Adelaide Adrenaline

Adelaide Adrenaline
City Thebarton, South Australia
League AIHL
Founded 2008 (2008)
Operated 2008-present
Home arena Ice ArenA
Colors Red, Blue and Gold
General manager Charlie Vaughton
Head coach Mike Gainer
Franchise history
2008 Adelaide A's
2009-present Adelaide Adrenaline

The Adelaide Adrenaline are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Thebarton, South Australia that play in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL).

Contents

History

The club was formed at the start of July 2008 to replace the Adelaide Avalanche after they folded in June. In a deal with the AIHL the A's picked up the Avalanche's team list and fulfilled the existing game schedule for the remainder of the 2008 season.[1] After the 2008 season the A's were renamed the Adelaide Adrenaline for the upcoming 2009 season.

Season by season results

Season GP W SOW SOL L GF GA PTS Finish Playoff
2008 28* 6 6 2 14 90 107 32 6 Did not qualify
2009 24 15 1 0 8 117 75 47 3 Won semi-finals vs. Melbourne Ice, 6–1
Won Goodall Cup final vs. Newcastle North Stars, 3–2 (SO)
2010 24 8 5 5 6 107 92 39 4 Won semi-finals vs. Newcastle North Stars, 7–6
Lost Goodall Cup final vs. Melbourne Ice, 4–6
2011 28 12 5 2 9 117 94 48 4 Lost semi-final vs. Melbourne Ice, 3–8
*In a deal with the AIHL previous games played by the Adelaide Avalanche were carried over to the A's.

Current roster

Team roster for the 2011 AIHL season[2][3]

# Nat Name Pos Date of Birth Acquired Birthplace
24 Sam Bennett F 01992 1992 2011 Adelaide, Australia
23 Gavin Best F 01992 1992 2010 Adelaide, Australia
5 Steve Best F 01992-05-2929 May 1992 2010 Adelaide, Australia
2 Nick Clark D 01988 1988 2008 Adelaide, Australia
12 Darren Corstens F 01991 1991 2010 Adelaide, Australia
11 Delsar, CassianCassian Delsar F 01982-08-2424 August 1982 2008 Adelaide, Australia
14 George, DanielDaniel George D 01981-12-033 December 1981 2011 Adelaide, Australia
39 Andrew Glass G 01990 1990 2011
8 Sean Greer D 01990-03-044 March 1990 2008 Adelaide, Australia
22 Harding, JoshuaJoshua Harding (A) D 01985-08-2727 August 1985 2008 Adelaide, Australia
23 Huxley, DavidDavid Huxley D 01988-02-044 February 1988 2008 Adelaide, Australia
18 Keane, JamesJames Keane F 01984-10-2626 October 1984 2008 Adelaide, Australia
19 David Manning F 01988-03-2828 March 1988 2008 Blackwood, Australia
29 Olivier Martin G 01988-05-1212 May 1988 2008 Greenwood, Canada
10 Oddy, GregGreg Oddy (C) F 01980-07-2424 July 1980 2008 Adelaide, Australia
4 Peterson, DeanDean Peterson F 01988-07-2525 July 1988 2008 Adelaide, Australia
13 Philips, DavidDavid Philips[I] D 01987-08-1414 August 1987 2011 Beverley, England
27 Philips, KevinKevin Philips[I] D 01986-01-055 January 1986 2011 Beverley, England
19 Josef Rezek[I] F 01990-06-055 June 1990 2011 Czechoslovakia
18 Sean Scarbrough[I] F 01986-01-1616 January 1986 2011 Fairfield, United States
39 Chris Slauenwhite G 01991-09-1818 September 1991 2011 Newmarket, Canada
20 Andrew Stapleton F 01990 1990 2009 Adelaide, Australia
6 Thilthorpe, LukeLuke Thilthorpe F 01981-11-044 November 1981 2011 Adelaide, Australia
17 Mike Werner (A) [I] F 01986-01-2525 January 1986 2011 Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
15 Aaron Widger D 01992 1992 2010 Adelaide, Australia
7 Andrew Zolaterev D 01990-08-077 August 1990 2008 Chişinău, USSR

^ I Import player.

Leaders

Team captains

  • Greg Oddy - 2008 - present

Head coaches

  • John Botterill, 2008–2010
  • Mike Gainer, 2010 - present[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ice ArenA Media Release". Ice ArenA. http://www.esportsdesk.com/leagues/3856/graphics/080701_A%27s_Release.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-10. 
  2. ^ "2011 Adelaide Adrenaline Team Roster". Elite Prospects. http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=4474. Retrieved 2011-08-14. 
  3. ^ "2011 Adelaide Adrenaline Player Statistics". Australian Ice Hockey League. http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/stats_1team.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&teamid=296081. Retrieved 2011-08-14. 
  4. ^ "Adrenaline announce Mike Gainer as Head Coach". Adelaide Adrenaline. http://www.webcitation.org/5niCJgay3. Retrieved 2010-02-22. 

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