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CBR Brave

January 01, 1970

The CBR Brave is a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Canberra, ACT. The team is a member of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The team was founded in 2014 to replace the defunct Canberra Knights in the AIHL. Their home venue is the Phillip Ice Skating Centre known as The Brave Cave. The Brave have claimed two Goodall Cup championships and four H Newman Reid Trophy premierships.

CBR Brave
CityCanberra, Australian Capital Territory
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
Founded5 March 2014 (10 years ago) (2014-03-05)
Operated2014–present
Home arenaPhillip Ice Skating Centre
ColoursNavy blue, yellow, white
     
Owner(s)Cruachan Investments (Stephen Campbell)
CEOStephen Campbell
General managerJordie Gavin
Head coachStuart Philps
CaptainKai Miettinen
AffiliateJunior Brave
Websitebrave.theaihl.com
Franchise history
2014 - presentCBR Brave
Championships
Conference titles1 (2023)
H Newman Reid Trophies4 (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
Goodall Cups2 (2018, 2022)
Current uniform
Current season

History edit

The CBR Brave was founded in March 2014 to replace the Canberra Knights in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL).[1]

On 26 February 2014 Knights owner, John Raut, handed back his AIHL licence and folded the team after 33 years of existence citing financial costs, lack of a local player pool and sustained poor performances for the reason he came to this decision.[2][3]

Immediately following the collapse of the Knights, a player group led consortium approached the AIHL with a proposal to take over the vacated licence and form a new team in Canberra.[4] The AIHL was open to the idea, stating it was important for the development of the sport in Australia for there to be a Canberra team. The AIHL laid down three stipulations and requirements for the consortium to meet before granting the team entry. Firstly, a signed home venue agreement, secondly, ability to field a competitive team for the upcoming season and lastly, to prove the team would be financially viable. Upon meeting these requirements the league and teams voted to grant the consortium a provisional twelve-month licence to compete in the 2014 AIHL season.[1]

On 6 March 2014, CBR Brave is born under the guidance of new owners Allinsure director Peter Chamberlain and advertising firm Coordinate's owner-director Jamie Wilson after the pair got in contact with Mark Rummukainen, head of the player consortium.[5]

On 15 March 2014, The Brave management in conjunction with co-owner Jamie Wilson's design firm, Coordinate, revealed their team brand and logo, a stylised version of the word "Brave".[6]

2014 inaugural season edit

On 31 March 2014, CBR Brave announced their first ever import signing with the acquisition of twenty-two-year-old Finnish goaltender Petri Pitkänen from Finnish third division champions KeuPa HT.[7] Petri proved a huge success as the Brave's number one goaltender in the 2014 season alongside fellow successful imports Anton Kokkonen, Stephen Blunden and Mathieu Ouellette who finished 1, 2 and 3 in the Brave player statistics leader board, which equated to 2, 3 and 4 for the entire league.[8]

On 12 April 2014, The Brave took to the ice in their maiden AIHL match at home in front of around 1000 fans against the Newcastle North Stars. The visitors won the match 2-0 but the match was described by the media as a major win for the city of Canberra as the CBR Brave did not exist a few weeks prior and it took a community led miracle of sorts to get the new team up off the ground and onto the ice thanks to a successful community and fan led fundraising campaign that raised over $27,000.[9]

26 April 2014, Round 3, In their second match after a bye in round 2, the Brave registered their inaugural victory in the AIHL regular season with a 6–2 victory over the then reigning champions Sydney Ice Dogs with a break-out third period domination at home in front of a sold-out crowd of 1000 people.[10]

On 10 August 2014, The Brave secured a top four finish in the AIHL regular season by coming third in the overall rankings, granting them a place in the 2014 AIHL Goodall Cup Finals Series held at Medibank Icehouse in Docklands, Victoria. It is the first time a Canberra team has made the finals series since the AIHL was formed in 2000 and the first time a Canberra team had a shot at securing the Goodall Cup since 1998.[11]

On 23 August 2014, The Brave hosted their 2014 season presentation night at the Woden Tradies Club where Finnish goaltender Petri Pitkänen took out the inaugural MVP (Most Valuable Player) award, the top prize for the season. In other awards, Mathieu Ouellette was named best two-way player, Stephen Blunden was named best forward and Matt Harvey took out the best defender award. Aaron Clayworth clinched both players' player and coaches' award, Anton Kokkonen was named fan's choice while captain Mark Rummukainen took home the John Lewis Memorial Award. The final award for the night went to young gun Kai Miettinen who was named best u23 player. Petri Pitkänen and Mathieu Ouellette were also shortlisted for league awards, Mathieu missed out on the top honour but Petri was selected as the AIHL Goaltender of 2014.[12]

30 August 2014, The Brave lost their semi-final match to the Melbourne Ice 6–1 in front of 1,500 fans, ending their inaugural season in the process.[13][14]

2015 season edit

On 30 January 2015, Brave announce the appointment of Brad Hunt as the new head coach for the 2015 AIHL season. Brad was originally going to take on the assistant coach role for 2015 after hanging up the skates at the end of the 2014 season but with former head coach Matti Louma leaving the club to take on a development coaching position in Perth, Hunt was promoted to head coach instead.[15]

On 9 February 2015, 2015 AIHL season draw changes, originally released 4 December 2014, affected the CBR Brave with an additional three games to be played in Canberra for the 2015 season after the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs opted to play their home games against the Brave in Canberra instead of Sydney. This resulted in 17 home games for the Brave in 2015 as opposed to the standard 14.[16]

On 31 March 2015, CBR Brave in conjunction with Ice Hockey ACT announced the formation of the Junior Brave to compete in the 2015 NSW Midget League. The team is coached by former AIHL player and Australian representative Andrew Brunt. The Junior Brave are the first Canberra-based team to compete in the NSW Midget League since 2011 when Canberra Phoenix left the league. In their inaugural year, the Junior Brave were runners up, beating the Canterbury Eagles 3–2 in the semi-final and losing the final to defending champions, the Liverpool Saints 3–1. Three of the Junior Brave players made their debut with the CBR Brave in the AIHL – goalie Alexandre Tetrault, and forwards Jayden Lewis and Jordon Brunt. Alexandre Tetrault was also selected to represent Australia in the Under 20 World Championships in Serbia in 2016.[17]

On 14 July 2015, CBR Brave Chairman Peter Chamberlain confirmed the mutual separation between the team and head coach Brad Hunt with immediate effect. On ice performances during the 2015 AIHL regular season and future planning were cited as the main reasons for the decision. In the same statement the Board confirmed current first choice import goaltender, Josh Unice, would take over as head coach on an interim basis for the remainder of the 2015 AIHL season including finals. Veteran defenceman, Aaron Clayworth, would join Josh in moving from the player roster to the coaching staff by taking over as assistant coach. A committee was established to oversee the selection process of a permanent head coach for the 2016 AIHL season.[18]

On 16 August 2015, The CBR Brave officially secured fourth place in the AIHL regular season to give the team a birth in the 2015 AIHL Finals and a second shot at the Goodall Cup in as many seasons. This came about as a result of a shootout victory over the top team Newcastle North Stars 6–5 at the Brave Cave, Canberra, ACT, when Jordan Gavin slotted home in sudden death as well as other results going the Brave's way.[19]

The following weekend, 22 August 2015, the CBR Brave played their final match of the 2015 AIHL regular season away to the last placed Sydney Ice Dogs at the Phillip Ice Skating Centre, as the Ice Dogs moved their home match to Canberra. With the Brave guaranteed to finish fourth and the Ice Dogs to finish last the match was a dead rubber. Both Stephen Blunden and Kelly Geoffrey finished the match with six points as Blunden fired in 4 goals and 2 assists with Kelly achieving the opposite. Veteran forward, Ryan Johnson, grabbed the buzzer beating final goal in the third period with seventeen seconds to go to send the Brave into the Finals on the back of a 7–2 victory. The win also officially cemented the Brave's fourth-place finish in the 2015 AIHL season. One place and two points behind their inaugural season's finish, an amazing finish considering before Josh Unice took over the team was second last and after Unice took over the team won six of seven games.[20]

On 23 August 2015, the Brave hosted their annual 'Brave Ball' gala evening at the Woden Tradies Club at which the 2015 season team awards were handed out. Stephen Blunden headed the awards night with three awards (Bravest of the Brave, Best Forward, Highest Point Scorer) with Jimmy Byers following closely behind with two awards (Emerging Brave, Fans Choice). Rounding out the awards Ryan Johnson won the John Lewis Memorial Award for the most dedicated player of the season on and off the ice, Best Defender went to Kyle Mariani, Mark Rummukainen won the Player's Player while Kai Miettinen and Peter Taylor shared the Coaches' Award. At the same event the Brave announced the formation of the CBR Brave Foundation to better connect the team to the local community and charities.[21][22]

On 29 August 2015, in front of 1,200 passionate fans, the CBR Brave took on the league premiers, Newcastle North Stars, in game one (semi-final one) of the 2015 AIHL Finals. The Brave controlled the first two periods of the match that produced two shorthanded goals to Kelly Geoffrey and Stephen Blunden before Blunden got his second of the match in the second period to put the Brave up 3–0. The North Stars finally got on the score sheet in the second period on the power play as the Brave continued to get into penalty strife. The third period saw a complete change in the match with Newcastle dominating and league MVP Geordie Wudrick coming out and scoring a hat trick to send the premiers through to the grand final and knock the Brave out of the Finals at the same stage as the season before. Aleksi Toivonen and Stephen Blunden were selected as 2nd and 3rd Stars of the game.[23][24]

2016 season edit

The Brave were sufficiently impressed with Josh Unice’s interim stint to hand him the permanent head coaching role with a three-year contract on 9 March 2016.[25] The experienced Dave Rogina was retained as assistant coach and Stuart Philips was brought in as strength and conditioning coach.[26] Six imports were confirmed in the 2016 Brave roster, which was released on 12 April 2016.[27] The core group of Australian players were retained from 2015.[27] The headline addition to the roster was Canadian forward Geordie Wudrick, who joined from rivals Newcastle Northstars.[25] Wudrick joined the Brave as current AIHL MVP after he broke the league’s points and goals records in 2015 with Newcastle.[28] A few days later, on 18 April 2016, the Brave announced a new cooperative partnership with Canberra’s Australian Baseball League team, the Canberra Cavalry. Member benefits would extend between fans of the two teams and joint marketing opportunities between the two organisations would be explored.[29] Further expanding the Brave’s local partnership program, the team further agreed to a mutually beneficial partnership with the Australian Defence Force hockey team the Navy Tigersharks. Announced pre-game on 23 April 2016, the new partnership looked to promote ice hockey within the Australian Defence community and assist in establishing a development pathway for emerging talent.[30]

Canberra opened the 2016 season with a 5-2 victory over the Sydney Ice Dogs at the Brave Cave. The Brave’s new imports, Wudrick, Brandi and Prokop, made instant impacts for the team, scoring four goals. Australian rookie, Casey Kubara, also scored his first AIHL goal. Unice reserved special praise post-game for the debut defensive display of Adelaide-born youngster, Zach Boyle.[31] In the first game of the season between the Brave and North Stars, Canadian import Art Bidlevskii suffored a freak accident that left him in hospital with a broken throat. Bidlevskii was advised to never play hockey again or risk being placed in a coma and losing his life. He retired as a player and took a position as assistant coach for the Brave.[32] With the Brave fighting for the league premiership in the top half of the standings, it surprised the Canberra hockey community when the Brave announced the immediate departure of head coach Josh Unice, one week out from Finals on 17 August 2016. ‘Personal reasons’ was given for the sudden departure. CBR Brave director, Warren Apps, announced ex-player and current assistant coach, Art Bidlevskii, would take on the head coaching role on an interim bases for the remainder of the season.[33] The Brave suffered a surprise 4–6 defeat to last placed Ice Dogs in the final game of the regular season at Liverpool, Sydney on 20 August 2016. The result was enough for Canberra to secure a top four finish and qualify for the AIHL Finals for the third year running.[34]

On 27 August 2026, the Brave commenced their Goodall Cup tilt with a win over home team favourites Melbourne Ice, defeating the Ice 4–3 in overtime. The game was marked with dramatic goals by both teams. First, the Ice sent the game into overtime with a dramatic last-minute goal by Lasse Lassen. His shot was first deemed to have hit the bar and the game continued, but the referees and linespeople then conferred together and decided it was a goal. Lastly, the game winning goal in overtime was scored by Brave defender Jan Safar as he stepped back into the ice from the penalty box to give the Brave a quick breakaway and a golden goal.[35] This was the first time the Brave had won an AIHL Finals game or progressed to the Goodall Cup Final.[36] The following day, on 28 August 2016, the Brave lined up against bitter rivals Newcastle North Stars for a shot at winning the AIHL Championship title and lifting the historic Goodall Cup. A slow start to the game for the Brave cost the team dearly, as they could not claw back from 2-0 down. A third period goal to Wudrick against his old team proved nothing more than a consolation for Canberra. Newcastle claimed the title and hoisted the Goodall Cup for the second year in a row.[37]

Following the end of the season, on 12 September 2016, two Brave players claimed three AIHL season awards.[38] Jan Safar was named AIHL Defenceman of the year.[39] Casey Kubara was named both local player and rookie of the year.[40] In November, the Brave were named finalists for the innovation award at the inaugural CBR Sports Awards alongside Tennis ACT, Ginninderra Athletics Club and Touch Football ACT.[41] The Brave then narrowly lost the innovation award to Ginniderra Athletics Club at the award ceremony on 11 November 2016.[42]

2017 - 2021 edit

The CBR Brave commenced a new direction in 2017. On 23 January 2017, the team appointed a new head coach. Former Newcastle Northstars player Rob Starke took the reins for his first coaching position since retiring as a player at the end of 2016.[43] It was a controversial appointment given the fierce rivalry and animosity between the two teams.[44] The Brave qualified for Finals again in 2017, finishing third in the regular season behind the Melbourne Ice and Perth Thunder.[45] Canberra then defeated the Thunder 6–2 in the semi-finals in Melbourne.[46] However, they were defeated 1–4 in the Goodall Cup Final by the Melbourne Ice in front of a packed arena of Ice fans.[47] It was the Brave’s second straight grand final loss. Following the conclusion of the season, on 3 September 2017, CBR Brave’s all-time leading points scorer, Stephen Blunden, announced his departure from the team to return to his native Canada.[48]

 
Canadian import goaltender, Matt Hewitt, hoists the Goodall Cup trophy in 2018 after helping the CBR Brave beat the Sydney Bears 4–3 in overtime in the final at the Icehouse, Melbourne

The 2018 AIHL season saw the CBR Brave break AIHL records for most wins and points in a single season on their way to topping the league standings.[49] The Brave secured top spot in the league with five games remaining in the regular season and ended the season with twenty four wins from twenty eight matches for a return of seventy two points.[50] The Brave ended the regular season eighteen points ahead of the Sydney Bears in second place to clinch the franchise's first title, the H Newman Reid Trophy.[51] In the 2018 Finals Weekend the CBR Brave defeated the Melbourne Mustangs 5–1 in the first semi-final on Saturday 1 September 2018 to qualify for the Goodall Cup Final the following day.[52] On 2 September 2018, the Brave faced-off against the Sydney Bears in the final and were victorious in overtime with a 4–3 victory. The Brave led the match 2-0 after the first period but the Bears fought back in the second period and took the lead into the second break 3–2. The Brave levelled the match in the third period before scoring the golden goal winner in overtime.[53] The Brave became the first Canberra based ice hockey franchise to lift the Goodall Cup and the second Canberra based team overall, following the ACT representative team's victory in 1998.[54] Canberra Brave's Dave and Jayden Lewis became the first father-son duo in Australian Ice Hockey League history to lift the Goodall Cup.[55] American import forward, Trevor Gerling, finished equal top points scorer in the league.[56] Canadian import goaltender, Matt Hewitt, finished top in the league goaltender standings and Australian international, Wahebe Darge, won the AIHL best local player award for 2018.[57][58] Foundation player, Jordie Gavin who was instrumental in building the CBR Brave following the collapse of the Canberra Knights, retired after the 2018 AIHL final, his first Goodall Cup success.[59]

Big changes in 2019 for the Brave. The team ownership changed for the first time on 28 March 2019. Inaugural consortium (Chamberlain, Wilson and Apps) reached agreement with Canberra Cavalry consortium (Amodio and McMichael) for the sale.[60] The two franchises merged to create Canberra’s first single multi-sport organisation.[60] Resources were pooled together, enabling a year-round professional administrative office, a first for an AIHL team.[61] The ownership transition was staggered with the original consortium continuing to run the Brave for the remainder of 2019.[62] On the ice in 2019, the Brave won 26 of 28 games to win the premiership and lift the H Newman Reid Trophy for the second time. In a dominant performance, the Brave finished 25 points ahead of second place Newcastle Northstars.[63] Canberra broke many AIHL and team records in 2019, including: most wins (26), most points (79), largest winning streak (17 games), most goals scored (161), fewest goals conceded in a 28-game season (67) and least losses in a 28-game season (2).[64] However, regular season dominance did not translate to success in Finals in 2019. The Brave were eliminated early with a 4–6 defeat to the Sydney Bears in the semi-finals.[65]

The new ownership took control in 2020 with Amodio and McMichael taking prominent executive positions within the team.[66] On 24 February 2020, Rob Starke left the Brave to return home to Canada. He left having guided the team to their first trophies and a win percentage of over 77%.[67] A few days later, on 27 February 2020, the Brave announced Starke's successor, Stuart Phiilps would take the reins as head coach.[68] Philips joined the Brave having spent time as assistant coach of the team previously and was current Australian women's national team head coach.[69] Preparations for Season 2020 where then interrupted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.[70] The league subsequently cancelled both the 2020 and 2021 AIHL seasons due to the state and international border shutdowns in Australia caused by the pandemic.[71][72] In 2021, the Brave ownership collapsed owing debts to creditors of the Canberra Cavalry.[73] Joint management with the Cavs ceased and ownership transitioned to new CEO, Sunny Singh.[74] In September, the Brave were able to host an exhibition game to celebrate 40 years of ice hockey in the ACT. Current Brave and former Canberra Knights players participated in the event, which also marked the original retirement of then team captain Matt Harvey.[75]

2022 - Present edit

The Brave next played hockey in 2022 with the return of a reduced six-team league season.[76] The Brave were successful in 2022, claiming the premiership and championship double, lifting the Goodall Cup for the second time and completing a three-peat of H Newman Reid trophies.[77][78] The CBR Brave were unsuccessful in their attempt at going back-to-back in lifting the Goodall Cup in 2023. They were beaten in the grand final by the Melbourne Mustangs, being shutout for the first time in Finals.[79] Canberra did secure a fourth consecutive H Newman Reid Trophy in a new expanded 10-team two-conference AIHL league system.[80] This result, also meant the Brave claimed the first ever Rurak Conference Trophy.[80]

Club identity edit

Branding and design edit

The name and branding for the new club, CBR Brave, was carefully crafted by advertising agency Coordinate on the appointment by the members of the consortium in an effort to break away from the Knights history and to start afresh. This was also due in part to previous Knights owner, John Raut, retaining the rights to the old club's name.[81]

The Brave branding has received praise from sections of the media with Chris Meister at Hewitt Sports praising the work behind the new club's branding describing the CBR Brave branding as ‘the jewel in the AIHL’s branding crown. The new standard in club branding for the league and something every other club should aspire to and try and emulate or risk looking subpar moving into the future.' Chris pointed out how well the yellow and navy blue contrast together and how sharp and clean the logo looks. Both ingredients for a professional and noticeable look on TV and other mediums of media. Chris also paid special attention to the landmark achievement of the marketing videos put out by The Brave on Vimeo to attract membership and promote the club, stating “it is now the video that all other video’s from AIHL teams will be judged.”[82]

Name edit

Instead of the traditional use of Canberra in the naming of the team, the consortium opted to adopt CBR based from the 2013 ACT Government project, designed to promote Canberra through the use of the CBR brand.[83] CBR gave the team a unique identity in a crowded Canberra sports market that already has a host of teams that use "Canberra" at the beginning to form part of their names (Canberra Raiders; Canberra Capitals; Canberra Cavalry; Canberra United). "Brave" was selected as it embodied the values of the team, community and fans. This was a brave group of players and fans who came together in the eleventh hour to donate time, money and resources to ensure ice hockey remained in the Nation's Capital.[84]

 
CBR Brave long-form Alt logo

Colours edit

The Brave embraced the Australian Capital Territory flag colours of yellow, navy blue and white. The colours can be seen in use in the arena, on team merchandise, official social media accounts, the team website and in advertising videos. The Brave home kits are predominantly navy blue with yellow and white accents while the away kits are predominantly white.[5] In 2017, the Brave switched from its traditional white away kits to a light grey with navy blue accents.[84]

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The Brave logo is designed as a custom hand drawn typeface that can be utilised in its entirety as "Brave" or simply as a "B" for a standalone icon.[84]

Kit evolution edit

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Mascot edit

 
Braveheart Tiger Mascot

CBR Brave have one official and one unofficial mascot. In 2014 there was just one unofficial mascot, the Braveheart Tiger. However, the team introduced a new official mascot in 2015, the Brave Bot, which looks like a Transformer-type mascot that was introduced to the Brave fans for the first time in the opening round of the 2015 AIHL season when the Brave took on the Sydney Bears at the Brave Cave. The Brave Bot led the team out onto the ice to the background track of techno music (SKRILLEX – Bangarang feat. Sirah). At half time there was a mascot dance off performed for the crowd.[85]

Fans edit

 
Braveheart fans at the Brave Cave, Canberra

CBR Brave has two unofficial supporters groups, CBR Brave Hecklers and The Bravehearts. The Hecklers were founded 2 July 2011 as the Canberra Knights Hecklers but once the Knights folded the Hecklers switched to the Brave. The group is known for being very vocal at Brave home games with relentless heckling of the visiting team to make their trip to the capital a tough experience. The group use the social media platform Facebook to share experiences and keep in touch between matches. The Bravehearts were formed at the same time as the new team and members paint their faces and wear a tartan sash. Both supporter groups have their specific reserved locations at the ice rink on match days.[86]

On 22 April 2016, Second City Hockey (SCH), the SB Nation Chicago Blackhawks supporters blog, announced they had adopted the CBR Brave as their AIHL team to support in the NHL offseason. SCH will cover the league on their blog and promote the Brave partnership to their membership.[87] This announcement came after fellow SB Nation hockey blogs, Pension Plan Puppets (Toronto Maple Leafs), Stanley Cup of Chowder (Boston Bruins) and Die by the Blade (Buffalo Sabres) held public polls and selected Perth Thunder, Melbourne Mustangs / Newcastle North Stars and Sydney Bears to follow respectively. The Brave were leading the Die by the Blade poll but were withdrawn when selected by Second City Hockey.[88]

Club facilities edit

CBR Brave train and play home matches in the AIHL at the iconic Phillip Ice Skating Centre that is known as the Brave Cave on match-days. The ice rink has a spectator capacity of around one thousand with both seating and standing room utilised. The players enter and exit the ice rink in amongst the crowd giving the fans a unique opportunity to get close to their sporting idols. Nets are used around the rink to stop ice pucks with no plexi-glass installed. There is a bar located on a mezzanine level to the near end of the rink closest to the entry and exit doors. In the first season, The Brave sold out all home matches at the Brave Cave with fans lined up outside in the Canberra winter cold for up to an hour for entry.[89]

On 16 August 2014, ACT Sports Minister, Shane Rattenbury, formally rejected a proposal to build a brand new ice rink attached to the new swimming complex planned for the Molonglo Valley in Canberra's south. Mr Rattenbury's reasons for his decision came from a feasibility study into the proposal ruling out the investment into a second ice rink for a city due to the population size of Canberra at this time. Instead the minister proposed further review of what can be done to upgrade the current privately owned Phillip Ice Centre facility. Brave co-director, Warren Apps, responded to the news on the ACT Grandstand radio program on 666 ABC Canberra by further expressing the need for new investment due to the demand on the current facility now exceeding its capacity. With the CBR Brave struggling to secure enough training time on the ice at Phillip due to all the other sporting and recreational commitments on the facility.[90]

 
Game Day experience at the Brave Cave, Opening night of the 2015 AIHL season CBR Brave vs Sydney Bears, CBR Brave winning 4-2

On 17 January 2016, the ACT Government released a detailed report into ACT Indoor Sports facilities that again raised the issue of ice sports and the Phillip Ice Skating Centre. The report highlighted the issues of having an old private facility at the end of its lifespan servicing a growing ice sports community and national sports franchise in the national capital. The report suggested a full business case and plan be drawn up at exploring alternative options for building a new multi-purpose facility in the fastest growing areas of Canberra, the Molonglo Valley and Gungahlin, where the lower land values can boost a feasibility case for construction compared to re-building in Phillip.[91] Shane Rattenbury responded to the release of the report by saying a new ice sports facility with duel rinks for competition and practice was in the Government's longer-term plans but stressed the need for community engagement and private sector support. CBR Brave part-owner, Peter Chamberlain, concurred with the recommendations of the report in relation to ice sports.[92]

On 26 August 2016, ACT Labor made the announcement as part of their 2016 election campaign that they would pledge to build a new ice sports centre in the south of Canberra as part of a $23.3m four-year plan to upgrade sporting facilities territory wide if re-elected. This policy announcement was made in response to the ACT Indoor Sports Facilities Report commissioned by the government earlier in the year. Initially $75,000 would be spent in conjunction with the Ice Sports Federation on a community consultation program to determine what the community feels is needed and where exactly the facility should be located.[93][94] Ice Hockey ACT (IHACT) welcomed the commitment announcement by the ACT Government to building a new ice sports facility with IHACT's president, Allan McLean, commenting "We are very excited at the thought of playing ice hockey in a new, larger facility with the potential to grow our sport,".[95]

On 19 February 2019, the ACT Government commissioned options paper for a new ice facility for Canberra was released by Lockbridge on behalf of the ACT Ice Sports Federation. The paper outlined three options for a new facility in Canberra. The three options looked at in the report included a twin sheet facility planned over two levels, a twin sheet facility planned over one level and a single rink facility planned over two levels. The projected price range between the three options spanned between $22.6 million to $35.4 million. All three options did not meet IHACT seating capacity requirements of 2000 seating and 500 standing as outlined in the IHACT function brief. The two-story options provided 1200 seating and 400 standing capacity with the single story option providing a 600 seating and 200 standing capacity. All three options included space for the establishment of the Australian Ice Sports Hall of Fame.[96]

In response to the release of the options paper, the ACT Government announced it would establish a tender process, in the first quarter of 2019, to seek a private partner for the project. The ACT Sports Minister spokesman reiterated the Chief Minister's promise to start construction by 2020 and advised the ACT Government had put money aside in the budget for the project.[97]

Rivalries edit

Newcastle Northstars edit

Over the Brave's first three seasons in the AIHL the club has built a healthy rivalry with the Newcastle Northstars. This rivalry intensified at the end of the 2015 AIHL season when the Northstars came from behind to beat the CBR Brave in the Goodall Cup semi-finals. The Brave scored two shorthanded goals on the way to securing a 3–0 lead deep into the second period of the match before League MVP and AIHL record breaker, Geordie Wudrick, came to life and scored a third period hat trick that set up the Northstars comeback win as they scored a fourth and final goal to win the match 4–3. The Brave were devastated at missing out on the chance to contest the Goodall Cup final for the second year straight and just before the start of the 2016 AIHL season the club announced the signing of the very player that knocked them out the year before, naming Geordie Wudrick as one of the Brave's six import signings for 2016.[98]

 
Fan made poster
 
Middle of nowhere placard given out pre-game on 28 May 2016 for the CBR Brave vs Newcastle North Stars AIHL match

It is very rare in the AIHL to see players switch teams so the move of Wudrick from Newcastle to Canberra made headlines. Newcastle Northstars head coach, Andrew Petrie, slammed the move by the Brave board to 'poach' Wudrick weeks out from the new season, insisting the Northstars and Wudrick had a verbal agreement that he would return to the Hunter Valley. In the interview he labelled Canberra a city "in the middle of nowhere" and made reference to CBR standing for "Can Buy Resources but Can’t Buy Respect" which drew the ire of the CBR Brave fans and the club itself.[99]

Newcastle's head coach, Andrew Petrie, repeated his negative views of the CBR Brave club and management in a second interview with the Newcastle Herald newspaper which prompted a fan reaction from the CBR Brave supporters. On the away trip to Newcastle on 22 May 2016 the travelling CBR Brave fans organised and distributed a special limited edition 'from the middle of nowhere' T-shirt for the supporters to wear to the match.[100] The return match in Canberra on 28 May 2016 saw the club hand out placards to the fans welcoming the North Stars to the middle of nowhere while Brave DJ organised a special one-off walk out song for the Northstars to the tune of 'In the Middle of Nowhere' by Dusty Springfield.

On 26 May 2016, The CBR Brave, after suffering a large number of injuries to the playing roster, announced the signing of a second former Newcastle Northstar's import, Jan Safar.[101] This prompted more banter between the two clubs and fans on social media including the creation of a fan made poster that was put up at the Brave Cave when Newcastle visited Canberra that depicted a fake classifieds advert for import players to apply for the CBR Brave with the condition that they must have previously played for the Newcastle Northstars.

The four regular season matches between the two clubs in 2016 were brutal with a large number of player injuries, including the career ending throat injury to import defenceman Art Bidlevskii and 178 penalty minutes racked up in the box.[102] While the Brave once again suffered heartache to the hands of the North Stars in the 2016 AIHL Finals as the North Stars beat the Brave 2–1 in the Goodall Cup Final.[103][104]

Melbourne Ice edit

2016 saw a firm rivalry between the CBR Brave and Melbourne Ice emerge from an infamous incident involving Lliam Webster and Geordie Wudrick. Webster body slammed Wudrick from behind, knocking him out cold and hospitalising the Brave player. Wudrick missed a large amount of the 2016 AIHL season as a result. The inaction by the match referees incensed the CBR Brave team and fans and this carried through to the return double header weekend in Canberra in August. Brave DJ set the tone for the encounters with a rendition of The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) from Star Wars when the Melbourne Ice players walked out onto the ice. A total of 252 penalty minutes were handed out during the two matches which also saw 6 players ejected, 5 players suspended, 4 separate fights and an all-out on ice melee between all the players. In amongst all the carnage there was nineteen goals scored in the first game and a further seven scored in the second game with two hard fought one goal victories being split between the two teams. The Ice secured a 10–9 victory in the first match after leading 7-2 before a third period rally by the Brave saw them score six unanswered goals to temporarily take the lead 8-7 before succumbing to the visitors late on. While the Brave won the second match 4–3 to inflict only the second regulation time loss of the 2016 season on the Melbourne Ice.[105][106][107][108]

The two teams met again in the semi-finals of the AIHL Finals weekend as 1st (Ice) versus 4th (Brave). The CBR Brave caused a major upset winning the match 4–3 in overtime thanks to a breakaway strike by defenceman Jan Safar but only after a bizarre and at the time controversial goal was scored by Lasse Lassen with a minute twenty five seconds left in the match to tie the game up at 3-3 and send the game to overtime. Lassen took a shot that was hard to judge if it crossed the line or not. Play continued for forty seconds before the officials conferred and decided the puck had crossed the line and awarded the goal.[109][110]

beyondblue Cup record
Team Total wins
Brave 5
Adrenaline 0

Adelaide Adrenaline edit

The CBR Brave developed a friendly rivalry with the Adelaide Adrenaline in the 2015 AIHL season with two fiery matches played with plenty of penalties and player ejections.[111][112] So in accordance with this newly established rivalry the CBR Brave in conjunction the Adrenaline announced the founding of an annual cup named the Beyond Blue Cup that is contested between the two clubs once a season. The cup is named after the Australian beyondblue non-profit organisation that raises awareness and supports people with depression and anxiety. The Cup is used to help spread the core message of beyondblue: "raising awareness and understanding, empowering people to seek help, and supporting recovery, management and resilience against depression".[113]

24 May 2015, The Brave lifted the inaugural Beyond Blue Cup with a comprehensive 8–2 victory over Adelaide Adrenaline off the back of a hat-trick to Canadian import Kelly Geoffrey.[113]

The Brave Foundation edit

On 23 August 2015, The CBR Brave established their very own and new charitable foundation named 'The Brave Foundation'. The purpose of the foundation is to raise awareness and assist people in need who are struggling with mental health issues, particularly PTSD and depression in young men. The Foundation was born out of terrible circumstance when the brother-in-law, Robbie, of former Brave captain Mark Rummukainen sadly took his own life after suffering from depression. Robbie was well known to the Brave management and players with the loss felt by the whole Brave community. Since inception, the foundation has raised money through a number of events including dinners with players and auctioning off match-worn hockey gear. The Brave Foundation spends the money raised on tangible achievements as opposed to handing money over to a charity and not knowing where it ends up. For example, putting people through a program called 'Accidental Councillor' or funding of additional telephones for Lifeline. The Foundation has formed strong connections with a number of reputable charities and services such as Lifeline, beyondblue and Soldier On.[114]

Ownership edit

In 2014, the ACT community banded together to raise funds to keep AIHL hockey in Canberra following the demise of the Knights. Led by former Knights players, Mark Rummukainen and Jordie Gavin, the community raised over $23,000.[5] With the money raised, an ownership consortium was established to work on the business case to secure an AIHL licence.[1] Local businessmen, Peter Chamberlain (Allinsure), Jamie Wilson and Warren Apps (Coordinate) joined Mark Rummukainen to form the ownership consortium.[5]

In 2019, it was announced the CBR Brave ownership consortium had reached a deal with the ownership consortium of the Canberra Cavalry to merge the two franchises into one.[60] Chamberlain, Wilson and Apps would continue to run the team through the 2019 season with a staggered merger period set-up that saw the new team management come into effect in 2020.[61]

In 2020, it was revealed Daniel Amodio and his business partner, Donn McMichael, had become majority shareholders and new directors of the CBR Brave. The new team management was also announced with Daniel Amodio taking up the role of CEO, Donn McMichael becoming chairman of the advisory committee, Sunny Singh become business Operations General Manager and Jordie Gavin stepping into General Manager of hockey operations.[66]

In April 2021, the CBR Brave ownership team of Daniel Amodio and Donn McMichael collapsed following $400,000 in debts owing to creditors with the Canberra Cavalry.[73] Along with the ownership, the joint-management arrangements between the Brave and Cavalry also ceased. In its place, a new management structure was established under new CEO, Sunny Singh. Peter Chamberlain, Jamie Wilson and Warren Apps returned to assist in an advisory capacity through the transition period.[74]

In 2022, the ownership of the CBR Brave had been transferred from Sunny Singh to Cruachan Investments (Stephen Campbell). In May 2022 Steve Moeller was appointed as General Manager and later in 2022 became Chief Operating Officer of the franchise.[115][116]

Players edit

Current roster edit

Team roster for the 2023 AIHL season.[117][118][119]

CBR Brave roster - 2023 AIHL season
Active Roster Inactive Roster Coaching staff
Goaltenders
  • --   Andrew Glass
  • 29   Alexandre Tétreault
  • 35   Aleksi Toivonen

Defencemen

  • 71   Jordan Brunt
  • 44   Nick Christensen
  •  4   Lachlan Fahmy
  • 22   Mike Giorgi
  •  7   Bayley Kubara (A)
  • 61   Joseph Maatouk
  •  8   Cameron Marks (I)
  • 28   Carson Vance (I)
 Forwards
  • 11   Austin Albrecht (I)
  • 27   Andreas Camenzind
  • 42   Jackson Gallagher
  • 81   Matthew Harvey
  •  3   Mitchell Henning
  • 21   Joseph Hughes
  • 15   Casey Kubara (A)
  • 85   Toby Kubara
  • 16   Tyler Kubara
  • 64   Kai Miettinen (C)
  • 96   Ricki Miettinen
  • 93   Félix Plouffe (I)
  • 92   Jake Riley
  • 14   Charlie York
  • 91   Henry York
  • 90   Christopher Stoikos (I) (REL)
 Head Coach
  •   Stuart Philps

Coaches

  •   Jeff Helbren
  •   Peter Di Salvo
  •   Andrew Deans
  •   Darryl Day
  •   Rob Reid
  •   Jono Carey


Legend
(C) Captain
(A) Alternate Captain
(I) Import player

Statistics
Average age: 27.0
Average height: 184.9 cm
Average weight: 84.18 kg
Locals: 21
Imports: 5
Acquired 2023: 9
Acquired pre-2023: 17

Last updated on: 7 August 2023
Elite Prospects IHNA

Former players edit

Further information: List of Former CBR Brave Team Rosters
Further information: List of CBR Brave players

Trophy winning rosters edit

2018 Championship roster

The CBR Brave team of 2018 secured the double by claiming the H Newman Reid Trophy and Goodall Cup. CBR set then league records for most points (72 points) and most wins (24 wins) in a regular AIHL season. The Brave won the finals weekend in Melbourne, defeating the Melbourne Mustangs 5–1 in semi final 1 before defeating the Sydney Bears 4–3 in overtime in the Goodall Cup final. Trevor Gerling was named finals MVP and finished the regular season equal top point scorer (67 points) with Thunder player Pier-Olivier Grandmaison. The Cup victory provided Joey Hughes with his sixth Goodall Cup success, breaking the league record for a single player. It was the first time a Canberra franchise had won the AIHL championship and secured the Goodall Cup. While it was only the second time a team from the ACT had claimed the Goodall Cup. An ACT representative team, which also included Dave Lewis and Mark Rummukainen, won the cup in 1998 in the old inter-state tournament format.

2018 Championship Roster
Goaltenders
  #29 Tynan Theobald   #31 Jakob Doornbos   #35 Alexandre Tetreault   #92 Mat Hewitt
Defenceman
  #4 Channing Bresciani   #7 Bayley Kubara   #12 Mark Rummukainen   #17 James Byers
  #25 Matt Buskas   #26 Darcy Flanagan   #59 Per Daniel Göransson   #81 Matthew Harvey (C)
Forwards
  #3 Mitchell Henning   #6 Christopher McPhail   #9 Wehebe Darge (A)   #11 David Lewis
  #14 Jayden Lewis   #15 Casey Kubara   #16 Tyler Kubara   #19 Jordan Gavin (A)
  #20 Hayden Dawes   #24 Joseph Hughes   #48 Chris Leveille   #64 Kai Miettinen (A)
  #66 Ainars Podzins   #71 Jordan Brunt   #78 Trevor Gerling
Coaching staff
  Robert Starke (Head coach)
   Mike Sargeant (Assistant)   Gordon Cocknell (Assistant)

2019 Premiership roster

The 2019 Brave team broke AIHL regular season records for most wins (26), most points (79), largest winning streak (17 matches), most goals scored (161), fewest goals conceded in a 28 match season (67) and least losses in a 28 match season (2). The Brave won the H Newman Reid Trophy for the second season in a row by finishing as league premiers, 25 points ahead of second placed Newcastle Northstars.

2019 Premiership Roster
Goaltenders
  #29 Alexandre Tetreault   #31 Jakob Doornbos   #33 Matt Climie   #38 Nick Eckhardt
Defenceman
  #7 Bayley Kubara   #10 Tyler Mayea   #12 Mark Rummukainen   #20 Hayden Dawes
  #22 Nicholas Doornbos   #22 Mike Giorgi   #25 Spencer Austin   #41 Matthew Price
  #44 Conor Riley   #80 Jackson Gallagher   #81 Matthew Harvey (C)   #91 Nick Christensen
Forwards
  #3 Mitchell Henning   #9 Wehebe Darge (A)   #11 David Lewis   #14 Jayden Lewis
  #15 Casey Kubara   #16 Tyler Kubara   #21 Joseph Hughes   #23 Adam Kambeitz
  #27 Andreas Camenzind   #28 Jordan Draper   #42 Lachlan Seary   #51 Hamish Murray
  #61 Chris Williamson   #61 Joseph Maatouk   #63 Jesse Gabrielle   #64 Kai Miettinen (A)
  #71 Jordan Brunt   #91 Brayden Low
Coaching staff
  Robert Starke (Head coach)
  Max Ross (Assistant)

2022 Championship roster

The 2022 Brave team won the premiership/championship double for the second time in the team's history. The AIHL in 2022 was a reduced season with six teams rather than eight. The Brave broke two team records in 2022, largest regular season win and largest finals win.

2022 Championship Roster
Goaltenders
  #-- Luke Fiveash   #29 Alexandre Tetreault   #35 Aleksi Toivonen
Defenceman
  #5 Garret Cockerill   #6 Nicholas Doornbos   #7 Bayley Kubara (A)   #18 Jamie Woodman
  #20 Matthew Marasco   #22 Mike Giorgi   #27 Andreas Camenzind   #41 Matthew Price
  #58 Declan Bronte   #61 Joseph Maatouk   #72 Alastair Punler
Forwards
  #3 Mitchell Henning   #9 Wehebe Darge   #11 Lyndon Lodge   #14 Charlie York
  #15 Casey Kubara (A)   #16 Tyler Kubara   #19 Mario Valery-Trabucco   #21 Joseph Hughes
  #42 Jackson Gallagher   #44 Nick Christensen   #64 Kai Miettinen (C)   #71 Jordan Brunt
  #85 Toby Kubara
Coaching staff
  Stuart Philps (Head coach)
  Andrew Brunt (Assistant)

Franchise all-time player records edit

These are the top-ten all-time players in franchise history in the following categories: Appearances,[120] Goals,[121] Assists,[122] Points,[123] Penalty minutes[124]
(Figures are updated after each completed AIHL regular season)

All-time Appearances
No. Name Pos GP
1   Kai Miettinen F 203
2   Tyler Kubara F 151
3   Matthew Harvey D 145
4   Mitchell Henning F 138
11   Dylan Wilson F 130
6   Jimmy Byers D 126
7   Mark Rummukainen D 110
8   Bayley Kubara D 104
9   Jordan Brunt F 99
10   Wehebe Darge F 89
All-time Goals
No. Name Pos G
1   Stephen Blunden F 108
2   Casey Kubara F 83
3   Wehebe Darge F 70
4   Kai Miettinen F 46
5   Tyler Kubara F 44
6   Matthew Harvey D 44
7   Joseph Hughes F 41
8   Geordie Wudrick F 40
9   Jesse Gabrielle F 39
10   Austin Albrecht F 39
All-time Assists
No. Name Pos A
1   Casey Kubara F 140
2   Stephen Blunden F 122
3   Wehebe Darge F 117
4   Matthew Harvey D 86
5   Tyler Kubara F 74
6   Geordie Wudrick F 64
7   Kai Miettinen F 60
8   Jan Safar D 59
9   Joseph Hughes F 53
10   Andy Camenzind F 47
All-time Points
No. Name Pos PTS
1   Stephen Blunden F 230
2   Casey Kubara F 223
3   Wehebe Darge F 187
4   Matthew Harvey D 130
5   Tyler Kubara F 118
6   Kai Miettinen F 106
7   Geordie Wudrick F 104
8   Joseph Hughes F 94
9   Andy Camenzind F 77
10   Austin Albrecht D 76
All-time Penalty Minutes
No. Name Pos PIM
1   Harry Byers F 321
2   Stephen Blunden F 220
3   Kai Miettinen F 212
4   Ryan Johnson F 195
5   Matthew Harvey D 181
6   Joseph Hughes F 150
7   Bayley Kubara D 137
8   Jan Safar D 124
9   Mark Rummukainen D 122
10   David Dunwoodie F 120
As of September 2023

Staff edit

Current as of 2023 AIHL season.[125]

CBR Brave Staff
Role Staff
Head Coach   Stuart Philps
Assistant Coach   Jeff Helbren
Team Manager   Andrew Deans
Equipment Manager   Darryl Day
Team Doctor   Rob Reid
Physiotherapist   Jono Carey
General Manager (hockey operations)   Jordan Gavin
Chief Operating Officer   Steve Moeller
Chief Executive Officer   Stephen Campbell
Bench Official   Darren Sault
Bench Official   Kelly Sault

Leaders edit

Team captains edit

The Brave have had a total of four captains in five terms in the team's history. Former Canberra Knights and Brisbane Blue Tongues player, Mark Rummukainen, was the team's first captain.[126]

No. Name Term
1   Mark Rummukainen 2014–16
2   Jordan Gavin 2016–17
3   Mark Rummukainen 2017–18
4   Matthew Harvey 2018–21
5   Kai Miettinen 2022–Present

References:[127][128]

Further information on team captains in ice hockey: Captain (ice hockey)

Head coaches edit

The Brave have had a total of six head coaches, with five permanent appointments and two interim, in the team's history.[129][130] Canberra's first head coach was Matti Luoma.[131]

No. Name Term Record [a]
. P W T L GF GA +/- Win %
1   Matti Luoma 2014 29 16 1 12 107 95 +12 55.2%
2   Brad Hunt 2015 21 10 0 11 80 82 -2 47.6%
3   Josh Unice (interim) [b] 2015 8 6 0 2 47 26 +21 75%
  Josh Unice 2016 27 17 0 10 125 111 +14 63%
4   Art Bidlevskii (interim) [c] 2016 3 1 0 2 9 11 -2 33.3%
5   Robert Starke 2017–20 89 69 0 20 463 258 +205 77.5%
6   Stuart Philps 2020–Present 48 39 0 6 324 138 +186 81.3%

Notes:

  1. ^ Figures include both regular and post-season statistics.
  2. ^ Unice took over from Hunt, who resigned, and finished the 2015 season before being appointed full time in March 2016.
  3. ^ Following Unice stepping down, Art took over for the final game of the 2016 regular season and the 2016 finals series.
Further information on head coaches in ice hockey: Coach (ice hockey)

Honours edit

Championships edit

  Champions (2): 2018, 2022
  Runners-Up (3): 2016, 2017, 2023
  Premiers (4): 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
  • Rurak Conference Trophy
  Winners (1): 2023

Franchise Awards edit

Each season CBR Brave holds an annual awards night where the team awards a number of players and members of the Brave hockey community.

Season MVP BF BD FC PC CA EB JLMA DA
2014 Petri Pitkänen Stephen Blunden Matt Harvey Anton Kokkonen Aaron Clayworth Aaron Clayworth Kai Miettinen Mark Rummukainen -
2015 Stephen Blunden Stephen Blunden Kyle Marini Jimmy Byers Mark Rummukainen Kai Miettinen
Peter Taylor		 Jimmy Byers Ryan Johnson -
2016 Jan Safar
Mathieu Guertin		 Mathieu Guertin Jan Safar Jimmy Byers Kai Miettinen Not Awarded Casey Kubara Andrew Deans
Judy Deans		 -
2017 Stephen Blunden Stephen Blunden Dominic Jalbert Jan Safar Dominic Jalbert Matt Harvey Bayley Kubara Krisy Maricic
Bede Riley		 -
2018 Trevor Gerling
Matt Hewitt		 Chris Leveille Channing Bresciani Matt Hewitt Wehebe Darge Kai Miettinen Mitch Henning Darryl Day Tristan Metcalfe
2019 Matt Climie Wehebe Darge Matt Harvey Jesse Gabrielle Adam Kambeitz Bayley Kubara Nick Christensen Murray Barton
Mandi Webb		 Robyn Kemp
David Kemp
2022 Mario Valery-Trabucco Casey Kubara Garret Cockerill Mike Giorgi Mario Valery-Trabucco Bayley Kubara Declan Bronte Jordie Gavin Scott Stevenson

References: [132] [133] [134] [135] [136] [137] [138]

CBR Sports Awards edit

Established in December 2016 by the ACT Government to celebrate the city's proud sporting culture by recognising excellence at an individual and team level, innovation and inclusive practices within Canberra's sporting community.[139]
The Brave first made the finalists list for the innovation award in 2017[140] before winning their first award in 2018 by being named the team of the year.[141] The Brave were nominated for Team of the Year again in 2022, and won for a second time. [142]

  • Team of the year
Winners (2): 2018, 2022
  • Ministers Award – Innovation
Winners (0):
Finalists (1): 2017

Team records edit

Firsts edit

First AIHL match: 12 April 2014 (0-2 loss to the Northstars in Canberra)
First AIHL win: 26 April 2014 (6-2 win over the Ice Dogs in Canberra)
First AIHL loss: 12 April 2014 (0-2 loss to the Northstars in Canberra)
First AIHL finals appearance: 30 August 2014 (1-6 loss to the Ice in Melbourne)
First Goodall Cup final appearance: 28 August 2016 (1-2 loss to the Northstars in Melbourne)

Single matches edit

Record goal scoring match: 19 goals (two times: 9–10 against the Ice on 6 August 2016 and 11–8 against the Ice Dogs on 11 August 2018)
Record AIHL regular season win: 14-1 (against the Ice Dogs on 8 May 2022)
Record AIHL regular season loss: 1-7 (against the Mustangs on 1 May 2016)
Record AIHL finals win: 6-1 (against the Northstars on 2 September 2022)
Record AIHL finals loss: 1-6 (against the Ice on 30 August 2014)

Wins/losses edit

Most wins in a regular season: 26 wins (2019 season)
Fewest wins in a regular season: 16 wins (2014, 2015 and 2017 seasons)
Most losses in a regular season: 12 losses (2015 and 2017 seasons)
Fewest losses in a regular season: 2 losses (2019 season)
Record winning streak: 17 matches (between 11 May 2019 and 21 July 2019)
Record losing streak: 4 matches (between 8 July 2017 and 16 July 2017)

Goals edit

Most goals scored in a regular season: 161 (2019 season)
Fewest goals scored in a regular season: 106 (2014 season)
Most goals conceded in a regular season: 117 (2016 season)
Fewest goals conceded in a regular season: 67 (2019 season)

Points edit

Most points in a regular season: 79 (2019 season)
Fewest points in a regular season: 46 (2017 season)

Season-by-season results edit

Further information: List of CBR Brave seasons
CBR Brave Season-by-Season Record
Season Regular season Finals Top points scorer
P W T L OW OL GF GA GD Pts Finish P W L GF GA Result Semi Final Preliminary Final Goodall Cup Final Name Points
2014 28 14 1* 9 2 2 106 89 +17 49 3rd 1 – 1 1 6 Semi-finalist Lost 1-6 (Ice) – –   Stephen Blunden 68
2015 28 13 – 10 3 2 125 104 +21 47 4th 1 – 1 3 4 Semi-finalist Lost 3-4 (North Stars) – –   Stephen Blunden 79
2016 28 15 – 9 2 2 129 117 +12 51 4th 2 1 1 5 5 Runner-up Won 4-3 (Ice) – Lost 1-2 (North Stars)   Geordie Wudrick 50
2017 28 13 – 11 3 1 130 101 +29 46 3rd 2 1 1 7 6 Runner-up Won 6-2 (Thunder) – Lost 1-4 (Ice)   Geordie Wudrick 54
2018 28 24 – 4 – – 152 74 +78 72 1st 2 2 – 9 4 Champion Won 5-1 (Mustangs) – Won 4-3 (OT) (Bears)   Trevor Gerling 67
2019 28 26 – 1 – 1 161 67 +94 79 1st 1 – 1 4 6 Semi-finalist Lost 4-6 (Bears) – –   Jesse Gaberille 67
2020 2020 and 2021 AIHL seasons were cancelled and not contested
2021
2022 18 15 – 2 – 1 141 56 +85 49 1st 2 2 – 9 3 Champion Won 6-1 (Northstars) – Won 3-2 (Northstars)   Casey Kubara 52
2023 26 20 – 4 1 1 170 77 +93 63 1st 2 1 1 4 2 Runner-up Won 4-1 (Thunder) – Lost 0-1 (Mustangs)   Austin Albrecht 76
2024 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Totals 212 140 1 50 11 10 1114 685 +429 13 7 6 42 36

(*) – Despite there being no ties in the AIHL, since the introduction of the shootout in 2006, the Brave and Adrenaline were awarded one point each after their match, on 19 July 2014, was cancelled by the AIHL due to a bus crash involving the travelling Adelaide players and coaching staff en route to Canberra.[143][144]

Key:

Champions Runners-up Third place

Broadcasting edit

Current:

  • AIHL.TV (2023–present) – Worldwide paid subscription-based online video broadcasting published by the AIHL in partnership with the Clutch.TV platform using local production companies at each team’s rink. The service went live in April 2023, and would cover every AIHL regular season and finals games live and on demand.[145]
  • Sportradar (2022 - present) – International online video broadcasting in North America and Europe as part of a league-wide 3-year deal signed in March 2022 in the lead up to the 2022 AIHL season.[146]

Former:

  • Kayo Sports (2022) – Domestic online video broadcasting in Australia as part of the league wide deal struck in the lead up to the 2022 AIHL season to show every AIHL game live.[147]
  • Wonqy. & The Signal Co. Wireless (2020 - 2021) - Wonqy. became the team's second online video broadcasting partner on 12 March 2020. Intended to start in season 2020, Wonqy. would deliver livestreaming of every Brave home match at Phillip Ice Skating Centre for the first time since 2016.[148] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic season 2020 and 2021 were cancelled and Wonqy never delivered live streaming of any AIHL games involving the Brave.
  • Self-broadcast (2017 - 2019) - Between 2017 and 2019 the CBR Brave self-broadcast online audio streams of all home matches utilising the Mixlr platform.[149]
  • Fox Sports (2014 - 2019) - CBR Brave was part of the entire domestic AIHL TV broadcasting deal with Fox Sports to show one game a round on Thursday afternoons.[150]
  • Ascension Sports and Host Works (2014 - 2016) - CBR Brave's original online video broadcasting partner was Ascension Sports and Host Works, signed on 11 April 2014 to broadcast every Brave home match live online through the Ascension Sports website, the agreement came to an end in 2017 when league broadcasting rules were changed.[151]

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The CBR Brave is a semi professional ice hockey team based in Canberra ACT The team is a member of the Australian Ice Hockey League AIHL The team was founded in 2014 to replace the defunct Canberra Knights in the AIHL Their home venue is the Phillip Ice Skating Centre known as The Brave Cave The Brave have claimed two Goodall Cup championships and four H Newman Reid Trophy premierships CBR BraveCityCanberra Australian Capital TerritoryLeagueAustralian Ice Hockey LeagueFounded5 March 2014 10 years ago 2014 03 05 Operated2014 presentHome arenaPhillip Ice Skating CentreColoursNavy blue yellow white Owner s Cruachan Investments Stephen Campbell CEOStephen CampbellGeneral managerJordie GavinHead coachStuart PhilpsCaptainKai MiettinenAffiliateJunior BraveWebsitebrave wbr theaihl wbr comFranchise history2014 presentCBR BraveChampionshipsConference titles1 2023 H Newman Reid Trophies4 2018 2019 2022 2023 Goodall Cups2 2018 2022 Current uniformCurrent season Contents 1 History 1 1 2014 inaugural season 1 2 2015 season 1 3 2016 season 1 4 2017 2021 1 5 2022 Present 2 Club identity 2 1 Branding and design 2 1 1 Name 2 1 2 Colours 2 1 3 Logo 2 1 4 Kit evolution 2 2 Mascot 2 3 Fans 2 4 Club facilities 2 5 Rivalries 2 5 1 Newcastle Northstars 2 5 2 Melbourne Ice 2 5 3 Adelaide Adrenaline 2 6 The Brave Foundation 2 7 Ownership 3 Players 3 1 Current roster 3 2 Former players 3 3 Trophy winning rosters 3 4 Franchise all time player records 4 Staff 5 Leaders 5 1 Team captains 5 2 Head coaches 6 Honours 6 1 Championships 6 2 Franchise Awards 6 3 CBR Sports Awards 7 Team records 7 1 Firsts 7 2 Single matches 7 3 Wins losses 7 4 Goals 7 5 Points 8 Season by season results 9 Broadcasting 10 References 11 External linksHistory editThe CBR Brave was founded in March 2014 to replace the Canberra Knights in the Australian Ice Hockey League AIHL 1 On 26 February 2014 Knights owner John Raut handed back his AIHL licence and folded the team after 33 years of existence citing financial costs lack of a local player pool and sustained poor performances for the reason he came to this decision 2 3 Immediately following the collapse of the Knights a player group led consortium approached the AIHL with a proposal to take over the vacated licence and form a new team in Canberra 4 The AIHL was open to the idea stating it was important for the development of the sport in Australia for there to be a Canberra team The AIHL laid down three stipulations and requirements for the consortium to meet before granting the team entry Firstly a signed home venue agreement secondly ability to field a competitive team for the upcoming season and lastly to prove the team would be financially viable Upon meeting these requirements the league and teams voted to grant the consortium a provisional twelve month licence to compete in the 2014 AIHL season 1 On 6 March 2014 CBR Brave is born under the guidance of new owners Allinsure director Peter Chamberlain and advertising firm Coordinate s owner director Jamie Wilson after the pair got in contact with Mark Rummukainen head of the player consortium 5 On 15 March 2014 The Brave management in conjunction with co owner Jamie Wilson s design firm Coordinate revealed their team brand and logo a stylised version of the word Brave 6 2014 inaugural season edit On 31 March 2014 CBR Brave announced their first ever import signing with the acquisition of twenty two year old Finnish goaltender Petri Pitkanen from Finnish third division champions KeuPa HT 7 Petri proved a huge success as the Brave s number one goaltender in the 2014 season alongside fellow successful imports Anton Kokkonen Stephen Blunden and Mathieu Ouellette who finished 1 2 and 3 in the Brave player statistics leader board which equated to 2 3 and 4 for the entire league 8 On 12 April 2014 The Brave took to the ice in their maiden AIHL match at home in front of around 1000 fans against the Newcastle North Stars The visitors won the match 2 0 but the match was described by the media as a major win for the city of Canberra as the CBR Brave did not exist a few weeks prior and it took a community led miracle of sorts to get the new team up off the ground and onto the ice thanks to a successful community and fan led fundraising campaign that raised over 27 000 9 26 April 2014 Round 3 In their second match after a bye in round 2 the Brave registered their inaugural victory in the AIHL regular season with a 6 2 victory over the then reigning champions Sydney Ice Dogs with a break out third period domination at home in front of a sold out crowd of 1000 people 10 On 10 August 2014 The Brave secured a top four finish in the AIHL regular season by coming third in the overall rankings granting them a place in the 2014 AIHL Goodall Cup Finals Series held at Medibank Icehouse in Docklands Victoria It is the first time a Canberra team has made the finals series since the AIHL was formed in 2000 and the first time a Canberra team had a shot at securing the Goodall Cup since 1998 11 On 23 August 2014 The Brave hosted their 2014 season presentation night at the Woden Tradies Club where Finnish goaltender Petri Pitkanen took out the inaugural MVP Most Valuable Player award the top prize for the season In other awards Mathieu Ouellette was named best two way player Stephen Blunden was named best forward and Matt Harvey took out the best defender award Aaron Clayworth clinched both players player and coaches award Anton Kokkonen was named fan s choice while captain Mark Rummukainen took home the John Lewis Memorial Award The final award for the night went to young gun Kai Miettinen who was named best u23 player Petri Pitkanen and Mathieu Ouellette were also shortlisted for league awards Mathieu missed out on the top honour but Petri was selected as the AIHL Goaltender of 2014 12 30 August 2014 The Brave lost their semi final match to the Melbourne Ice 6 1 in front of 1 500 fans ending their inaugural season in the process 13 14 2015 season edit On 30 January 2015 Brave announce the appointment of Brad Hunt as the new head coach for the 2015 AIHL season Brad was originally going to take on the assistant coach role for 2015 after hanging up the skates at the end of the 2014 season but with former head coach Matti Louma leaving the club to take on a development coaching position in Perth Hunt was promoted to head coach instead 15 On 9 February 2015 2015 AIHL season draw changes originally released 4 December 2014 affected the CBR Brave with an additional three games to be played in Canberra for the 2015 season after the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs opted to play their home games against the Brave in Canberra instead of Sydney This resulted in 17 home games for the Brave in 2015 as opposed to the standard 14 16 On 31 March 2015 CBR Brave in conjunction with Ice Hockey ACT announced the formation of the Junior Brave to compete in the 2015 NSW Midget League The team is coached by former AIHL player and Australian representative Andrew Brunt The Junior Brave are the first Canberra based team to compete in the NSW Midget League since 2011 when Canberra Phoenix left the league In their inaugural year the Junior Brave were runners up beating the Canterbury Eagles 3 2 in the semi final and losing the final to defending champions the Liverpool Saints 3 1 Three of the Junior Brave players made their debut with the CBR Brave in the AIHL goalie Alexandre Tetrault and forwards Jayden Lewis and Jordon Brunt Alexandre Tetrault was also selected to represent Australia in the Under 20 World Championships in Serbia in 2016 17 On 14 July 2015 CBR Brave Chairman Peter Chamberlain confirmed the mutual separation between the team and head coach Brad Hunt with immediate effect On ice performances during the 2015 AIHL regular season and future planning were cited as the main reasons for the decision In the same statement the Board confirmed current first choice import goaltender Josh Unice would take over as head coach on an interim basis for the remainder of the 2015 AIHL season including finals Veteran defenceman Aaron Clayworth would join Josh in moving from the player roster to the coaching staff by taking over as assistant coach A committee was established to oversee the selection process of a permanent head coach for the 2016 AIHL season 18 On 16 August 2015 The CBR Brave officially secured fourth place in the AIHL regular season to give the team a birth in the 2015 AIHL Finals and a second shot at the Goodall Cup in as many seasons This came about as a result of a shootout victory over the top team Newcastle North Stars 6 5 at the Brave Cave Canberra ACT when Jordan Gavin slotted home in sudden death as well as other results going the Brave s way 19 The following weekend 22 August 2015 the CBR Brave played their final match of the 2015 AIHL regular season away to the last placed Sydney Ice Dogs at the Phillip Ice Skating Centre as the Ice Dogs moved their home match to Canberra With the Brave guaranteed to finish fourth and the Ice Dogs to finish last the match was a dead rubber Both Stephen Blunden and Kelly Geoffrey finished the match with six points as Blunden fired in 4 goals and 2 assists with Kelly achieving the opposite Veteran forward Ryan Johnson grabbed the buzzer beating final goal in the third period with seventeen seconds to go to send the Brave into the Finals on the back of a 7 2 victory The win also officially cemented the Brave s fourth place finish in the 2015 AIHL season One place and two points behind their inaugural season s finish an amazing finish considering before Josh Unice took over the team was second last and after Unice took over the team won six of seven games 20 On 23 August 2015 the Brave hosted their annual Brave Ball gala evening at the Woden Tradies Club at which the 2015 season team awards were handed out Stephen Blunden headed the awards night with three awards Bravest of the Brave Best Forward Highest Point Scorer with Jimmy Byers following closely behind with two awards Emerging Brave Fans Choice Rounding out the awards Ryan Johnson won the John Lewis Memorial Award for the most dedicated player of the season on and off the ice Best Defender went to Kyle Mariani Mark Rummukainen won the Player s Player while Kai Miettinen and Peter Taylor shared the Coaches Award At the same event the Brave announced the formation of the CBR Brave Foundation to better connect the team to the local community and charities 21 22 On 29 August 2015 in front of 1 200 passionate fans the CBR Brave took on the league premiers Newcastle North Stars in game one semi final one of the 2015 AIHL Finals The Brave controlled the first two periods of the match that produced two shorthanded goals to Kelly Geoffrey and Stephen Blunden before Blunden got his second of the match in the second period to put the Brave up 3 0 The North Stars finally got on the score sheet in the second period on the power play as the Brave continued to get into penalty strife The third period saw a complete change in the match with Newcastle dominating and league MVP Geordie Wudrick coming out and scoring a hat trick to send the premiers through to the grand final and knock the Brave out of the Finals at the same stage as the season before Aleksi Toivonen and Stephen Blunden were selected as 2nd and 3rd Stars of the game 23 24 2016 season edit The Brave were sufficiently impressed with Josh Unice s interim stint to hand him the permanent head coaching role with a three year contract on 9 March 2016 25 The experienced Dave Rogina was retained as assistant coach and Stuart Philips was brought in as strength and conditioning coach 26 Six imports were confirmed in the 2016 Brave roster which was released on 12 April 2016 27 The core group of Australian players were retained from 2015 27 The headline addition to the roster was Canadian forward Geordie Wudrick who joined from rivals Newcastle Northstars 25 Wudrick joined the Brave as current AIHL MVP after he broke the league s points and goals records in 2015 with Newcastle 28 A few days later on 18 April 2016 the Brave announced a new cooperative partnership with Canberra s Australian Baseball League team the Canberra Cavalry Member benefits would extend between fans of the two teams and joint marketing opportunities between the two organisations would be explored 29 Further expanding the Brave s local partnership program the team further agreed to a mutually beneficial partnership with the Australian Defence Force hockey team the Navy Tigersharks Announced pre game on 23 April 2016 the new partnership looked to promote ice hockey within the Australian Defence community and assist in establishing a development pathway for emerging talent 30 Canberra opened the 2016 season with a 5 2 victory over the Sydney Ice Dogs at the Brave Cave The Brave s new imports Wudrick Brandi and Prokop made instant impacts for the team scoring four goals Australian rookie Casey Kubara also scored his first AIHL goal Unice reserved special praise post game for the debut defensive display of Adelaide born youngster Zach Boyle 31 In the first game of the season between the Brave and North Stars Canadian import Art Bidlevskii suffored a freak accident that left him in hospital with a broken throat Bidlevskii was advised to never play hockey again or risk being placed in a coma and losing his life He retired as a player and took a position as assistant coach for the Brave 32 With the Brave fighting for the league premiership in the top half of the standings it surprised the Canberra hockey community when the Brave announced the immediate departure of head coach Josh Unice one week out from Finals on 17 August 2016 Personal reasons was given for the sudden departure CBR Brave director Warren Apps announced ex player and current assistant coach Art Bidlevskii would take on the head coaching role on an interim bases for the remainder of the season 33 The Brave suffered a surprise 4 6 defeat to last placed Ice Dogs in the final game of the regular season at Liverpool Sydney on 20 August 2016 The result was enough for Canberra to secure a top four finish and qualify for the AIHL Finals for the third year running 34 On 27 August 2026 the Brave commenced their Goodall Cup tilt with a win over home team favourites Melbourne Ice defeating the Ice 4 3 in overtime The game was marked with dramatic goals by both teams First the Ice sent the game into overtime with a dramatic last minute goal by Lasse Lassen His shot was first deemed to have hit the bar and the game continued but the referees and linespeople then conferred together and decided it was a goal Lastly the game winning goal in overtime was scored by Brave defender Jan Safar as he stepped back into the ice from the penalty box to give the Brave a quick breakaway and a golden goal 35 This was the first time the Brave had won an AIHL Finals game or progressed to the Goodall Cup Final 36 The following day on 28 August 2016 the Brave lined up against bitter rivals Newcastle North Stars for a shot at winning the AIHL Championship title and lifting the historic Goodall Cup A slow start to the game for the Brave cost the team dearly as they could not claw back from 2 0 down A third period goal to Wudrick against his old team proved nothing more than a consolation for Canberra Newcastle claimed the title and hoisted the Goodall Cup for the second year in a row 37 Following the end of the season on 12 September 2016 two Brave players claimed three AIHL season awards 38 Jan Safar was named AIHL Defenceman of the year 39 Casey Kubara was named both local player and rookie of the year 40 In November the Brave were named finalists for the innovation award at the inaugural CBR Sports Awards alongside Tennis ACT Ginninderra Athletics Club and Touch Football ACT 41 The Brave then narrowly lost the innovation award to Ginniderra Athletics Club at the award ceremony on 11 November 2016 42 2017 2021 edit The CBR Brave commenced a new direction in 2017 On 23 January 2017 the team appointed a new head coach Former Newcastle Northstars player Rob Starke took the reins for his first coaching position since retiring as a player at the end of 2016 43 It was a controversial appointment given the fierce rivalry and animosity between the two teams 44 The Brave qualified for Finals again in 2017 finishing third in the regular season behind the Melbourne Ice and Perth Thunder 45 Canberra then defeated the Thunder 6 2 in the semi finals in Melbourne 46 However they were defeated 1 4 in the Goodall Cup Final by the Melbourne Ice in front of a packed arena of Ice fans 47 It was the Brave s second straight grand final loss Following the conclusion of the season on 3 September 2017 CBR Brave s all time leading points scorer Stephen Blunden announced his departure from the team to return to his native Canada 48 nbsp Canadian import goaltender Matt Hewitt hoists the Goodall Cup trophy in 2018 after helping the CBR Brave beat the Sydney Bears 4 3 in overtime in the final at the Icehouse Melbourne The 2018 AIHL season saw the CBR Brave break AIHL records for most wins and points in a single season on their way to topping the league standings 49 The Brave secured top spot in the league with five games remaining in the regular season and ended the season with twenty four wins from twenty eight matches for a return of seventy two points 50 The Brave ended the regular season eighteen points ahead of the Sydney Bears in second place to clinch the franchise s first title the H Newman Reid Trophy 51 In the 2018 Finals Weekend the CBR Brave defeated the Melbourne Mustangs 5 1 in the first semi final on Saturday 1 September 2018 to qualify for the Goodall Cup Final the following day 52 On 2 September 2018 the Brave faced off against the Sydney Bears in the final and were victorious in overtime with a 4 3 victory The Brave led the match 2 0 after the first period but the Bears fought back in the second period and took the lead into the second break 3 2 The Brave levelled the match in the third period before scoring the golden goal winner in overtime 53 The Brave became the first Canberra based ice hockey franchise to lift the Goodall Cup and the second Canberra based team overall following the ACT representative team s victory in 1998 54 Canberra Brave s Dave and Jayden Lewis became the first father son duo in Australian Ice Hockey League history to lift the Goodall Cup 55 American import forward Trevor Gerling finished equal top points scorer in the league 56 Canadian import goaltender Matt Hewitt finished top in the league goaltender standings and Australian international Wahebe Darge won the AIHL best local player award for 2018 57 58 Foundation player Jordie Gavin who was instrumental in building the CBR Brave following the collapse of the Canberra Knights retired after the 2018 AIHL final his first Goodall Cup success 59 Big changes in 2019 for the Brave The team ownership changed for the first time on 28 March 2019 Inaugural consortium Chamberlain Wilson and Apps reached agreement with Canberra Cavalry consortium Amodio and McMichael for the sale 60 The two franchises merged to create Canberra s first single multi sport organisation 60 Resources were pooled together enabling a year round professional administrative office a first for an AIHL team 61 The ownership transition was staggered with the original consortium continuing to run the Brave for the remainder of 2019 62 On the ice in 2019 the Brave won 26 of 28 games to win the premiership and lift the H Newman Reid Trophy for the second time In a dominant performance the Brave finished 25 points ahead of second place Newcastle Northstars 63 Canberra broke many AIHL and team records in 2019 including most wins 26 most points 79 largest winning streak 17 games most goals scored 161 fewest goals conceded in a 28 game season 67 and least losses in a 28 game season 2 64 However regular season dominance did not translate to success in Finals in 2019 The Brave were eliminated early with a 4 6 defeat to the Sydney Bears in the semi finals 65 The new ownership took control in 2020 with Amodio and McMichael taking prominent executive positions within the team 66 On 24 February 2020 Rob Starke left the Brave to return home to Canada He left having guided the team to their first trophies and a win percentage of over 77 67 A few days later on 27 February 2020 the Brave announced Starke s successor Stuart Phiilps would take the reins as head coach 68 Philips joined the Brave having spent time as assistant coach of the team previously and was current Australian women s national team head coach 69 Preparations for Season 2020 where then interrupted by the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic 70 The league subsequently cancelled both the 2020 and 2021 AIHL seasons due to the state and international border shutdowns in Australia caused by the pandemic 71 72 In 2021 the Brave ownership collapsed owing debts to creditors of the Canberra Cavalry 73 Joint management with the Cavs ceased and ownership transitioned to new CEO Sunny Singh 74 In September the Brave were able to host an exhibition game to celebrate 40 years of ice hockey in the ACT Current Brave and former Canberra Knights players participated in the event which also marked the original retirement of then team captain Matt Harvey 75 2022 Present edit The Brave next played hockey in 2022 with the return of a reduced six team league season 76 The Brave were successful in 2022 claiming the premiership and championship double lifting the Goodall Cup for the second time and completing a three peat of H Newman Reid trophies 77 78 The CBR Brave were unsuccessful in their attempt at going back to back in lifting the Goodall Cup in 2023 They were beaten in the grand final by the Melbourne Mustangs being shutout for the first time in Finals 79 Canberra did secure a fourth consecutive H Newman Reid Trophy in a new expanded 10 team two conference AIHL league system 80 This result also meant the Brave claimed the first ever Rurak Conference Trophy 80 Club identity editBranding and design edit The name and branding for the new club CBR Brave was carefully crafted by advertising agency Coordinate on the appointment by the members of the consortium in an effort to break away from the Knights history and to start afresh This was also due in part to previous Knights owner John Raut retaining the rights to the old club s name 81 The Brave branding has received praise from sections of the media with Chris Meister at Hewitt Sports praising the work behind the new club s branding describing the CBR Brave branding as the jewel in the AIHL s branding crown The new standard in club branding for the league and something every other club should aspire to and try and emulate or risk looking subpar moving into the future Chris pointed out how well the yellow and navy blue contrast together and how sharp and clean the logo looks Both ingredients for a professional and noticeable look on TV and other mediums of media Chris also paid special attention to the landmark achievement of the marketing videos put out by The Brave on Vimeo to attract membership and promote the club stating it is now the video that all other video s from AIHL teams will be judged 82 Name edit Instead of the traditional use of Canberra in the naming of the team the consortium opted to adopt CBR based from the 2013 ACT Government project designed to promote Canberra through the use of the CBR brand 83 CBR gave the team a unique identity in a crowded Canberra sports market that already has a host of teams that use Canberra at the beginning to form part of their names Canberra Raiders Canberra Capitals Canberra Cavalry Canberra United Brave was selected as it embodied the values of the team community and fans This was a brave group of players and fans who came together in the eleventh hour to donate time money and resources to ensure ice hockey remained in the Nation s Capital 84 nbsp CBR Brave long form Alt logo Colours edit The Brave embraced the Australian Capital Territory flag colours of yellow navy blue and white The colours can be seen in use in the arena on team merchandise official social media accounts the team website and in advertising videos The Brave home kits are predominantly navy blue with yellow and white accents while the away kits are predominantly white 5 In 2017 the Brave switched from its traditional white away kits to a light grey with navy blue accents 84 Logo edit The Brave logo is designed as a custom hand drawn typeface that can be utilised in its entirety as Brave or simply as a B for a standalone icon 84 Kit evolution edit nbsp 2014 Kits nbsp 2015 Kits nbsp 2016 Kits nbsp 2017 Kits nbsp 2018 Kits nbsp 2019 Kits nbsp 2022 Kits Mascot edit nbsp Braveheart Tiger Mascot CBR Brave have one official and one unofficial mascot In 2014 there was just one unofficial mascot the Braveheart Tiger However the team introduced a new official mascot in 2015 the Brave Bot which looks like a Transformer type mascot that was introduced to the Brave fans for the first time in the opening round of the 2015 AIHL season when the Brave took on the Sydney Bears at the Brave Cave The Brave Bot led the team out onto the ice to the background track of techno music SKRILLEX Bangarang feat Sirah At half time there was a mascot dance off performed for the crowd 85 Fans edit nbsp Braveheart fans at the Brave Cave Canberra CBR Brave has two unofficial supporters groups CBR Brave Hecklers and The Bravehearts The Hecklers were founded 2 July 2011 as the Canberra Knights Hecklers but once the Knights folded the Hecklers switched to the Brave The group is known for being very vocal at Brave home games with relentless heckling of the visiting team to make their trip to the capital a tough experience The group use the social media platform Facebook to share experiences and keep in touch between matches The Bravehearts were formed at the same time as the new team and members paint their faces and wear a tartan sash Both supporter groups have their specific reserved locations at the ice rink on match days 86 On 22 April 2016 Second City Hockey SCH the SB Nation Chicago Blackhawks supporters blog announced they had adopted the CBR Brave as their AIHL team to support in the NHL offseason SCH will cover the league on their blog and promote the Brave partnership to their membership 87 This announcement came after fellow SB Nation hockey blogs Pension Plan Puppets Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup of Chowder Boston Bruins and Die by the Blade Buffalo Sabres held public polls and selected Perth Thunder Melbourne Mustangs Newcastle North Stars and Sydney Bears to follow respectively The Brave were leading the Die by the Blade poll but were withdrawn when selected by Second City Hockey 88 Club facilities edit CBR Brave train and play home matches in the AIHL at the iconic Phillip Ice Skating Centre that is known as the Brave Cave on match days The ice rink has a spectator capacity of around one thousand with both seating and standing room utilised The players enter and exit the ice rink in amongst the crowd giving the fans a unique opportunity to get close to their sporting idols Nets are used around the rink to stop ice pucks with no plexi glass installed There is a bar located on a mezzanine level to the near end of the rink closest to the entry and exit doors In the first season The Brave sold out all home matches at the Brave Cave with fans lined up outside in the Canberra winter cold for up to an hour for entry 89 On 16 August 2014 ACT Sports Minister Shane Rattenbury formally rejected a proposal to build a brand new ice rink attached to the new swimming complex planned for the Molonglo Valley in Canberra s south Mr Rattenbury s reasons for his decision came from a feasibility study into the proposal ruling out the investment into a second ice rink for a city due to the population size of Canberra at this time Instead the minister proposed further review of what can be done to upgrade the current privately owned Phillip Ice Centre facility Brave co director Warren Apps responded to the news on the ACT Grandstand radio program on 666 ABC Canberra by further expressing the need for new investment due to the demand on the current facility now exceeding its capacity With the CBR Brave struggling to secure enough training time on the ice at Phillip due to all the other sporting and recreational commitments on the facility 90 nbsp Game Day experience at the Brave Cave Opening night of the 2015 AIHL season CBR Brave vs Sydney Bears CBR Brave winning 4 2 On 17 January 2016 the ACT Government released a detailed report into ACT Indoor Sports facilities that again raised the issue of ice sports and the Phillip Ice Skating Centre The report highlighted the issues of having an old private facility at the end of its lifespan servicing a growing ice sports community and national sports franchise in the national capital The report suggested a full business case and plan be drawn up at exploring alternative options for building a new multi purpose facility in the fastest growing areas of Canberra the Molonglo Valley and Gungahlin where the lower land values can boost a feasibility case for construction compared to re building in Phillip 91 Shane Rattenbury responded to the release of the report by saying a new ice sports facility with duel rinks for competition and practice was in the Government s longer term plans but stressed the need for community engagement and private sector support CBR Brave part owner Peter Chamberlain concurred with the recommendations of the report in relation to ice sports 92 On 26 August 2016 ACT Labor made the announcement as part of their 2016 election campaign that they would pledge to build a new ice sports centre in the south of Canberra as part of a 23 3m four year plan to upgrade sporting facilities territory wide if re elected This policy announcement was made in response to the ACT Indoor Sports Facilities Report commissioned by the government earlier in the year Initially 75 000 would be spent in conjunction with the Ice Sports Federation on a community consultation program to determine what the community feels is needed and where exactly the facility should be located 93 94 Ice Hockey ACT IHACT welcomed the commitment announcement by the ACT Government to building a new ice sports facility with IHACT s president Allan McLean commenting We are very excited at the thought of playing ice hockey in a new larger facility with the potential to grow our sport 95 On 19 February 2019 the ACT Government commissioned options paper for a new ice facility for Canberra was released by Lockbridge on behalf of the ACT Ice Sports Federation The paper outlined three options for a new facility in Canberra The three options looked at in the report included a twin sheet facility planned over two levels a twin sheet facility planned over one level and a single rink facility planned over two levels The projected price range between the three options spanned between 22 6 million to 35 4 million All three options did not meet IHACT seating capacity requirements of 2000 seating and 500 standing as outlined in the IHACT function brief The two story options provided 1200 seating and 400 standing capacity with the single story option providing a 600 seating and 200 standing capacity All three options included space for the establishment of the Australian Ice Sports Hall of Fame 96 In response to the release of the options paper the ACT Government announced it would establish a tender process in the first quarter of 2019 to seek a private partner for the project The ACT Sports Minister spokesman reiterated the Chief Minister s promise to start construction by 2020 and advised the ACT Government had put money aside in the budget for the project 97 Rivalries edit Newcastle Northstars editOver the Brave s first three seasons in the AIHL the club has built a healthy rivalry with the Newcastle Northstars This rivalry intensified at the end of the 2015 AIHL season when the Northstars came from behind to beat the CBR Brave in the Goodall Cup semi finals The Brave scored two shorthanded goals on the way to securing a 3 0 lead deep into the second period of the match before League MVP and AIHL record breaker Geordie Wudrick came to life and scored a third period hat trick that set up the Northstars comeback win as they scored a fourth and final goal to win the match 4 3 The Brave were devastated at missing out on the chance to contest the Goodall Cup final for the second year straight and just before the start of the 2016 AIHL season the club announced the signing of the very player that knocked them out the year before naming Geordie Wudrick as one of the Brave s six import signings for 2016 98 nbsp Fan made poster nbsp Middle of nowhere placard given out pre game on 28 May 2016 for the CBR Brave vs Newcastle North Stars AIHL matchIt is very rare in the AIHL to see players switch teams so the move of Wudrick from Newcastle to Canberra made headlines Newcastle Northstars head coach Andrew Petrie slammed the move by the Brave board to poach Wudrick weeks out from the new season insisting the Northstars and Wudrick had a verbal agreement that he would return to the Hunter Valley In the interview he labelled Canberra a city in the middle of nowhere and made reference to CBR standing for Can Buy Resources but Can t Buy Respect which drew the ire of the CBR Brave fans and the club itself 99 Newcastle s head coach Andrew Petrie repeated his negative views of the CBR Brave club and management in a second interview with the Newcastle Herald newspaper which prompted a fan reaction from the CBR Brave supporters On the away trip to Newcastle on 22 May 2016 the travelling CBR Brave fans organised and distributed a special limited edition from the middle of nowhere T shirt for the supporters to wear to the match 100 The return match in Canberra on 28 May 2016 saw the club hand out placards to the fans welcoming the North Stars to the middle of nowhere while Brave DJ organised a special one off walk out song for the Northstars to the tune of In the Middle of Nowhere by Dusty Springfield On 26 May 2016 The CBR Brave after suffering a large number of injuries to the playing roster announced the signing of a second former Newcastle Northstar s import Jan Safar 101 This prompted more banter between the two clubs and fans on social media including the creation of a fan made poster that was put up at the Brave Cave when Newcastle visited Canberra that depicted a fake classifieds advert for import players to apply for the CBR Brave with the condition that they must have previously played for the Newcastle Northstars The four regular season matches between the two clubs in 2016 were brutal with a large number of player injuries including the career ending throat injury to import defenceman Art Bidlevskii and 178 penalty minutes racked up in the box 102 While the Brave once again suffered heartache to the hands of the North Stars in the 2016 AIHL Finals as the North Stars beat the Brave 2 1 in the Goodall Cup Final 103 104 Melbourne Ice edit 2016 saw a firm rivalry between the CBR Brave and Melbourne Ice emerge from an infamous incident involving Lliam Webster and Geordie Wudrick Webster body slammed Wudrick from behind knocking him out cold and hospitalising the Brave player Wudrick missed a large amount of the 2016 AIHL season as a result The inaction by the match referees incensed the CBR Brave team and fans and this carried through to the return double header weekend in Canberra in August Brave DJ set the tone for the encounters with a rendition of The Imperial March Darth Vader s Theme from Star Wars when the Melbourne Ice players walked out onto the ice A total of 252 penalty minutes were handed out during the two matches which also saw 6 players ejected 5 players suspended 4 separate fights and an all out on ice melee between all the players In amongst all the carnage there was nineteen goals scored in the first game and a further seven scored in the second game with two hard fought one goal victories being split between the two teams The Ice secured a 10 9 victory in the first match after leading 7 2 before a third period rally by the Brave saw them score six unanswered goals to temporarily take the lead 8 7 before succumbing to the visitors late on While the Brave won the second match 4 3 to inflict only the second regulation time loss of the 2016 season on the Melbourne Ice 105 106 107 108 The two teams met again in the semi finals of the AIHL Finals weekend as 1st Ice versus 4th Brave The CBR Brave caused a major upset winning the match 4 3 in overtime thanks to a breakaway strike by defenceman Jan Safar but only after a bizarre and at the time controversial goal was scored by Lasse Lassen with a minute twenty five seconds left in the match to tie the game up at 3 3 and send the game to overtime Lassen took a shot that was hard to judge if it crossed the line or not Play continued for forty seconds before the officials conferred and decided the puck had crossed the line and awarded the goal 109 110 beyondblue Cup record Team Total wins Brave 5 Adrenaline 0 Adelaide Adrenaline edit The CBR Brave developed a friendly rivalry with the Adelaide Adrenaline in the 2015 AIHL season with two fiery matches played with plenty of penalties and player ejections 111 112 So in accordance with this newly established rivalry the CBR Brave in conjunction the Adrenaline announced the founding of an annual cup named the Beyond Blue Cup that is contested between the two clubs once a season The cup is named after the Australian beyondblue non profit organisation that raises awareness and supports people with depression and anxiety The Cup is used to help spread the core message of beyondblue raising awareness and understanding empowering people to seek help and supporting recovery management and resilience against depression 113 24 May 2015 The Brave lifted the inaugural Beyond Blue Cup with a comprehensive 8 2 victory over Adelaide Adrenaline off the back of a hat trick to Canadian import Kelly Geoffrey 113 The Brave Foundation edit On 23 August 2015 The CBR Brave established their very own and new charitable foundation named The Brave Foundation The purpose of the foundation is to raise awareness and assist people in need who are struggling with mental health issues particularly PTSD and depression in young men The Foundation was born out of terrible circumstance when the brother in law Robbie of former Brave captain Mark Rummukainen sadly took his own life after suffering from depression Robbie was well known to the Brave management and players with the loss felt by the whole Brave community Since inception the foundation has raised money through a number of events including dinners with players and auctioning off match worn hockey gear The Brave Foundation spends the money raised on tangible achievements as opposed to handing money over to a charity and not knowing where it ends up For example putting people through a program called Accidental Councillor or funding of additional telephones for Lifeline The Foundation has formed strong connections with a number of reputable charities and services such as Lifeline beyondblue and Soldier On 114 Ownership edit In 2014 the ACT community banded together to raise funds to keep AIHL hockey in Canberra following the demise of the Knights Led by former Knights players Mark Rummukainen and Jordie Gavin the community raised over 23 000 5 With the money raised an ownership consortium was established to work on the business case to secure an AIHL licence 1 Local businessmen Peter Chamberlain Allinsure Jamie Wilson and Warren Apps Coordinate joined Mark Rummukainen to form the ownership consortium 5 In 2019 it was announced the CBR Brave ownership consortium had reached a deal with the ownership consortium of the Canberra Cavalry to merge the two franchises into one 60 Chamberlain Wilson and Apps would continue to run the team through the 2019 season with a staggered merger period set up that saw the new team management come into effect in 2020 61 In 2020 it was revealed Daniel Amodio and his business partner Donn McMichael had become majority shareholders and new directors of the CBR Brave The new team management was also announced with Daniel Amodio taking up the role of CEO Donn McMichael becoming chairman of the advisory committee Sunny Singh become business Operations General Manager and Jordie Gavin stepping into General Manager of hockey operations 66 In April 2021 the CBR Brave ownership team of Daniel Amodio and Donn McMichael collapsed following 400 000 in debts owing to creditors with the Canberra Cavalry 73 Along with the ownership the joint management arrangements between the Brave and Cavalry also ceased In its place a new management structure was established under new CEO Sunny Singh Peter Chamberlain Jamie Wilson and Warren Apps returned to assist in an advisory capacity through the transition period 74 In 2022 the ownership of the CBR Brave had been transferred from Sunny Singh to Cruachan Investments Stephen Campbell In May 2022 Steve Moeller was appointed as General Manager and later in 2022 became Chief Operating Officer of the franchise 115 116 Players editCurrent roster edit Team roster for the 2023 AIHL season 117 118 119 CBR Brave roster 2023 AIHL seasonvte Active Roster Inactive Roster Coaching staff Goaltenders nbsp Andrew Glass 29 nbsp Alexandre Tetreault 35 nbsp Aleksi Toivonen Defencemen 71 nbsp Jordan Brunt 44 nbsp Nick Christensen 4 nbsp Lachlan Fahmy 22 nbsp Mike Giorgi 7 nbsp Bayley Kubara A 61 nbsp Joseph Maatouk 8 nbsp Cameron Marks I 28 nbsp Carson Vance I Forwards 11 nbsp Austin Albrecht I 27 nbsp Andreas Camenzind 42 nbsp Jackson Gallagher 81 nbsp Matthew Harvey 3 nbsp Mitchell Henning 21 nbsp Joseph Hughes 15 nbsp Casey Kubara A 85 nbsp Toby Kubara 16 nbsp Tyler Kubara 64 nbsp Kai Miettinen C 96 nbsp Ricki Miettinen 93 nbsp Felix Plouffe I 92 nbsp Jake Riley 14 nbsp Charlie York 91 nbsp Henry York 90 nbsp Christopher Stoikos I REL Head Coach nbsp Stuart Philps Coaches nbsp Jeff Helbren nbsp Peter Di Salvo nbsp Andrew Deans nbsp Darryl Day nbsp Rob Reid nbsp Jono Carey Legend C Captain A Alternate Captain I Import player Statistics Average age 27 0 Average height 184 9 cm Average weight 84 18 kg Locals 21 Imports 5 Acquired 2023 9 Acquired pre 2023 17 Last updated on 7 August 2023 Elite Prospects IHNA Former players edit Further information List of Former CBR Brave Team Rosters Further information List of CBR Brave players Trophy winning rosters edit 2018 Championship rosterThe CBR Brave team of 2018 secured the double by claiming the H Newman Reid Trophy and Goodall Cup CBR set then league records for most points 72 points and most wins 24 wins in a regular AIHL season The Brave won the finals weekend in Melbourne defeating the Melbourne Mustangs 5 1 in semi final 1 before defeating the Sydney Bears 4 3 in overtime in the Goodall Cup final Trevor Gerling was named finals MVP and finished the regular season equal top point scorer 67 points with Thunder player Pier Olivier Grandmaison The Cup victory provided Joey Hughes with his sixth Goodall Cup success breaking the league record for a single player It was the first time a Canberra franchise had won the AIHL championship and secured the Goodall Cup While it was only the second time a team from the ACT had claimed the Goodall Cup An ACT representative team which also included Dave Lewis and Mark Rummukainen won the cup in 1998 in the old inter state tournament format 2018 Championship Roster Goaltenders nbsp 29 Tynan Theobald nbsp 31 Jakob Doornbos nbsp 35 Alexandre Tetreault nbsp 92 Mat Hewitt Defenceman nbsp 4 Channing Bresciani nbsp 7 Bayley Kubara nbsp 12 Mark Rummukainen nbsp 17 James Byers nbsp 25 Matt Buskas nbsp 26 Darcy Flanagan nbsp 59 Per Daniel Goransson nbsp 81 Matthew Harvey C Forwards nbsp 3 Mitchell Henning nbsp 6 Christopher McPhail nbsp 9 Wehebe Darge A nbsp 11 David Lewis nbsp 14 Jayden Lewis nbsp 15 Casey Kubara nbsp 16 Tyler Kubara nbsp 19 Jordan Gavin A nbsp 20 Hayden Dawes nbsp 24 Joseph Hughes nbsp 48 Chris Leveille nbsp 64 Kai Miettinen A nbsp 66 Ainars Podzins nbsp 71 Jordan Brunt nbsp 78 Trevor Gerling Coaching staff nbsp Robert Starke Head coach nbsp Mike Sargeant Assistant nbsp Gordon Cocknell Assistant 2019 Premiership rosterThe 2019 Brave team broke AIHL regular season records for most wins 26 most points 79 largest winning streak 17 matches most goals scored 161 fewest goals conceded in a 28 match season 67 and least losses in a 28 match season 2 The Brave won the H Newman Reid Trophy for the second season in a row by finishing as league premiers 25 points ahead of second placed Newcastle Northstars 2019 Premiership Roster Goaltenders nbsp 29 Alexandre Tetreault nbsp 31 Jakob Doornbos nbsp 33 Matt Climie nbsp 38 Nick Eckhardt Defenceman nbsp 7 Bayley Kubara nbsp 10 Tyler Mayea nbsp 12 Mark Rummukainen nbsp 20 Hayden Dawes nbsp 22 Nicholas Doornbos nbsp 22 Mike Giorgi nbsp 25 Spencer Austin nbsp 41 Matthew Price nbsp 44 Conor Riley nbsp 80 Jackson Gallagher nbsp 81 Matthew Harvey C nbsp 91 Nick Christensen Forwards nbsp 3 Mitchell Henning nbsp 9 Wehebe Darge A nbsp 11 David Lewis nbsp 14 Jayden Lewis nbsp 15 Casey Kubara nbsp 16 Tyler Kubara nbsp 21 Joseph Hughes nbsp 23 Adam Kambeitz nbsp 27 Andreas Camenzind nbsp 28 Jordan Draper nbsp 42 Lachlan Seary nbsp 51 Hamish Murray nbsp 61 Chris Williamson nbsp 61 Joseph Maatouk nbsp 63 Jesse Gabrielle nbsp 64 Kai Miettinen A nbsp 71 Jordan Brunt nbsp 91 Brayden Low Coaching staff nbsp Robert Starke Head coach nbsp Max Ross Assistant 2022 Championship rosterThe 2022 Brave team won the premiership championship double for the second time in the team s history The AIHL in 2022 was a reduced season with six teams rather than eight The Brave broke two team records in 2022 largest regular season win and largest finals win 2022 Championship Roster Goaltenders nbsp Luke Fiveash nbsp 29 Alexandre Tetreault nbsp 35 Aleksi Toivonen Defenceman nbsp 5 Garret Cockerill nbsp 6 Nicholas Doornbos nbsp 7 Bayley Kubara A nbsp 18 Jamie Woodman nbsp 20 Matthew Marasco nbsp 22 Mike Giorgi nbsp 27 Andreas Camenzind nbsp 41 Matthew Price nbsp 58 Declan Bronte nbsp 61 Joseph Maatouk nbsp 72 Alastair Punler Forwards nbsp 3 Mitchell Henning nbsp 9 Wehebe Darge nbsp 11 Lyndon Lodge nbsp 14 Charlie York nbsp 15 Casey Kubara A nbsp 16 Tyler Kubara nbsp 19 Mario Valery Trabucco nbsp 21 Joseph Hughes nbsp 42 Jackson Gallagher nbsp 44 Nick Christensen nbsp 64 Kai Miettinen C nbsp 71 Jordan Brunt nbsp 85 Toby Kubara Coaching staff nbsp Stuart Philps Head coach nbsp Andrew Brunt Assistant Franchise all time player records edit These are the top ten all time players in franchise history in the following categories Appearances 120 Goals 121 Assists 122 Points 123 Penalty minutes 124 Figures are updated after each completed AIHL regular season All time Appearances No Name Pos GP 1 nbsp Kai Miettinen F 203 2 nbsp Tyler Kubara F 151 3 nbsp Matthew Harvey D 145 4 nbsp Mitchell Henning F 138 11 nbsp Dylan Wilson F 130 6 nbsp Jimmy Byers D 126 7 nbsp Mark Rummukainen D 110 8 nbsp Bayley Kubara D 104 9 nbsp Jordan Brunt F 99 10 nbsp Wehebe Darge F 89 All time Goals No Name Pos G 1 nbsp Stephen Blunden F 108 2 nbsp Casey Kubara F 83 3 nbsp Wehebe Darge F 70 4 nbsp Kai Miettinen F 46 5 nbsp Tyler Kubara F 44 6 nbsp Matthew Harvey D 44 7 nbsp Joseph Hughes F 41 8 nbsp Geordie Wudrick F 40 9 nbsp Jesse Gabrielle F 39 10 nbsp Austin Albrecht F 39 All time Assists No Name Pos A 1 nbsp Casey Kubara F 140 2 nbsp Stephen Blunden F 122 3 nbsp Wehebe Darge F 117 4 nbsp Matthew Harvey D 86 5 nbsp Tyler Kubara F 74 6 nbsp Geordie Wudrick F 64 7 nbsp Kai Miettinen F 60 8 nbsp Jan Safar D 59 9 nbsp Joseph Hughes F 53 10 nbsp Andy Camenzind F 47 All time Points No Name Pos PTS 1 nbsp Stephen Blunden F 230 2 nbsp Casey Kubara F 223 3 nbsp Wehebe Darge F 187 4 nbsp Matthew Harvey D 130 5 nbsp Tyler Kubara F 118 6 nbsp Kai Miettinen F 106 7 nbsp Geordie Wudrick F 104 8 nbsp Joseph Hughes F 94 9 nbsp Andy Camenzind F 77 10 nbsp Austin Albrecht D 76 All time Penalty Minutes No Name Pos PIM 1 nbsp Harry Byers F 321 2 nbsp Stephen Blunden F 220 3 nbsp Kai Miettinen F 212 4 nbsp Ryan Johnson F 195 5 nbsp Matthew Harvey D 181 6 nbsp Joseph Hughes F 150 7 nbsp Bayley Kubara D 137 8 nbsp Jan Safar D 124 9 nbsp Mark Rummukainen D 122 10 nbsp David Dunwoodie F 120 As of September 2023Staff editCurrent as of 2023 AIHL season 125 CBR Brave Staff Role Staff Head Coach nbsp Stuart Philps Assistant Coach nbsp Jeff Helbren Team Manager nbsp Andrew Deans Equipment Manager nbsp Darryl Day Team Doctor nbsp Rob Reid Physiotherapist nbsp Jono Carey General Manager hockey operations nbsp Jordan Gavin Chief Operating Officer nbsp Steve Moeller Chief Executive Officer nbsp Stephen Campbell Bench Official nbsp Darren Sault Bench Official nbsp Kelly SaultLeaders editTeam captains edit The Brave have had a total of four captains in five terms in the team s history Former Canberra Knights and Brisbane Blue Tongues player Mark Rummukainen was the team s first captain 126 No Name Term 1 nbsp Mark Rummukainen 2014 16 2 nbsp Jordan Gavin 2016 17 3 nbsp Mark Rummukainen 2017 18 4 nbsp Matthew Harvey 2018 21 5 nbsp Kai Miettinen 2022 Present References 127 128 Further information on team captains in ice hockey Captain ice hockey Head coaches edit The Brave have had a total of six head coaches with five permanent appointments and two interim in the team s history 129 130 Canberra s first head coach was Matti Luoma 131 No Name Term Record a P W T L GF GA Win 1 nbsp Matti Luoma 2014 29 16 1 12 107 95 12 55 2 2 nbsp Brad Hunt 2015 21 10 0 11 80 82 2 47 6 3 nbsp Josh Unice interim b 2015 8 6 0 2 47 26 21 75 nbsp Josh Unice 2016 27 17 0 10 125 111 14 63 4 nbsp Art Bidlevskii interim c 2016 3 1 0 2 9 11 2 33 3 5 nbsp Robert Starke 2017 20 89 69 0 20 463 258 205 77 5 6 nbsp Stuart Philps 2020 Present 48 39 0 6 324 138 186 81 3 Notes Figures include both regular and post season statistics Unice took over from Hunt who resigned and finished the 2015 season before being appointed full time in March 2016 Following Unice stepping down Art took over for the final game of the 2016 regular season and the 2016 finals series Further information on head coaches in ice hockey Coach ice hockey Honours editChampionships edit Goodall Cup nbsp Champions 2 2018 2022 nbsp Runners Up 3 2016 2017 2023 H Newman Reid Trophy nbsp Premiers 4 2018 2019 2022 2023 Rurak Conference Trophy nbsp Winners 1 2023 Franchise Awards edit Each season CBR Brave holds an annual awards night where the team awards a number of players and members of the Brave hockey community Season MVP BF BD FC PC CA EB JLMA DA 2014 Petri Pitkanen Stephen Blunden Matt Harvey Anton Kokkonen Aaron Clayworth Aaron Clayworth Kai Miettinen Mark Rummukainen 2015 Stephen Blunden Stephen Blunden Kyle Marini Jimmy Byers Mark Rummukainen Kai Miettinen Peter Taylor Jimmy Byers Ryan Johnson 2016 Jan Safar Mathieu Guertin Mathieu Guertin Jan Safar Jimmy Byers Kai Miettinen Not Awarded Casey Kubara Andrew Deans Judy Deans 2017 Stephen Blunden Stephen Blunden Dominic Jalbert Jan Safar Dominic Jalbert Matt Harvey Bayley Kubara Krisy Maricic Bede Riley 2018 Trevor Gerling Matt Hewitt Chris Leveille Channing Bresciani Matt Hewitt Wehebe Darge Kai Miettinen Mitch Henning Darryl Day Tristan Metcalfe 2019 Matt Climie Wehebe Darge Matt Harvey Jesse Gabrielle Adam Kambeitz Bayley Kubara Nick Christensen Murray Barton Mandi Webb Robyn Kemp David Kemp 2022 Mario Valery Trabucco Casey Kubara Garret Cockerill Mike Giorgi Mario Valery Trabucco Bayley Kubara Declan Bronte Jordie Gavin Scott Stevenson References 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 CBR Sports Awards edit Established in December 2016 by the ACT Government to celebrate the city s proud sporting culture by recognising excellence at an individual and team level innovation and inclusive practices within Canberra s sporting community 139 The Brave first made the finalists list for the innovation award in 2017 140 before winning their first award in 2018 by being named the team of the year 141 The Brave were nominated for Team of the Year again in 2022 and won for a second time 142 Team of the year Winners 2 2018 2022 Ministers Award Innovation Winners 0 Finalists 1 2017Team records editFirsts edit First AIHL match 12 April 2014 0 2 loss to the Northstars in Canberra First AIHL win 26 April 2014 6 2 win over the Ice Dogs in Canberra First AIHL loss 12 April 2014 0 2 loss to the Northstars in Canberra First AIHL finals appearance 30 August 2014 1 6 loss to the Ice in Melbourne First Goodall Cup final appearance 28 August 2016 1 2 loss to the Northstars in Melbourne Single matches edit Record goal scoring match 19 goals two times 9 10 against the Ice on 6 August 2016 and 11 8 against the Ice Dogs on 11 August 2018 Record AIHL regular season win 14 1 against the Ice Dogs on 8 May 2022 Record AIHL regular season loss 1 7 against the Mustangs on 1 May 2016 Record AIHL finals win 6 1 against the Northstars on 2 September 2022 Record AIHL finals loss 1 6 against the Ice on 30 August 2014 Wins losses edit Most wins in a regular season 26 wins 2019 season Fewest wins in a regular season 16 wins 2014 2015 and 2017 seasons Most losses in a regular season 12 losses 2015 and 2017 seasons Fewest losses in a regular season 2 losses 2019 season Record winning streak 17 matches between 11 May 2019 and 21 July 2019 Record losing streak 4 matches between 8 July 2017 and 16 July 2017 Goals edit Most goals scored in a regular season 161 2019 season Fewest goals scored in a regular season 106 2014 season Most goals conceded in a regular season 117 2016 season Fewest goals conceded in a regular season 67 2019 season Points edit Most points in a regular season 79 2019 season Fewest points in a regular season 46 2017 season Season by season results editFurther information List of CBR Brave seasons CBR Brave Season by Season Record Season Regular season Finals Top points scorer P W T L OW OL GF GA GD Pts Finish P W L GF GA Result Semi Final Preliminary Final Goodall Cup Final Name Points 2014 28 14 1 9 2 2 106 89 17 49 3rd 1 1 1 6 Semi finalist Lost 1 6 Ice nbsp Stephen Blunden 68 2015 28 13 10 3 2 125 104 21 47 4th 1 1 3 4 Semi finalist Lost 3 4 North Stars nbsp Stephen Blunden 79 2016 28 15 9 2 2 129 117 12 51 4th 2 1 1 5 5 Runner up Won 4 3 Ice Lost 1 2 North Stars nbsp Geordie Wudrick 50 2017 28 13 11 3 1 130 101 29 46 3rd 2 1 1 7 6 Runner up Won 6 2 Thunder Lost 1 4 Ice nbsp Geordie Wudrick 54 2018 28 24 4 152 74 78 72 1st 2 2 9 4 Champion Won 5 1 Mustangs Won 4 3 OT Bears nbsp Trevor Gerling 67 2019 28 26 1 1 161 67 94 79 1st 1 1 4 6 Semi finalist Lost 4 6 Bears nbsp Jesse Gaberille 67 2020 2020 and 2021 AIHL seasons were cancelled and not contested 2021 2022 18 15 2 1 141 56 85 49 1st 2 2 9 3 Champion Won 6 1 Northstars Won 3 2 Northstars nbsp Casey Kubara 52 2023 26 20 4 1 1 170 77 93 63 1st 2 1 1 4 2 Runner up Won 4 1 Thunder Lost 0 1 Mustangs nbsp Austin Albrecht 76 2024 Totals 212 140 1 50 11 10 1114 685 429 13 7 6 42 36 Despite there being no ties in the AIHL since the introduction of the shootout in 2006 the Brave and Adrenaline were awarded one point each after their match on 19 July 2014 was cancelled by the AIHL due to a bus crash involving the travelling Adelaide players and coaching staff en route to Canberra 143 144 Key Champions Runners up Third placeBroadcasting editCurrent AIHL TV 2023 present Worldwide paid subscription based online video broadcasting published by the AIHL in partnership with the Clutch TV platform using local 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