2010 AIHL season
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration24 April 2010 – 29 August 2010
Regular season
H Newman Reid TrophyNewcastle North Stars
(3rd title)
Season MVPGreg Oddy (Adrenaline)
Top scorerBrian Bales (81 points)
(North Stars)
Goodall Cup
ChampionsMelbourne Ice
  Runners-upAdelaide Adrenaline
Finals MVPJason Baclig (Ice)

The 2010 AIHL season was the 11th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It also marked the 10th Anniversary since the league’s inception in 2000.[1] The league ran from 24 April 2010 until 22 August 2010, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 28 and 29 August 2010. The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. Melbourne Ice won the Goodall Cup for the first time by defeating the defending champions Adelaide Adrenaline in the final.

Teams

In 2010 the AIHL had 7 teams competing in the league.[2]

2010 AIHL teams
TeamCityArenaHead CoachCaptain
Adelaide AdrenalineSouth Australia AdelaideIceArenAUnited States Mike GainerAustralia Greg Oddy
Canberra KnightsAustralian Capital Territory CanberraPhillip Ice Skating CentreUnited States David RoginaAustralia Mark Rummukainen
Gold Coast Blue TonguesQueensland Gold CoastIceworld BoondallAustralia Kevin SandsAustralia Ross Howell
Melbourne IceVictoria (state) MelbourneMedibank IcehouseAustralia Paul WatsonAustralia Lliam Webster
Newcastle North StarsNew South Wales NewcastleHunter Ice Skating StadiumAustralia Don ChampagneAustralia Robert Starke
Sydney BearsNew South Wales PenrithPenrith Ice PalaceAustralia Vladimir RubesAustralia Michael Schlamp
Sydney Ice DogsNew South Wales SydneyLiverpool Catholic Club Ice RinkAustralia Mark StephensonAustralia Anthony Wilson

League business

During the off-season, the AIHL held its AGM where four board positions were filled following the retirement of three members. Chairman, Tim Frampton, was re-elected. The AGM agenda included the new stadium for Melbourne, scheduling, sponsorship, and referee management for the 2010 season. Other topics included IHA relations and a proposed new team from Brisbane.[3] The AIHL Bears renamed to the Sydney Bears. The team was previously known as the Sydney Bears between 1997 and 2007.[4]

In January, the AIHL released the season schedule. Seven teams would compete in eighty-four matches between April and August. The opening round of the season would kick off on the Anzac Day Weekend.[5]

In February, the new ice sports stadium in Melbourne was opened. Named the Icehouse, the new stadium boasts two Olympic-sized ice rinks and is the third rink in Australia to be fully glassed. The new facility is the home of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia.[6] In late February it was announced the Melbourne Ice would relocate to the new stadium in Docklands from the Olympic Ice Skating Centre, Oakleigh South.[7]

In March, the AIHL announced a change to how the Finals host would be selected. Rather than a combined member and board vote, the hosting rights would be put up for open tender.[8] The League also welcomed back the Goodall Cup after a one year absence. Ice Hockey Australia made the request for the league to take back the Cup and the organisation voted to restore the Goodall Cup as the Championship winning prize for the AIHL.[9] The newly minted AIHL Champions Trophy was renamed and re-purposed by the AIHL to become the H Newman Reid Trophy and would be handed to the regular season premiers.[10] 2009 AIHL Champions, the Adelaide Adrenaline, were etched into the Goodall Cup.[9]

During the season, the Gold Coast Blue Tongues signed an agreement with the Southern Stars Ice Hockey Club to play two home games in Brisbane at the olympic sized Acacia Ridge ice rink.[11] AIHL Vice President Joshua Puls tendered his resignation citing an over commitment with Victoria's disadvantaged communities and a perceived conflict of interest after accepting an appointment as Patron of the Melbourne Ice as his reasons for the decision.[12] The Sydney Ice Dogs also announced the launch of Ice Dogs TV featuring highlights from 2010 Ice Dogs home games as well as player interviews and other content.[13] In July, the league announced the new Melbourne Icehouse had been selected from the tender and would be the host venue for the 2010 Finals series.[14]

Regular season

April

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
124 April17:00Melbourne Ice4 – 5 (SO)Newcastle North StarsNewcastle900
224 April17:30Sydney Bears5–3Canberra KnightsCanberra
325 April17:00Melbourne Ice3–4Sydney BearsPenrith

May

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
41 May16:00Canberra Knights5–6Gold Coast Blue TonguesGold Coast
51 May17:00Newcastle North Stars7 – 6 (SO)Sydney BearsPenrith60
61 May17:45Sydney Ice Dogs1–4Melbourne IceMelbourne1100
72 May15:30Sydney Ice Dogs2 – 3 (SO)Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
82 May16:00Canberra Knights6–4Gold Coast Blue TonguesBrisbane
98 May17:30Sydney Ice Dogs3–8Canberra KnightsCanberra
108 May17:45Sydney Bears2–9Melbourne IceMelbourne
119 May15:30Sydney Bears1–14Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
129 May17:00Sydney Ice Dogs6 – 7 (SO)Newcastle North StarsNewcastle700
1315 May16:00Adelaide Adrenaline1–5Gold Coast Blue TonguesGold Coast
1415 May17:00Sydney Bears2–1Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
1515 May17:30Melbourne Ice5–1Canberra KnightsCanberra
1616 May16:00Adelaide Adrenaline3–6Gold Coast Blue TonguesGold Coast
1716 May17:00Melbourne Ice9–2Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
1816 May17:00Newcastle North Stars2–3Sydney BearsPenrith
1922 May16:30Sydney Ice Dogs5–7Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
2022 May17:00Canberra Knights2–4Sydney BearsPenrith
2123 May16:15Sydney Ice Dogs0–7Melbourne IceMelbourne1000
2223 May17:00Sydney Bears0 – 1 (SO)Newcastle North StarsNewcastle800
2329 May16:30Canberra Knights2–3Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
2429 May17:00Gold Coast Blue Tongues1–4Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
2530 May16:15Canberra Knights1–6Melbourne IceMelbourne
2630 May17:00Gold Coast Blue Tongues1–7Sydney BearsPenrith

June

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
275 June16:00Sydney Ice Dogs2–5Gold Coast Blue TonguesGold Coast
285 June17:00Adelaide Adrenaline3 – 4 (SO)[I]Newcastle North StarsNewcastle
295 June17:30Sydney Bears4–3Canberra KnightsCanberra
306 June16:00Sydney Ice Dogs0–3Gold Coast Blue TonguesGold Coast
316 June17:00Adelaide Adrenaline1–2Sydney BearsPenrith
3212 June17:00Newcastle North Stars6–2Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
3319 June16:30Gold Coast Blue Tongues7 – 8 (SO)Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
3419 June17:00Melbourne Ice5–6Newcastle North StarsNewcastle700
3519 June17:30Sydney Ice Dogs1–3Canberra KnightsCanberra
3620 June16:30Gold Coast Blue Tongues2–5Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
3720 June17:00Melbourne Ice1–4Sydney BearsPenrith
3826 June17:00Gold Coast Blue Tongues5–3Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
3926 June17:30Newcastle North Stars6–2Canberra KnightsCanberra
4026 June17:45Adelaide Adrenaline6–4Melbourne IceMelbourne
4127 June16:15Adelaide Adrenaline0–2Melbourne IceMelbourne
4227 June17:00Gold Coast Blue Tongues4–2Sydney BearsPenrith

July

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
433 July16:00Melbourne Ice5–4Gold Coast Blue TonguesGold Coast
443 July17:00Newcastle North Stars7–3Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
453 July17:30Adelaide Adrenaline5 – 4 (SO)[I]Canberra KnightsCanberra
464 July16:00Melbourne Ice4–2Gold Coast Blue TonguesBrisbane
474 July17:00Adelaide Adrenaline3 – 2 (SO)Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
484 July17:00Canberra Knights5–7Newcastle North StarsNewcastle700
4910 July16:00Sydney Bears2–4Gold Coast Blue TonguesGold Coast
5010 July17:45Newcastle North Stars2–9Melbourne IceMelbourne
5110 July17:00Canberra Knights7–8Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
5211 July16:30Newcastle North Stars3–1Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
5311 July16:00Sydney Bears2 – 3 (SO)Gold Coast Blue TonguesGold Coast
5417 July16:30Melbourne Ice8 – 7 (SO)Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
5517 July17:00Sydney Bears2–8Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
5617 July17:30Newcastle North Stars6–3Canberra KnightsCanberra
5718 July16:30Melbourne Ice3–4Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
5818 July17:00Sydney Bears1–6Newcastle North StarsNewcastle
5924 July16:30Newcastle North Stars5 – 4 (SO)Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
6024 July17:30Gold Coast Blue Tongues3–2Canberra KnightsCanberra
6125 July16:15Newcastle North Stars1 – 2 (SO)Melbourne IceMelbourne
6225 July17:00Sydney Ice Dogs2–4Sydney BearsPenrith
6325 July17:30Gold Coast Blue Tongues4–5Canberra KnightsCanberra
6431 July16:00Newcastle North Stars3–1Gold Coast Blue TonguesGold Coast
6531 July17:45Canberra Knights0–5Melbourne IceMelbourne

August

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
661 August16:00Newcastle North Stars8–3Gold Coast Blue TonguesGold Coast
671 August16:30Canberra Knights5–7Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
681 August17:00Sydney Ice Dogs2–5Sydney BearsPenrith
697 August17:00Adelaide Adrenaline4–10Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
707 August17:00Canberra Knights2–12Newcastle North StarsNewcastle
717 August17:45Gold Coast Blue Tongues2–5Melbourne IceMelbourne
728 August16:15Gold Coast Blue Tongues3–6Melbourne IceMelbourne
738 August17:00Adelaide Adrenaline0–3Sydney BearsPenrith
7414 August17:00Sydney Ice Dogs0–4Newcastle North StarsNewcastle850
7514 August17:30Melbourne Ice3 – 2 (SO)Canberra KnightsCanberra
7615 August17:00Melbourne Ice6–3Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
7715 August17:00Canberra Knights0–11Sydney BearsPenrith
7821 August16:30Sydney Bears5 – 4 (SO)Adelaide AdrenalineAdelaide
7921 August17:00Canberra Knights2–10Sydney Ice DogsLiverpool
8021 August17:00Gold Coast Blue Tongues3–11Newcastle North StarsNewcastle850
8122 August16:15Sydney Bears3–7Melbourne IceMelbourne
8222 August17:00Gold Coast Blue Tongues3–8Newcastle North StarsNewcastle800

^ I Double points game.

Standings

Team GP W SOW SOL L GF GA GDF PTS
Newcastle North Stars2414712131745757
Melbourne Ice2415315122655752
Sydney Bears24121388290−841
Adelaide Adrenaline248556107921539
Gold Coast Blue Tongues249111384107−2330
Canberra Knights245031679131−5218
Sydney Ice Dogs244031774120−4615
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.[15]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS
Peter CartwrightNewcastle North Stars2541478824F
Brian BalesNewcastle North Stars2533548728F
Blair TassoneNewcastle North Stars2522406282F
Greg OddyAdelaide Adrenaline2619294818F
Mike McRaeGold Coast Blue Tongues2317194687F
Lliam WebsterMelbourne Ice2624224695F
Jason BacligMelbourne Ice2325204510F
Cameron DionAdelaide Adrenaline2420244467F
Dallas CostanzoGold Coast Blue Tongues2318264463F
Matthew ArmstrongMelbourne Ice2416284466D

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[16]

Player Team MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Matt EzzyNewcastle North Stars1023:00763693.0491.02
Nick BoucherSydney Bears793:10534492.7890.82
Reese KalleitnerGold Coast Blue Tongues393:15336364.1289.30
Stuart DenmanMelbourne Ice1020:00518602.6588.42
Olivier MartinAdelaide Adrenaline921:00566733.5787.10

Goodall Cup playoffs

The playoffs were held between 28 and 29 August with all three games being played at the Icehouse in Melbourne.[17] Melbourne Ice won the final and the Goodall Cup (1st title) after defeating the then defending champions Adelaide Adrenaline 6–4.[18] The Ice took an early lead in the final before going behind twice. A strong finish to the match saw the Goodall Cup return to Victoria for the first time in 27 years.[19] Melbourne Ice's Canadian born forward, Jason Baclig, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP) and was awarded the inaugural Kendall Finals MVP trophy.[20]

All times are UTC+10:00

Semi-finals

28 August 2010
16:00		Newcastle North Stars6–7
(2–4, 0–2, 4–1)		Adelaide AdrenalineIcehouse, Melbourne
Attendance: 900
Game reference
Matthew EzzyGoaliesOlivier MartinReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Mitchell Waters
Darren Lampard
0 – 1Corstens (Oddy, Greer)
0 – 2Oddy (PS) (unassisted)
Bales (Tassone, Cartwright)1 – 2
1 – 3Mantere (Oddy, Dion)
1 – 4Lovdahl (PP) (Huxley, Darge)
Bales (SH) (Tassone, Belanger)2 – 4
2 – 5Dion (Oddy)
2 – 6Peterson (Greer, Lovdahl)
2 – 7Clark (Huxley, Corstens)
Belanger (PP) (Cartwright, Bales)3 – 7
Cartwright (Tassone)4 – 7
Oultram (SH) (Tassone, Cartwright)5 – 7
Tassone (Bales)6 – 7
8 minPenalties14 min
24Shots26
28 August 2010
19:30		Melbourne Ice2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0)		Sydney BearsIcehouse, Melbourne
Attendance: 1300
Game reference
Stuart DenmanGoaliesNick BoucherReferee:
Gordon Young
Linesmen:
Jason Forbes
Jim McIntosh
0 – 1Stransky (Pelikovsky)
Webster (PP) (Armstrong, MacSweyn)1 – 1
J.Hughes (MacSweyn, Matus)2 – 1
6 minPenalties12 min
33Shots9

Final

29 August 2010
16:00		Adelaide Adrenaline4–6
(2–2, 1–2, 1–2)		Melbourne IceIcehouse, Melbourne
Attendance: 1500
Game reference
Olivier MartinGoaliesStuart DenmanReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Mitchell Waters
Darren Lampard
0 – 1J.Hughes (MacSweyn, Moore)
Oddy (SH) (Darge)1 – 1
Dion (Harding)2 – 1
2 – 2Armstrong (unassisted)
Dion (PP) (Corstens, Oddy)3 – 2
3 – 3Powell (Armstrong, Baclig)
3 – 4J.Hughes (MacSweyn, Webster)
3 – 5Armstrong (Powell, Baclig)
Keane (Delsar)4 – 5
4 – 6Webster (unassisted)
10 minPenalties16 min
25Shots31

References

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  9. 1 2 Lambert, Peter (31 March 2010). "AIHL Welcomes Back Goodall Cup". Australian Ice Hockey League. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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  13. ↑ "Ice Dogs TV finally launched and ready to view". Australian Ice Hockey League. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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  16. ↑ "Goalie Leaders". Pointstreak. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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