Sydney Bears
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| Sydney Bears | |
| League | AIHL |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Based in | Baulkham Hills, New South Wales |
| Home ice | Sydney Ice Arena |
| Colors | Red, black, silver and white |
| Championships | 2002 |
| Minor Premiers | None |
| Head coach | Kelly Lovering |
| General manager | Barry Robertson |
The Sydney Bears are a semi-professional ice hockey team in the Australian Ice Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Sydney Ice Arena in Baulkham Hills, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales - however, filming of the Nine Network's TV show, Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice forced the Bears to shift home games to Liverpool and Penrith during the latter half of the 2006 season.
The Bears are twice winners of the Goodall Cup and won the 2002 AIHL championship.
The Bears were one of three teams that founded the AIHL in 2000, along with the Adelaide Avalanche and Canberra Knights. Although the Bears did not win the championship in either year, they won the Goodall Cup tournament in 2001 in Newcastle, the last time the Cup was awarded independently of the AIHL.
In 2002, the Bears defeated the Avalanche in the Goodall Cup final for their second consecutive Cup and their first and only AIHL championship to date.
Four members of the Bears - Tyler Lovering, Brett Nelson-Bond, Vladimir Rubes and Murray Wand - were named to the Mighty Roos roster for the 2006 Division II World Championships in New Zealand.
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| Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) | |
| 2006 teams: Adelaide Avalanche | Brisbane Blue Tongues | Canberra Knights | Central Coast Rhinos | Melbourne Ice | Newcastle North Stars | Sydney Bears | Western Sydney Ice Dogs | |
| Trophies and Awards: Goodall Cup | V.I.P. Cup | |
| Related Articles: Australian National Ice Hockey Team | Ice Hockey Australia | International Ice Hockey Federation | |
