2014 AIHL season

The 2014 AIHL season was the 15th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 12 April 2014 until 24 August 2014, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 30 and 31 August. The Melbourne Mustangs won both the H Newman Reid Trophy for finishing first in the regular season, and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Melbourne Ice in the final.

2014 AIHL season
League	Australian Ice Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	12 April 2014 – 31 August 2014
Regular season
H Newman Reid Trophy	Melbourne Mustangs (1st title)
Season MVP	Simon Barg (Ice Dogs)
Top scorer	Simon Barg (69 points) (Ice Dogs)
Goodall Cup
Champions	Melbourne Mustangs
Runners-up	Melbourne Ice
Finals MVP	Viktor Gibbs Sjödin (Mustangs)

Teams

In 2014 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league.^[1]

2014 AIHL teams

Team	City	Arena	Head Coach	Captain
Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide	IceArenA	Ryan O'Handley	Greg Oddy
CBR Brave	Canberra	Phillip Ice Skating Centre	Matti Louma	Mark Rummukainen
Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	Medibank Icehouse	Brent Laver	Lliam Webster
Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	Medibank Icehouse	Brad Vigon	Sean Jones
Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	Hunter Ice Skating Stadium	Garry Doré	Robert Starke
Perth Thunder	Perth	Perth Ice Arena	Dylan Forsythe	Samuel Wilson
Sydney Bears	Sydney	Sydney Ice Arena	Vladimir Rubes	Michael Schlamp
Sydney Ice Dogs	Sydney	Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink	Andrew Petrie	Robert Malloy

League business

In October 2013 it was confirmed that the Gold Coast Blue Tongues would remain suspended for the 2014 season. The team have until the 2015 season before their licence is reviewed.^[2] On 26 February 2014 Canberra Knights owner John Raut announced that the team had folded operations effective immediately and would not be competing in the upcoming 2014 season. Raut cited financial costs, lack of local players and poor performance as the reasons behind the move.^[3][4] The following day it was announced that the player group headed by captain Mark Rummukainen had approached the league with plans on taking on the club's licence.^[5] The following month the league announced that they had granted a provisional licence to a Canberra consortium, which involved the player group, to take on the licence and replace the Knights in the 2014 season. The new team was announced as the CBR Brave.^[6] The Melbourne Mustangs announced in March 2014 that they had signed a deal with MOAT: Mental Health Services who will become the teams naming sponsors for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. The team's name will change to MOAT: Melbourne Mustangs Ice Hockey Club.^[7] Air Canada expanded their sponsorship of the AIHL to the entire 2014 season after last year sponsoring the 2013 finals series.^[8] They also announced they will continue to show a highlights package of the 2013 finals series as part of their in-flight entertainment until the end of June.^[8] They will then replace it with the 2014 Canada Day Classic between the Sydney Bears and Melbourne Mustangs and the 2014 AIHL finals series.^[8]

Exhibition games

The first exhibition game was held in November 2013 with the Sydney Bears playing a match against former AIHL team, the Central Coast Rhinos. The Rhinos who previously played in the AIHL from 2005 to 2008 went on to win the game 8–4.^[9] A second game involving the Bears and Rhinos was held in March 2014 with the Bears winning 8–2.^[9] In February 2014 it was announced that the pre season tournament, the Wilson Cup, would be revived.^[10] The tournament was last played in 2009 and was won by the Rhinos.^[10] The 2014 edition features the Newcastle North Stars, Sydney Bears and the Sydney Ice Dogs.^[10] The tournament features a round robin of the three teams and finishes with a final between the top two placed teams. In started on 16 March and finished on 5 April.^[10] In the opening game of the Wilson Cup the North Stars defeated the Bears 4–3 in a shootout.^[11] The North Stars however lost game two to the Ice Dogs 5–4 in a shootout.^[12] In the last game of the round robin the Ice Dogs defeated the Sydney Bears 8–1 and they finished first in the standings.^[13] The Ice Dogs were drawn against the North Stars in the final who finished the round robin in second place. The Ice Dogs defeated the North Stars 4–2, winning their first Wilson Cup title.^[14] On 27 March the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs held an exhibition game at the Medibank Icehouse with the Ice defeating the Mustangs 8–3.^[15] On 3 and 5 April the Australian national team held two exhibition games against the Mustangs and Ice.^[16] The two games were played at the Medibank Icehouse and were held as part of the team's preparation for the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Serbia from 9 to 15 April.^[16] Australia won both of the games, defeating the Mustangs 9–3 and the Ice 4–1.^[16][17]

Personnel changes

In November 2013 Melbourne Ice announced that assistant coach Brent Laver has been promoted to the head coach position, replacing Sandy Gardner who had been in the job for only the 2013 season.^[18] The team also announced that former player, Glen Mayer had signed on as an assistant coach, along with former Swedish First Division player, Johan Steenberg, who was appointed back in June 2013.^[18][19] Just prior to the start of the season Perth Thunder Coach Stan Scott announced that he had stepped down as head coach in order to focus on the General Manager operations of the club. Scott was replaced by Dylan Forsythe as head coach and but remained on the coaching panel as an assistant.^[20] After eight games into the season it was announced that Forsythe had stepped down as head coach effective immediately for unknown reasons. He was replaced by Stan Scott who agreed to take over as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[21] On 24 April 2014 the Sydney Ice Dogs head coach Ron Kuprowsky and his assistants Colin Downie and Brad Andrlon had resigned from their positions.^[22] The club appointed Dion Dunwoodie as interim head coach with Mark Page and Anthony Wilson as his assistants. On 9 May 2014 the Ice Dogs signed Andrew Petrie as their new head coach.^[23]

Player transfers

Players signed Player Previous team New team Ref Matthew Anderson No team Melbourne Mustangs [24] Richard Ashton No team Melbourne Ice [25] Antoine Aubin Newcastle North Stars ECSL Newcastle North Stars [26] Brendan Ayton No team Sydney Bears [27] Matthew Ayton No team Sydney Bears [27] Sonny Bal No team Melbourne Ice [25] Brian Bales No team Newcastle North Stars [26] David Bell Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Stephen Blunden University of Ottawa CBR Brave [28] Zachary Boyle Adelaide Blackhawks Adelaide Adrenaline [29] Jeremy Brown Sherbrooke Cougars Melbourne Ice [25] Mitch Bye No team Sydney Ice Dogs [30] Harrison Byers Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] James Byers Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Blake Cameron Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Graham Charbonneau No team Adelaide Adrenaline [29] David Chubb Gander Flyers Adelaide Adrenaline [29] Robert Clark No team Melbourne Ice [25] Aaron Clayworth No team CBR Brave [28] Stuart Clemie ECSL Vipers Sydney Bears [27] John Clewlow Fayetteville FireAntz Sydney Ice Dogs [30] Darren Cope No team CBR Brave [28] Scott Corbett No team Melbourne Ice [25] Ethan Cornford Melbourne Whalers Melbourne Mustangs [24] Cody Danberg Shellbrook Elks Newcastle North Stars [26] Ben DiMarco Vikingar Sydney Bears [27] Nickolas Eckhardt Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Ryan Foll Adelaide Tigers Adelaide Adrenaline [29][31] Justin Fox Quad City Mallards Perth Thunder [32] Jordan Gavin Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Kaden Goulds Cockburn Hawks Perth Thunder [32] Jeff Grant Louisiana IceGators Melbourne Mustangs [24] Jordan Grover Perth Pelicans Perth Thunder [32] Sean Hamilton Perth Thunder Melbourne Ice [25] Joshua Hansen Sydney Sabres Newcastle North Stars [26] Matthew Harvey Okotoks Drillers CBR Brave [28] Sam Hodic Melbourne Glaciers Melbourne Ice [25] Ross Howell No team Melbourne Ice [25] Joseph Hughes Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs [24] Vincent Hughes Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs [24] Brad Hunt Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Gustaf Huth Lidingö Vikings Melbourne Ice [25] Greg Hyde No team Perth Thunder [32] Tim Johansson No team Melbourne Ice [25] Adam Kimbley Sydney Heat Sydney Bears [27] Anton Kokkonen TuTo CBR Brave [28] Martin Kutek No team Melbourne Mustangs [24] Samuel Lammert Sydney Sabres Newcastle North Stars [26] Matt Lehoczky No team CBR Brave [28] Tom Letki Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] David Lewis Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Måns Lindgren Piteå HC J20 Adelaide Adrenaline [29] Brett Liscomb Fayetteville FireAntz Adelaide Adrenaline [29] Dane Ludolph Park City Pioneers Sydney Bears [27] Riley Major Sydney Sabres Sydney Bears [27] Harrison May University of Ottawa Newcastle North Stars [26] Jarrad McDonnell No team Adelaide Adrenaline [29] Joel McFadden No team Sydney Bears [27] Remy McGuiness Perth Sharks Adelaide Adrenaline [29] Christopher McPhail No team CBR Brave [28] Kai Miettinen Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Carter Moore No team Sydney Ice Dogs [30] Matt Monaghan No team Sydney Ice Dogs [30] Patrick Nadin Sydney Wolf Pack Newcastle North Stars [26] Tim Newmark Massachusetts Junior Mariners Sydney Bears [27] Aku Nevalainen No team Perth Thunder [32] Timothy Noting Rimbo IF Sydney Ice Dogs [30] Mathieu Ouellette University of Ottawa CBR Brave [28] Daniel Palmkvist Nittorps IK Sydney Bears [27] Thomas Papps No team Adelaide Adrenaline [29] Dean Peterson No team Adelaide Adrenaline [29] Petri Pitkänen KeuPa HT CBR Brave [28] Jason Polglase No team Newcastle North Stars [26] Harley Quinton-Jones Sydney Wolf Pack Newcastle North Stars [26] Shai Rabinowitz Newcastle North Stars CBR Brave [28] Kim Ranta-Aho No team Perth Thunder [32] Ryan Remillard No team Adelaide Adrenaline [29] Alain Riesen Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Troy Robertson No team Melbourne Mustangs [24] Cameron Rose Massachusetts Junior Mariners Sydney Ice Dogs [30] Mark Rummukainen Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Hayden Sheard Sydney Sabres Newcastle North Stars [26] Viktor Gibbs Sjödin Ferencvárosi TC Melbourne Mustangs [24] Jarrod Smith Sydney Wolf Pack Sydney Bears [27] Jeff Smith Hull Stingrays Melbourne Ice [25] Shane Southwood No team Sydney Ice Dogs [30] Niko Suoraniemi Herlev Eagles Adelaide Adrenaline [29] Robert Summons No team Melbourne Mustangs [24] Sean Hamilton Steen No team Sydney Bears [27] Stuart Stefan Huntsville Havoc Perth Thunder [32] Alec Stephenson Sydney Wolf Pack Sydney Bears [27] Matt Taylor Canberra Knights Newcastle North Stars [26] Peter Taylor Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Shaun Tobin Perth Sharks Perth Thunder [32] Marco Tomasello No team Sydney Ice Dogs [30] Corey Toy Fayetteville FireAntz Perth Thunder [32] Derek Walker St. James Canucks CBR Brave [28] Kieren Webster Perth Pelicans Perth Thunder [32] Corey Wilkie St. James Canucks CBR Brave [28] Rob Willis No team Sydney Bears [27] Chris Wilson Louisiana IceGators Newcastle North Stars [26] Stuart Woodall Canberra Knights CBR Brave [28] Jamie Woodman Palm Beach Hawks Perth Thunder [32]

Players lost Player Previous team New team Ref Travis Alabaster Melbourne Mustangs No team [33] Kenneth Autterson Sydney Bears ECSL Sting [34] Jonathan Bale Sydney Bears No team [34] Alistair Band Canberra Knights Haringey Racers [35] Shane Barrow Sydney Bears Sydney Heat [34] Brian Berger Perth Thunder Marian University [36] Luc-Olivier Blain Adelaide Adrenaline Anglet Hormadi Élite [37] Tyson Boyd Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Blackhawks [37][38] Jordan Braid Canberra Knights Columbus Cottonmouths [35] Russel Brewer Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Tigers [37][39] Caleb Butler Melbourne Ice No team [40] Dan Clarke Perth Thunder Mississippi Surge [36] Scott Clemie Sydney Bears Sydney Wolf Pack [34] Pier-Olivier Cotnoir Newcastle North Stars TEV Miesbach [41] Fred Coutts Perth Thunder No team [36] Andrew Crowther Melbourne Ice No team [40] Todd Cutter Melbourne Mustangs No team [33] Kevin Darcy Perth Thunder University of Oklahoma [36] James David Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Falcons [37][42] Rob Duchemin Newcastle North Stars No team [41] Andrew Erzen Melbourne Ice No team [40] Michael Fairlamb Canberra Knights No team [35] Michael Forney Perth Thunder EC VSV [36] Robin Forsythe Melbourne Mustangs No team [33] Chris Frank Melbourne Ice Braehead Clan [40] Ian Fulion Canberra Knights No team [35] Tim Fulton Canberra Knights No team [35] Kevin Glanzman Melbourne Mustangs No team [33] John Gordon Melbourne Ice EV Füssen [40] Sean Hamilton Perth Thunder Melbourne Ice [36] Matthew Haywood Adelaide Adrenaline Braehead Clan [37] Stuart Higgins Melbourne Mustangs No team [33] Aaron Hoffman Perth Thunder No team [36] Joseph Hughes Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs [40] Vincent Hughes Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs [40] Stephen Huish Perth Thunder West Auckland Admirals [36] Lyle Idoine Sydney Bears No team [34] Mikko Jortikka Canberra Knights TuTo [35] Renars Kazanovs Sydney Bears HK Kurbads [34] Chris Kelly Newcastle North Stars No team [41] Anthony Kimlin Sydney Ice Dogs Whitby Dunlops [43] Martin Kolos Sydney Bears ECSL Sting [34] Jan Koubek Sydney Bears No team [34] Tomas Landa Sydney Bears HC Risuty [34] Richie Lamb Perth Thunder West Coast Flyers [36][44] Justin Levac Canberra Knights St. Charles Chill [35] Ryan Lowe Sydney Bears No team [34] Matti Luoma Canberra Knights Retired [35] Silvan Maeder Sydney Bears ECSL Sting [34] Tomas Manco Sydney Ice Dogs No team [45] Ayden Millward Perth Thunder No team [36] Dan Mohle Perth Thunder No team [36] Dylan Moore Melbourne Ice No team [40] Jeff Martens Newcastle North Stars Brampton Beast [41] Olivier Martin Newcastle North Stars Retired [46] Ben O'Driscoll Sydney Bears No team [34] Joshua O'Neil Sydney Bears No team [34] Jon Olthuis Melbourne Mustangs No team [33] Dominic Osman Newcastle North Stars Huntsville Havoc [41] Britt Ouellette Adelaide Adrenaline Watertown Privateers [37] Travis Ouellette Adelaide Adrenaline Arizona Sundogs [37] Rick Parry Adelaide Adrenaline West Auckland Admirals [37] Dahlen Phillips Melbourne Ice No team [40] Kevin Phillips Adelaide Adrenaline Belfast Giants [37] Stuart Philps Canberra Knights No team [35] Matt Puntureri Sydney Ice Dogs Bloomington Thunder [43] Shai Rabinowitz Newcastle North Stars CBR Brave [41] Joel Rhodes Sydney Ice Dogs No team [43] Denis Ristic Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Redwings [37][47] Ken Rolph Perth Thunder Elora Rocks [36] Ollie Rozdarz Canberra Knights No team [35] Vladimir Rubes Sydney Bears No team [34] Nick Sault Canberra Knights No team [35] Francisco Sevilla Sydney Bears ECSL Sting [34] Carson Sinclair Adelaide Adrenaline No team [37] Chris Slauenwhite Canberra Knights Töreboda HF [35] Charles Smart Perth Thunder Ontario Hockey Academy U18 [36] Kane Spence Sydney Bears No team [34] Alec Stephenson Sydney Ice Dogs Sydney Wolf Pack [43] Scott Stephenson Sydney Ice Dogs No team [48] Matt Strueby Perth Thunder No team [36] Maxime Suzzarini Canberra Knights Anglet Hormadi Élite [35] Mike Thorburn Melbourne Ice No team [40] Joe Tolles Perth Thunder Arizona Sundogs [36] David Upton Newcastle North Stars No team [41] Vadim Virjassov Melbourne Mustangs Tallinn Viiking-Sport [33] Frantisek Vlasek Sydney Ice Dogs No team [43] Dillan Wallace Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Redwings [37][49] Cameron Walsh Perth Thunder No team [36] Anthony Wilson Sydney Ice Dogs Retired [50] Andrey Zolotarev Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Falcons [37][51]

Regular season

The regular season started on 12 April 2014 and ran through to 1 September 2014 before the top four teams compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.^[52] Game 35 between the Newcastle North Stars and the Sydney Ice Dogs had to be postponed due to the North Stars bus breaking down en route to Liverpool.^[53] The game was later rescheduled for 22 June 2014 and will be played at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle.^[54] Game 77 between the Adelaide Adrenaline and CBR Brave had to be postponed after the Adrenalines team bus crashed en route to the Phillip Ice Skating Centre. Head Coach Ryan O'Handley and some players were taken to hospital however none of the injuries were serious. Game 79 which was set to be held the following day between the Adrenaline and the Sydney Bears was also postponed.^[55] On 31 July it was announced that both games had been cancelled as the teams involved had been unable to reschedule the games. As a result, the AIHL Commission awarded each team one point for the cancelled games, with the Adrenaline getting one point from each game and the Brave and Bears awarded one point each from their respective games.^[56]

The Melbourne Mustangs won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing first in the regular season with 54 points.^[57] In the final week of the regular season the AIHL released the list of finalists for the 2014 awards.^[58] Mathieu Ouelette of the CBR Brave, Jack Wolgemuth of the Melbourne Mustangs and the Sydney Ice Dogs' Simon Barg were nominated as the Most Valuable Player, with Barg going on to win the award.^[58][59] Petri Pitkänen of the CBR Brave, Mathieu Dugas of the Perth Thunder and the Sydney Bears' Daniel Palmkvist were nominated for the Goaltender of the Year award with Petri Pitkänen being named the winner.^[58][59] Niko Suoraniemi of the Adelaide Adrenaline, John Kennedy of the Newcastle North Stars and the Melbourne Mustangs' Jack Wolgemuth were nominated for the Defenceman of the Year award with Wolgemuth being announced the winner.^[58][59] Jeremy Brown of the Melbourne Ice, Jamie Woodman of the Perth Thunder and the Newcastle North Stars Hayden Sheard were all nominated as the Rookie of the Year award with Jeremy Brown taking the award.^[58][59] David Dunwoodie of the Sydney Ice Dogs won the award for Local Player of the Year.^[59]

April

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	12 April	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	9–2	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1000
2	12 April	17:30	Newcastle North Stars	2–0	CBR Brave	Canberra	800
3	13 April	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–6	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	800
4	13 April	17:00	Sydney Bears	4–0	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	800
5	19 April	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2 – 3 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1500
6	26 April	16:30	Melbourne Ice	3–0	Perth Thunder	Perth
7	26 April	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–0	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
8	26 April	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	2–6	CBR Brave	Canberra	800
9	27 April	15:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	6 – 5 (SO)	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	350
10	27 April	16:30	Melbourne Ice	3–0	Perth Thunder	Perth

May

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
11	3 May	16:30	Perth Thunder	4 – 3 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
12	3 May	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	2–4	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	550
13	3 May	18:00	Newcastle North Stars	1–3	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	300
14	4 May	15:30	Perth Thunder	0–1	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
15	4 May	16:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	2–5	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	900
16	10 May	16:30	Sydney Bears	4 – 3 (SO)	Perth Thunder	Perth
17	10 May	17:00	Melbourne Ice	5–3	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	1300
18	10 May	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	5–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	300
19	10 May	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	5–2	CBR Brave	Canberra
20	11 May	16:30	Sydney Bears	3–2	Perth Thunder	Perth
21	11 May	17:00	CBR Brave	4–2	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
22	11 May	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	4–10	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	200
23	17 May	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	6–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
24	17 May	17:00	Melbourne Ice	6–3	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool
25	17 May	17:30	Perth Thunder	1–5	CBR Brave	Canberra
26	17 May	18:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2–1	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	250
27	18 May	15:30	Newcastle North Stars	2 – 3 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
28	18 May	15:30	Melbourne Ice	4–2	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	250
29	18 May	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2–7	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	250
30	18 May	17:00	Perth Thunder	4 – 5 (SO)	CBR Brave	Canberra
31	24 May	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–6	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	450
32	24 May	17:00	CBR Brave	5–2	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	700
33	24 May	18:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	6–2	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	850
34	25 May	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	3–2	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	300
36	31 May	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	5–7	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
37	31 May	17:00	Perth Thunder	2–5	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	500
38	31 May	17:30	Melbourne Ice	2 – 1 (SO)	CBR Brave	Canberra	800

June

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
39	1 June	15:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	2–0	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
40	1 June	15:30	Newcastle North Stars	4–1	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	300
41	1 June	16:00	Perth Thunder	4–1	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	350
42	1 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice	2–4	CBR Brave	Canberra
43	5 June	16:00	Melbourne Mustangs	8–3	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1200
44	7 June	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	1–7	Perth Thunder	Perth
45	7 June	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2–5	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	900
46	7 June	17:30	Sydney Bears	1–4	CBR Brave	Canberra	800
47	8 June	15:30	Melbourne Mustangs	5–3	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
48	8 June	16:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–6	Perth Thunder	Perth
49	14 June	17:00	Melbourne Ice	4–7	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
50	14 June	17:30	Sydney Bears	6–8	CBR Brave	Canberra
51	15 June	15:30	Melbourne Ice	6–4	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	450
52	15 June	17:00	CBR Brave	3–6	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	220
53	21 June	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	5–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
54	21 June	17:00	Perth Thunder	5–0	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
55	21 June	16:30	Sydney Bears	1–2	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	300
56	21 June	17:00	CBR Brave	2 – 3 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1000
35	22 June	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	4–1	Sydney Ice Dogs	Newcastle
57	22 June	15:30	Perth Thunder	5–6	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	300
58	22 June	15:30	Melbourne Mustangs	6–3	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
59	22 June	16:00	CBR Brave	6 – 5 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	1000
60	28 June	17:00	Sydney Bears	3–1	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	950
61	28 June	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	6–2	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
62	28 June	17:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	4–1	CBR Brave	Canberra	900
63	29 June	16:00	Sydney Bears	2–1	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	850
64	29 June	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	3 – 2 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	350

July

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
65	5 July	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	5–7	Perth Thunder	Perth
66	5 July	16:30	Melbourne Ice	0–4	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
67	5 July	17:00	CBR Brave	7–4	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	700
68	5 July	17:00	Sydney Bears	2–4	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	400
69	6 July	15:30	Melbourne Ice	2 – 3 (SO)	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
70	6 July	16:00	CBR Brave	3–4	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	380
71	6 July	16:30	Newcastle North Stars	1–4	Perth Thunder	Perth
72	12 July	17:00	Sydney Bears	0–4	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	450
73	12 July	17:00	CBR Brave	4–5	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	450
74	13 July	16:00	Sydney Bears	1–10	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne
75	13 July	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	5 – 4 (SO)	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle	700
76	19 July	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	3–6	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	700
77	19 July	17:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	Cancelled	CBR Brave	Canberra		[note 1]
78	19 July	18:00	Perth Thunder	4–1	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	300
79	20 July	15:30	Adelaide Adrenaline	Cancelled	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills		[note 1]
80	20 July	16:00	Newcastle North Stars	4–5	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne
81	20 July	17:00	Perth Thunder	3–5	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	250
82	26 July	16:30	CBR Brave	3–1	Perth Thunder	Perth
83	26 July	16:30	Sydney Bears	4–6	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
84	26 July	17:00	Melbourne Ice	2–4	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
85	27 July	15:30	Sydney Bears	1–8	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
86	27 July	16:30	CBR Brave	5–3	Perth Thunder	Perth
87	27 July	17:00	Melbourne Ice	3–2	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	300

August

Game	Date	Time	Away	Score	Home	Location	Attendance	Recap
88	2 August	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	3–1	Perth Thunder	Perth
89	2 August	17:30	Newcastle North Stars	2–3	CBR Brave	Canberra
90	3 August	15:30	CBR Brave	12–4	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	250
91	3 August	16:30	Melbourne Mustangs	7–4	Perth Thunder	Perth	500
92	3 August	17:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–5	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
93	9 August	17:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	2–4	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne
94	9 August	17:00	Perth Thunder	4–5	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
95	9 August	17:30	Melbourne Mustangs	4–2	CBR Brave	Canberra
96	9 August	18:00	Sydney Ice Dogs	8–0	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills	400
97	10 August	16:00	Adelaide Adrenaline	1–3	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne
98	10 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	2–4	CBR Brave	Canberra
99	10 August	17:00	Perth Thunder	8–2	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	250
100	10 August	17:00	Sydney Bears	2–6	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
101	14 August	17:00	Melbourne Ice	5–1	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	1500
102	16 August	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	3–1	Perth Thunder	Perth
103	16 August	16:30	CBR Brave	2–5	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
104	16 August	17:00	Newcastle North Stars	3–6	Melbourne Mustangs	Melbourne	900
105	17 August	15:30	CBR Brave	2–6	Adelaide Adrenaline	Adelaide
106	17 August	16:00	Newcastle North Stars	2–7	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne
107	17 August	16:30	Sydney Ice Dogs	6–3	Perth Thunder	Perth
108	23 August	17:00	Perth Thunder	5 – 4 (SO)	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne
109	23 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	4–1	Newcastle North Stars	Newcastle
110	23 August	18:00	CBR Brave	3–2	Sydney Bears	Baulkham Hills
111	24 August	16:00	Perth Thunder	3–2	Melbourne Ice	Melbourne	550
112	24 August	17:00	Melbourne Mustangs	3 – 4 (SO)	Sydney Ice Dogs	Liverpool	550

Standings

Team	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
Melbourne Mustangs	28	17	0	0	3	8	108	88	+20	54
Melbourne Ice	28	14	3	0	3	8	104	88	+16	51
CBR Brave	28	14	2	1	2	9	106	89	+17	49
Sydney Ice Dogs	28	14	2	0	1	11	116	97	+19	47
Adelaide Adrenaline	28	10	5	2	1	10	94	90	+4	43
Newcastle North Stars	28	11	0	0	2	15	87	106	−19	35
Perth Thunder	28	9	2	0	2	15	94	94	0	33
Sydney Bears	28	6	1	1	1	19	68	125	−57	22

Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffs

H Newman Reid Trophy winners

Source

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.^[60]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	POS
Simon Barg	Sydney Ice Dogs	26	23	46	69	20	F
Stephen Blunden	CBR Brave	24	36	32	68	59	F
Anton Kokkonen	CBR Brave	25	17	42	59	18	F
Mathieu Ouellette	CBR Brave	22	17	40	57	16	F
David Dunwoodie	Sydney Ice Dogs	28	20	33	53	151	F
Chris Wilson	Newcastle North Stars	23	17	32	49	96	F
Cody Danberg	Newcastle North Stars	28	17	31	48	77	F
John Clewlow	Sydney Ice Dogs	23	22	23	45	64	F
Patrick O'Kane	Melbourne Mustangs	28	21	23	44	14	F
Stuart Stefan	Perth Thunder	28	14	30	44	40	F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the teams ice time.^[61]

Player	Team	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Mathieu Dugas	Perth Thunder	1396	1099	92	3.30	0.916	1
Jaden Pine-Murphy	Melbourne Ice	876	446	39	2.23	0.913	2
Petri Pitkänen	CBR Brave	1227	764	72	2.93	0.906	0
Daniel Palmkvist	Sydney Bears	1040	806	80	3.85	0.901	1
Harrison May	Newcastle North Stars	1295	881	89	3.44	0.899	1

Season awards

Below lists the 2014 AIHL regular season award winners.

Award	Name	Team
MVP	Simon Barg	Sydney Ice Dogs
Goaltender	Petri Pitkänen	CBR Brave
Defenceman	Jack Wolgemuth	Melbourne Mustangs
Rookie	Jeremy Brown	Melbourne Ice
Local player	David Dunwoodie	Sydney Ice Dogs

Source

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2014 playoffs started on 30 August 2014, with the Goodall Cup final being held on 31 August. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series with the Melbourne Mustangs and CBR Brave making their debut playoff appearance, along with the other two finalists the Melbourne Ice and Sydney Ice Dogs.^[62][63] All three games were held at the Medibank Icehouse in Docklands, Victoria, the home of the Melbourne Ice and Melbourne Mustangs. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The finals were sponsored by Air Canada who also sponsored the 2013 playoffs.^[64] The Melbourne Mustangs won the Goodall Cup for the first time after defeating the Melbourne Ice in the final. Viktor Gibbs Sjödin of the Melbourne Mustangs was named the finals MVP.^[65][66]

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Melbourne Mustangs	6
	4	Sydney Ice Dogs	4
						Melbourne Mustangs		6
						Melbourne Ice		1
	3	CBR Brave	1
	2	Melbourne Ice	6

Semi-finals

All times are UTC+10:00

30 August 2014 15:00

Sydney Ice Dogs

4–6 (2–1, 0–2, 2–3)

Melbourne Mustangs

Medibank Icehouse Attendance: 1500

Game reference
	Tim Noting	Goalies	Fraser Carson	Referee: Jeff Scott Linesmen: Joe Mayer Daryl Hamilton
	0 – 1 3:17 – Grant (J. Hughes, Jones) Bye (Tesarik, Malloy) – 7:22 1 – 1 Dunwoodie (PP) (Clewlow, Ward) – 11:54 2 – 1 2 – 2 16:02 – Bourke (Gibbs Sjödin, Wolgemuth) 2 – 3 17:57 – J. Hughes (PP) (Grant) Clewlow (Tesarik, Bye) – 37:06 3 – 3 3 – 4 41:50 – Gibbs Sjödin (Bourke, O'Kane) 3 – 5 43:02 – Gibbs Sjödin (Bourke, O'Kane) Dunwoodie (PP) (Malloy, Barg) – 47:49 4 – 5 4 – 6 49:35 – Bourke (EN) (Gibbs Sjödin)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	35

30 August 2014 18:30

CBR Brave

1–6 (0–2, 1–2, 0–2)

Melbourne Ice

Medibank Icehouse Attendance: 1500

Game reference
	Petri Pitkanen	Goalies	Jaden Pine-Murphy	Referee: Rick West Linesmen: Matthew Taylor Casper Russell-Huber
	0 – 1 6:45 – Powell (Hamilton) 0 – 2 8:58 – Graham (PP) (Powell, Humphries) 0 – 3 18:27 – Armstrong (Johansson) Blunden (Kokkonen) – 19:10 1 – 3 1 – 4 21:54 – J. Smith (PP) (Powell, Brown) 1 – 5 46:43 – Johansson (Brown, Webster) 1 – 6 48:24 – Powell (PP) (Brown)
	24 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	40

Final

31 August 2014 15:00

Melbourne Ice

1–6 (0–1, 0–3, 1–2)

Melbourne Mustangs

Medibank Icehouse Attendance: 2000

Game reference
	Jaden Pine-Murphy	Goalies	Fraser Carson	Referee: Rick West Jeff Scott Linesmen: Daryl Hamilton Joe Mayer
	0 – 1 6:53 – Gibbs Sjödin (Bourke) 0 – 2 18:23 – Bourke (Gibbs Sjödin) 0 – 3 19:54 – Gibbs Sjödin (Bourke) 0 – 4 27:43 – O'Kane (Wolgemuth, Bourke) 0 – 5 30:42 – Gibbs Sjödin (J.Hughes, O'Kane) Webster (Baclig, Powell) – 32:47 1 – 5 1 – 6 47:15 – A. Belic (V.Hughes, Stringer)
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	30

Notes

^ 1: Game 77 between the Adelaide Adrenaline and CBR Brave was cancelled after the Adrenalines team bus crashed en route to the Phillip Ice Skating Centre. Game 79 which was set to be held the following day between the Adrenaline and the Sydney Bears was also cancelled. The games which were initially postponed were announced by the AIHL as cancelled after the teams involved had been unable to reschedule the games. As a result, the AIHL Commission awarded each team one point for the cancelled games, with the Adrenaline getting one point from each game and the Brave and Bears awarded one point each from their respective games.^[55][56]

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Further reading

• Brodie, Will (2015), Reality Check: Travels in the Australian Ice Hockey League, Melbourne: Combiner Publishing, ISBN 978-0-646-93204-0

External links

• The Australian Ice Hockey League