Ice coach appointed
Sandy Gardner, Vinnie Hughes and Jaffa Watson with
the Goodall Cup following the Ice's championship win
last year
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Mustangs Jersey
The Melbourne Mustangs unveil their 2013 season
jerseys.
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Brad Vigon
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Mustangs unveil new logo
Mustangs unveil new logo.
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Meet the Players
Follow us on Twitter @AIHL for a chance to meet the players
of the International Ice Hockey Tour.
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The season begins April 20
Download the 2013 AIHL calendar
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Men's Senior Team
Explaining the National Senior Men’s Team and the
International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World
Championship tournament.
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Save the Date
The 2013 AIHL schedule will be published Friday, November
23rd.
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Special Olympics Day
The Medibank Icehouse is hosting a Special Olympics Ice
Sports "Come & Try Day" on Friday Nov 9th.
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2012 AIHL CHAMPIONS
The Melbourne Ice are the three-time AIHL
Champions after defeating the Newcastle North Stars
4-3 in a stellar grand-final....
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Ice Ready for 3peat
The Melbourne Ice have the movie finish (literally)
ahead of them, and a dominant semi final may have
been just what they needed to dispel residual doubts.
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North Stars in 9th Final
The Newcastle North Stars are in their ninth AIHL/Goodall
Cup final from the past ten seasons.
Today they can win their fifth Championship.
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North Stars vs Ice
The 2012 AIHL Grand Final will feature the season's top
two teams, the Melbourne Ice and the Newcastle North
Stars.
Standing tickets are available or watch live online at
http://www.livestream.com/aihl
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Ice 6 Ice Dogs 2
It took only 14 seconds for the Ice to stamp their
authority on this Ice Dogs semi final, a different game
to the nailbiter before it. Melbourne Ice got out to a big
league and were able to book their spot in the Sunday
Final.
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North Stars 5 Adrenaline 4
The Adelaide Adrenaline made a brave bid for a finals
place against minor premiers the Newcastle North Stars
but couldn't solve the North Stars PK for the win.
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Watch & Tweet LIVE
Sat Semi Finals & Sun AIHL Final all live, free and
coming to you from livestream.com/aihl from
3.30pm AEST (10.30pm PST)
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AIHL Documentary Update
Watch the latest trailers at http://www.ice3peat.com
or read
Erin Byrne's article on the documentary following the
Ice,
with the climax being filmed at this weekend's finals.
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AIHL Awards - All Finalists
The AIHL is proud to announce all finalists for awards,
either to be announced or determined this weekend at
the 2012 AIHL Finals.
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Special Olympics
The Australian Ice Hockey League is proud to
support Special Olympics NSW who provide regular
sport for people with an intellectual disability.
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AIHL's Best - All Finalists
The AIHL is proud to announce all finalists for awards,
either to be announced or determined this weekend at
the 2012 AIHL Finals.
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Adrenaline 5 Tongues 4 (SO)
The Blue Tongues have suffered a 5-4 shoot out
loss in Adelaide. Greg Oddy in fine form scoring not
only all 4 for the Adrenaline in regulation time, but
also the game winner in the penalty shootout.
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Bears 7 Mustangs 1
The Bears have finished season 2012 with a strong 7-1 win over the Mustangs. Thomas Landa featuring in all seven goals with 2G, 5A.
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Ice Dogs 7 Thunder 4
The Ice Dogs have defeated the Thunder 7-4 in Liverpool. Mignone with 3G, 2A, and Kirk Golden with 2G,1A. Kirk also losing his golden locks for charity.
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Blue Tongues 5 Adrenaline 1
The Blue Tongues have won the first game of this
weekends double header versus the Adrenaline 5-1.
Sundays game starts at 4.30pm Adelaide time.
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Knights 5 Mustangs 3
With a 5-3 victory tonight the Knights have ensured
that this years wooden spoon will head to Melbourne
with the Mustangs.
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North Stars 6 Thunder 4
The North Stars have defeated the Perth Thunder 6-
4 in Newcastle. The win secures the North Stars their
fourth minor premiership since joining the AIHL in
2002.
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Ice 5 Tongues 3
The Blue Tongues and Ice have played a 'catch up'
game in Melbourne to make up for a game
abandoned earlier in the year on the Gold Coast
due to unsafe playing conditions. Lliam Webster
instrumental in the Ice's 5-3 win over the Tongues.
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Adrenaline round up the Stangs
The Adrenaline have had a 6-4 win over the Mustangs in Melbourne
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Bears 4 North Stars 0
The Bears have had an impressive shut out win against the North Stars in Newcastle. Craig Gallo scoring three goals, and Michael Smart between the pipes.
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Ice Dogs 9 Knights 7
The Knights and Ice Dogs have gone head to head in Liverpool. In a high scoring game the Dogs have come out on top winning the encounter 9-7.
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Thunder & Ice split points
Thunder took the first game of the Double 3-1.
Melbourne took the second 4-2.
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Adrenaline 1 Mustangs 0
The Adrenaline have had a 1-0 shutout win over the Mustangs in Melbourne. Oddy with the game winner with less than 5min to go. Game 2 of their double header commences Sunday 3.30pm in Docklands.
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North Stars 7 Knights 6
The 2012 Bauer conference champions were taken
to a shootout by the last placed Knights in
Canberra. Three goals in the final minute to tie it up
6-6. Jeremy Boyer sealing the win for the North
Stars in the shoot out.
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Tongues 5 Dogs 4
The Blue Tongues have had a late Friday night win
in Brisbane defeating the Ice Dogs 5-4 in a thriller.
Four goals to veteran forward Jon Bale.
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Adrenaline 4 North Stars 2
Aaron Barton played a big part in the Adrenaline's 4-2 win over the North Stars in Adelaide. Aaron pulled off a number of key saves to keep Adelaide in it. The North Stars lead 1-0 at the end of the first period.
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Ice 4 Bears 3 (SO)
The Sydney Bears have pushed the Ice to a shootout in Melbourne. Jason Baclig the lone scorer in the shootout, sealing a 4-3 win for the locals.
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Tongues/Thunder share points
The Thunder have come back from a 3-2 loss on
Saturday to shut out the Blue Tongues 4-0 on
Sunday. Have the Thunder left their playoff run too
late?? The next few weeks will be especially
interesting.
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Adrenaline 5 Bears 1
The Adrenaline have defeated the Bears 5-1 in Adelaide. Brett Liscombe(2G,1A) including the Game winning goal.
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Ice Dogs 3 Knights 2
Billy Cliff has shown why he is regarded by many
fans as the most improved player in the AIHL for
2012 scoring all 3 Ice Dogs goals to secure the win
in Canberra.
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North Stars 5 Ice 3
The #1 teams for the Easton and Bauer conferences have gone head to head in Docklands. The North Stars coming out on top, winning the encounter 5-3.
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Ice 6 Mustangs 1
The Melbourne Ice have defeated the Mustangs in a midweek crosstown derby 6-1. Korthuis(1G,3A), Baclig(2G,1A), and Webster(2G,1A) all having multipoint games.
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Knights 5 Ice Dogs 3
The Knights have defeated the Ice Dogs in Liverpool
5-3. The Dogs will head to Canberra next weekend
for a rematch...
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Thunder 4 Bears 3
The Perth Thunder continue their roll towards the
finals with another win. The 4-3 win over the Bears is
their 3rd win in 4 games. The 4th game was a
Shootout loss agains the Knights.
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Knights 2 Thunder 1 (SO)
The Knights and Thunder have gone to Shootout in
Canberra. Mike Brown earning his team the
win facing 59 shots (27 in the final period) and
another 5 in the shootout
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North Stars 4 Ice Dogs 3 (SO)
The North Stars have taken a 4-3 shootout win over
traditional rivals the Sydney Ice Dogs in Newcastle.
Goals in the shootout to Todd Stephenson, Kevin
Day and Beau Taylor.
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Tongues & Stangs split points
The Blue Tongues and Mustangs have split the
points from this weekends Double header in
Brisbane. The Tongues won 5-3 on Friday with the
Mustangs winning 3-1 on Saturday night.
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Bears 5 Adrenaline 2
The Bears have claimed maximum points for the weekend after defeating the Adrenaline at Sydney Ice Arena 5-2.
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BlueTongues 4 Ice Dogs 0
An understrength Blue Tongues outfit has defeated
the Ice Dogs in Liverpool 4-0. Kimlin between the
pipes with the shut out.
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North Stars 9 Knights 1
The North Stars went on a goalscoring rampage in
front of a large homecrowd. Lawrance(3), Bales(2),
Boyer(2), and Taylor(2) the goalscorers.
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Thunder 6 Ice 3
Ken Rolph(3G,2A) and Phil Ginand (2G,3A) were
instrumental in the Thunder defeating the
reigning champions 6-3 in Melbourne. With games
in hand the Thunder are in great position for a
finals berth.
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Bears 5 Ice Dogs 4 SO
The Sydney Bears have taken a win away from their
cross town rivals the Ice Dogs. Trailing the Dogs with
38seconds to go, Craig Gallo manage to tie the
game forcing a shootout.
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Knights 4 Blue Tongues 1
The Knights and Blue Tongues fought it out for the points in the nations capital. The Knights defending their dungeon taking some badly needed points with a 4-1 win.
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North Stars 5 Adrenaline 2
Big hits, and high speed end to end action was the name of the game in Newcastle. Newcastle never really looking threatened in a 5-2 win.
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Thunder 7 Mustangs 2
The Thunder enjoyed a comfortable win in
Melbourne defeating the Mustangs 7-2. Phil Ginand
picking up 3 goals. Shots on goal were 47 to 24.
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Adrenaline 4 Ice Dogs 1
The Adrenaline lead from start to finish in Liverpool,
defeating the Ice Dogs 4-1. The win sees #2 in the
Easton Conference, sitting on the same 29 points as
#2 in the Bauer conference.
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Bears 4 Knights 2
Things pretty much went according to plan for the Bears tonight at Sydney Ice Arena, defeating the Knights 4-2. The Knights look destined for the wooden spoon with a single regulation time win in 2012.
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Mustangs 5 North Stars 3
The Mustangs have defeated the North Stars 5-3 in Docklands.The win brings the North Stars 11 game win streak to an end.
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AIHL Finals Header
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Adrenaline 6 Knights 2
The Adrenaline have put on a dominant display in the nations capital defeating the Knights 6-2. Aaron Barton had a solid game in goals turning aside 28 of 30 shots. Wehebe Darge with a 4pt game.
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Ice 4 Mustangs 1
The Melbourne Ice have beaten cross town rivals the Melbourne Mustangs 4-1 at Docklands icehouse. Matt Armstrong with 2G, & 1A.
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Ice Dogs 6 Bears 4
The Ice Dogs have fought it out with the Bears narrowly edging ahead in the third period to take a 6-4 win. Billy Cliff scoring the first three goals for the Dogs, and assisting on the following two.
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North Stars 2 Thunder 0
The North Stars and Thunder were tied 0-0 with less
than 4 minutes remaining in the third. Tim
Stanger scoring the game winner, Kevin Day with an
empty netter. Olivier Martin with the shutout.
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Tribunal Report - Round 10
The latest information from the AIHL tribunal.
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Bears 2 Mustangs 1
The Sydney Bears have finished off a successful roadtrip tonight defeating the Mustangs 2-1 in Melbourne. Schlamp & Landa both finding the back of the net.
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Ice 4 Ice Dogs 3
In a spiteful encounter the Melbourne Ice have defeated the Ice Dogs 4-3 in Liverpool.
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North Stars 5 Ice 1
The North Stars have solid 5-1 win in Newcastle
tonight over the Easton conference leading
Melbourne Ice. Jeremy Boyer scoring 3 goals, and
1Assist. Dave Upton and Doug Wilson the other
scorers.
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Blue tongues 5 Knights 1
The Brisbane Blue Tongues have defeated the
Knights 5-1 in Brisbane. The Canberans currently sit
in last place on points.
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Ice v North Stars preview
Erin Brynes interviews Ice coach Jaffa Watson prior to
this weekend's clash of conference leaders and 2011
Grand Finalists.
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Finals to Newcastle
Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in the Newcastle/Lake
Macquarie region will be the hosts of the 2012 AIHL
Finals.
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Ice win the 2012 TTCL
The Melbourne Ice won the innaugural TTCL in
Melbourne by a goal coutback after they tied wins
and goal differential with the North Stars.
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Ice win TTCL
The Melbourne Ice won the innaugural TTCL in Melbourne by a goal coutback after they tied wins and goal differential with the North Stars.
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Ice 12 Stampede 2
The Southern Stampede's introduction to the Trans
Tasman League wasn't welcoming, with the Melbourne
Ice rolling the scoreboard over into the double figures.
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North Stars 6 Swarm 3
The Newcastle North Stars generated plenty of chances
but couldn't finish on many, eventually breaking a 1-1
tie in the 2nd with a flurry of goals. Constant offensive
pressure eventually broke the Swarm who lost by 3.
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City joins TTCL
The City of Melbourne has become an official supporter
of the Trans Tasman Champions League
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TTCL: BIG TIME hockey
TTCL provides fans with a taste of NHL/IIHF rules hockey,
including 20 min periods & OT
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TTCL: The Teams
The Trans Tasman Champions League brings four teams
together that have never played against each other before -
NZIHL's Swarm & Stampede, & AIHL's North Stars & Ice
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Adrenaline 10 Mustangs 0
TheAdelaide Adrenaline have put on a devestating
display aginst the Melbourne Mustangs defeating
them 10-0. Brett Liscomb scoring the GWG just 12
seconds into the match.
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Ice 9 Ice Dogs 1
The Ice Dogs suffered the effects of a last-minute
arrival from Perth, starting out fairly even but giving
up plenty of goals as the game progressed.
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Mustangs 3 Adrenaline 2
What difference a day makes. After being defeated
10-0, the Melbourne Mustangs have leapt back into
the saddle and defeated the Adrenaline 3-2 in
Adelaide.
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North Stars 4 Bears 3
The Bears lead 3-1 in the third period but a
concerted effort by the North Stars equalised and
then stole the game in the final minute to win it 4-3.
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Bears 6 Blue Tongues 5 (SO)
The Sydney Bears have defeated the Blue Tongues
6-5 in a late night encounter.
With the scores locked 5-5 at the end of regulation,
the shootout was not completed until the early
hours of Sunday morning.
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Ice Dogs 3 Thunder 2
The Thunder had their winning streak broken by the
Ice Dogs in Perth, the Dogs winning it with a short
handed goal in the third to break the deadlock.
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North Stars 6 Knights 2
The Newcastle North Stars stormed away with 6 goals in the first two periods to the Knights 1. Dave Upton with 2 Goals and 1 assist.
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TTCL Q&A: GARRY DORÉ
North Stars coach/GM answers questions about the
North Stars & their participation in the TTCL
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TTCL Q&A: JAFFA WATSON
Erin Byrnes interviews Ice coach Paul "Jaffa" Watson
about the TTCL....
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Tickets for Trans Tasman
Tickets for the innaugural Trans Tasman Champions
League are on sale. 7th/8th July at Medibank Icehouse
- Melbourne.
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Ice 6 Bears 2
The Melbourne Ice have completed a successful
weekend away with a pair of wins. Tonight they
beat the Bears 6-2. Baclig (2G,2A), Webster
(2G), with Joey Hughes, and Matt Armstrong the
other goal scorers for the Ice
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Ice Dogs 2 Mustangs 0
The Sydney Ice Dogs have defeated the Melbourne Mustangs in Liverpool 2-0. Jimmy Herbert with the shut out.
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Ice 8 Knights 3
The Melbourne Ice started off their weekend with an emphatic 8-2 win over Bauer conference hosts, the Canberra Knights on Saturday night.
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Ice Dogs 6 Bears 4
The Ice Dogs ran down a Bears lead and ran away with a win, defeating the Bears 6-4 at the Sydney Ice Arena.
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North Stars 7 Mustangs 2
The North Stars continued their unbeaten streak with a confident 7-2 win over the Melbourne Mustangs on Saturday night.
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Thunder 6 Blue Tongues 3 twice
The Perth Thunder have taken maximum points in
Brisbane over the weekend with two 6-3 wins against
the Blue Tongues. The win puts the Thunder in third
place for the Easton Conference
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NHL draft for Aussie
Sydney-raised Aussie Nathan Walker will camp out
in front of the computer with friends and family on
Saturday night to watch the 2012 NHL Draft, with a
reasonable expectation his name may be called....
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Tribunal Report - Round 7
The latest information from the AIHL tribunal.
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New BT Schedule Out
The Gold Coast Blue Tongues have released their
revised schedule following their relocation to Brisbane's
Acacia Ridge rink starting this Friday night.
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Ice 6 def Blue Tongues 0
The Ice have dominated the Gold Coast Blue Tongues 6-0 in Melbourne.
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North Stars 3 Bears 1
Despite being outshot 30 to 19, the North Stars won,
taking the points courtesy of a 3-1 win over the
Sydney Bears. The North Stars currently lead the
Baur conference on 21 points.
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Thunder rolls Adrenaline
In the Easton Conference the Thunder have
defeated Adelaide in both games of this weekends
double header. On Saturday the Thunder won 3-2,
and backed it up with a 5-2 win on Sunday.
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Blue Tongues 6 Mustangs 1
The Blue Tongues have put a poor couple of weeks
behond them and powered on to an important 6-1
win in Melbourne against the Mustangs. Mike McRae
picking up 3 goals an an assist.
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Ice Dogs 5 Knights 4 (SO)
The Ice Dogs fought it out once again with the Knights in Canberra tonight. With the scores tied 4-4 at the end of regulation time, a shootout was required with the Ice Dogs picking up the all important extra point.
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Ice/Tongues Reschedule Game
The Gold Coast Blue Tongues will host the Ice at
Medibank Icehouse on Thursday the 23rd of August in a
rescheduled running of the game abandoned on the 3rd
of June.
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TTCL T-Shirts to buy
Celebrate the Trans Tasman Champions League with a
choice of black/white or white/blue Majestic T-shirts for
just $25 ea plus $10 for shipping.
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Tribunal Report - Round 6
The latest information from the AIHL Tribunal.
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Stickmike. Imagine if we tried
Stickmike have launched their debut album. The
band features AIHL stars Scott and
Todd Stephenson from the Sydney Ice Dogs. The
album "Imagine if we tried" on iTunes.
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Ice @ Blue Tongues
Sunday night's Ice v Blue Tongues game was
abandoned due to unsafe ice conditions. A decision
is yet to be announced in the game's outcome.
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Ice Dogs 5 Mustangs 1
The Sydney Ice Dogs have defeated the Mustangs 5-
1 in Melbourne. Both teams were missing a number
of players who are away representing Australia at
the world Inline Championships.
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Adrenaline 7 Ice Dogs 4
A spiteful contest in Adelaide had near empty
benches by games end but clear winners on the
scoreboard were the home team.
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Ice 5 Blue Tongues 2
The Ice have continued their winning ways with a 5-2
win on the Gold Coast. Matt Armstrong picking up 3
goals, and Jason Baclig 4 assists. For the Tongues
goals to Greg Bay, and Anthony Barnes
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Knights 4 Bears 3
The Knights have won a close game in Canberra,
with two late goals. Knights taking the win 4-3. Stu
Woodall, and
Chris Slauenwhite facing 29 shots at either end.
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Mustangs win double in WA
The Perth crowd enjoyed a cliff-hanger until the final few
minutes when the Mustangs got the go-ahead goal and
then another, finishing a 6 point weekend for Melbourne
and leaving Perth in trouble in the Easton Conference.
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Bears 7 Knights 2
The Bears returned to form versus the Knights, who are
struggling without suspended goalie Mike Brown. The
Bears had two hat trick scorers -
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Ice 5 def Adrenaline 2
The Melbourne Ice had no difficulties taking a
consecutive win from the Adrenaline on Sunday
night, up 5-0 at the end of the 2nd. The Ice are now
on top of the AIHL & Easton Conference point tables
with 19.
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Ice 7 def Adrenaline 4
A first penalty spent in the box had the Adrenaline behind 5-2 after the first period. Adelaide made ground but couldn't catch the Ice.
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Mustangs 3 def Thunder 2
The Mustangs and Thunder arm-wrestled through the
second ever game in Perth tonight, but the away team
the Mustangs got the go-ahead goal in the first game of
the weekend double-header.
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North Stars 9 def Knights 5
A first penalty spent in the box had the Adrenaline behind 5-2 after the first period. Adelaide made ground but couldn't catch the Ice.
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Tribunal Report - Round 4
The AIHL has announced the results of its most recent
tribunals.
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North Stars 7 def Bears 4
The Bears turned around a torrid first period,
outscored 3-1 and with a ton of penalties to lead 4-
3, but the North Stars returned to their game in the
3rd to win it 7- 4.
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Adrenaline win another double.
The Adrenaline are fast becoming double header
experts. This week defeating the Thunder 5-2
backing it up with a 6-2 win in game 2. They lead
the league, and are yet to be
defeated in regulation time.
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Blue Tongues 4 def Ice 0
The Icehouse crowd saw something they've not seen
for
a long time on Sunday night, an Ice loss at home.
An
early goal and a huge hit upset the Ice applecart
and
the Blue Tongues saw it through to the end for an
upset
win.
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Adrenaline take game1 v Thunder
The Adelaide Adrenaline have taken Game1 of their
double header against the Perth Thunder 5-2.
Game2 is scheduled to begin Sun 4.30pm
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Bears 4 def Knights 1
The Bears have defeated the Knights 4-1 in
Canberra. The Bears Vlad Rubes, Michael Schlamp,
and Tomas Landa combining for 9 points between
them.
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Mustangs 5 def Blue Tongues 4 (SO)
The Mustangs have had a shoot out win defeating
the
Blue Tongues. The scores were locked 4-4 at the
end of
regulation time.
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North Stars 6 def Ice Dogs 3
The North Stars turned around a soft second period
with 4G in the 3rd to win 6-3 in Liverpool. Beau
Taylor (3), Brian Bales(2), and Dave Upton with an
empty netter.
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Ice 5 def Mustangs 1
The Melbourne Ice have defeated the Mustangs.
Matt Armstrong, and Jason Baclig picking up a pair
of goals each. Goals also to Joey Hughes, and
Shane Hardy.
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North Stars 6 def Knights 1
The North Stars have made a dramatic turnaround
with two solid wins this weekend. Tonight they
defeated the Knights 6-1 in Newcastle
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Thunder 5 def Mustangs 2
The Perth Thunder have had their first regular
season win in the AIHL, defeating the Mustangs 5-2
in Melbourne.
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Adrenaline win twice.
The Adrenaline have taken maximum points from
their Gold Coast road trip. On Saturday they won 2-
1, backing it up on Sunday with an 8-4 win
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Happy Mothers Day
The AIHL would like to wish all the mothers & grand
mothers the most fantastic day. Thanks for supporting
your sons, daughters & husbands regadless on them
playing, refereeing, coaching or being volunteer officials.
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Ice 4 def Thunder 2
The Melbourne Ice have proven too strong for the Perth Thunder defeating them at the Icehouse 4-2.
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Ice Dogs 4 def Knights 1
The Ice Dogs have had a successful trip to the
Nations capital, defeating the Knights 4-1.
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North Stars 8 Bears 5
The Newcastle North Stars have defeated the Sydney
Bears 8-5. Nick Quirk scoring his first ever AIHL
goal, and new signing Dave Upton Assisting on
another.
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DeWitt officiates 100th
Congrats to Steve DeWitt on making his 100th
appearance on ice as an official.
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ICE 3 DEF ADRENALINE 2 IN SO
The Melbourne Ice staged a come back against a
strengthened Adrenaline to force a shootout and
take two of the six point available for the weekend.
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Ice Dogs 7 def North Stars 6
In just a few minutes in the second period the Ice Dogs
turned a deficit into a winner, holding off a late rush by
the North Stars to take six points for the weekend.
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KNIGHTS 4 DEF MUSTANGS 3 IN SO
The Knights have become shootout game
specialists, winning their third of the season, this
time against the Mustangs in Melbourne.
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Adrenaline 6 def Ice 5
The Ice came back strong in the third but couldn't
catch
the Adrenaline's lead, going down by 1 goal in the
first
game of the Adelaide double-header weekend.
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Ice Dogs 5 Bears 2
The Ice Dogs evened up the derby tally with a 5-2
win over the Bears at the Liverpool Catholic Club
tonight. The Ice Dogs lead throughout the game.
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Knights 4 Thunder 3 shootout
The first ever AIHL game in Perth has ended in a
thrilling shootout, with the Canberra Knights taking the
win but the Thunder earning their first AIHL competition
point.
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Tongues 3 def Stars 2
The Blue Tongues ran down a 2-0 deficit in the third period to win in the last minute 3-2 in their opening game of the season.
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Blue Tongues 7 Bears 2
The Gold Coast Blue Tongues were out of the blocks with a 5-2 lead in the first period, and kept in front for the whole game, winning it 7-2.
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Ice Dogs 6 North Stars 4
The two old foes went tit for tat through two periods,
until the Ice Dogs got away with a 5-3 lead in the
third. At late goal by the North Stars was undone
with Ice Dogs scoring with 2 seconds left on the
clock.
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Ice 5 defeat Knights 2
The Melbourne Ice picked up 5 from 6 possible points
from their opening weekend home double-header. The
Ice lead throughout the game versus the Knights, at
best holding a 3-0 lead.
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Knights 3 Adrenaline 2 (SO)
The Canberra Knights shocked a big home crowd
with a shootout win versus the Adelaide Adrenaline.
The Knights withstood a battering, absorbing 62
shots versus 20 on the Adrenaline net.
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Bears 5 Ice Dogs 2
The Bears lead the whole game versus the
understrength Ice Dogs, christening their new rink
with a
win.
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Ice 6 Mustangs 5 (SO)
The Ice were seconds away from an upset loss to
local
rivals the Mustangs, before an equaliser goal gave
them
a life and the shoot out a win.
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North Stars 4 Blue Tongues 3
The Blue Tongues came back to equalise 3 all after
a devastating 1st period, but a 2nd period goal by
Brian Bales gave Newcastle the game winner.
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9 Teams, 2 Conferences, 1 Cup
2012 is going to be an exciting year for the
Australian Ice Hockey League. Join us, as 9 teams,
from across Australia compete for the 103 year old
Goodall Cup...
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Mighty Roos return to AIHL
The Mighty Roos returned home from Poland
midweek. It is anticipated that players
will be on the ice for their AIHL teams from
tomorrow
night. Ellie-Marie Watts and commissioner Lovering
review their performance...
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Season prospects shine bright
Newcastles NBN Television has interviewed new coach
Garry Dore, and three of the four 2012 North Star
imports in the leadup to this weekends opening
games. View full story for video...
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Knights don their armour
Canberra begin their campaign in Adelaide this
Saturday. Strengthening their armour,
Coach McPhail has added gun goalie Mike Brown
and John Kennedy to the 2012 Knights. Greg
Rickford
weighs up their chances....
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Bears Rebuild
The Bears have relocated to a new rink, this years
lineup features former Premiership winning import
Tomas Landa, and several new rookies. Will it be
enough?? Aimée Zarnow looks closer...
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Full steed ahead
The Mustangs will take to the Ice this weekend
following a successful debut season last year. Chris
Tyler takes a look at how they have grown as a club,
a few new faces, and who will take the reigns for
2012...
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Fox Sports interview Schlamp
The Captain of the Sydney Bears, Michael Schlamp,
has been interviewed by Fox Sports in the leadup to
the 2012 AIHL season. Link to the interview is
contained in the following link...
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AIHL returns to Melbourne
AIHL action returns to Docklands this weekend when
the Melbourne Ice host cross town rivels, the
Mustangs. Xavier Holland takes a closer look at
how 2012 is shaping up for the reigning champions.
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North Stars ready for 2012
The Proski Newcastle North Stars are primed for
a big year, strengthened by the return of 3 of
the leagues most experienced players. They launch
their campaign this Saturday when they host the
Blue Tongues.
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Pumped full of Adrenaline
The Adelaide Adrenaline will host the Canberra
Knights this Saturday in the 2012 season opener.
Michael Rozleja talks about hockey with one of
Adelaide's young guns...
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Pre-season game Sat 14th
The Ice Dogs will have their turn at hosting a pre-season
game, with the Bears coming to the LCC on Saturday the
14th of April. See inside for details.
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Mighty Roos prepare for war!
The 2012 Mighty Roos will undergo an intensive
week long training camp in the Czech republic as
they prepare for the upcoming Div 1B World
Championships in Krynica, Poland.
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Know your AIHL?
Prove it by tipping winners in Bluey's 2012 AIHL Tipping
Competition, details follow
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Pre-season game Sat 7th
The Bears will host the Ice Dogs this Easter Saturday for
the first AIHL game at S.I.A. since 2008. Click for
details.
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Buy NHL Gear via AIHL
The AIHL & Majestic have launched their first NHL Fan
Wear line, starting with the LA Kings.
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Volunteers Needed
The AIHL is seeking skilled communications
volunteers.
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Bears in the Hills
The Sydney Bears have said their goodbyes to
Penrith Ice Palace, and will return to Baulkham Hills
after signing a deal with SIA
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Martin joins the Stars
Olivier Martin has transferred conferences , away
from the Adelaide
Adrenaline, to join the Newcastle North Stars.
He replacing the eight year veteran Matt
Ezzy, who is pursuing a career in the aviation
industry.
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Skaters Network partner AIHL
The AIHL has entered into an exciting new
partnership with Skaters Network, who are now
sponsors of the Easton & Bauer Conferences.
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AIHL adopts new look logo
The AIHL adopts new "steel" logo for 2012 season &
beyond.
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Virgin Australia sponsors AIHL
The AIHL and Virgin Australia have extended their
ongoing relationship into sponsorship in a historic
deal.
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AIHL embraces conferences
The AIHL will split into two conferences in 2012, but
not as you may have heard previously...
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Get your 2012 Schedule!
Click here to download your AIHL schedule for 2012
in PDF format.
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Bronzed Aussie
Sharnita Crompton has become the first ever
Australian to win a medal at the Olympics for Ice
Hockey. The 17yr old won Bronze in the Womens
Skills Challenge, at the Innsbruck2012 winter Youth
Olympics.
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Sharnita Crompton
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Aussies on TV - Olympic Hockey
Sharnita Crompton (NSW) and Sam
Hodic (VIC) will make their Fox Sports debut
this week when their Ice Hockey Skills tournament is
covered at the Innaugural Youth Winter Olympics
held in Innsbruck, Austria.
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Ice Dogs penalties brief
Following consultation, the AIHL Commission has
released further details on the penalties applied to
the
Sydney Ice Dogs regarding incidents during the
2011
AIHL Finals tournament.
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