2010 AIHL season
2010 AIHL season | |
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League | Australian Ice Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Duration | 24 April – 29 August 2010 |
H Newman Reid Trophy | Newcastle North Stars |
Top scorer | Peter Cartwright |
Goodall Cup | |
Champions | Melbourne Ice |
Runners-up | Adelaide Adrenaline |
The 2010 AIHL season is the 11th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 24 April 2010 until 22 August 2010, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 28 and 29 August.
Contents
League business
For the 2010 season Melbourne Ice relocated to a new stadium in Melbourne. The new ice rink known as the Icehouse is the home of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia. It features two olympic size rinks and is one of three in Australia to be fully glassed.[1] The Gold Coast Blue Tongues signed an agreement with the Southern Stars Ice Hockey Club to play two of their home games in Brisbane at Acacia Ridge, which is a full sized olympic sized-rink.[2]
Regular season
April
Game | Date | Time | Away | Score | Home | Location | Attendance | Recap |
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1 | 24 April | 17:00 | Melbourne Ice | 4 – 5 (SO) | Newcastle North Stars | Newcastle | 900 | [1] |
2 | 24 April | 17:30 | Sydney Bears | 5 – 3 | Canberra Knights | Canberra | [2] | |
3 | 25 April | 17:00 | Melbourne Ice | 3 – 4 | Sydney Bears | Penrith | [3] |
May
June
July
August
^ I Double points game.
Standings
Qualified for the playoffs |
Team | GP | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GDF | PTS |
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Newcastle North Stars | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 131 | 74 | 57 | 57 |
Melbourne Ice | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 122 | 65 | 57 | 52 |
Sydney Bears | 24 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 82 | 90 | -8 | 41 |
Adelaide Adrenaline | 24 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 107 | 92 | 15 | 39 |
Gold Coast Blue Tongues | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 84 | 107 | -23 | 30 |
Canberra Knights | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 79 | 131 | -52 | 18 |
Sydney Ice Dogs | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 74 | 120 | -46 | 15 |
Playoffs
The playoffs were held between 28 August and 29 August with all three games being played at the Icehouse in Melbourne.[3] Melbourne Ice won the final and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Adelaide Adrenaline 6 to 4.[4]
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Newcastle North Stars | 6 | |||||||
4 | Adelaide Adrenaline | 7 | |||||||
Adelaide Adrenaline | 4 | ||||||||
Melbourne Ice | 6 | ||||||||
3 | Melbourne Ice | 2 | |||||||
2 | Sydney Bears | 1 | |||||||
Semi-finals
28 August 2010 16:00 |
Newcastle North Stars | 6 – 7 (2–4, 0–2, 4–1) |
Adelaide Adrenaline | Icehouse, Melbourne |
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28 August 2010 19:30 |
Melbourne Ice | 2 – 1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0) |
Sydney Bears | Icehouse, Melbourne |
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Final
29 August 2010 16:00 |
Adelaide Adrenaline | 4 – 6 (2–2, 1–2, 1–2) |
Melbourne Ice | Icehouse, Melbourne |
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Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[5]
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | POS |
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Peter Cartwright | Newcastle North Stars | 25 | 41 | 47 | 88 | 24 | F |
Brian Bales | Newcastle North Stars | 25 | 33 | 54 | 87 | 28 | F |
Blair Tassone | Newcastle North Stars | 25 | 22 | 40 | 62 | 82 | F |
Greg Oddy | Adelaide Adrenaline | 26 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 18 | F |
Mike McRae | Gold Coast Blue Tongues | 23 | 17 | 19 | 46 | 87 | F |
Lliam Webster | Melbourne Ice | 26 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 95 | F |
Jason Baclig | Melbourne Ice | 23 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 10 | F |
Cameron Dion | Adelaide Adrenaline | 24 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 67 | F |
Dallas Costanzo | Gold Coast Blue Tongues | 23 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 63 | F |
Matthew Armstrong | Melbourne Ice | 24 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 66 | D |
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[6]
Player | Team | MIP | SOG | GA | GAA | SVS% | SO |
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Matt Ezzy | Newcastle North Stars | 1023:00 | 763 | 69 | 3.04 | 91.0 | 2 |
Nick Boucher | Sydney Bears | 793:10 | 534 | 49 | 2.78 | 90.8 | 2 |
Reese Kalleitner | Gold Coast Blue Tongues | 393:15 | 336 | 36 | 4.12 | 89.3 | 0 |
Stuart Denman | Melbourne Ice | 1020:00 | 518 | 60 | 2.65 | 88.4 | 2 |
Olivier Martin | Adelaide Adrenaline | 921:00 | 566 | 73 | 3.57 | 87.1 | 0 |
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