Landa SB F 38
8   Andreas Camenzind CB F 38
9   Ty Wishart MM D 36
10   Alexandre Gauthier SB D 34
Goals
# Name Team Pos G
1   Casey Kubara CB F 25
2   Scott Timmins MM F 23
3   Daniel Berno NN F 23
4   Mario Valery-Trabucco CB F 20
5   Francis Drolet NN F 18
6   Wehebe Darge CB F 17
7   Tomas Landa SB F 16
8   Strat Allen SD D 15
9   Andreas Camenzind CB F 14
10   Robert Malloy NN D 14
Assists
# Name Team Pos A
1   Wehebe Darge CB F 33
2   Ty Wishart MM D 29
3   Casey Kubara CB F 27
4   Francis Drolet NN F 27
5   Mario Valery-Trabucco CB F 26
6   Andreas Camenzind CB F 24
7   Alexandre Gauthier SB D 23
8   Tomas Landa SB F 22
9   Michael Poirier SB D 22
10   Tyler Kubara CB F 22
Penalty minutes
# Name Team Pos PIM
1   Sam Hodic MI F 64
2   Alexandre Gauthier SB D 59
3   Alec Stephenson SD F 57
4   Liam Manwarring NN F 53
5   Joey Hughes CB F 51
6   Shannon McGregor SD D 49
7   Sean Oultram NN D 47
8   Jermaine Joyce MI D 44
9   Patrick Nadin NN F 39
10   Christian Pansino MI F 38

Goaltender statistics edit

2022 AIHL season top-ten1 goaltender statistics for goals against average and save percentage.[102]

1 Due to reduced regular season and competing teams in 2022, there were only 6 goaltenders who played 10+ games to qualify for these lists.
Goals against average
# Name Team Pos GAA
1   Alexandre Tetreault CB G 2.74
2   James Downie NN G 3.77
3   Glen Forbes White SB G 4.19
4   Sebastian Woodlands MM G 4.39
5   Michael James MI G 5.71
6   Jakob Doornbos SD G 6.80
Save percentage
# Name Team Pos SV%
1   Alexandre Tetreault CB G .893
2   James Downie NN G .883
3   Sebastian Woodlands MM G .873
4   Michael James MI G .862
5   Jakob Doornbos SD G .853
6   Glen Forbes White SB G .851

Awards edit

Skaters Network local player of the week edit

Every Tuesday the League, through sponsorship, names a local player of the week.[103]
The award is based on the following criteria:

  • individual performance, including significant game statistics;
  • contribution to the team's success through individual leadership abilities; and
  • performance off the ice, including community engagement.
Round Awarded to Pos Ref
1   Wehebe Darge F Ref
2   James Downie G Ref
3   Jordon Brunt F Ref
4   Christian Pansino F Ref
5   Kenshin Hayashi F Ref
6   Casey Kubara F Ref
7   Strat Allen F Ref
8   Sebastian Woodlands G Ref
9   Glen Forbes-White G Ref
10   Jake Ratcliffe F Ref
11   Richard Tesarik F Ref
12   Mitchell Humphries F Ref
13   Michael James G Ref
14   Liam Manwarring F Ref
15   Daniel Pataky D Ref
16   Matt Armstrong F Ref
17   Ellesse Carini F Ref
18   Tim Nikitin F Ref

Season awards edit

Below lists the 2022 AIHL regular season award winners.[104]

Award Name Team
MVP   Casey Kubara CBR Brave
Goaltender   Michael James Melbourne Ice
Defenceman   Ty Wishart Melbourne Mustangs
Local   Casey Kubara CBR Brave
Rookie   Ethan Hawes Newcastle Northstars
Coach   Kevin Noble Newcastle Northstars

Goodall Cup playoffs edit

The 2022 finals weekend will see the implementation of the new finals format, announced by AIHL in March 2022, for the first time.[105] It is scheduled to begin on Friday 2 September with the major and minor semi-finals. On Saturday 3 September, the first ever AIHL preliminary final will take place, while the Goodall Cup final will be held on Sunday 4 September.[105] Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advance to the finals weekend, which is to be held at O’Brien Icehouse in Docklands, Melbourne.[7] This will be the ninth time the Icehouse has hosted the AIHL Finals. The series involves single game match-ups at all stages. The top two teams from the AIHL regular season play-off in the major semi-final for an automatic spot in the Goodall Cup final. The teams who finished third and fourth in the regular season play-off in an elimination game in the minor semi-final. The winner of the minor semi-final advances to the preliminary final to play the loser of the major semi-final. The winner of the preliminary final progresses to the Goodall Cup final and the loser is eliminated. The winner of the grand final is named AIHL Champion and lifts the historic Goodall Cup.[105]

The Brave, Northstars, Bears and Mustangs qualified for the 2022 finals weekend.[106] The Mustangs were the first team eliminated with the Brave progressing straight from the semi-finals to the Goodall Cup Final.[107] The Northstars defeated the Bears with a golden goal in overtime in the first ever preliminary final to reach the Goodall Cup Final.[108] The Brave won the grand final, defeating the Northstars, to lift the Goodall Cup for the second time in the team's history. Joey Hughes was named Finals MVP after the grand final. Hughes continued to extend his record as the most decorated player in AIHL history, winning his seventh Goodall Cup.[109][110]

SemifinalsPreliminary finalGrand final
2 September – Melbourne4 September – Melbourne
CBR Brave6CBR Brave3
Newcastle Northstars13 September – MelbourneNewcastle Northstars2
Newcastle Northstars4
2 September – MelbourneSydney Bears3
Sydney Bears7
Melbourne Mustangs3

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals edit

2 September 2022
17:00		Sydney Bears7–3
(2–3, 2–0, 3–0)		Melbourne MustangsO’Brien Icehouse
Game reference
Anthony KimlinGoaliesSebastian WoodlandsReferees:
Rob Love
Joey Theriault
Linesmen:
Russel Dow
Haydan Rogers
Jake Ratcliffe (Gauthier, Newmark) – 2:031 – 0
1 – 110:18 – Lee Turner (S.Belic, A.Belic)
1 – 213:47 – Sean Jones (Wishart)
Alexander Gauthier (Landa, Haselhurst) – 15:522 – 2
2 – 318:41 – Matt Armstrong (Timmins, Wishart)
Michael Poirier (Landa, Gauthier) – 31:113 – 3
Tomas Landa (Gauthier, Poirier) – 34:084 – 3
Kenshin Hayashi (Haselhurst, Kimlin) – 53:275 – 3
Kenshin Hayashi (Poirier, Clare) – 55:156 – 3
Brian Kim (Unassisted) – 57:397 – 3
8 minPenalties10 min
38Shots36
2 September 2022
20:30		CBR Brave6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)		Newcastle NorthstarsO’Brien Icehouse
Game reference
Alex TetreaultGoaliesCharles SmartReferees:
Jeff Klinck
Kent Unwin
Linesmen:
David Rehak
Mark Peruzzo
0 – 15:44 – Robert Malloy (Tesarik, Manwarring)
Mitchell Henning (Valery-Trabucco, Cockerill) – 12:191 – 1
Joseph Hughes (Camenzind) – 21:292 – 1
Joseph Hughes (Unassisted) – 31:023 – 1
Wehebe Darge (Bronte, Lodge) – 45:244 – 1
Tyler Kubara (Darge, Hughes) – 52:525 – 1
Kai Miettinen (Lodge, Henning) – 54:566 – 1
12 minPenalties6 min
54Shots28

Preliminary final edit

3 September 2022
17:00		Newcastle Northstars4–3 (OT)
(2–2, 0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		Sydney BearsO’Brien Icehouse
Game reference
Charles SmartGoaliesAnthony KimlinReferees:
Kent Unwin
Rob Love
Linesmen:
Haydan Rogers
Mark Peruzzo
0 – 101:38 – Tomas Landa (Hayashi)
0 – 205:51 – Tomas Landa (Gauthier)
Ethan Hawes (Taylor, Ward) – 10:341 – 2
Richard Tesarik (Hawes) – 17:442 – 2
2 – 353:00 – Tomas Landa (Unassisted)
Daniel Berno (Hawes, Malloy) – 57:493 – 3
Patrick Nadin (Berno) – 62:504 – 3
10 minPenalties6 min
27Shots29

Final edit

4 September 2022
14:00		CBR Brave3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)		Newcastle NorthstarsO’Brien Icehouse
Game reference
Alex TetreaultGoaliesCharles SmartReferees:
Joey Theriault
Jeff Klinck
Linesmen:
David Rehak
Russel Dow
Joseph Hughes (Cockerill, Brunt) – 09:071 – 0
Wehebe Darge (Giorgi) – 10:292 – 0
2 – 124:44 – Francis Drolet (Malloy, Tesarik)
Casey Kubara (Darge, Valery-Trabucco) – 53:323 – 1
3 – 259:52 – Robert Malloy (Hawes)
10 minPenalties12 min
53Shots22

Trans-Tasman All-Star game edit

2022 was the inaugural season for the Trans-Tasman All-Star game between the champions of the AIHL and champions of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL). The game forms part of the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between Ice Hockey Australia (IHA) and New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation (NZIHF) on 15 February 2022.[111] Game was cancelled and replaced with a Trans-Tasman Challenge thee-game series between the Australian and New Zealand national teams, held at O'Brien IceHouse in Melbourne between 4 and 6 November 2022. Australia won the series 3–0.[112]

All-star game edit

2022AIHL championCancelledNZIHL champion

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2022, aihl, season, delayed, 21st, season, australian, hockey, league, aihl, following, cancellation, 2020, 2021, seasons, season, will, consist, regular, season, games, scheduled, from, april, august, 2022, with, goodall, finals, consisting, semi, finals, pre. The 2022 AIHL season is the delayed 21st season of the Australian Ice Hockey League AIHL following the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 seasons The season will consist of 60 regular season games and is scheduled to run from 30 April to 28 August 2022 with the Goodall Cup finals consisting of 2 semi finals a preliminary final and a grand final following the regular season on 2 4 September 2022 The CBR Brave won the double and claimed the H Newman Reid Trophy for a third time and Goodall Cup for a second time in 2022 by finishing top of the regular season standings and winning the AIHL grand final The Newcastle Northstars were runner s up to both titles and the Sydney Ice Dogs claimed the wooden spoon 2022 AIHL seasonLeagueAustralian Ice Hockey LeagueSportIce hockeyDuration30 April 2022 4 September 2022Regular seasonH Newman Reid TrophyCBR Brave 3rd title Season MVPCasey Kubara CBR Brave Top scorerCasey Kubara 52 points CBR Brave Goodall CupChampionsCBR Brave 2nd title Runners upNewcastle NorthstarsFinals MVPJoey Hughes CBR Brave AIHL seasons 20212023 Contents 1 Teams 2 League business 2 1 Interruptions 2 2 Expansion 2 3 Exhibition games 2 4 Personnel changes 2 5 Player transfers 2 5 1 Interclub transfers 2 5 2 Retirements 2 5 3 New signings 2 5 4 Players lost 3 Regular season 3 1 Results 3 2 Fixtures 3 2 1 April 3 2 2 May 3 2 3 June 3 2 4 July 3 2 5 August 3 3 Standings 3 4 Skater statistics 3 5 Goaltender statistics 3 6 Awards 3 6 1 Skaters Network local player of the week 3 6 2 Season awards 4 Goodall Cup playoffs 4 1 Semi finals 4 2 Preliminary final 4 3 Final 5 Trans Tasman All Star game 5 1 All star game 6 References 7 External linksTeams editIn 2022 the AIHL had planned for 8 teams to be competing in the league when the season was announced 1 However the Perth Thunder had to withdraw due to ongoing Western Australia border restriction challenges 2 Adelaide Adrenaline followed the Thunder in withdrawing from the 2022 season following failed protracted negotiations with the ice rink in Adelaide leaving the team homeless in 2022 3 4 This left the league with six teams competing in the regular season in 2022 Two expansion teams plus the Thunder announced they would play exhibition games in 2022 2022 AIHL teams Team City Arena Head Coach Captain CBR Brave nbsp Canberra Phillip Ice Skating Centre nbsp Stuart Philps nbsp Kai Miettinen Melbourne Ice nbsp Melbourne O Brien Icehouse nbsp Sandy Gardner nbsp Austin McKenzie Melbourne Mustangs nbsp Melbourne O Brien Icehouse nbsp Chris Lawrence nbsp Brendan McDowell Newcastle Northstars nbsp Newcastle Hunter Ice Skating Stadium nbsp Kevin Noble nbsp Liam Manwarring Sydney Bears nbsp Sydney Macquarie Ice Rink nbsp Ron Kuprowsky nbsp Brian Funes Sydney Ice Dogs nbsp Sydney Macquarie Ice Rink nbsp Ondrej Cervenka nbsp Daniel Pataky Withdrawn teams Adelaide Adrenaline nbsp Adelaide No home venue N A N A Perth Thunder nbsp Perth Perth Ice Arena N A N A Exhibition teams Brisbane Lightning nbsp Brisbane Boondall Iceworld nbsp Terry Kiliwnik nbsp Damian Bright Central Coast Rhinos nbsp Erina Erina Ice Arena nbsp Ashley March nbsp Robert Malloy Perth Thunder nbsp Perth Perth Ice Arena nbsp Ben Breault nbsp Ben BreaultLeague business editThe AIHL made the announcement that the league would return for a regular season and finals for 2022 on 6 December 2021 ending two years of cancelled competition and exhibition series 1 The 2022 fixture list and finals schedule was released publicly by the AIHL on 8 February 2022 5 Melbourne would return as the host city of the AIHL Finals in 2022 after Newcastle hosted the 2019 edition 5 The League champion will be awarded the Goodall Cup while the League Premiers will be awarded the H Newman Reid Trophy title 1 On 8 April 2022 the AIHL released a revised season schedule that did not change any dates but replaced Adrenaline and Thunder regular season fixtures with exhibition games involving the Rhinos Lightning and Thunder 6 The league made a number of key announcements in February in the lead up to the 2022 season start Firstly the AIHL would implement a game day format change it first flagged in 2020 which would bring the AIHL into line with international hockey standards Game lengths would be increased from 50 minutes to 60 minutes with all three period lengths standardised to 20 minutes each 7 Previously the first two periods in the AIHL would be 15 minutes long with only the third period lasting 20 minutes Secondly the AIHL announced the expansion of domestic and international broadcasting of the league Within Australia more matches would be made available through partner broadcaster Kayo Sports expanding on previous deals that included one game a round on delay AIHL TV would also provide an alternative platform for streaming content from the league Internationally the AIHL secured a deal with US based Synergy Sports to deliver live streaming of AIHL games to the US Canadian United Kingdom and European markets 7 Thirdly the AIHL will be setting up a new national community partnership to help showcase elite hockey in Australia 7 Lastly the AIHL concluded the expression of interest process to find a new Licensee for the Adelaide Adrenaline license following former holders the South Australian Ice Sports Federation relinquishing the license at the conclusion of the 2019 season The League began the search in October 2021 and concluded five months later in February 2022 by announcing Benny Gebert and Glen Foll as the successful bidders for the license 8 7 In March the AIHL announced it had signed a three year deal with Swiss based Sportradar to become the league s global distributor of game streams and media rights This superseded the previous announcement with Synergy Sports as Synergy was acquired by Sportradar In March 2022 9 As part of the deal Sportradar would also supply AIHL teams with video and data analytical services 10 In addition the league released details of a new finals format for 2022 The finals format would be expanded from two to three days with the semi finals now formatted into major 1v2 and minor 3v4 games and an additional game the preliminary final would be added to the schedule on the middle day The winner of the major semi final automatically advances to the grand final while the losing team plays off against the winner of the minor semi final in the preliminary final It means the teams finishing third and fourth in the regular season will be required to play at least two games to reach the grand final and compete for the Goodall Cup 11 Expanding on the league s earlier announcement from February in late April 2022 the AIHL revealed further details around the Kayo Sports domestic broadcasting deal for the 2022 season Every game of the AIHL regular season all 60 would be streamed live free and exclusive on Kayo Sports This would be the first time the league would broadcast every game of the season 12 In July 2022 the AIHL and Ice Hockey Australia jointly founded a new Best and Fairest Award for all Australian national championships starting in 2022 including Sydney Tange Kurt Defris Phillip Ginsberg Jim Brown and Women s championships 13 In June the AIHL entered into a new partnership with Workplace Law The agreement with the specalised law firm would deliver the AIHL a partner for legal advice and support across governance and constitutional matters employment issues tribunal disciplinary matters sponsorship and broadcast arrangements and competition matters 14 Interruptions edit When the 2022 season was announced by the AIHL it was indicated that all eight current AIHL teams would participate 1 The AIHL in February 2022 released the regular season schedule and it contained fixtures for all eight teams home and away 5 In response to the schedule the Perth Thunder released a public statement on 12 February 2022 confirming the current Western Australian border restrictions presented challenges for the team to participate in the 2022 season but the team would continue to dialog with stakeholders and hope for a resolution from the state government 15 On 18 February 2022 the Thunder in conjunction with the AIHL announced the team would not participate in the 2022 AIHL season due to uncertainty of when the WA border would open again and the limited time left to organise the team and travel prior to the 2022 season kicking off The Thunder did offer the possibility of exhibition matches being played in Perth in 2022 to compensate for the unfortunate situation for its players staff fans and sponsors 2 Adelaide Adrenaline s participation in the 2022 AIHL season has been caste in doubt with negotiations with Adelaide IceArenA the only ice rink facility in Adelaide breaking down 3 On 15 February 2022 IceArenA management released a signed letter with a list of accusations and grievances against the AIHL and ended the letter stating it would be difficult for the arena to support the AIHL 16 The Adrenaline deemed the subsequent draft agreement proposed by the IceArenA management for use of the facility for the 2022 AIHL season as non equitable and unviable 3 On 27 March 2022 the Adrenaline officially withdrew from the 2022 AIHL season 4 On 26 February 2022 the CBR Brave responded to an unconfirmed claim that they were looking to leave the AIHL by confirming their status as an AIHL team and committing to the league and the 2022 season 17 18 Brave CEO Sunny Singh said the league had taken profound action in addressing key issues the Brave had heading into the 2022 season 18 Two regular season games set to be played in Melbourne between the CBR Brave and Melbourne Mustangs were first postponed and later cancelled in July 2022 The games scheduled for 2 and 3 July 2022 were postponed after flight cancellations at Canberra Airport left the CBR Brave stranded in Canberra and unable to fly to Melbourne for the double header against the Mustangs Despite efforts to rebook both the Saturday and Sunday games were postponed on the Saturday 19 20 Both teams tried to reschedule the two games but ultimately were unsuccessful On 30 July 2022 it was revealed the game were cancelled and both teams would share the six points on offer three points each 21 The League confirmed the games were officially cancelled on 3 August 2022 22 Expansion edit Two teams decided against pursuing AIHL licenses in 2022 The Melbourne Ducks played exhibition matches against AIHL teams in 2021 but decided to join the new Pacific Hockey League in 2022 23 Joining the Ducks in the Pacific Hockey League is the Brisbane Rampage who abandoned their strategic goal of obtaining an AIHL license in favour of joining the rival league 23 Ice Hockey Queensland IHQ subsequently decided to withdraw their endorsement of the Rampage and seek an AIHL license themselves in partnership with Brisbane Buccaneers and the Southern Stars 24 25 On 28 February 2022 IHQ was granted an AIHL license by the league commission 26 IHQ revealed their new AIHL team would play out of Boondall Iceworld and be called Brisbane Lightning 27 On 7 March 2022 it was reveled former AIHL team Central Coast Rhinos had made contact with the AIHL to obtain a new license and present their case for re admission to the league 28 The Rhinos last played in the AIHL in 2008 before a licensing disagreement saw the team leave the league They applied for re entry in 2015 but were unsuccessful in their application on that occasion 29 On 10 March 2022 the AIHL made the decision to grant the Rhinos a new AIHL license ending the team s 14 year hiatus out of the league 30 Central Coast will play out of their spiritual home Erina Ice Arena which went through major renovations and upgrades between 2019 and 2022 31 32 Both the Lightning and Rhinos will play exhibition matches in 2022 with a view for both to join the AIHL regular league schedule in 2023 27 30 Exhibition games edit The Brisbane Lightning Central Coast Rhinos and Perth Thunder all announced in pre season that they would be perusing to play exhibition games during the AIHL 2022 regular season 27 30 2 In total 29 exhibition games were scheduled in 2022 consisting of pre season warm ups games with new teams and games with the Thunder during the regular season Most games were announced with the release of the revised AIHL 2022 season schedule on 8 April 2022 6 however the first exhibition series between the Sydney Bears and Newcastle Northstars was made public on 17 March 2022 and consisted of two pre season match ups at Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle and Macquarie Ice Rink in North Sydney 33 The team breakup of exhibition games for 2022 see the Lightning scheduled for 16 games Bears 9 games Rhinos 8 games Northstars 6 games Thunder Mustangs and Ice Dogs 4 games Ice 3 games and Brave 2 games On 24 July 2022 the exhibition game between the Brisbane Lightning and Sydney Bears held as Iceworld Boondall in Brisbane was abandoned near the end of the second period follow an ugly high sticking incident 34 Subsequently the AIHL Player Safety Committee concluded its investigation into the incident that led to the abandoned game and made the following ruling The Brisbane Lightning player involved was suspended for 2 5 AIHL games 7 in total and suspended from all Ice Hockey Australia national events until the suspension is completed in 2023 The Sydney Bears organisation was fined 3 500 for intentionally forfeiting the game 35 Exhibition fixtures and results Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap 9 APR 17 30 Sydney Bears 6 7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium Ref 23 APR 16 30 Newcastle Northstars 4 1 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink Ref 23 APR 17 00 Melbourne Mustangs 1 6 Brisbane Lightning Iceworld Boondall Ref 24 APR 19 30 Sydney Bears 5 3 Central Coast Rhinos Erina Ice Arena Ref 1 MAY 15 30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5 4 SO Central Coast Rhinos Erina Ice Arena Ref 14 MAY 17 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 4 Brisbane Lightning Iceworld Boondall Ref 15 MAY 17 00 Central Coast Rhinos 11 14 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink Ref 28 MAY 17 00 Brisbane Lightning 4 5 OT Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse Ref 29 MAY 14 00 Brisbane Lightning 5 7 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse Ref 4 JUN 15 30 Brisbane Lightning 8 4 Central Coast Rhinos Erina Ice Arena Ref 5 JUN 16 00 Brisbane Lightning 5 7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium Ref 25 JUN 17 00 Newcastle Northstars 5 4 Brisbane Lightning Iceworld Boondall Ref 26 JUN 16 30 Newcastle Northstars 7 5 Brisbane Lightning Iceworld Boondall Ref 9 JUL Melbourne Mustangs Cancelled Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 10 JUL Melbourne Mustangs Cancelled Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena 16 JUL 16 30 Brisbane Lightning 7 0 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink Ref 17 JUL 16 30 Brisbane Lightning 2 7 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink Ref 23 JUL 17 00 Sydney Bears 3 7 Brisbane Lightning Iceworld Boondall Ref 24 JUL 15 30 Sydney Bears 1 6 Brisbane Lightning Iceworld Boondall Ref 30 JUL 16 30 Brisbane Lightning 3 4 OT Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink Ref 30 JUL 17 00 Perth Thunder 1 6 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse Ref 31 JUL 14 00 Perth Thunder 5 3 Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse Ref 31 JUL 17 00 Central Coast Rhinos 8 4 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink Ref 7 AUG 15 30 Central Coast Rhinos 2 12 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre Ref 13 AUG 15 30 Brisbane Lightning 12 9 Central Coast Rhinos Erina Ice Arena Ref 13 AUG 18 30 Melbourne Ice 1 8 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena Ref 14 AUG 18 30 Melbourne Ice 1 3 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena Ref 14 AUG 16 00 Brisbane Lightning 3 4 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium Ref 27 AUG CBR Brave Cancelled Brisbane Lightning Iceworld Boondall 28 AUG Central Coast Rhinos Cancelled Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink Personnel changes edit On 12 February 2022 the AIHL announced its new board of directors and key executives for 2022 The board comprises Garry Dore Peter Jon Hartshorne Wayne Hellyer and Joyce Price with Hartshorne acting as chairman Christine Bertolotti was appointed head of finance Dawn Watt head of operations and Rob Duchemin head of referees amp discipline 7 There has been a number of franchise personal changes in addition to the league itself for 2022 These include a new executive team being appointed in February 2022 at the Sydney Bears Nathan Graham became president and will be assisted by Andrew Bourne Ruby Bray and Hamish Davey as vice presidents Vanessa Saros takes over duties as Bears secretary 36 In March 2022 Adelaide Adrenaline appointed Glen Foll as new director of hockey operations and Benny Gebert as director of club operations after the duo secured the operating license for the Adrenaline franchise from the AIHL 37 There have also been a number of coaching changes for AIHL teams in 2022 The Sydney Ice Dogs lost Andrew Petrie after he resigned in November 2021 38 He was replaced as head coach by former Czech player Ondrej Cervenka in March 2022 39 Adelaide Adrenaline and head coach Sami Mantere parted ways following the cancellation of the 2020 season Mantere chose to sign for Adelaide Avalanche in March 2022 for the inaugural season of the Pacific Hockey League 40 Also in March the newly formed Brisbane Lightning announced Terry Kiliwnik as their maiden head coach and Ivan Rapchuk as his assistant 41 In April the Melbourne Mustangs appointed Canadian Chris Lawrence as head coach for 2022 This will be Lawrence s first head coach position as he comes off a long playing career in the AHL ECHL and EIHL 42 The Mebourne Ice turned to a familiar long term servant of the club with their appointment of Sandy Gardner as head coach for 2022 This will be Gardner s third stint as head coach of the Melbournian club He would be joined by fellow long term clubman Brent Laver as his assistant coach alongside newcomer Michael Flaherty who joined the club with a CV including head coaching the Mustangs Glaciers and Victoria 43 Canberra announced Stuart Philps would be retained as head coach for 2022 following his signing in the lead up to the cancelled 2020 season Philps would be assisted by the returning Andrew Brunt who had last coached the ACT team in the Brown Trophy in 2017 and had been the Brave assistant in 2015 44 Early in the season Newcastle Northstars changed coaching staff responsibilities with Canadian Kevin Noble shifted to head coach and John Kennedy moved to assistant coach alongside Amelia Matheson Player transfers edit Interclub transfers edit Nat Player Previous team New team Ref nbsp Matt Armstrong Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs 45 nbsp Zachary Boyle Adelaide Adrenaline Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Damian Bright Melbourne Mustangs Brisbane Lightning 47 nbsp Ellesse Carini Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Bears 48 nbsp Jakob Doornbos CBR Brave Sydney Ice Dogs 49 nbsp James Downie Melbourne Ice Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Andrew Erzen Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Ryan Foll Adelaide Adrenaline Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Glen Forbes White Adelaide Adrenaline Sydney Bears 51 nbsp Alexandre Gauthier Adelaide Adrenaline Sydney Bears 52 nbsp Robert Haselhurst Perth Thunder Sydney Bears 53 nbsp Thomas Kiliwnik Newcastle Northstars Brisbane Lightning 47 nbsp Tomas Landa Newcastle Northstars Sydney Bears 54 nbsp Lyndon Lodge Perth Thunder CBR Brave 55 nbsp Alastair Punler Perth Thunder CBR Brave 55 nbsp Aleksi Toivonen Melbourne Mustangs CBR Brave 56 nbsp Frantisek Vlasek Newcastle Northstars Sydney Ice Dogs 57 nbsp Tom Voller Melbourne Mustangs Sydney Ice Dogs 58 nbsp Sebastian Woodlands Adelaide Adrenaline Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Jamie Woodman Perth Thunder CBR Brave 55 Mid season transfer Retirements edit Nat Player Team New role Ref nbsp Tomas Manco Sydney Ice Dogs 60 nbsp Michael Schlamp Sydney Bears 61 nbsp Lachlan Seary CBR Brave 62 New signings edit Nat Player Previous team New team Ref nbsp Maxim Astafyev Metallurg Novokuznetsk U18 Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Ignacy Benjamin No team Sydney Bears 63 nbsp Daniel Berno Brampton Admirals Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Declan Bronte Connecticut Chiefs CBR Brave 64 nbsp Lachlan Cincotta Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Garret Cockerill Reading Royals CBR Brave 65 nbsp Brendan Connors Blackhawks Ice Hockey Club Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Greg Davis West Auckland Admirals Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Charlie Davis Tope No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Luka Dimopoulos Stealth Bombers Sydney Ice Dogs 66 nbsp Connor Dowell No team Sydney Ice Dogs 66 nbsp Ryan Duchemin No team Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Alexander Dvinyaninov Yunost Yekaterinburg U16 Sydney Ice Dogs 66 nbsp Hunter Ellen Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Mackenzie Gallagher Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Jacob Haley Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Robert Haselhurst Flyers Ice Hockey Club Sydney Bears 53 nbsp Ethan Hawes Willmar WarHawks Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Wylie Hodder No team CBR Brave 67 nbsp Bobby Huang Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Cameron Hughes No team Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Michael James Melbourne Jets Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp David Jeremy Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Liam Jones No team Sydney Ice Dogs 66 nbsp Eugene Ju Sydney Sting Sydney Ice Dogs 68 nbsp Evan Khroustalev No team Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Joshua Kleipas Stealth Bombers Sydney Ice Dogs 69 nbsp Matthew Knox Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Toby Kubara No team CBR Brave 70 nbsp Jason Kvisle Reach Rebels Sydney Ice Dogs 69 nbsp Sai Lake No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Travis Lang No team Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Jacob Laver Red Deer Elks U18 Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Daniel Machin No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Bryan Mackenzie No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Matt Marasco No team CBR Brave 55 nbsp Blake Martucci No team Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Alex May Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Timothy McGrath No team Sydney Ice Dogs 66 nbsp Brandon McNally Cardiff Devils CBR Brave 71 nbsp Max Miller Sydney Sabres Sydney Ice Dogs 66 nbsp Dylan Morris Saints Monarchs Ice Hockey Club Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Nicholas Munro No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Spencer Nave No team Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Matt Nikitin No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Tim Nikitin Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Sean Oultram No team Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Kevin Peng No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Michael Poirier Dundee Stars Sydney Bears 72 nbsp Cooper Porter No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Alexander Rose No team Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Fredrik Rozenberg Sydney Wolf Pack Sydney Ice Dogs 66 nbsp Marcus Rozenberg Brisbane Blitz Sydney Ice Dogs 66 nbsp David Shumborski No team Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Connor Sidari Alley No team Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Beau Taylor Daysland Northstars Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Jesse Thompson No team Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Scott Timmins Eispiraten Crimmitschau Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Riley Tonks Hasselby Kalvesta Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Lukas Vaic Sydney Sting Sydney Ice Dogs 73 nbsp Mario Valery Trabucco Hannover Scorpions CBR Brave 74 nbsp Joshua Van Douwen Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Franki Vlasek No team Newcastle Northstars 50 nbsp Josh Walt No team Melbourne Ice 46 nbsp Jordan Warren No team Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Ty Wishart Eispiraten Crimmitschau Melbourne Mustangs 59 nbsp Charlie York No team CBR Brave 75 nbsp Henry York No team CBR Brave 76 Players lost edit Nat Player Previous team New team Ref nbsp Henrik Ahlin Sydney Ice Dogs No team 66 nbsp Harley Anderson Adelaide Adrenaline Brisbane Rampage 77 nbsp Matthew Anderson Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ducks 59 nbsp Sebastian Andersson Melbourne Ice Hammarby Hockey 78 nbsp Bradley Apps Melbourne Mustangs Canterbury Red Devils 59 nbsp Spencer Austin CBR Brave No team 55 nbsp Jason Baclig Melbourne Ice No team 79 nbsp Sammy Banga Newcastle Northstars No team 50 nbsp Garrett Bartus Sydney Ice Dogs No team 66 nbsp Nathaniel Benson Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Avalanche 80 nbsp Steve Best Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Avalanche 81 nbsp Connor Bolger Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Sabres 66 nbsp Jamie Bourke Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ducks 59 nbsp Jonathon Bremner Melbourne Ice No team 46 nbsp Jake Burgess Sydney Ice Dogs No team 66 nbsp Jack Carpenter Melbourne Ice Melbourne Ducks 46 nbsp Jeremy Chai Melbourne Ice West Auckland Admirals 46 nbsp Jayson Chalker Newcastle Northstars No team 50 nbsp Andrew Chen Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Avalanche 82 nbsp Matt Climie CBR Brave Bratislava Capitals 55 nbsp Kale Costa Sydney Ice Dogs HC Dynamo Pardubice 83 nbsp Paul Crowder Sydney Ice Dogs Fife Flyers 66 nbsp Tim Crowder Sydney Ice Dogs Fife Flyers 66 nbsp Tristan Darling Melbourne Mustangs Dunedin Thunder 59 nbsp Adam Dauda Sydney Bears Kalamazoo Wings 84 nbsp Dayne Davis Newcastle Northstars Melbourne Ducks 50 85 nbsp Hayden Dawes CBR Brave Lindenwood Lions 55 nbsp Jordan Draper CBR Brave Hamburg Crocodiles 55 nbsp Francis Drolet Newcastle Northstars Gothiques d Amiens 86 nbsp Nickolas Eckhardt CBR Brave No team 55 nbsp Lachlan Fahmy Sydney Ice Dogs Northern Cyclones 87 nbsp David Ferrari Newcastle Northstars No team 50 nbsp Thomas Flack Melbourne Mustangs Saint Michael s Purple Knights 59 nbsp Darcy Flanagan Melbourne Ice Oklahoma City Jr Blazers 46 nbsp Jeremy Friederich Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Avalanche 88 nbsp Dominik Gabaj Newcastle Northstars Brest Albatros 50 nbsp Jesse Gabrielle CBR Brave HK Nitra 89 nbsp Todd Graham Melbourne Ice No team 46 nbsp Kyllian Guyenet Sydney Bears Skautafelag Reykjavikur 90 nbsp Matt Harvey CBR Brave No team 91 nbsp Christian Isackson Melbourne Mustangs No team 59 nbsp Adam Kambeitz CBR Brave No team 55 nbsp Jake Knott Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Bombers 66 nbsp Ales Kratoska Adelaide Adrenaline Luja HT 92 nbsp Kasey Kulczycki Melbourne Ice Birmingham Bulls 46 nbsp Lee Lambert Melbourne Mustangs No team 59 nbsp Maxime Langelier Parent Melbourne Mustangs No team 59 nbsp Dylan Lavery Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Wolf Pack 66 nbsp Jayden Lewis CBR Brave No team 55 nbsp Mathew Lindsay Newcastle Northstars No team 50 nbsp Brayden Low CBR Brave Reading Royals 55 nbsp Taylor Luck Melbourne Ice Melbourne Glaciers 46 nbsp Jacob Lundgren Melbourne Ice IF Molndal Hockey 46 nbsp Joey MacDougall Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Avalanche 93 nbsp James Marino Sydney Ice Dogs No team 66 nbsp Tyler Mayea CBR Brave Birmingham Bulls 55 nbsp Jackson McCoy Melbourne Mustangs No team 59 nbsp Michael McMahon Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ducks 59 nbsp Cooper Metcalf Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ducks 59 nbsp Matt Monaghan Sydney Ice Dogs No team 66 nbsp Chris Moquin Sydney Bears Amals SK 94 nbsp Thomas Munro Melbourne Ice The Coast 46 nbsp Kevin Nastiuk Melbourne Mustangs Stony Plain Eagles 59 nbsp Kyle Neuber Adelaide Adrenaline Florida Everblades 95 nbsp Nicholas Novysedlak Sydney Ice Dogs Brisbane Rampage 96 nbsp Patrick O Kane Melbourne Mustangs No team 59 nbsp Jordan Owens Melbourne Mustangs Brantford Blast 59 nbsp Christian Pansino Melbourne Ice Melbourne Glaciers 46 nbsp Nathan Pedretti Melbourne Ice No team 46 nbsp Trey Phillips Newcastle Northstars Rapid City Rush 97 nbsp Jaden Pine Murphy Melbourne Mustangs Brisbane Rampage 59 nbsp J M Piotrowski Melbourne Ice Birmingham Bulls 46 nbsp Hamish Powell Newcastle Northstars No team 50 nbsp Thomas Powell Melbourne Ice No team 46 nbsp Dylan Quaile Sydney Ice Dogs Fife Flyers 66 nbsp Jack Ransome Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Wolf Pack 66 nbsp Conor Riley CBR Brave Adirondack Thunder 55 nbsp Jake Riley Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Avalanche 98 nbsp Troy Robertson Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ducks 59 nbsp Mark Rummukainen CBR Brave No team 55 nbsp Jayden Ryan Newcastle Northstars No team 50 nbsp Alistair Rye Newcastle Northstars The Coast 50 nbsp Jesse Schwartz Melbourne Ice No team 46 nbsp Luke Simpson Newcastle Northstars Nanton Palominos 50 nbsp Ondrej Smach Newcastle Northstars HC Nove Zamky 50 nbsp Charlie Smart Newcastle Northstars No team 50 nbsp Thomas Stahlhuth Melbourne Ice No team 46 nbsp Corey Stringer Adelaide Adrenaline Melbourne Ducks 99 nbsp Matt Stringer Melbourne Mustangs No team 59 nbsp Parker Thomas Melbourne Mustangs Kenaston Blizzards 59 nbsp Lee Turner Sydney Ice Dogs No team 66 nbsp Gabriel Veyt Melbourne Ice Ottawa West Golden Knights 46 nbsp Nico Viksten Perth Thunder KeuPa HT 100 nbsp Lliam Webster Melbourne Ice Melbourne Ducks 46 nbsp Matt Wetini Newcastle Northstars No team 50 nbsp Chris Williamson CBR Brave Nanton Palominos 55 nbsp Chris Wong Melbourne Ice No team 46 Regular season editResults edit Home Away CB MI MM NN SB SI CB MI MM NN SB SI CBR Brave 9 1 9 4 9 3 7 8 9 5 7 3 6 4 8 2 11 4 8 1 Melbourne Ice 3 10 2 7 2 9 5 2 3 5 4 6 4 6 3 2 3 6 4 2 Melbourne Mustangs 4 0 1 3 4 7 6 4 3 4 4 7 3 4 12 2 Newcastle Northstars 1 6 8 2 7 4 7 1 5 4 3 2 9 3 6 3 7 4 8 4 Sydney Bears 5 4 4 0 4 9 5 8 12 2 1 9 7 2 2 3 4 3 10 3 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 14 6 1 6 3 2 8 2 3 3 7 4 5 6 9 3 6 1 12 Updated to match es played on 1 April 2022 Source AIHLLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Fixtures edit The 2022 regular season of 60 games is scheduled to run from 30 April 2022 through to 28 August 2022 with each team playing 20 games The top four teams qualify and advance to compete in the Goodall Cup finals weekend The original schedule for 2022 consisting of 112 games had to be amended following the withdrawal of the Adrenaline and Thunder from the 2022 season resulting in a reduction in the total number regular season games 5 6 April edit April fixtures Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap 30 APR 17 00 CBR Brave 10 3 Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse 1 30 APR 17 30 Melbourne Mustangs 4 7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 2 May edit May fixtures Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap 1 MAY 14 00 CBR Brave 6 4 Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse 3 1 MAY 16 30 Melbourne Mustangs 9 4 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 4 7 MAY 17 00 Newcastle Northstars 3 1 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse 5 7 MAY 17 30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5 9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 6 8 MAY 14 00 Newcastle Northstars 9 2 Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse 7 8 MAY 16 30 CBR Brave 14 1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 8 14 MAY 17 30 Sydney Bears 1 7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 9 14 MAY 17 30 Melbourne Ice 1 9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 10 15 MAY 17 00 Melbourne Ice 3 7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 11 20 MAY 19 30 Melbourne Mustangs 7 2 Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse 12 21 MAY 16 30 Newcastle Northstars 8 2 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 13 21 MAY 17 00 Sydney Bears 7 4 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse 14 22 MAY 14 00 Sydney Bears 2 5 Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse 15 22 MAY 16 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 4 5 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 16 28 MAY 16 30 Melbourne Ice 0 4 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 17 29 MAY 16 30 Melbourne Ice 1 6 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 18 29 MAY 17 00 Sydney Bears 8 7 SO CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 19 June edit June fixtures Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap 3 JUN 19 30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 12 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 20 4 JUN 16 30 CBR Brave 7 3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 21 4 JUN 17 00 Melbourne Mustangs 6 4 Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse 22 5 JUN 16 30 CBR Brave 4 5 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 23 11 JUN 16 30 Melbourne Ice 5 4 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 24 11 JUN 17 30 Melbourne Mustangs 3 6 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 25 11 JUN 17 30 Sydney Bears 4 11 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 26 12 JUN 15 30 Melbourne Ice 2 8 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 27 12 JUN 16 30 Melbourne Mustangs 3 6 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 28 17 JUN 19 30 Melbourne Ice 0 4 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse 29 18 JUN 16 30 Sydney Bears 3 2 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 30 18 JUN 16 30 CBR Brave 6 1 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 31 19 JUN 16 00 CBR Brave 2 3 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 32 25 JUN 17 00 Sydney Bears 6 3 Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse 33 26 JUN 14 00 Sydney Bears 4 3 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse 34 July edit July fixtures Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap 2 JUL 16 30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3 10 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 35 2 JUL 17 00 CBR Brave Cancelled Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse 36 2 JUL 17 30 Melbourne Ice 3 9 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 37 3 JUL 14 00 CBR Brave Cancelled Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse 38 3 JUL 16 30 Melbourne Ice 2 7 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 39 9 JUL 16 30 Newcastle Northstars 6 3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 40 10 JUL 16 30 CBR Brave 9 1 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 41 16 JUL 17 30 Sydney Bears 4 7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 42 16 JUL 17 30 Melbourne Mustangs 4 9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 43 17 JUL 17 00 Melbourne Mustangs 4 6 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 44 23 JUL 17 00 Melbourne Ice 4 3 OT Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse 45 23 JUL 17 30 Newcastle Northstars 3 9 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 46 24 JUL 17 00 Newcastle Northstars 2 8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 47 30 JUL 17 30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4 8 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 48 August edit August fixtures Date Time Away Score Home Location Recap 6 AUG 16 30 Newcastle Northstars 8 5 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 49 6 AUG 17 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 5 3 Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse 50 7 AUG 14 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 4 6 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse 51 13 AUG 16 30 Melbourne Mustangs 3 2 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 52 13 AUG 17 30 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre 53 14 AUG 16 30 Melbourne Mustangs 9 6 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 54 19 AUG 19 30 Sydney Bears 12 1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink 55 20 AUG 17 00 Newcastle Northstars 2 3 OT Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse 56 21 AUG 14 00 Newcastle Northstars 7 4 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse 57 27 AUG 16 30 Newcastle Northstars 3 4 OT Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink 58 27 AUG 17 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 12 Melbourne Mustangs O Brien Icehouse 59 28 AUG 14 00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 4 Melbourne Ice O Brien Icehouse 60 Standings edit Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 CBR Brave C 18 15 0 1 2 141 56 85 49 2022 Goodall Cup Finals 2 Newcastle Northstars 20 15 0 2 3 112 74 38 47 3 Sydney Bears 20 10 2 0 8 105 93 12 34 4 Melbourne Mustangs 18 8 0 1 9 89 83 6 28 5 Melbourne Ice 20 3 2 0 15 54 116 62 13 6 Sydney Ice Dogs 20 3 0 0 17 66 145 79 9Source AIHL Elite ProspectsRules for classification Tie break 1 points 2 goal difference 3 number of goals scored Points 3 points for regulation win 2 points for OT or SO win 1 point for OT or SO loss 0 points for regulation loss Note CBR Brave and Melbourne Mustangs were awarded 3 points each for 2 cancelled games 22 Their points tallies reflect this adjustment C Champion Skater statistics edit 2022 AIHL season top ten skater statistics for points goals assists and penalty minutes 101 Points Name Team Pos Pts 1 nbsp Casey Kubara CB F 52 2 nbsp Wehebe Darge CB F 50 3 nbsp Mario Valery Trabucco CB F 46 4 nbsp Francis Drolet NN F 45 5 nbsp Scott Timmins MM F 41 6 nbsp Daniel Berno NN F 40 7 nbsp Tomas Landa SB F 38 8 nbsp Andreas Camenzind CB F 38 9 nbsp Ty Wishart MM D 36 10 nbsp Alexandre Gauthier SB D 34 Goals Name Team Pos G 1 nbsp Casey Kubara CB F 25 2 nbsp Scott Timmins MM F 23 3 nbsp Daniel Berno NN F 23 4 nbsp Mario Valery Trabucco CB F 20 5 nbsp Francis Drolet NN F 18 6 nbsp Wehebe Darge CB F 17 7 nbsp Tomas Landa SB F 16 8 nbsp Strat Allen SD D 15 9 nbsp Andreas Camenzind CB F 14 10 nbsp Robert Malloy NN D 14 Assists Name Team Pos A 1 nbsp Wehebe Darge CB F 33 2 nbsp Ty Wishart MM D 29 3 nbsp Casey Kubara CB F 27 4 nbsp Francis Drolet NN F 27 5 nbsp Mario Valery Trabucco CB F 26 6 nbsp Andreas Camenzind CB F 24 7 nbsp Alexandre Gauthier SB D 23 8 nbsp Tomas Landa SB F 22 9 nbsp Michael Poirier SB D 22 10 nbsp Tyler Kubara CB F 22 Penalty minutes Name Team Pos PIM 1 nbsp Sam Hodic MI F 64 2 nbsp Alexandre Gauthier SB D 59 3 nbsp Alec Stephenson SD F 57 4 nbsp Liam Manwarring NN F 53 5 nbsp Joey Hughes CB F 51 6 nbsp Shannon McGregor SD D 49 7 nbsp Sean Oultram NN D 47 8 nbsp Jermaine Joyce MI D 44 9 nbsp Patrick Nadin NN F 39 10 nbsp Christian Pansino MI F 38 Goaltender statistics edit 2022 AIHL season top ten1 goaltender statistics for goals against average and save percentage 102 1 Due to reduced regular season and competing teams in 2022 there were only 6 goaltenders who played 10 games to qualify for these lists Goals against average Name Team Pos GAA 1 nbsp Alexandre Tetreault CB G 2 74 2 nbsp James Downie NN G 3 77 3 nbsp Glen Forbes White SB G 4 19 4 nbsp Sebastian Woodlands MM G 4 39 5 nbsp Michael James MI G 5 71 6 nbsp Jakob Doornbos SD G 6 80 Save percentage Name Team Pos SV 1 nbsp Alexandre Tetreault CB G 893 2 nbsp James Downie NN G 883 3 nbsp Sebastian Woodlands MM G 873 4 nbsp Michael James MI G 862 5 nbsp Jakob Doornbos SD G 853 6 nbsp Glen Forbes White SB G 851 Awards edit Skaters Network local player of the week edit Every Tuesday the League through sponsorship names a local player of the week 103 The award is based on the following criteria individual performance including significant game statistics contribution to the team s success through individual leadership abilities and performance off the ice including community engagement Round Awarded to Pos Ref 1 nbsp Wehebe Darge F Ref 2 nbsp James Downie G Ref 3 nbsp Jordon Brunt F Ref 4 nbsp Christian Pansino F Ref 5 nbsp Kenshin Hayashi F Ref 6 nbsp Casey Kubara F Ref 7 nbsp Strat Allen F Ref 8 nbsp Sebastian Woodlands G Ref 9 nbsp Glen Forbes White G Ref 10 nbsp Jake Ratcliffe F Ref 11 nbsp Richard Tesarik F Ref 12 nbsp Mitchell Humphries F Ref 13 nbsp Michael James G Ref 14 nbsp Liam Manwarring F Ref 15 nbsp Daniel Pataky D Ref 16 nbsp Matt Armstrong F Ref 17 nbsp Ellesse Carini F Ref 18 nbsp Tim Nikitin F Ref Season awards edit Below lists the 2022 AIHL regular season award winners 104 Award Name Team MVP nbsp Casey Kubara CBR Brave Goaltender nbsp Michael James Melbourne Ice Defenceman nbsp Ty Wishart Melbourne Mustangs Local nbsp Casey Kubara CBR Brave Rookie nbsp Ethan Hawes Newcastle Northstars Coach nbsp Kevin Noble Newcastle NorthstarsGoodall Cup playoffs editThe 2022 finals weekend will see the implementation of the new finals format announced by AIHL in March 2022 for the first time 105 It is scheduled to begin on Friday 2 September with the major and minor semi finals On Saturday 3 September the first ever AIHL preliminary final will take place while the Goodall Cup final will be held on Sunday 4 September 105 Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advance to the finals weekend which is to be held at O Brien Icehouse in Docklands Melbourne 7 This will be the ninth time the Icehouse has hosted the AIHL Finals The series involves single game match ups at all stages The top two teams from the AIHL regular season play off in the major semi final for an automatic spot in the Goodall Cup final The teams who finished third and fourth in the regular season play off in an elimination game in the minor semi final The winner of the minor semi final advances to the preliminary final to play the loser of the major semi final The winner of the preliminary final progresses to the Goodall Cup final and the loser is eliminated The winner of the grand final is named AIHL Champion and lifts the historic Goodall Cup 105 The Brave Northstars Bears and Mustangs qualified for the 2022 finals weekend 106 The Mustangs were the first team eliminated with the Brave progressing straight from the semi finals to the Goodall Cup Final 107 The Northstars defeated the Bears with a golden goal in overtime in the first ever preliminary final to reach the Goodall Cup Final 108 The Brave won the grand final defeating the Northstars to lift the Goodall Cup for the second time in the team s history Joey Hughes was named Finals MVP after the grand final Hughes continued to extend his record as the most decorated player in AIHL history winning his seventh Goodall Cup 109 110 SemifinalsPreliminary finalGrand final2 September Melbourne4 September MelbourneCBR Brave6CBR Brave3Newcastle Northstars13 September MelbourneNewcastle Northstars2Newcastle Northstars42 September MelbourneSydney Bears3Sydney Bears7Melbourne Mustangs3 All times are UTC 10 00 Semi finals edit 2 September 202217 00Sydney Bears7 3 2 3 2 0 3 0 Melbourne MustangsO Brien IcehouseGame referenceAnthony KimlinGoaliesSebastian WoodlandsReferees Rob LoveJoey TheriaultLinesmen Russel DowHaydan RogersJake Ratcliffe Gauthier Newmark 2 031 01 110 18 Lee Turner S Belic A Belic 1 213 47 Sean Jones Wishart Alexander Gauthier Landa Haselhurst 15 522 22 318 41 Matt Armstrong Timmins Wishart Michael Poirier Landa Gauthier 31 113 3Tomas Landa Gauthier Poirier 34 084 3Kenshin Hayashi Haselhurst Kimlin 53 275 3Kenshin Hayashi Poirier Clare 55 156 3Brian Kim Unassisted 57 397 38 minPenalties10 min38Shots36 2 September 202220 30CBR Brave6 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 Newcastle NorthstarsO Brien IcehouseGame referenceAlex TetreaultGoaliesCharles SmartReferees Jeff KlinckKent UnwinLinesmen David RehakMark Peruzzo0 15 44 Robert Malloy Tesarik Manwarring Mitchell Henning Valery Trabucco Cockerill 12 191 1Joseph Hughes Camenzind 21 292 1Joseph Hughes Unassisted 31 023 1Wehebe Darge Bronte Lodge 45 244 1Tyler Kubara Darge Hughes 52 525 1Kai Miettinen Lodge Henning 54 566 112 minPenalties6 min54Shots28 Preliminary final edit 3 September 202217 00Newcastle Northstars4 3 OT 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 Sydney BearsO Brien IcehouseGame referenceCharles SmartGoaliesAnthony KimlinReferees Kent UnwinRob LoveLinesmen Haydan RogersMark Peruzzo0 101 38 Tomas Landa Hayashi 0 205 51 Tomas Landa Gauthier Ethan Hawes Taylor Ward 10 341 2Richard Tesarik Hawes 17 442 22 353 00 Tomas Landa Unassisted Daniel Berno Hawes Malloy 57 493 3Patrick Nadin Berno 62 504 310 minPenalties6 min27Shots29 Final edit 4 September 202214 00CBR Brave3 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 Newcastle NorthstarsO Brien IcehouseGame referenceAlex TetreaultGoaliesCharles SmartReferees Joey TheriaultJeff KlinckLinesmen David RehakRussel DowJoseph Hughes Cockerill Brunt 09 071 0Wehebe Darge Giorgi 10 292 02 124 44 Francis Drolet Malloy Tesarik Casey Kubara Darge Valery Trabucco 53 323 13 259 52 Robert Malloy Hawes 10 minPenalties12 min53Shots22Trans Tasman All Star game edit2022 was the inaugural season for the Trans Tasman All Star game between the champions of the AIHL and champions of the New Zealand Ice Hockey League NZIHL The game forms part of the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between Ice Hockey Australia IHA and New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation NZIHF on 15 February 2022 111 Game was cancelled and replaced with a Trans Tasman Challenge thee game series between the Australian and New Zealand national teams held at O Brien IceHouse in Melbourne 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