2017 AIHL season

2017 AIHL season
League Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Duration 22 April 2017 – 27 August 2017
Regular season
H Newman Reid Trophy TBD
Season MVP TBD
Top scorer TBD
Goodall Cup
Champions TBD
  Runners-up TBD
Finals MVP TBD

The 2017 AIHL season is the 17th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It will run from 22 April 2017 until 27 August 2017.

League business

In December 2016 the Adelaide Adrenaline revealed their new logo designs. The new primary logo features two peaks in the shape of the letter "A".[1] The club also introduced a secondary logo featuring a piping shrike.[1] In January 2017 the Melbourne Mustangs announced that the James Hotel would be their naming rights sponsor for the 2017 season, replacing MOAT: Mental Health Services which had held it since 2014.[2] The James Hotel will also continue as the clubs pre- and post-game and function venue.[2] The Mustangs also added Quest Docklands as a major sponsor in May.[3] On 17 January 2017 the league announced that the Sydney Bears and Sydney Ice Dogs would relocate to the Macquarie Ice Rink.[4] The Bears move from the Penrith Ice Palace where they have played since 2015 and the Ice Dogs move from the Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink.[5] In March 2017 the Ice Dogs revealed their new jersey designs which saw the club remove their logo in favour of the words "ICE DOGS" written out diagonally across the front.[6] In addition to the changes from the Adrenaline and Ice Dogs the CBR Brave, Melbourne Ice, Melbourne Mustangs, Newcastle Northstars and Sydney Bears also released new jersey designs.[7][8][9][10][11] In March and April the Perth Thunder signed Richard’s Tyrepower, MacTrack and MyLeadPod as new sponsors for the 2017 season.[12][13] The Thunder also announced that CD Dodd had increased their level of sponsorship for 2017, becoming the clubs naming rights sponsor.[14] In April the Brave announced that the Tuggeranong Hyperdome had signed on as a major sponsor and Anytime Fitness had increased their sponsorship to be a major sponsor of the club.[15] The following month the Brave announced that ONTHEGO had signed on as their official apparel partner.[16] In April 2017 Newcastle changed their name from the Newcastle North Stars to the Newcastle Northstars.[17] The re-brand was done to align the club with the New South Wales registered club, the Newcastle Northstars Ice Hockey Club.[17] At the end of April the Adrenaline announced that radio station 1079 Life had signed on as their official media partner with the deal including at least one game being live broadcast and regular interviews.[18] Also at the end of April both the Bears and Ice Dogs announced their official venue sponsors. The Bears signed The Ranch Hotel as their home venue sponsor while the Ice Dogs signed with T.G.I. Friday's Macquarie Centre restaurant.[19][20] In May the Ice Dogs announced that they would be radio streaming the remainder of their home games via Mixlr.[14] Also in May the Ice Dogs released a new logo as part of their 15th anniversary celebrations. The new logo featured a redesigned bulldog holding a broken ice hockey stick.[21] In June the Brave signed The Woden Tradies & Quality Hotel as their official post-game venue for the remainder of the season.[22]

Exhibition games

In February 2015 the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs announced that they would host the New Zealand men's national ice hockey team in a four game exhibition series at the O'Brien Group Arena, competing in two games each.[23][24] The series was held as part of a warm up for New Zealand ahead of the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B tournament.[24] The Mustangs won both of their games 5–4 with the first being won in a shootout.[25] The Ice defeated New Zealand 3–1 in the first game, however lost their second 0–9.[25] The 2017 edition of the Wilson Cup was not held due to a high workload in relation to the move of the Bears to the Macquarie Ice Rink.[26] It is the first time since 2013 that the tournament has not been held.[26] On 13 April the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs competed in an exhibition match at the O'Brien Group Arena with the Ice winning 8–1.[27] On 15 April the Adelaide Adrenaline held an exhibition match against an Ice Hockey South Australia All Star team as part of the Hockey Day in Adelaide event at the Adelaide Ice Arena.[28] The Adrenaline won the match 9–1.[28]

Personnel changes

In October 2016 it was announced that the Adelaide Adrenaline had signed Sami Mantere to the position of heach coach, replacing interim head coach Eric Lien who had been in the role since June.[29] The following month Perth Thunder head coach Dave Kenway stepped down from his position due to family and work commitments.[30] Following his resignation Kenway took on the role of Director of Hockey at the club.[30] Kenway was replaced in the position of head coach by former player Dave Ruck.[31] In January 2017 the CBR Brave announced the signing of former Northstars' player Rob Starke as head coach.[32] Starke comes into the position which was left empty after the departure of Josh Unice in August 2016.[33] In March 2017 it was announced that the Ice Dogs had signed former Australian national team player Christopher Blagg to the position of head coach.[34] The signing follows the resignation of Vladimir Rubes along with his assistant Christopher Sekura who both stepped down due to family commitments.[34] The club also announced the signing of Christopher Foster and Andrew Waite as assistant coaches.[34]

Player transfers

Interclub transfers

Nat Player Previous team New team Ref
Australia Zachary Boyle CBR Brave Adelaide Adrenaline [35]
Australia Cliff, BillyBilly Cliff Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs [36]
Australia Darge, WehebeWehebe Darge Adelaide Adrenaline CBR Brave [37]
Australia Dayne Davis Newcastle Northstars Melbourne Ice [38]
Australia Darcy Flanagan Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ice [39]
Australia Mitchell Humphries* Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs [40]
Australia Bayley Kubara Sydney Ice Dogs CBR Brave [41]
Australia Nicholas Novysedlak Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs [42]
Australia Charlie Smart Sydney Ice Dogs Newcastle Northstars [43]
* Mid-season transfer.

Retirements

Nat Player Team New role Ref
Australia Ryan Johnson CBR Brave — [44][45]

New signings

Nat Player Previous team New team Ref
Canada Casey Babineau University of Prince Edward Island Adelaide Adrenaline [46]
Sweden Kristoffer Backman Vimmerby HC Melbourne Ice [47]
Australia Brian Bales No team CBR Brave [48]
Australia Corey Banks No team CBR Brave [48]
United States Matt Beattie Étoile Noire de Strasbourg Melbourne Mustangs [49]
Australia Alan Becken Blueline Bombers Sydney Bears [50]
Australia Nathaniel Benson No team Adelaide Adrenaline [46]
Australia Gavin Birchler Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Mustangs [49][51]
Australia Robert Bird No team Perth Thunder [52]
Australia Slavomir Boris No team Sydney Bears [50]
Australia William Bourgault Seguin Huskies CBR Brave [48]
Australia Michael Breedveld Melbourne Sharks Melbourne Ice [47]
United States Jackson Brewer Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs Sydney Bears [50]
Australia Jérémy Brown Windsor Wild Melbourne Ice [47]
Australia Jeremy Brücker EHC Seewen II Sydney Bears [50]
Canada Matt Buskas No team CBR Brave [48]
Australia Ethan Cornford New Tecumseth Civics Melbourne Ice [47]
Australia Kale Costa HC Slovan Usti nad Labem U16 Sydney Ice Dogs [53]
Australia Robert Covino No team Sydney Bears [50]
Canada Cameron Critchlow University of New Brunswick Adelaide Adrenaline [46]
Sweden Niklas Dahlberg Tranås AIF Melbourne Ice [47]
Canada Peter Di Salvo Mississippi RiverKings Perth Thunder [52]
Australia Kevin Dow No team Melbourne Ice [47]
Australia Nickolas Eckhardt No team CBR Brave [48]
Australia Glen Forbes White Adelaide Generals Adelaide Adrenaline [46][54]
Australia Ben Gebert Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline [46][55]
Sweden Viktor Gibbs Sjödin No team Melbourne Ice [47]
United States Joe Harcharik Fayetteville FireAntz Newcastle Northstars [56]
Australia Justin Harrison No team Sydney Bears [57]
Australia Damian Holland Melbourne Blackhawks Melbourne Mustangs [49]
Canada Dominic Jalbert Pionniers De Chamonix-Morzine CBR Brave [48]
Australia Michael James No team Melbourne Ice [47]
Canada Stephen Johnston No team Sydney Ice Dogs [53]
Australia Zane Jones Innisfail Eagles Newcastle Northstars [56]
Australia James Keane Adelaide Tigers Adelaide Adrenaline [46]
Australia Rhett Kelly Reach Rebels Sydney Ice Dogs [53]
Canada Kale Kerbashian Wheeling Nailers Newcastle Northstars [56]
Canada Damien Ketlo University of Lethbridge Sydney Ice Dogs [53]
Finland Anton Kokkonen TuKV Melbourne Mustangs [49]
Czech Republic Ales Kratoska HC Tábor Adelaide Adrenaline [46]
United States James Kruger Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs Melbourne Mustangs [49]
Australia Toby Kubara No team CBR Brave [48]
Australia Simon Kudla No team Perth Thunder [52]
Canada Steven Kuhn Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne Newcastle Northstars [56]
Canada Maxime Langelier-Parent No team Melbourne Mustangs [49]
Australia Paul Lazzarotto No team Melbourne Mustangs [49]
Canada Matt Marantz University of Western Ontario Newcastle Northstars [56]
Australia James Marino Sydney Wolf Pack Sydney Ice Dogs [53][58]
Australia Aubyn Martin No team Melbourne Mustangs [49]
Australia Jaymie McDonnell Northern Vikings Perth Thunder [52][59]
Australia McGregor, ShannonShannon McGregor No team Sydney Ice Dogs [53]
Canada Morgan McNeill Bouctouche JCs Adelaide Adrenaline [46]
Australia McPhail, ChrisChris McPhail No team CBR Brave [48]
Australia Thomas Moncrieff No team Sydney Bears [50]
Canada Matt Murphy Royal Military College of Canada Adelaide Adrenaline [46]
Canada Tyler Noseworthy Danbury Titans Sydney Bears [50]
Sweden Sebastian Ottosson Tranås AIF Melbourne Ice [47]
Canada Christian Ouellet Jonquière Marquis Perth Thunder [52]
Australia Dylan Pope Adelaide Generals Adelaide Adrenaline [46]
Canada Félix-Antoine Poulin Dundee Stars Newcastle Northstars [56]
Canada Rory Rawlyk Atlanta Gladiators Sydney Ice Dogs [53]
Canada Nick Rivait Fayetteville FireAntz Sydney Bears [50]
Australia Troy Robertson Melbourne Braves Melbourne Mustangs [49]
Australia Rubes, VladimirVladimir Rubes No team Sydney Bears [50]
Australia Jake Ruck Aldergrove Kodiaks Perth Thunder [52]
Australia Tim Rye Newcastle North Stars ECSL Sydney Bears [50]
Australia Hayden Sheard Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle Northstars [56]
Australia Lachlan Shumak Vancouver Rangers Sydney Ice Dogs [53]
Australia Shaun Tobin Northern Samurai Perth Thunder [52][60]
Australia David Upton No team Sydney Ice Dogs [53]
Australia Cameron Walsh No team Perth Thunder [52]
Australia Alexander Wardlaw Ontario Hockey Academy Mdgt AA Sydney Bears [50]
Australia Levon Wilson Northern Vikings Perth Thunder [52][61]
Australia Seb Woodlands Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline [46]

Players lost

Nat Player Previous team New team Ref
Australia Steven Adams Sydney Bears No team [62]
Australia Spencer Austin Sydney Bears Penrith Raptors [62][63]
Australia Brentin Azzopardi Sydney Ice Dogs Blueline Bombers [64][65]
Australia Phil Bakatsoulas Melbourne Mustangs No team [66]
United States T.J. Battani Adelaide Adrenaline No team [67]
Canada Art Bidlevskii CBR Brave No team [44]
Switzerland Nicola Brandi CBR Brave SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers [44]
Australia Russel Brewer Adelaide Adrenaline No team [67]
Australia Dylan Burgess Sydney Bears No team [62]
Australia Harrison Byers CBR Brave No team [44]
Australia Scott Clemie Sydney Ice Dogs No team [64]
Australia Timothy Cox CBR Brave No team [44]
Australia Zane Cunliffe Perth Thunder No team [68]
United States Troy Davenport Melbourne Ice Tulsa Oilers [69]
United States Michael Dorr Perth Thunder Selber Wölfe [68]
Australia Andrew Erzen Melbourne Ice No team [69]
Australia Ted Fabijan Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Generals [67][70]
Australia Kayne Fedor Adelaide Adrenaline Euless Junior Stars [67]
Canada Zack Firlotte Adelaide Adrenaline Restigouche Nord Vikings [67]
Australia Matthew Gilpin CBR Brave No team [44]
Canada Brandon Greenside Newcastle Northstars Peoria Rivermen [71]
Canada Mathieu Guertin CBR Brave Trois-Rivières Blizzard [44]
Australia Sean Hamilton Perth Thunder No team [68]
Australia Harding, JoshuaJoshua Harding Adelaide Adrenaline No team [67]
Hungary Dávid Harmati Sydney Ice Dogs No team [64]
United States Josh Harris Newcastle Northstars Peoria Rivermen [71]
New Zealand Harrop, DaleDale Harrop Perth Thunder No team [68]
Canada Thomas Heemskerk Perth Thunder No team [68]
Australia Alex Henderson Sydney Bears Blueline Bombers [62][72]
United States Mark Higgins Melbourne Mustangs No team [66]
Australia Sam Hodic Melbourne Ice No team [69]
Canada Geoff Irwin Sydney Bears No team [62]
Canada James Isaacs Melbourne Mustangs Fife Flyers [66]
United States Nic Kawasaki Sydney Bears No team [62]
Australia Adam Kimbley Sydney Ice Dogs No team [64]
Denmark Lasse Lassen Melbourne Ice Herning Blue Fox [69]
Canada Éric Louis-Seize Melbourne Mustangs No team [66]
Australia Lukas Manco Sydney Ice Dogs No team [64]
Australia David Mahood Perth Thunder No team [68]
Australia Michael McDowell Melbourne Mustangs No team [66]
United States Connor McLaughlin Newcastle Northstars University of Alberta-Augustana [71]
Australia Ian Merwin Sydney Bears No team [62]
Australia Charlie Moore Melbourne Mustangs No team [66]
Australia Luke Moore CBR Brave No team [44]
Australia Anthony Nottle Perth Thunder No team [68]
Canada Gabriel O'Connor Adelaide Adrenaline Drakkars de Caen [67]
Australia Sam O'Neill-Hodges Adelaide Adrenaline No team [67]
Australia Cian O'Reilly Sydney Ice Dogs No team [64]
Australia Brendan Oakes Melbourne Ice No team [69]
Australia Dion Palmer Adelaide Adrenaline No team [67]
Italy Nicola Pau Adelaide Adrenaline No team [67]
Canada Neal Prokop CBR Brave No team [44]
Australia Harley Quinton-Jones Newcastle Northstars Newcastle North Stars ECSL [71][73]
New Zealand Ryan Ruddle Melbourne Mustangs No team [66]
New Zealand Remy Sandoy Sydney Ice Dogs No team [64]
Slovenia David Sefic Melbourne Mustangs HK Beograd [66]
Australia Chris Slauenwhite Melbourne Mustangs No team [66]
Australia Cam Smith Sydney Bears No team [62]
Australia Cameron Smith Sydney Ice Dogs Seguin Huskies [64]
Czech Republic Petr Stepanek Sydney Ice Dogs Peterborough Phantoms [64]
Australia Thomas Steven Melbourne Mustangs Bellingham Blazers [66]
Australia Sturrock, GregGreg Sturrock Melbourne Ice No team [69]
United Kingdom Paul Swindlehurst Sydney Ice Dogs Manchester Storm [64]
Canada Scott Swiston Newcastle Northstars University of Alberta-Augustana [71]
Australia Lee Turner Sydney Bears Penrith Raptors [62][74]
Australia Daniel Wilkinson Perth Thunder HC Giants Akatemia [68]
Canada Brandon Wong Newcastle Northstars EV Regensburg [71]
Japan Yule, ChrisChris Yule Melbourne Ice No team [69]
Australia Andrey Zolotarev Adelaide Adrenaline No team [67]
Australia Luke Zvonicek Sydney Bears Blueline Bombers [62][75]

Regular season

The regular season began on 22 April 2017 and will run through to 27 August 2017 before the top four teams advance to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series. On 7 May the game between the Melbourne Ice and Sydney Bears had to be cancelled after the first period due to a fire in the Macquarie Ice Rink's speaker system.[76] It was later rescheduled to 16 July at the Macquarie Ice Rink.[77] Due to the 2017 Ice Hockey Classic which was held on 17 June in Sydney and 24 June in Melbourne the league made two changes to the June fixture.[78] The match between the Sydney Ice Dogs and Newcastle North Stars was moved from 17 June to 16 June.[78] The other match moved was between the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs which was changed from 24 June to 25 June.[78]

The 10 June game between the CBR Brave and Adelaide Adrenaline served as the third annual beyondblue Cup, setup to held raise awareness for the charity.[79] The Brave won the Cup for the third year in a row, defeating the Adrenaline 8–3.[79]

April

Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
22 April 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 3 – 4 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
22 April 17:00 CBR Brave 4 – 2 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
22 April 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 – 0 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
23 April 16:00 CBR Brave 4 – 3 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
23 April 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 2 – 3 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
29 April 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2 – 5 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
29 April 17:00 Perth Thunder 4 – 1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
29 April 17:00 Sydney Bears 2 – 5 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
30 April 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 5 – 8 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
30 April 17:00 Perth Thunder 1 – 2 (SO) Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
30 April 17:00 CBR Brave 5 – 4 (SO) Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium

May

Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
6 May 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4 – 2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
6 May 17:00 Melbourne Ice 4 – 3 (SO) Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
6 May 17:00 CBR Brave 1 – 3 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
7 May 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 – 5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
7 May 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 6 – 5 (SO) CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
13 May 16:30 Sydney Bears 5 – 4 (SO) Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
13 May 17:00 Melbourne Ice 2 – 1 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
13 May 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 1 – 5 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
13 May 17:30 Newcastle Northstars 3 – 4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
14 May 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 5 – 9 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
14 May 16:30 Sydney Bears 2 – 3 (SO) Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
14 May 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 4 – 3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
20 May 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 0 – 9 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
20 May 17:00 Perth Thunder 4 – 1 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
20 May 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 – 2 (SO) Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
21 May 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 7 – 3 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
21 May 17:00 Perth Thunder 4 – 8 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
21 May 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 4 – 2 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
27 May 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 3 – 2 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
27 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 6 – 7 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
27 May 17:00 CBR Brave 4 – 1 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
28 May 16:00 Sydney Bears 5 – 6 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
28 May 16:30 Newcastle Northstars 1 – 5 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
28 May 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 – 4 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre

June

Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
10 June 16:30 Melbourne Ice 5 – 1 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
10 June 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 3 – 6 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
10 June 17:00 Sydney Bears 0 – 3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
10 June 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 3 – 8 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
11 June 16:30 Melbourne Ice 3 – 2 (SO) Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
11 June 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 8 – 5 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
11 June 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 6 – 4 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
16 June 20:15 Newcastle Northstars 2 – 7 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
17 June 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 5 – 1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
17 June 17:00 Perth Thunder 3 – 6 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
17 June 17:30 Sydney Bears 3 – 13 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
18 June 16:00 Perth Thunder 5 – 3 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
18 June 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 5 – 2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
18 June 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 4 – 8 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
24 June 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 – 2 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
24 June 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4 – 5 (SO) Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
24 June 17:30 Sydney Bears 1 – 7 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
25 June 16:00 Melbourne Ice 6 – 2 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
25 June 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 0 – 2 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
25 June 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4 – 5 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink

July

Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
1 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 4 – 6 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
1 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 3 – 5 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
1 July 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 5 – 3 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
2 July 16:00 Sydney Bears 5 – 6 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
2 July 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 5 – 6 (SO) CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
2 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 5 – 4 (SO) Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
8 July 16:30 CBR Brave 2 – 4 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
8 July 16:30 Melbourne Ice 6 – 3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
8 July 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 3 – 5 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
8 July 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 5 – 3 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
9 July 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 5 – 1 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
9 July 16:30 Melbourne Ice 2 – 0 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
9 July 16:30 CBR Brave 0 – 5 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
13 July 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 3 – 2 (SO) Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
15 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4 – 7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
15 July 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 – 4 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
15 July 17:30 Perth Thunder 3 – 2 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
16 July 14:30 Melbourne Ice 2 – 1 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
16 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 3 – 1 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
16 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2 – 0 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
22 July 16:30 CBR Brave 10 – 5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
22 July 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 3 – 6 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
22 July 17:00 Melbourne Ice 4 – 3 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
23 July 16:00 Newcastle Northstars 4 – 1 Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
23 July 16:30 CBR Brave 4 – 1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
23 July 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3 – 4 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
29 July 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 2 – 3 (SO) Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
29 July 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 1 – 4 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
29 July 17:00 CBR Brave 7 – 4 Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
30 July 16:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 – 4 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
30 July 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4 – 1 Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
30 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 4 – 7 Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium

August

Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
4 August 20:00 Sydney Bears 5 – 3 Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
5 August 16:30 Perth Thunder 3 – 4 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
5 August 17:00 Newcastle Northstars 4 – 7 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
5 August 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4 – 2 CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
6 August 16:00 Newcastle Northstars 1 – 4 Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
6 August 16:30 Perth Thunder 4 – 2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
12 August 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
12 August 17:00 Melbourne Ice CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
13 August 16:00 Melbourne Mustangs Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
13 August 17:00 Melbourne Ice CBR Brave Phillip Ice Skating Centre
19 August 16:30 Sydney Bears Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
19 August 17:00 CBR Brave Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
19 August 17:00 Melbourne Ice Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
19 August 17:00 Perth Thunder Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
20 August 16:00 Perth Thunder Melbourne Mustangs O'Brien Group Arena
20 August 16:00 Melbourne Ice Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
20 August 16:30 Sydney Bears Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Ice Arena
20 August 17:00 CBR Brave Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink
26 August 16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
26 August 17:00 CBR Brave Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
26 August 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs Newcastle Northstars Hunter Ice Skating Stadium
26 August 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs Sydney Bears Macquarie Ice Rink
27 August 16:00 CBR Brave Melbourne Ice O'Brien Group Arena
27 August 16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline Perth Thunder Perth Ice Arena
27 August 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs Sydney Ice Dogs Macquarie Ice Rink

Standings

Team GP W SOW SOL L GF GA GDF PTS
Melbourne Ice 22 17 2 1 2 101 55 +46 56
Perth Thunder 24 12 3 3 6 77 66 +11 45
CBR Brave 22 10 3 1 8 101 78 +23 37
Melbourne Mustangs 22 9 2 3 8 84 91 –7 34
Sydney Ice Dogs 23 10 0 0 13 63 65 –2 30
Newcastle Northstars 24 7 3 3 11 89 101 –12 30
Sydney Bears 25 6 2 3 14 89 114 –25 25
Adelaide Adrenaline 24 6 1 2 15 79 113 –34 22
Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs

Source

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Updated 30 July 2017.[80]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS
Wudrick, GeordieGeordie Wudrick CBR Brave 18 16 25 41 18 F
Dominic Jalbert CBR Brave 21 11 30 41 62 D
Félix-Antoine Poulin Newcastle Northstars 21 16 24 40 4 D
Jackson Brewer Sydney Bears 23 15 25 40 22 F
Jamie Bourke Melbourne Mustangs 22 20 19 39 36 F
Joseph Harcharik Newcastle Northstars 20 18 20 38 6 F
Benjamin Breault Perth Thunder 21 15 23 38 37 F
Anton Kokkonen Melbourne Mustangs 20 12 26 38 6 F
Steven Kuhn Newcastle Northstars 20 10 25 35 6 F
Cameron Critchlow Adelaide Adrenaline 20 17 17 34 12 F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Updated 30 July 2017.[80]

Player Team MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Damien Ketlo Sydney Ice Dogs 1041 736 54 2.59 0.927 2
Peter Di Salvo Perth Thunder 1098 746 55 2.50 0.926 2
Matt Murphy Adelaide Adrenaline 572 487 40 3.50 0.918 1
Dayne Davis Melbourne Ice 800 403 37 2.31 0.908 2
James Kruger Melbourne Mustangs 697 447 44 3.16 0.902 0

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2017 playoffs are set to begin on 2 September with the Goodall Cup final being held on 3 September.[81] Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series. All three games are to be held at the O'Brien Group Arena in Docklands, Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs.[81] The series is a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The finals are again sponsored by Air Canada, their fifth year in a row.[81]

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Semi-finals

2 September 2017
15:00		Team 1vTeam 4O'Brien Group Arena
2 September 2017
18:00		Team 2vTeam 3O'Brien Group Arena

Final

3 September 2017
15:00		Winner SF1vWinner SF2O'Brien Group Arena

All-Star weekend

The 2017 AIHL All-Star Weekend was held at the O'Brien Group Arena, Melbourne on 3 June and 4 June 2017.[82][83] The format of the weekend remained unchanged from 2016 with a skills competition on 3 June and an all-stars game on 4 June.[83] Melbourne Mustangs' Jamie Bourke and Lliam Webster of the Melbourne Ice were announced as the captains of the two teams replacing Michael Schlamp and Matt Armstrong from 2016.[83][84] APA Group re-signed as sponsor of the weekend after sponsoring the previous two events.[84] The weekend is also included on the Fox Sports broadcast schedule.[85]

The Skills competition saw Melbourne Mustangs players take out three of the seven events, the Melbourne Ice took two, and the Adelaide Adrenaline and Sydney Ice Dogs both picked up one each.[86][87] On 4 June Team Webster defeated Team Bourke 14–7 at the O'Brien Group Arena to win the 2017 All-Star Game.[88] Dominic Jalbert of the CBR Brave was named the most valuable player of the match.[88]

Skills competition

All-star game

4 June 2017
14:00		Team Bourke7 – 14Team WebsterO'Brien Group Arena

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