2003 AIHL season
| 2003 AIHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Australian Ice Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Regular season | |
| Champions | Newcastle North Stars |
| Top scorer | Pavel Shtefan |
| Goodall Cup | |
| Champions | Newcastle North Stars |
| Runners-up | West Sydney Ice Dogs |
The 2002 AIHL season is the fourth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL).
Regular season
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Northstars | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 17 | 30 | 12 |
| Adelaide Avalanche1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 16 | 27 | 14 |
| West Sydney Ice Dogs1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 8 |
| Melbourne Ice | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 32 | –12 | 4 |
| Sydney Bears | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 34 | –11 | 2 |
| Canberra Knights | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 64 | –48 | 0 |
- 1 Both teams played a double points game, won by Adelaide, which resulted their games played being recorded as seven.
Playoffs
The playoffs were held at Sydney's Glaciarium. Newcastle defeated the West Sydney 4–1 in the final to win their first championship and the Goodall Cup.
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[1]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | POS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Shtefan | Newcastle North Stars | 6 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 2 | |
| Daryl Bat | Newcastle North Stars | 6 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 8 | |
| Greg Oddy | Adelaide Avalanche | 6 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 10 | F |
| Jake Ludvig | Newcastle North Stars | 6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | |
| Vladimir Rubes | Sydney Bears | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | F |
| Chris Sekura | West Sydney Ice Dogs | 6 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 31 | F |
| Dylan Martini | Adelaide Avalanche | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 12 | D |
| Phillipe Roussell | West Sydney Ice Dogs | 6 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 22 | F |
| Murray Wand | Sydney Bears | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | F |
| Trevor Walsh | Adelaide Avalanche | 5 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 31 | F |
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[1]
| Player | Team | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Benedictson | Adelaide Avalanche | 135:00 | 70 | 6 | 2.00 | 91.43 | 0 |
| Eric Lein | Adelaide Avalanche | 135:00 | 70 | 7 | 2.33 | 90.00 | 0 |
| Trevor Battaglia | Newcastle North Stars | 270:00 | 166 | 17 | 2.83 | 89.76 | 0 |
| Alan Becken | West Sydney Ice Dogs | 224:10 | 132 | 16 | 3.21 | 87.88 | 1 |
| Stuart Denman | Melbourne Ice | 135:00 | 89 | 15 | 5.00 | 83.15 | 0 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2003 AIHL Statistics". Ice Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
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