2013 AIHL season

Sports season
2013 AIHL season
LeagueAustralian Ice Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration20 April 2013 – 8 September 2013
Regular season
H Newman Reid TrophySydney Ice Dogs
(1st title)
Season MVPJeff Martens
(North Stars)
Top scorerJeff Martens (67 points)
(North Stars)
Goodall Cup
ChampionsSydney Ice Dogs
  Runners-upNewcastle North Stars
Finals MVPAnthony Kimlin
(Ice Dogs)
AIHL seasons
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The 2013 AIHL season was the 14th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 20 April 2013 until 1 September 2013, with the Goodall Cup finals following on the 7 and 8 September. The Sydney Ice Dogs won both the H Newman Ried Trophy for finishing first in the regular season, and the Goodall Cup after defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final.

Teams

In 2013 the AIHL had 8 teams competing in the league.[1]

2013 AIHL teams
Team City Arena Head coach Captain
Adelaide Adrenaline South Australia Adelaide IceArenA Australia Ryan O'Handley Australia Greg Oddy
Canberra Knights Australian Capital Territory Canberra Phillip Ice Skating Centre Finland Matti Louma Australia Mark Rummukainen
Melbourne Ice Victoria (state) Melbourne Medibank Icehouse Australia Sandy Gardner Canada Jason Baclig
Melbourne Mustangs Victoria (state) Melbourne Medibank Icehouse Australia Brad Vigon Australia Sean Jones
Newcastle North Stars New South Wales Newcastle Hunter Ice Skating Stadium Australia Garry Doré Canada Ray Sheffield
Perth Thunder Western Australia Perth Perth Ice Arena United Kingdom Stan Scott Australia Samuel Wilson
Sydney Bears New South Wales Sydney Sydney Ice Arena Australia Vladimir Rubes Australia Michael Schlamp
Sydney Ice Dogs New South Wales Sydney Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink Australia Ron Kuprowsky Australia Robert Malloy

League business

In October 2012 it was announced that the 2013 season would be played with eight teams as the Gold Coast Blue Tongues' licence was suspended due to the team being unable to secure a home venue for 2013.[2] The Blue Tongues were forced out of their arena during the 2012 season when the AIHL deemed it to not be up to specifications for the league forcing the team to temporarily relocate to Brisbane for the remainder of the season.[3] It was also announced that the suspension on the Sydney Ice Dogs had been lifted allowing the team to ice four imports again. The Ice Dogs were restricted to three for the 2012 season by the league due to breaches of the league's code of conduct.[3] Following the Annual General Meeting (AGM) it was announced that the third period of play has been increased from 15 minutes to 20 minutes, while the first two remain 15 minutes in length. The change was in response to fans calling for the league to align itself with international hockey which plays three 20 minute periods.[4] The Melbourne Mustangs revealed their new logo and jerseys for the start of the season featuring a redesigned mustang horse, holding an ice hockey stick.[5] The new jerseys include a white home jersey, a black away jersey and an orange third jersey which is being released as off-ice apparel only.[6] The Sydney Ice Dogs also revealed their new jerseys with an aqua green away jersey and a white home jersey. The change in colours was made as part of a deal with corporate naming sponsor Reach Crane Trucks and will be in place for three years, the duration of their deal with Reach Crane Trucks. Their previous colours of maroon, yellow, blue, black and white will remain as the team's corporate colours.[7]

On 17 February the AIHL announced that it had entered into a partnership with Fox Sports in which a game of the week will be aired on the network as part of a 60-minute program which also includes league and state federation news and AIHL highlights.[8] The Canberra Knights held an exhibition game on 23 March 2013 with the team competing against a team of former Knights' players for the Soldier On charity.[9] The Knights won the game 6–5.[10]

Personnel changes

Following the AGM the AIHL announced that Tyler Lovering had been re-elected to the commission as Assistant Commissioner until 2014. Ben Kiely and Alexandra Lata had both received a one-year extension to their terms on the commission, with Lata being appointed Deputy Commissioner. The AIHL have also elected Robert Bannerman and Joshua Chye to the commission to serve as Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner respectively.[4][11] In December 2012 the Melbourne Mustangs announced that they had appointed Brad Vigon as head coach, replacing Steve Laforet who had been fired at the end of the 2012 season.[12][13] Following the end of the 2012 season the Melbourne Ice announced that both president Andy Lamrock and head coach Paul Watson had stepped down from their positions.[14] In November 2012 the Ice announced that former Ice Hockey Victoria president Emma Poynton as successor to Lamrock as the club's president.[15] In February 2013 the Ice appointed assistant coach Sandy Gardner to the head coach position.[16]

Player transfers

Players signed

Player Previous team New team Ref
Australia Travis Alabaster No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Australia Jonathan Bale Gold Coast Blue Tongues Sydney Bears [18]
Australia Alistair Band Cardiff Devils NL Canberra Knights [19]
Canada Simon Barg No team Sydney Ice Dogs [20]
Australia Jan Bejcek ECSL Sting Sydney Bears [18]
United States Brian Berger Marian University Perth Thunder [21]
Canada Luc-Olivier Blain University of Ottawa Adelaide Adrenaline [22]
Australia Paul Bond ECSL Raptors Sydney Bears [18]
Australia Jamie Bourke No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Australia Tyson Boyd Adelaide Blackhawks Adelaide Adrenaline [22][23]
Canada Jordan Braid Columbus Cottonmouths Canberra Knights [19]
Australia Russel Brewer No team Adelaide Adrenaline [22]
Australia Dale Burgess No team Sydney Ice Dogs [20]
Australia Dylan Burgess Sydney Maple Leafs Sydney Ice Dogs [20][24]
Australia Jack Carpenter Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ice [25]
Australia Jayson Chalker ECSL Vipers Newcastle North Stars [26]
Australia Robert Clark No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Australia Stuart Cole-Clark ECSL Vipers Newcastle North Stars [26]
Canada Dan Clarke Tulsa Oilers Perth Thunder [21]
Canada Pier-Olivier Cotnoir Norwich University Newcastle North Stars [26]
Australia Fred Coutts West Coast Lightning Perth Thunder [21]
Australia Todd Cutter No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Australia Kevin Darcy Marian University Perth Thunder [21]
Australia James David Adelaide Falcons Adelaide Adrenaline [22][27]
Australia Michael Fairlamb Adelaide Blackhawks Canberra Knights [19]
Australia Kayne Fedor Adelaide Tigers B2 Perth Thunder [22][28]
United States Michael Forney Colorado Eagles Perth Thunder [21]
South Africa Robin Forsythe No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]
United States Chris Frank Sheffield Steelers Melbourne Ice [25]
United States Ian Fulion No team Canberra Knights [19]
Australia Tim Fulton No team Canberra Knights [19]
Australia Adam Geric Gold Coast Blue Tongues Newcastle North Stars [26]
United States Kevin Glanzman No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Canada John Gordon EV Füssen Melbourne Ice [25]
Australia Alexander Hall Gold Coast Blue Tongues Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Australia Robert Haselhurst No team Perth Thunder [21]
United Kingdom Matthew Haywood Braehead Clan Adelaide Adrenaline [22]
Australia Stuart Higgins No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Canada Aaron Hoffman No team Perth Thunder [21]
New Zealand Stephen Huish Northern Vikings Perth Thunder [21]
Australia Brad Hunt No team Canberra Knights [19]
New Zealand Lyle Idoine Botany Swarm Sydney Bears [18]
Australia Jayson James Adelaide Falcons B Adelaide Adrenaline [22][29]
Australia David Jeremy ECSL Vipers Newcastle North Stars [26]
Finland Mikko Jortikka HC Keski-Uusimaa Canberra Knights [19]
Latvia Renars Kazanovs SMScredit.lv Sydney Bears [18]
United States John Kennedy Canberra Knights Newcastle North Stars [26]
Australia Anthony Kimlin Gold Coast Blue Tongues Sydney Ice Dogs [20]
Australia Martin Kolos ECSL Sting Sydney Bears [18]
Czech Republic Jan Koubek HC Kobra Praha Sydney Bears [18]
Canada Justin Levac Orlando Solar Bears Canberra Knights [19]
Australia David Lewis No team Canberra Knights [19]
United States Ryan Lowe No team Sydney Bears [18]
Australia Silvan Maedev No team Sydney Bears [18]
Canada Jeff Martens Friesland Flyers Newcastle North Stars [26]
Australia Glen Mayer No team Melbourne Ice [25]
Australia Michael McDowell No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Canada Eric McKenna No team Sydney Ice Dogs [20]
Canada Dan Mohle Wilfrid Laurier University Perth Thunder [21]
Australia Alan Moss No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Australia Steven Naidovski Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs [30][31]
Australia Ben O'Driscoll Gold Coast Blue Tongues Sydney Bears [18]
United States Patrick O'Kane Mälarö HF Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Australia Joshua O'Neil ECSL Raptors Sydney Bears [18]
Canada Jon Olthuis Idaho Steelheads Melbourne Mustangs [17]
United States Dominic Osman Hull Stingrays Newcastle North Stars [26]
Canada Brit Ouellette ECDC Memmingen Adelaide Adrenaline [22]
Canada Travis Ouellette Ferris State University Adelaide Adrenaline [22]
New Zealand Rick Parry Jokers de Cergy Adelaide Adrenaline [22]
Australia Robert Pasminka No team Sydney Bears [18]
United Kingdom Kevin Phillips Braehead Clan Adelaide Adrenaline [22]
New Zealand Jaden Pine-Murphy New Plymouth Melbourne Ice [25][32]
United States Matt Puntureri Danbury Whalers Sydney Ice Dogs [20]
Canada Shai Rabinowitz No team Newcastle North Stars [26]
Australia Luke Read ECSL Sting Sydney Bears [18]
Australia Denis Ristic Adelaide Redwings Adelaide Adrenaline [22][33]
Australia Ollie Rozdarz No team Canberra Knights [19]
Australia Christopher Sekura No team Sydney Ice Dogs [20]
Australia Francisco Sevilla No team Sydney Bears [18]
Australia Luke Shafren No team Newcastle North Stars [26]
Australia Hayden Sheard ECSL North Stars Newcastle North Stars [26]
Australia Chris Slauenwhite Sydney Bears Canberra Knights [19]
Australia Michael Smart Sydney Bears Perth Thunder [21]
Australia Shane Southwood Orangeville Americans Sydney Ice Dogs [20]
Canada Matt Strueby Colorado Eagles Perth Thunder [21]
France Maxime Suzzarini Brûleurs de Loups Canberra Knights [19]
Australia Matt Taylor No team Canberra Knights [19]
United States Joe Tolles Wheeling Nailers Perth Thunder [21]
Australia Tom Voller No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]
Australia Dillan Wallace Adelaide Redwings Adelaide Adrenaline [22][34]
Australia Cameron Walsh No team Perth Thunder [21]
United Kingdom Patrick Ward No team Sydney Ice Dogs [20]
United States Jack Wolgemuth No team Melbourne Mustangs [17]

Players lost

Player Previous team New team Ref
Australia Matthew Anderson Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]
Australia Sam Austin Newcastle North Stars ECSL North Stars [36]
United States Brian Bales Newcastle North Stars No team [36]
Canada Aaron Barton Adelaide Adrenaline Knoxville Ice Bears [37]
Australia Sam Bavin Perth Thunder No team [38]
Australia Alan Becken Sydney Bears ECSL Heat [30]
Australia Dana Bennett Canberra Knights No team [39]
Australia Ryan Bennett Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]
Australia Sam Bennett Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Redwings [37][40]
Australia Enrico Bergamin Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]
Australia Robert Bird Perth Thunder No team [38]
Canada Jeremy Boyer Newcastle North Stars Quad City Mallards [36]
Australia Jayden Braden Sydney Bears No team [30]
United States Mike Brown Canberra Knights Danbury Whalers [39]
Australia Jack Carpenter Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne Ice [35]
Australia Matt Cernec Canberra Knights No team [39]
Australia Aaron Clayworth Canberra Knights No team [39]
Australia Scott Clemie Sydney Bears No team [30]
Australia Stuart Clemie Sydney Bears ECSL Vipers [30]
Australia Scott Connelly Sydney Bears ECSL Sting [30]
Canada Kevin Day Newcastle North Stars No team [36]
Australia Cassian Delsar Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Tigers [37][41]
Australia Stuart Denman Melbourne Ice Retired [42]
United Kingdom Colin Downie Sydney Ice Dogs No team [43]
Australia Dean Dunstan Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]
Canada Jack Ebner Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]
Australia Nickolas Eckhardt Canberra Knights No team [39]
Canada Craig Gallo Sydney Bears Osby IK [30]
United States Phil Ginand Perth Thunder Bloomington Blaze [38]
United States Kirk Golden Sydney Ice Dogs Cape Cod Bluefins [43]
United Kingdom Paul Graham Perth Thunder No team [38]
Australia Lucien Hackett Sydney Bears ECSL Sting [30]
Australia James Herbert Sydney Ice Dogs No team [43]
Australia Christopher James Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]
Canada Brady Johnston Sydney Bears Hedemora SK [30]
Australia Mike Johnston Canberra Knights No team [39]
United States John Kennedy Canberra Knights Newcastle North Stars [39]
Netherlands Matt Korthuis Melbourne Ice No team [42]
Canada Robbie Lawrance Newcastle North Stars Louisiana IceGators [36]
Canada Scott Levitt Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]
Canada Brett Liscomb Adelaide Adrenaline Louisiana IceGators [37]
Australia Shane Hardy Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]
Czech Republic Martin Kutek Melbourne Ice No team [42]
Finland Sami Mantere Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide Redwings [37][44]
Australia Joel McFadden Sydney Bears No team [30]
Australia Christopher McPhail Canberra Knights No team [39]
United States Casey Mignone Sydney Ice Dogs Cape Cod Bluefins [43]
Australia Laurie Mock Sydney Bears No team [30]
United States Matt Monaghan Sydney Ice Dogs No team [43]
United States Dean Moore Melbourne Mustangs IF Sundsvall Hockey [35]
Belgium Mitch Morgan Adelaide Adrenaline HYC Herentals [37]
Australia Steven Naidovski Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs [30][31]
Canada Dan Nicholls Adelaide Adrenaline No team [37]
Australia Gicu Oprea Newcastle North Stars No team [36]
Australia Dean Peterson Adelaide Adrenaline No team [37]
United States Nic Polaski Canberra Knights No team [39]
Australia Troy Robertson Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]
Australia Gabriel Robledo Sydney Ice Dogs No team [43]
Australia Jayden Ryan Sydney Bears ECSL Raptors [30]
Canada Lucas Schott Canberra Knights Dayton Demonz [39]
Australia Paul Shumak Sydney Bears No team [30]
Australia Chris Slauenwhite Sydney Bears Canberra Knights [30]
Australia Michael Smart Sydney Bears Perth Thunder [30]
Canada Kiefer Smiley Perth Thunder Mississippi Surge [38]
Czech Republic Jaroslav Spurny Sydney Bears No team [30]
Australia Andrew Stapleton Adelaide Adrenaline No team [37]
United States John Sullivan Melbourne Mustangs Columbus Cottonmouths [35]
Finland Tuomas Takkula Newcastle North Stars No team [36]
Australia Michael Thornburn Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]
Australia Tallen Voelkel Newcastle North Stars No team [36]
Canada Mike Werner Adelaide Adrenaline No team [37]
Australia Andrew White Sydney Ice Dogs No team [43]
Canada Aaron Wilson Perth Thunder No team [38]
United States Doug Wilson Melbourne Ice No team [42]
Canada Oliver Wren Melbourne Mustangs No team [35]

Regular season

The regular season started on 20 April 2013 and ran through to 1 September 2013 before the top four teams compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series.

The Sydney Ice Dogs won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points, 61. Newcastle North Stars' Jeff Martens won the Most Valuable Player award, after finishing as the league's top scorer with 67 points. Anthony Kimlin of the Sydney Ice Dogs was named the Australian Player of the Year and Best Goaltender, finishing with a save percentage 0.919.[45] The Sydney Bears' Cameron Todd won the award for Best Rookie and John Gordon of the Melbourne Ice was named Best Defenceman.[45]

April

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
1 20 April 17:45 Newcastle North Stars 6–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Baulkham Hills 500 [1]
2 20 April 17:00 Melbourne Ice 7–2 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 1300 [2]
3 20 April 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–3 Canberra Knights Canberra 750 [3]
4 21 April 15:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 9–2 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [4]
5 27 April 16:30 Melbourne Ice 5–2 Perth Thunder Perth [5]
6 27 April 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 6–4 Canberra Knights Canberra 750 [6]
7 27 April 18:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–4 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [7]
8 28 April 16:30 Melbourne Ice 9–3 Perth Thunder Perth [8]
9 28 April 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 4–5 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 300 [9]
10 28 April 17:00 Sydney Bears 1–2 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [10]

May

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
11 4 May 17:00 Perth Thunder 2–13 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [11]
12 4 May 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 3 – 4 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 575 [12]
13 4 May 18:00 Canberra Knights 1–6 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [13]
14 5 May 15:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4 – 3 (SO) Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1100 [14]
15 5 May 15:30 Perth Thunder 5–2 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [15]
16 11 May 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 6–4 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1100 [16]
17 11 May 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 5–1 Canberra Knights Canberra [17]
18 11 May 18:00 Newcastle North Stars 1–2 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [18]
19 12 May 15:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3–9 Melbourne Ice Melbourne [19]
20 12 May 17:00 Canberra Knights 4–3 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [20]
21 12 May 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 2–4 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 200 [21]
22 18 May 17:00 Perth Thunder 0–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 200 [22]
23 18 May 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 4–2 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 600 [23]
24 18 May 17:30 Sydney Bears 6–1 Canberra Knights Canberra [24]
25 19 May 15:30 Newcastle North Stars 2–0 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1000 [25]
26 19 May 15:30 Perth Thunder 4–3 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [26]
27 25 May 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–3 Perth Thunder Perth [27]
28 25 May 17:00 Canberra Knights 1–9 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 780 [28]
29 25 May 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4–7 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [29]
30 26 May 15:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–6 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [30]
31 26 May 15:30 Canberra Knights 3–5 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 400 [31]
32 26 May 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–6 Perth Thunder Perth [32]

June

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
33 1 June 16:30 Sydney Bears 3–6 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 425 [33]
34 1 June 17:00 Perth Thunder 5–6 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 350 [34]
35 1 June 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3–4 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [35]
36 1 June 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–3 Canberra Knights Canberra [36]
37 2 June 15:30 Perth Thunder 9–3 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 290 [37]
38 2 June 16:30 Sydney Bears 4–2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 390 [38]
39 2 June 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3 – 4 (SO) Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 300 [39]
40 6 June 20:00 Melbourne Mustangs 1–2 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1150 [40]
41 8 June 16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 6–7 Perth Thunder Perth [41]
42 8 June 17:00 Sydney Bears 1 – 2 (SO) Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 300 [42]
43 8 June 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 9–1 Canberra Knights Canberra [43]
44 9 June 16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 6–8 Perth Thunder Perth [44]
45 9 June 17:00 Sydney Bears 2–4 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [45]
46 9 June 17:00 Canberra Knights 1–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250 [46]
47 15 June 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 2 – 3 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 350 [47]
48 15 June 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 3–4 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 300 [48]
49 15 June 17:30 Melbourne Ice 12–1 Canberra Knights Canberra [49]
50 16 June 15:30 Melbourne Ice 4–3 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [50]
51 16 June 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 6 – 5 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 362 [51]
52 16 June 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 0–1 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [52]
53 22 June 17:00 Canberra Knights 1–10 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 400 [53]
54 22 June 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 5–3 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 600 [54]
55 23 June 15:30 Canberra Knights 0–16 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1100 [55]
56 23 June 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 400 [56]
57 29 June 16:30 Canberra Knights 1–3 Perth Thunder Perth [57]
58 29 June 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 3 – 2 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 350 [58]
59 29 June 17:00 Sydney Bears 3–7 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1000 [59]
60 30 June 15:30 Sydney Bears 2–6 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 500 [60]
61 30 June 16:30 Canberra Knights 2–3 Perth Thunder Perth [61]
62 30 June 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 5 – 4 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 300 [62]

July

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
63 6 July 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 2–5 Perth Thunder Perth [63]
64 6 July 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 5 – 4 (SO) Canberra Knights Canberra [64]
65 7 July 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–2 Perth Thunder Perth [65]
66 7 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 3–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250 [66]
67 13 July 16:30 Canberra Knights 0–6 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 378 [67]
68 13 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 5 – 6 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [68]
69 13 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 2–5 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 400 [69]
70 14 July 15:30 Sydney Bears 3–7 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 900 [70]
71 14 July 16:30 Canberra Knights 2–8 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 342 [71]
72 14 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 6–4 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 350 [72]
73 20 July 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 2–6 Perth Thunder Perth [73]
74 20 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 5 – 4 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 320 [74]
75 20 July 17:30 Melbourne Ice 4–2 Canberra Knights Canberra [75]
76 20 July 18:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–0 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 400 [76]
77 21 July 15:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 6 – 7 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 330 [77]
78 21 July 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 3–2 Perth Thunder Perth [78]
79 21 July 17:00 Melbourne Ice 3–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 300 [79]
80 27 July 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 6–4 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 213 [80]
81 27 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 3–5 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1100 [81]
82 27 July 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 2–1 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [82]
83 28 July 15:30 Melbourne Mustangs 10–3 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 180 [83]
84 28 July 15:30 Perth Thunder 6 – 5 (SO) Melbourne Ice Melbourne 900 [84]
85 28 July 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 216 [85]
86 28 July 17:00 Canberra Knights 5–9 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [86]

August & September

Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap
87 3 August 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–3 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 800 [87]
88 3 August 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 4–2 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1200 [88]
89 3 August 17:30 Sydney Bears 3–2 Canberra Knights Canberra [89]
90 4 August 15:30 Newcastle North Stars 7–1 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 300 [90]
91 4 August 17:00 Canberra Knights 1–8 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250 [91]
92 10 August 16:30 Perth Thunder 6–4 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 368 [92]
93 10 August 17:00 Melbourne Ice 4–8 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [93]
94 10 August 18:00 Canberra Knights 1–3 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills [94]
95 11 August 15:30 Melbourne Ice 5–2 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 200 [95]
96 11 August 16:30 Perth Thunder 4–3 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 289 [96]
97 15 August 20:00 Melbourne Ice 4–3 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 1000 [97]
98 17 August 16:30 Sydney Bears 0–4 Perth Thunder Perth [98]
99 17 August 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–3 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 900 [99]
100 17 August 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 8–0 Canberra Knights Canberra [100]
101 18 August 15:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 600 [101]
102 18 August 16:30 Sydney Bears 3–5 Perth Thunder Perth [102]
103 24 August 16:30 Melbourne Ice 6 – 5 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 352 [103]
104 24 August 17:00 Sydney Bears 1–4 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 400 [104]
105 24 August 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 1–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle [105]
106 24 August 17:30 Perth Thunder 7–2 Canberra Knights Canberra [106]
107 25 August 15:30 Melbourne Mustangs 6–2 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 200 [107]
108 25 August 16:30 Melbourne Ice 5–2 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 329 [108]
109 25 August 17:30 Perth Thunder 6–2 Canberra Knights Canberra [109]
110 31 August 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 5–1 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1100 [110]
111 31 August 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 8–2 Canberra Knights Canberra [111]
112 1 September 15:30 Newcastle North Stars 4 – 5 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 800 [112]

Standings

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
Sydney Ice Dogs 28 18 3 1 6 117 80 +37 61
Newcastle North Stars 28 17 3 1 7 132 75 +57 58
Perth Thunder 28 17 1 1 9 127 114 +13 54
Melbourne Ice 28 16 1 3 8 147 93 +54 53
Melbourne Mustangs 28 12 4 2 10 118 103 +15 46
Adelaide Adrenaline 28 8 3 5 12 125 124 +1 35
Sydney Bears 28 7 0 1 20 73 120 −47 22
Canberra Knights 28 2 0 1 25 51 181 −130 7
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.[46]

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS
Jeff Martens Newcastle North Stars 28 31 36 67 52 F
Jason Baclig Melbourne Ice 28 23 39 62 12 F
Pier-Olivier Cotnoir Newcastle North Stars 26 28 29 57 44 F
Simon Barg Sydney Ice Dogs 28 26 29 55 10 F
Matt Armstrong Melbourne Ice 24 26 28 54 50 F
Matt Puntereri Sydney Ice Dogs 27 28 24 52 12 F
Patrick O'Kane Melbourne Mustangs 28 30 21 51 26 F
Dominic Osman Newcastle North Stars 28 18 33 51 42 F
Jamie Bourke Melbourne Mustangs 21 22 25 47 80 F
Michael Forney Perth Thunder 16 11 36 47 12 F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the teams ice time.[47]

Player Team MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Anthony Kimlin Sydney Ice Dogs 1222 744 60 2.46 0.919 2
Olivier Martin Newcastle North Stars 1206 694 59 2.45 0.915 3
Daniel Clarke Perth Thunder 646 435 41 3.17 0.906 1
Renars Kazanovs Sydney Bears 747 505 50 3.35 0.901 0
Jon Olthuis Melbourne Mustangs 1150 823 84 3.65 0.898 0

Season awards

Below lists the 2013 AIHL regular season award winners.

Award Name Team
MVP Canada Jeff Martens Newcastle North Stars
Goaltender Australia Anthony Kimlin Sydney Ice Dogs
Defenceman Canada John Gordon Melbourne Ice
Rookie Australia Cameron Todd Sydney Bears
Local player Australia Anthony Kimlin Sydney Ice Dogs

Source

Goodall Cup playoffs

The 2013 playoffs started on 7 September 2013, with the Goodall Cup final held on 8 September. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series. 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.[48] The Sydney Ice Dogs won the Goodall Cup (2nd title) with a 6-2 victory over the Newcastle North Stars.[49] Anthony Kimlin’s defensive efforts for the Ice Dogs earned him the award of Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the finals series.[50]

Semifinals Final
      
1 Melbourne Ice 2
4 Sydney Ice Dogs 4
Sydney Ice Dogs 6
Newcastle North Stars 3
3 Perth Thunder 1
2 Newcastle North Stars 6

Semi-finals

All times are UTC+10:00

7 September 2013
16:00		Melbourne Ice2–4
(0–0, 1–4, 1–0)		Sydney Ice DogsMedibank Icehouse
Attendance: 1100
Game reference
Dahlen PhillipsGoaliesAnthony KimlinReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Tristan Reese
Kent Unwin
0 – 1Malloy (McGregor, Ward)
0 – 2Barg (PP) (Puntureri, Dunwoodie)
0 – 3Puntureri (PP) (T.Stephenson, Ward)
0 – 4Malloy (PP) (unassisted)
Baclig (PP) (Armstrong)1 – 4
Powell (PP) (Webster, Baclig)2 – 4
33 minPenalties24 min
27Shots34
7 September 2013
19:30		Perth Thunder1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2)		Newcastle North StarsMedibank Icehouse
Attendance: 850
Game reference
Dan ClarkeGoaliesOlivier MartinReferee:
Cory Ross
Linesmen:
Stephen De Witt
Daryl Hamilton
0 – 1Cotnoir (PP) (unassisted)
0 – 2Martens (SH) (unassisted)
0 – 3Cotnoir (PP) (Martens, Taylor)
0 – 4Osman (Upton, Starke)
Unknown (Kyros)1 – 4
1 – 5Taylor (Osman, Upton)
1 – 6Cotnoir (Martens, Kennedy)
16 minPenalties10 min
28Shots33

Final

8 September 2013
16:00		Newcastle North Stars3–6
(1–2, 0–1, 2–3)		Sydney Ice DogsMedibank Icehouse
Attendance: 900
Game reference
Olivier MartinGoaliesAnthony KimlinReferee:
Jeff Scott
Linesmen:
Stephen De Witt
Daryl Hamilton
0 – 1Cliff (PP) (S.Stephenson, McGregor)
0 – 2T.Stephenson (SH) (Barg)
Osman (PP) (Taylor, Kennedy)1 – 2
1 – 3T.Stephenson (PP) (Puntureri, Barg)
1 – 4T.Stephenson (PP) (Barg, Manco)
1 – 5Barg (Dunwoodie)
1 – 6Barg (Dunwoodie, Ward)
Osman (PP) (Kennedy, Taylor)2 – 6
Osman (PP) (Cotnoir, Martens)3 – 6
14 minPenalties22 min
32Shots30

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