Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | CP | PTS |
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Northstars | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
Lightning | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Adrenaline | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Brave | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Rhinos | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Player | Points |
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Aiden Wagner (NNS) | 18 |
Wehebe Darge (NNS) | 15 |
francis Drolet (NNS) | 15 |
Zane Jones (PER) | 13 |
Goalie | SV% |
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Rhys Pelliccione (PER) | .950 |
Tatsunoshin Ishida (MIC) | .933 |
Leo Bertein (PER) | .905 |
Charles Smart (NNS) | .903 |
Ice overcome resilient Bears |
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The Melbourne Ice are the first team to claim a position in the 2016 AIHL Finals, following a 4-1 win over the Sydney Bears at O’Brien Group Arena on Sunday night. The score was much closer than the final score reflected with two goals inside the final two minutes flattering the score for the Ice. However, with the win, the Ice sealed their place in the AIHL Finals and will be chasing the best regular season record in AIHL history over their remaining seven games, aiming for their own record of 65 points from 2006 (21-5-0-2) and 2011 (18-2-3-5). Currently the Ice are on 51 points. Entering the game, the Bears were eager to claim a six-point weekend and further push towards the finals but had a huge mountain to climb with the Ice taking 55 shots against to 22 from the Bears. With the Ice peppering the Bears net, Anthony Kimlin again proved to be the difference for the Bears. Despite the run of play going all the Ice’s way and a power play midway through the period, the Bears were the first to get on the board though Nic Kawasaki’s shorthanded breakaway goal. For the amount of possession and territory the Ice had, it took a long time for them to get on the board, with Cassian Delsar scoring midway through the second. It was an intriguing period with the Ice having two more goals disallowed to head to the final break at 1-all. Halfway through the final period, Lasse Lassen scored the go-ahead goal before power play goals to Lliam Webster and Joseph Hughes sealed the result for the home side and inflating the score in what was a close game. It was a difficult game for the Bears, unable to get many strong opportunities, not even getting a power play throughout the match. Ice Coach Brent Laver told the Melbourne Ice website he was pleased by his side’s offensive dominance in the game. “I think what we’re most pleased about is the fact that we had 55 shots and felt like we controlled a lot of the play,” Laver said. “That’s what we were so happy about because we spoke at the end of the first and said it’s going to be one of those games where we’re going to get super frustrated or we’re going to have to keep chipping away, and we just kept chipping away and we were lucky to get one, unlucky to not get two, but that’s the game. I think all in all it was pretty dominant and we were pretty happy.” The Bears’ Nic Kawasaki summed up the game on the Bears’ website. “It was a great game; both teams battled hard and scoring opportunities were few and far between,” he wrote. “All we can do is put this weekend in the rearview and start getting ready for another huge game against Perth this Saturday at home.” While the Bears host the Thunder, the Ice will take on the Melbourne Mustangs in the third Melbourne Derby of the season. |
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Braddon, Australian Capital Territory
2612 Australia
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