2010 AIHL season

2010 AIHL season
League Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 24 April – 29 August 2010
H Newman Reid Trophy Newcastle North Stars
Top scorer Peter Cartwright
Goodall Cup
Champions Melbourne Ice
  Runners-up Adelaide Adrenaline

The 2010 AIHL season is the 11th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 24 April 2010 until 22 August 2010, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 28 and 29 August.

League business

For the 2010 season Melbourne Ice relocated to a new stadium in Melbourne. The new ice rink known as the Icehouse is the home of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. It features two olympic size rinks and is one of three in Australia to be fully glassed.[1] The Gold Coast Blue Tongues signed an agreement with the Southern Stars Ice Hockey Club to play two of their home games in Brisbane at Acacia Ridge, which is a full sized olympic sized-rink.[2]

Regular season

April

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
1 24 April 17:00 Melbourne Ice 4 – 5 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 900
2 24 April 17:30 Sydney Bears 5 – 3 Canberra Knights Canberra
3 25 April 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3 – 4 Sydney Bears Penrith

May

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
4 1 May 16:00 Canberra Knights 5 – 6 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
5 1 May 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 7 – 6 (SO) Sydney Bears Penrith 60
6 1 May 17:45 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 – 4 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1100
7 2 May 15:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 – 3 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
8 2 May 16:00 Canberra Knights 6 – 4 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Brisbane
9 8 May 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3 – 8 Canberra Knights Canberra
10 8 May 17:45 Sydney Bears 2 – 9 Melbourne Ice Melbourne
11 9 May 15:30 Sydney Bears 1 – 14 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
12 9 May 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 6 – 7 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 700
13 15 May 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 1 – 5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
14 15 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 2 – 1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
15 15 May 17:30 Melbourne Ice 5 – 1 Canberra Knights Canberra
16 16 May 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 – 6 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
17 16 May 17:00 Melbourne Ice 9 – 2 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
18 16 May 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 2 – 3 Sydney Bears Penrith
19 22 May 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5 – 7 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
20 22 May 17:00 Canberra Knights 2 – 4 Sydney Bears Penrith
21 23 May 16:15 Sydney Ice Dogs 0 – 7 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1000
22 23 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 0 – 1 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 800
23 29 May 16:30 Canberra Knights 2 – 3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
24 29 May 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 1 – 4 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
25 30 May 16:15 Canberra Knights 1 – 6 Melbourne Ice Melbourne
26 30 May 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 1 – 7 Sydney Bears Penrith

June

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
27 5 June 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 – 5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
28 5 June 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 – 4 (SO)[I] Newcastle North Stars Newcastle
29 5 June 17:30 Sydney Bears 4 – 3 Canberra Knights Canberra
30 6 June 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 0 – 3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
31 6 June 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 1 – 2 Sydney Bears Penrith
32 12 June 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 6 – 2 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
33 19 June 16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 7 – 8 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
34 19 June 17:00 Melbourne Ice 5 – 6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 700
35 19 June 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 – 3 Canberra Knights Canberra
36 20 June 16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 2 – 5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
37 20 June 17:00 Melbourne Ice 1 – 4 Sydney Bears Penrith
38 26 June 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 5 – 3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
39 26 June 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 6 – 2 Canberra Knights Canberra
40 26 June 17:45 Adelaide Adrenaline 6 – 4 Melbourne Ice Melbourne
41 27 June 16:15 Adelaide Adrenaline 0 – 2 Melbourne Ice Melbourne
42 27 June 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4 – 2 Sydney Bears Penrith

July

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
43 3 July 16:00 Melbourne Ice 5 – 4 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
44 3 July 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 7 – 3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
45 3 July 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 5 – 4 (SO)[I] Canberra Knights Canberra
46 4 July 16:00 Melbourne Ice 4 – 2 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Brisbane
47 4 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 – 2 (SO) Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
48 4 July 17:00 Canberra Knights 5 – 7 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 700
49 10 July 16:00 Sydney Bears 2 – 4 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
50 10 July 17:45 Newcastle North Stars 2 – 9 Melbourne Ice Melbourne
51 10 July 17:00 Canberra Knights 7 – 8 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
52 11 July 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 3 – 1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
53 11 July 16:00 Sydney Bears 2 – 3 (SO) Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
54 17 July 16:30 Melbourne Ice 8 – 7 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
55 17 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 2 – 8 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
56 17 July 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 6 – 3 Canberra Knights Canberra
57 18 July 16:30 Melbourne Ice 3 – 4 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
58 18 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 1 – 6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle
59 24 July 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 5 – 4 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
60 24 July 17:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3 – 2 Canberra Knights Canberra
61 25 July 16:15 Newcastle North Stars 1 – 2 (SO) Melbourne Ice Melbourne
62 25 July 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 – 4 Sydney Bears Penrith
63 25 July 17:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4 – 5 Canberra Knights Canberra
64 31 July 16:00 Newcastle North Stars 3 – 1 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
65 31 July 17:45 Canberra Knights 0 – 5 Melbourne Ice Melbourne

August

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
66 1 August 16:00 Newcastle North Stars 8 – 3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast
67 1 August 16:30 Canberra Knights 5 – 7 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
68 1 August 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 – 5 Sydney Bears Penrith
69 7 August 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4 – 10 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
70 7 August 17:00 Canberra Knights 2 – 12 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle
71 7 August 17:45 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 2 – 5 Melbourne Ice Melbourne
72 8 August 16:15 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3 – 6 Melbourne Ice Melbourne
73 8 August 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 0 – 3 Sydney Bears Penrith
74 14 August 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 0 – 4 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 850
75 14 August 17:30 Melbourne Ice 3 – 2 (SO) Canberra Knights Canberra
76 15 August 17:00 Melbourne Ice 6 – 3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
77 15 August 17:00 Canberra Knights 0 – 11 Sydney Bears Penrith
78 21 August 16:30 Sydney Bears 5 – 4 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide
79 21 August 17:00 Canberra Knights 2 – 10 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool
80 21 August 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3 – 11 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 850
81 22 August 16:15 Sydney Bears 3 – 7 Melbourne Ice Melbourne
82 22 August 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3 – 8 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 800

^ I Double points game.

Standings

Qualified for the playoffs
Team GP W SOW SOL L GF GA GDF PTS
Newcastle North Stars 24 14 7 1 2 131 74 57 57
Melbourne Ice 24 15 3 1 5 122 65 57 52
Sydney Bears 24 12 1 3 8 82 90 -8 41
Adelaide Adrenaline 24 8 5 5 6 107 92 15 39
Gold Coast Blue Tongues 24 9 1 1 13 84 107 -23 30
Canberra Knights 24 5 0 3 16 79 131 -52 18
Sydney Ice Dogs 24 4 0 3 17 74 120 -46 15

Playoffs

The playoffs were held between 28 August and 29 August with all three games being played at the Icehouse in Melbourne.[3] Melbourne Ice won the final and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Adelaide Adrenaline 6 to 4.[4]

Semifinals Final
      
1 Newcastle North Stars 6
4 Adelaide Adrenaline 7
Adelaide Adrenaline 4
Melbourne Ice 6
3 Melbourne Ice 2
2 Sydney Bears 1

Semi-finals

28 August 2010
16:00		 Newcastle North Stars 6 – 7
(2–4, 0–2, 4–1)		 Adelaide Adrenaline Icehouse, Melbourne
28 August 2010
19:30		 Melbourne Ice 2 – 1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)		 Sydney Bears Icehouse, Melbourne

Final

29 August 2010
16:00		 Adelaide Adrenaline 4 – 6
(2–2, 1–2, 1–2)		 Melbourne Ice Icehouse, Melbourne

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[5]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS
Peter Cartwright Newcastle North Stars 25 41 47 88 24 F
Brian Bales Newcastle North Stars 25 33 54 87 28 F
Blair Tassone Newcastle North Stars 25 22 40 62 82 F
Oddy, GregGreg Oddy Adelaide Adrenaline 26 19 29 48 18 F
Mike McRae Gold Coast Blue Tongues 23 17 19 46 87 F
Webster, LliamLliam Webster Melbourne Ice 26 24 22 46 95 F
Jason Baclig Melbourne Ice 23 25 20 45 10 F
Cameron Dion Adelaide Adrenaline 24 20 24 44 67 F
Dallas Costanzo Gold Coast Blue Tongues 23 18 26 44 63 F
Matthew Armstrong Melbourne Ice 24 16 28 44 66 D

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[6]

Player Team MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Ezzy, MattMatt Ezzy Newcastle North Stars 1023:00 763 69 3.04 91.0 2
Nick Boucher Sydney Bears 793:10 534 49 2.78 90.8 2
Reese Kalleitner Gold Coast Blue Tongues 393:15 336 36 4.12 89.3 0
Denman, StuartStuart Denman Melbourne Ice 1020:00 518 60 2.65 88.4 2
Olivier Martin Adelaide Adrenaline 921:00 566 73 3.57 87.1 0

References

  1. ↑ Lambert, Peter (2010-01-05). "New Year, New Board, New Rink for AIHL". Australian Ice Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2010-01-24. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  2. ↑ Lambert, Peter (2010-03-13). "Blue Tongues move 2 games to Brisbane". Australian Ice Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  3. ↑ "2010 Goodall Cup Finals Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th August". Australian Ice Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  4. ↑ "Final". Pointstreak. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  5. ↑ "Scoring Leaders". Pointstreak. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  6. ↑ "Goalie Leaders". Pointstreak. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

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