2012 AIHL season

July 2026 April 2011 2012 AIHL season Australian Ice Hockey League Ice hockey black white 28 April 2012 – 2 September 2012 Regular season H Newman Reid Trophy Newcastle North Stars (4th title) Jeremy Boyer (North Stars) Tomas Landa (Bears) Jeremy Boyer (North Stars) Tomas Landa (Bears) (58 points) Goodall Cup Goodall Cup Melbourne Ice Newcastle North Stars Todd Graham (Ice) 2013 2011 AIHL The 2012 AIHL season is the 13th season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 28 April 2012 until 26 August 2012, with the Goodall Cup finals following on the 1 and 2 September. The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Ried Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points. The Melbourne Ice won the Goodall Cup for the third year in a row after defeating the North Stars in the final. Teams In 2012 the AIHL had 9 teams competing in the league.https://theaihl.com/leagues/standings.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464 ATC Productions Ladder Australian Ice Hockey League 10 January 2021 2012 AIHL teamsTeam City Arena Head Coach Captain Adelaide Adrenaline South Australia Adelaide IceArenA AUS Ryan O'Handley AUS Greg Oddy Canberra Knights Australian Capital Territory Canberra Phillip Ice Skating Centre AUS Bear McPhail AUS Mark Rummukainen Gold Coast Blue Tongues Queensland Gold Coast Iceworld Boondall AUS Peter Nixon AUS Adam Geric Melbourne Ice Victoria Melbourne Medibank Icehouse AUS Paul Watson AUS Vinnie Hughes Melbourne Mustangs Victoria Melbourne Medibank Icehouse CAN Bill Wilkinson AUS Shane Hardy Newcastle North Stars New South Wales Newcastle Hunter Ice Skating Stadium AUS Garry Doré CAN Ray Sheffield Perth Thunder Western Australia Perth Perth Ice Arena GBR Stan Scott AUS Samuel Wilson Sydney Bears New South Wales Sydney Sydney Ice Arena AUS Vladimir Rubes AUS Michael Schlamp Sydney Ice Dogs New South Wales Sydney Liverpool Catholic Club Ice Rink AUS Ron Kuprowsky AUS Andrew White League business During the off-season the Australian Ice Hockey League announced that Perth Thunder had been accepted as a full member of the league expanding the competition to nine teams. The Mustangs IHC changed their name to the Melbourne Mustangs after the AIHL lifted a condition that prohibited the use of "Melbourne" in their team name. The restriction was originally put in place to protect the brand of the Melbourne Ice.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/standingsTotals.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 2012 Regular Season Standings Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140613002558/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/standingsTotals.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 13 June 2014 dead It was also announced that from 2012 the league would be split into two conferences in order to manage costs and length of the season.http://theotherhewitt.com/?p=658 Changes aplenty at AIHL AGM The Other Hewitt 2011-11-04 2011-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120502164356/http://theotherhewitt.com/?p=658 2 May 2012 dead dmy-all The two conferences where named the Bauer Conference and Easton Conference after the AIHL signed a three-year deal with the Skaters Network who is the distributor of the ice hockey brands Bauer Hockey and Easton Hockey. The Bauer Conference will consist of the Canberra Knights, Newcastle North Stars, Sydney Bears, and the Sydney Ice Dogs, while the Easton Conference includes the Adelaide Adrenaline, Gold Coast Blue Tongues, Melbourne Ice, Melbourne Mustangs and the Perth Thunder.http://theotherhewitt.com/?p=1906 AIHL seals conference deal Andrew Hewitt The Other Hewitt 2012-02-24 2012-02-26 https://archive.today/20120226040046/http://theotherhewitt.com/?p=1906 26 February 2012 dead dmy-all Following the announcement of the conference system a change in the finals playoff structure was also announced. The winners of each conference at the end of the regular season would play in a semi-final against the runner-up of the opposing conference with the winners of the semi-finals progressing to the Goodall Cup final. It was also announced a one-year partnership with Virgin Australia in which the airline would become the leagues preferred supplier for the 2012 season.http://theotherhewitt.com/?p=1775 AIHL to partner with Virgin Australia The Other Hewitt Andrew Hewitt 2012-02-08 2012-02-26 https://archive.today/20120226041201/http://theotherhewitt.com/?p=1775 26 February 2012 dead dmy-all In February 2012 the Sydney Bears announced that they were leaving the Penrith Ice Palace as their home arena and were returning to play their games at the Sydney Ice Arena in Baulkham Hills where they had previously played from 2003 to 2006.Lambert Peter http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&page=59783 Bears in the Hills Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-02-19 2012-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120507155017/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?page=59783&clientID=3856&leagueID=11464 7 May 2012 live In April 2012 the AIHL announced that the Sydney Ice Dogs would be restricted to the dress of only three import players per game, as opposed to the normal four. The restriction is part of the penalties imposed on the club after it breached the AIHL code of conduct during the 2011 Goodall Cup final series in which a player and two team officials were involved in an assault of a Medibank Icehouse security guard.http://hewittsports.com/?p=3031 AIHL penalise Ice Dogs Hewitt Sports Network Andrew Hewitt 2012-04-06 2012-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20220317080847/http://hewittsports.com/?p=3031 17 March 2022 live dmy http://hewittsports.com/?p=3123 AIHL clarifies Ice Dogs penalties Hewitt Sports Network Andrew McMurtry 2012-04-13 2012-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140727161527/http://hewittsports.com/?p=3123 27 July 2014 live dmy Prior to the start of the regular season, three exhibition games were held. The first game was held between the Mustangs and the Melbourne Ice at the Medibank Icehouse with the Mustangs winning the game 5–2.http://www.melbourneice.com.au/2012/03/ice-v-mustangs/ ICE v Mustangs Melbourne Ice 2012-04-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20130426214455/http://www.melbourneice.com.au/2012/03/ice-v-mustangs/ 26 April 2013 dead dmy http://www.mustangsicehockey.com.au/news.html News Mustangs IHC 2012-04-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20120508195418/http://www.mustangsicehockey.com.au/news.html 8 May 2012 live dmy The second and third games were played between the Sydney Bears and the Sydney Ice Dogs, with the Sydney Bears winning the first game 5–2 and the Sydney Ice Dogs winning the second game 5–4 in a shootout.http://hewittsports.com/?p=3040 Bear's silence Ice Dog pups Andrew McMurtry Hewitt Sports Network 2012-04-08 2012-04-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20220326191438/http://hewittsports.com/?p=3040 26 March 2022 live dmy http://hewittsports.com/?p=3160 Ice Dogs edge Bears in shootout thriller Hewitt Sports Network 2012-04-15 2012-04-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20160314155418/http://hewittsports.com/?p=3160 14 March 2016 live dmy On 3 June, Gold Coast Blue Tongues' home game against the Melbourne Ice at Bundall Iceland was called off after a shortened first period due to an unplayable surface; it was the second such cancellation in less than a year at Bundall Iceland, with 10 July 2011 match between the Blue Tongues and Sydney Ice Dogs cancelled without play for the same reason.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&page=53999 10 July Dogs @ Blue Tongues game cancelled Australian Ice Hockey League Peter Lambert 10 July 2011 2011-07-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20110822005104/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?page=53999&clientID=3856&leagueID=11464 22 August 2011 live After the cancelled game, Gold Coast was evicted from the rink by its owners,http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/06/12/423675_sport.html https://archive.today/20121231043708/http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2012/06/12/423675_sport.html dead 31 December 2012 Terry Leah Wilson Fineran Blue Tongues to finish season in Brisbane 12 June 2012 12 June 2012 News.com.au and on 8 June, it was announced that its remaining seven home games for the season would be played at Iceworld in Acacia Ridge, Brisbane; the matches will begin at 10:30pm, with a better time unable to be negotiated with the rink due to the short notice of the relocation.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&page=61945 Blue Tongues relocate 8 June 2012 Australian Ice Hockey League 9 June 2012 Although Melbourne was offered a win by forfeit for the cancelled match, the club agreed instead to reschedule the match to Thursday 23 August, to be played in Melbourne (although technically a Gold Coast home game).http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=62081 Blue Tongues & Ice reschedule abandoned game Australian Ice Hockey League 14 June 2012 16 June 2012 During July there will be a weeks break for the first Trans-Tasman Champions League. The formation of the Trans-Tasman Champions League was announced back in August 2011 between the AIHL and the New Zealand Ice Hockey League (NZIHL).http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletterarchive.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 Trans-Tasman Champions League to be launched in 2012 Australian Ice Hockey League 2011-09-04 The series will feature two teams from each the AIHL and the NZIHL each playing the others once with the winner being the team who finishes first in the round-robin standings. The two teams chosen from each league will be the 2011 regular season champions and the winner of the 2011 playoffs. In a situation where the winning of both events is the same the runner up of the playoff final will be selected to represent their respective league. Player transfers Date Player Previous team New teamRef Reference15 February 2012 AUS Matthew Ezzy Newcastle North Stars Retired http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=30663 Matthew Ezzy Elite Prospects 2012-02-15 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120801041233/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=30663 1 August 2012 live dmy 29 February 2012 AUS Olivier Martin Adelaide Adrenaline Newcastle North Stars http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=40830 Olivier Martin Elite Prospects 2012-02-29 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201101141/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=40830 1 February 2014 live dmy 9 March 2012 CAN Nicholls Dan Nicholls Texas Brahmas Adelaide Adrenaline http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=38842 Dan Nicholls Elite Prospects 2012-03-09 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120525143342/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=38842 25 May 2012 live dmy 14 March 2012 CAN Liscomb Brett Liscomb New Jersey Outlaws Adelaide Adrenaline http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=13441 Brett Liscomb Elite Prospects 2012-03-14 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20111207072027/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=13441 7 December 2011 live dmy 14 March 2012 AUS Wehebe Darge Alaska Avalanche Adelaide Adrenaline http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=67936 Wehebe Darge Elite Prospects 2012-03-14 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120526220353/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=67936 26 May 2012 live dmy 14 March 2012 AUS Manning David Manning SUNY-Potsdam Adelaide Adrenaline http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=57836 David Manning Elite Prospects 2012-03-14 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120517180058/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=57836 17 May 2012 live dmy 14 March 2012 AUS Corstens Darren Corstens Viikingit Adelaide Adrenaline http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=71593 Darren Corstens Elite Prospects 2012-03-14 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20121113112909/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=71593 13 November 2012 live dmy 14 March 2012 CZE Landa Tomas Landa HC Risuty Sydney Bears http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=109156 Tomas Landa Elite Prospects 2012-03-14 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20111115102723/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=109156 15 November 2011 live dmy 19 March 2012 CAN Barton Aaron Barton University of Ottawa Adelaide Adrenaline http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=33320 Aaron Barton Elite Prospects 2012-03-19 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120807180721/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=33320 7 August 2012 live dmy 20 March 2012 USA Golden Kirk Golden Toulouse-Blagnac Sydney Ice Dogs http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=81611 Kirk Golden Elite Prospects 2012-03-20 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20121109185219/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=81611 9 November 2012 live dmy 20 March 2012 USA Mignone Casey Mignone Pensacola Ice Flyers Sydney Ice Dogs http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=56881 Casey Mignone Elite Prospects 2012-03-20 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120527203844/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=56881 27 May 2012 live dmy 27 March 2012 AUS Crowther Andrew Crowther Bobcaygeon Bucks Melbourne Ice http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=60627 Andrew Crowther Elite Prospects 2012-03-27 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20140316024043/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=60627 16 March 2014 live dmy 27 March 2012 AUS Humphries Mitchell Humphries Banff Academy Bears Melbourne Ice http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=125548 Mitchell Humphries Elite Prospects 2012-03-27 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20140316021525/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=125548 16 March 2014 live dmy 27 March 2012 AUS Todd Graham Todd Graham (ice hockey) Connecticut Jr. Wolfpack Melbourne Ice http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=63197 Todd Graham Elite Prospects 2012-03-27 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055716/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=63197 21 October 2012 live dmy 27 March 2012 AUS Wong, M Marcus Wong EVU U20 Melbourne Ice http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=67940 Marcus Wong Elite Prospects 2012-03-27 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20140316023829/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=67940 16 March 2014 live dmy 30 March 2012 USA Wilson Doug Wilson No team Melbourne Ice http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=59036 Doug Wilson Elite Prospects 2012-03-30 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120318155528/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=59036 18 March 2012 live dmy 30 March 2012 NED Matt Korthuis HYS The Hague Melbourne Ice http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=25700 Matt Korthuis Elite Prospects 2012-03-30 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202434/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=25700 27 May 2012 live dmy 4 April 2012 CAN Boyer Jeremy Boyer Quad City Mallards Newcastle North Stars http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=23321 Jeremy Boyer Elite Prospects 2012-04-04 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120525140840/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=23321 25 May 2012 live dmy 8 April 2012 AUS Taylor Beau Taylor Swan Valley Stampeders Newcastle North Stars http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=54197 Beau Taylor Elite Prospects 2012-04-08 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20111123223439/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=54197 23 November 2011 live dmy 17 April 2012 CAN Lawrance Robbie Lawrance HYC Herentals Newcastle North Stars http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=129425 Robbie Lawrance Elite Prospects 2012-04-17 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120419103053/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=129425 19 April 2012 live dmy 23 April 2012 AUS McGregor Shannon McGregor Bobcaygeon Bucks Sydney Ice Dogs http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=44685 Shannon McGregor International Ice Hockey Federation 2012-04-23 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120314205150/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=44685 14 March 2012 live dmy 23 April 2012 AUS Robledo Gabriel Robledo Sydney Bears Sydney Ice Dogs http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=71587 Gabriel Robledo Elite Prospects 2012-04-23 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20121112092034/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=71587 12 November 2012 live dmy 24 April 2012 USA Kennedy John Kennedy Dayton Gems Canberra Knights http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=39168 John Kennedy Elite Prospects 2012-04-24 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120525122536/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=39168 25 May 2012 live dmy 24 April 2012 USA Polaski Nic Polaski Dayton Gems Canberra Knights http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=58634 Nic Polaski Elite Prospects 2012-04-24 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20111112033557/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=58634 12 November 2011 live dmy 24 April 2012 CAN Schott Lucas Schott Brooklyn Aviators Canberra Knights http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=49319 Lucas Schott Elite Prospects 2012-04-24 2012-04-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20120323172703/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=49319 23 March 2012 live dmy 29 April 2012 SUI Andreas Camenzind Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Gold Coast Blue Tongues http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=12652 Andreas Camenzind Elite Prospects 2012-04-29 2012-05-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20120517214144/http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=12652 17 May 2012 live dmy 30 April 2012 NZL George Huber Charlie Huber Botany Swarm Adelaide Adrenaline http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=69450 George Huber Elite Prospects 2012-04-30 2012-05-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20121113113703/http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=69450 13 November 2012 live dmy 29 June 2012 BEL Mitch Morgan 1 HYC Herentals Adelaide Adrenaline http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=19374 Mitch Morgan Elite Prospects 2012-07-15 8 July 2012 AUS Lawrence Carter Lawrence Notre Dame Argos HR Midget Tier2 Gold Coast Blue Tongues http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=203019 Carter Lawrence Elite Prospects 2012-07-15 2012 AUS Smart Michael Smart Toronto Canada Moose Sydney Bears http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=67938 Michael Smart Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 CAN Smiley Kiefer Smiley Mississippi Surge Perth Thunder http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=46128 Kiefer Smiley Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Nottle Anthony Nottle EHC/2 U20 Perth Thunder http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=68425 Anthony Nottle Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 CAN Wilson Aaron Wilson Friesland Flyers Perth Thunder http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=23933 Aaron Wilson Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 NZL Andrew Cox ice hockey Karhu-Kissat Perth Thunder http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=115471 Andrew Cox Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 USA Ginand Phil Ginand Kalamazoo Wings Perth Thunder http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=43015 Phil Ginand Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Jordan Kyros EHC/2 U20 Perth Thunder http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=68319 Jordan Kyros Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Bradley Young 1 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Perth Thunder http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=35038 Bradley Young Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Zolotarev Andrey Zolotarev Viikingit Adelaide Adrenaline http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=71591 Andrey Zolotarev Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 USA Brown Mike Brown Fayetteville FireAntz Canberra Knights http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=9421 Mike Brown Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Byers Harrison Byers Ochapowace Thunder Canberra Knights http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=68306 Harrison Byers Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Letki Tom Letki Gold Coast Blue Tongues Canberra Knights http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=72746 Tom Letki Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Miettinen Kai Miettinen UJK Canberra Knights http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=118399 Kai Miettinen Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Anthony Kimlin Whitby Dunlops Gold Coast Blue Tongues http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=35032 Anthony Kimlin Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 USA Blanchette Adam Blanchette Danbury Whalers Gold Coast Blue Tongues http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=32599 Adam Blanchette Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Casey Minson ESC Darmstadt Gold Coast Blue Tongues http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=30990 Casey Minson Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 USA Pesce Tom Pesce Middlebury College Gold Coast Blue Tongues http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=110750 Tom Pesce Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 CAN James Sanford James Sanford (ice hockey) Melbourne Mustangs Gold Coast Blue Tongues http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=15293 James Sanford Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Wong, C Christopher Wong EPS U17 Melbourne Ice http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=114727 Christopher Wong Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 USA Moore Dean Moore Kramfors-Alliansen Melbourne Mustangs http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=60191 Dean Moore Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 USA Sullivan John Sullivan Columbus Cottonmouths Melbourne Mustangs http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=58977 John Sullivan Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 CAN Day Kevin Day Solna SK Newcastle North Stars http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=66741 Kevin Day Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS David Upton Gold Coast Blue Tongues Newcastle North Stars http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=35044 David Upton Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Slauenwhite Chris Slauenwhite Adelaide Adrenaline Sydney Bears http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=118011 Chris Slauenwhite Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Boris Slavomir Boris Canberra Knights Sydney Bears http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=117791 Slavomir Boris Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 AUS Spina Daniel Spina Toronto Canada Moose Sydney Ice Dogs http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=73756 Daniel Spina Elite Prospects 2012-06-09 2012 CAN Wren Oliver Wren SUNY Brockport Melbourne Mustangs http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=49642 Oliver Wren Elite Prospects 2012-06-29 2012 AUS Lawrence Carter Lawrence Notre Dame Argos HR Midget Tier2 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 2012 CAN Du Toit Etienne Du Toit No team Gold Coast Blue Tongues http://eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=200276 Etienne Du Toit Elite Prospects 2012-08-19 Regular season The regular season will start on 28 April 2012 and will run through to 26 August 2012 before the teams compete in the playoff series.http://www.theaihl.com/media/leagues/3856/graphics/2012AIHLschedule_allteams.pdf AIHL Game Schedule 2012 Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-03-17 The Gold Coast Blue Tongues' final seven home games were relocated from Bundall, Gold Coast to Acacia Ridge, Brisbane after the cancelled match on 3 June. All relocated matches were scheduled to commence at 10:30pm, and the dates of some of the matches were adjusted to accommodate the away teams' travel plans.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=62167 Blue Tongues release new schedule 20 June 2012 20 June 2012 Australian Ice Hockey League The Newcastle North Stars won the H Newman Reid Trophy after finishing the regular season with the most points, 52.http://hewittsports.com/?p=6110 Stars align as Newcastle seal AIHL Minor Premiership Hewitt Sports Network Craig Tonks 2012-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20130617052715/http://hewittsports.com/?p=6110 17 June 2013 live dmy On 29 August the AIHL released the list of finalists for the 2012 awards. Matt Armstrong of the Melbourne Ice, Jeremy Boyer of the Newcastle North Stars, Perth Thunder's Kenny Rolph and Sydney Bears' Tomas Landa were nominated for the Most Valuable Player award, with Boyer and Landa both winning the award. Aaron Barton of Adelaide Adrenaline, Anthony Kimlin of the Gold Coast Blue Tongues and Perth Thunder's Kiefer Smiley were nominated for the Top Goaltender award with Anthony Kimlin being named the winner. Adam Blanchette of the Blue Tongues, Scott Levitt of the Melbourne Mustangs and Newcastle's Rob Lawrance were nominated for the Top Defenceman award with Rob Lawrance being announced as the winner. George Huber of the Adrenaline, Greg Bay of the Blue Tongues, the Mustangs' Brendan McDowell and Perth's David Kudla were all nominated for the Rookie of the Year award with George Huber and Greg Bay tying for the win.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=63497 Player Award Nominees Announced for 2012 Australian Ice Hockey League Joanne Motta 2012-08-29 2012-04-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120917040725/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&page=63497 17 September 2012 live http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&page=63577 A Final worth Fighting For Australian Ice Hockey League Ellie-Marie Watts 2012-09-02 2012-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120929141944/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/newsletter.cfm?page=63577&clientID=3856&leagueID=11464 29 September 2012 live April Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap 1 28 April 16:30 Canberra Knights 3 – 2 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 400 2 28 April 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 5 – 6 (SO) Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1700 3 28 April 18:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 2–5 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 4 28 April 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3–4 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 1000 5 29 April 15:30 Canberra Knights 2–5 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 6 29 April 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 7–2 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 7 29 April 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 4–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool May Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap 8 5 May 16:30 Canberra Knights 4 – 3 (SO) Perth Thunder Perth 9 5 May 16:30 Melbourne Ice 5–6 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 10 5 May 16:00 Newcastle North Stars 2–3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast 11 5 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 2–5 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 12 6 May 16:30 Melbourne Ice 3 – 2 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 13 6 May 15:30 Canberra Knights 4 – 3 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 14 6 May 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 7–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 800 15 12 May 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–1 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast 200 16 12 May 17:00 Perth Thunder 2–4 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 17 12 May 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 8–5 Sydney Bears Newcastle 18 12 May 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–1 Canberra Knights Canberra 750 19 13 May 16:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 8–4 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast 200 20 13 May 15:30 Perth Thunder 5–2 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 21 13 May 17:00 Canberra Knights 1–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 22 17 May 19:15 Melbourne Ice 5–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 23 19 May 16:30 Perth Thunder 2–5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 470 24 19 May 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4 – 5 (SO) Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 260 25 19 May 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 6–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250 26 19 May 17:30 Sydney Bears 4–1 Canberra Knights Canberra 1000 27 20 May 16:30 Perth Thunder 2–6 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 28 20 May 15:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4–0 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1000 29 20 May 17:00 Sydney Bears 4–7 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 30 26 May 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–2 Perth Thunder Perth 31 26 May 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4–7 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1000 32 26 May 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 9–5 Canberra Knights Canberra 33 27 May 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 4–2 Perth Thunder Perth 34 27 May 15:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–5 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 970 35 27 May 17:00 Canberra Knights 2–7 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 175 June Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap 36 2 June 16:00 Melbourne Ice 5–2 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast 250 37 2 June 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–7 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 450 38 2 June 17:30 Sydney Bears 3–4 Canberra Knights Canberra 39 3 June 16:00 Melbourne Ice Cancelled Gold Coast Blue Tongues Gold Coast 40 3 June 15:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 950 41 16 June 16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–3 Perth Thunder Perth 42 16 June 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 6–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 1000 43 16 June 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 5 – 4 (SO) Canberra Knights Canberra 1000 44 17 June 16:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–5 Perth Thunder Perth 45 17 June 15:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 0–6 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1100 46 17 June 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 3–1 Sydney Bears Newcastle 47 22 June 22:30 Perth Thunder 6–3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 100 48 23 June 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 2–7 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 49 23 June 18:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 6–4 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 50 23 June 17:30 Melbourne Ice 8–3 Canberra Knights Canberra 51 23 June 22:30 Perth Thunder 6–3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 52 24 June 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 0–2 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 200 53 24 June 17:00 Melbourne Ice 6–2 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 54 30 June 22:30 Sydney Bears 6 – 5 (SO) Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 130 55 30 June 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 0–10 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 650 56 30 June 16:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–2 Perth Thunder Perth 700 57 30 June 17:00 Canberra Knights 2–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle July Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap 58 1 July 16:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 650 59 1 July 15:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 1–9 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1200 60 1 July 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 4–3 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 61 14 July 22:30 Canberra Knights 1–5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 160 62 14 July 16:30 Sydney Bears 6–4 Perth Thunder Perth 63 14 July 17:00 Melbourne Ice 1–5 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 800 64 15 July 15:30 Sydney Bears 2–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 65 15 July 17:00 Melbourne Ice 4–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 300 66 21 July 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 2–0 Perth Thunder Perth 67 21 July 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 1–4 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1450 68 21 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 4–6 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 300 69 21 July 17:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 6–2 Canberra Knights Canberra 70 22 July 15:30 Newcastle North Stars 3–5 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 750 71 22 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 4–1 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250 72 22 July 17:00 Canberra Knights 2–4 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 73 28 July 17:00 Perth Thunder 7–2 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 390 74 28 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–5 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 75 28 July 17:00 Sydney Bears 5 – 4 (SO) Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 76 28 July 17:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 1–4 Canberra Knights Canberra 77 29 July 15:30 Perth Thunder 6–3 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1000 78 29 July 17:00 Canberra Knights 1–9 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 79 29 July 17:00 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4–0 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250 80 29 July 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 2–5 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills August Game Date Time Away Score Home Location Attendance Recap 81 3 August 22:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 110 82 4 August 17:00 Sydney Ice Dogs 3 – 4 (SO) Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 83 4 August 17:30 Perth Thunder 1 – 2 (SO) Canberra Knights Canberra 84 4 August 22:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–1 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 120 85 5 August 17:00 Perth Thunder 4–3 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills 86 5 August 17:00 Canberra Knights 5–3 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 87 9 August 19:15 Melbourne Ice 6–1 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 1150 88 11 August 16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 3–2 Perth Thunder Perth 89 11 August 16:30 Sydney Bears 1–5 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 470 90 11 August 17:00 Newcastle North Stars 5–3 Melbourne Ice Melbourne 1150 91 11 August 17:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 3–2 Canberra Knights Canberra 92 12 August 16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 0–4 Perth Thunder Perth 93 12 August 16:30 Newcastle North Stars 2–4 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 440 94 12 August 15:30 Sydney Bears 3 – 4 (SO) Melbourne Ice Melbourne 900 95 18 August 22:30 Sydney Ice Dogs 4–5 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Acacia Ridge 120 96 18 August 16:30 Melbourne Ice 1–3 Perth Thunder Perth 97 18 August 17:00 Adelaide Adrenaline 1–0 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 420 98 18 August 17:30 Newcastle North Stars 7 – 6 (SO) Canberra Knights Canberra 99 19 August 16:30 Melbourne Ice 4–2 Perth Thunder Perth 100 19 August 15:30 Adelaide Adrenaline 6–4 Melbourne Mustangs Melbourne 385 101 19 August 17:00 Sydney Bears 4–0 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 102 19 August 17:00 Canberra Knights 7–9 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 250 39 23 August 19:00 Melbourne Ice 5–3 Gold Coast Blue Tongues Melbourne 450 103 25 August 16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 5–1 Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 410 104 25 August 17:00 Perth Thunder 4–6 Newcastle North Stars Newcastle 600 105 25 August 17:30 Melbourne Mustangs 3–5 Canberra Knights Canberra 106 26 August 16:30 Gold Coast Blue Tongues 4 – 5 (SO) Adelaide Adrenaline Adelaide 450 107 26 August 17:00 Perth Thunder 4–7 Sydney Ice Dogs Liverpool 350 108 26 August 17:00 Melbourne Mustangs 1–7 Sydney Bears Baulkham Hills Standings Bauer Conference TeamGP Games playedW WinsOTW Overtime winsOTL Overtime lossesL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGDF Goal differencePTS PointsNewcastle North Stars 24 16 2 0 6 120 78 +42 52Sydney Ice Dogs 24 12 1 2 9 96 99 −3 40Sydney Bears 24 9 2 1 12 92 93 −1 32Canberra Knights 24 4 4 2 14 73 116 −43 22 Easton Conference TeamGP Games playedW WinsOTW Overtime winsOTL Overtime lossesL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGDF Goal differencePTS PointsMelbourne Ice 24 15 3 0 6 109 68 +41 51Adelaide Adrenaline 24 13 1 2 8 96 76 +20 43Gold Coast Blue Tongues 24 10 0 3 11 81 85 −4 33Perth Thunder 24 10 0 2 12 81 80 +1 32Melbourne Mustangs 24 5 1 2 16 54 107 −53 19 Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffsH Newman Reid Trophy winners Source Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464 League Leading Players Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120828002410/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464 28 August 2012 live Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes POS PositionBoyer Jeremy Boyer Newcastle North Stars 24 25 33 58 22 FLanda Tomas Landa Sydney Bears 24 19 39 58 6 FArmstrong Matt Armstrong Melbourne Ice 24 23 28 51 46 FGinand Phil Ginand Perth Thunder 23 26 24 50 100 FMcRae Mike McRae Gold Coast Blue Tongues 22 21 29 50 66 FRolph Ken Rolph Perth Thunder 24 21 26 47 26 FOddy Greg Oddy Adelaide Adrenaline 22 27 19 46 26 FMignone Casey Mignone Sydney Ice Dogs 24 24 22 46 66 FTaylor Beau Taylor Newcastle North Stars 24 25 20 45 10 FBales Brian Bales Newcastle North Stars 21 21 24 45 14 F Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum of ten games played.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856&sortby=SVP1&order=DESC&statType=Goalie&showGameType=2&selectedDivID=0 League Leading Goalies Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120913132247/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856&sortby=SVP1&order=DESC&statType=Goalie&showGameType=2&selectedDivID=0 13 September 2012 live Player Team MIP Minutes played SOG Shots on goal GA Goals against GAA Goals against average per 60 minutes SVS% Save percentage SO ShutoutsKimlin Anthony Kimlin Gold Coast Blue Tongues 519 399 26 2.25 0.935 1Brown Mike Brown Canberra Knights 718 636 58 3.64 0.909 0Barton Aaron Barton Adelaide Adrenaline 871 582 55 2.84 0.905 2Smiley Kiefer Smiley Perth Thunder 1026 655 70 3.07 0.893 1Martin Olivier Martin Newcastle North Stars 944 589 64 3.05 0.891 1 Season awards Below lists the 2012 AIHL regular season award winners. AwardNameTeamMVP Most Valuable Player of the year CZE Tomas Landa CAN Jeremy Boyer Sydney Bears Newcastle North Stars Goaltender Goaltender of the year AUS Anthony Kimlin Gold Coast Blue TonguesDefenceman Defenceman of the year CAN Robbie Lawrance Newcastle North StarsRookie Rookie of the year AUS Greg Bay NZL Charlie Huber Gold Coast Blue Tongues Adelaide Adrenaline Source Goodall Cup playoffs The 2012 playoffs started on 1 September 2012, with the Goodall Cup final being held on 2 September. Following the end of the regular season the top two teams from each conference advanced to the playoff series with the winner of each conference playing in the semi-final round against the runner-up of the other conference. All three games were held at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Warners Bay, New South Wales, the home of the Newcastle North Stars. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final.http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&pageid=3570 AIHL 2012 Finals Australian Ice Hockey League 2012-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20120918172116/http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&pageid=3570 18 September 2012 live The Melbourne Ice completed the three-peat and won the Goodall Cup for the third year in a row after defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/ice-freezes-out-stars-in-threeinarow-thriller-20120903-2597y.html Ice freezes out Stars in three-in-a-row thriller The Sydney Morning Herald Will Brodie 2012-09-03 2018-09-23 Todd Graham of the Melbourne Ice was named the finals MVP. center Semifinals Final Adelaide Adrenaline 4 Newcastle North Stars 5 Sydney Ice Dogs 2 Melbourne Ice 6 Newcastle North Stars 3 Melbourne Ice 4 All times are UTC+10:00 Semi-finals 1 September 2012 15:30 Adelaide Adrenaline Newcastle North Stars 4–5 (1–2, 2–1, 1–2) http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1115253 Aaron Barton Olivier Martin 0 – 11 – 11 – 21 – 32 – 33 – 33 – 44 – 44 – 5 2:35 – Greer (Oddy, Darge)23:44 – Werner29:27 – Oddy (Greer, Liscomb)32:21 – Darge 1:35 – Boyer (Bales, Day)10:21 – Stranger (Starke)21:13 – Boyer (Bales, Taylor)31:00 – Bales (Upton, Quirk-Orford)33:47 – Taylor (Bales, Day) Jeff Scott Cory Ross Matthew Taylor Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 8 13 27 22 1 September 2012 19:00 Sydney Ice Dogs Melbourne Ice 2–6 (0–3, 1–2, 1–1) http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1115254 Gabriel Robledo Stuart Denman 0 – 10 – 20 – 30 – 41 – 41 – 52 – 52 – 6 18:50 – White38:13 – Tesarik (Monaghan) 0:14 – Armstrong (J. Hughes, Baclig)2:56 – J. Hughes (Armstrong, Baclig)4:06 – Baclig (Wilson, Powell)16:20 – Powell (Webster) (PP)25:40 – Korthuis (J. Hughes)39:29 – Baclig (Armstrong, Graham) Rick West Darren Lampard Greg Madsen Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 26 10 27 27 #eeffff Final 2 September 2012 16:00 Melbourne Ice Newcastle North Stars 4–3 (1–2, 2–0, 1–1) http://www.theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientid=3856&leagueid=11464&gameid=1115255 Stuart Denman Olivier Martin 0 – 10 – 21 – 22 – 23 – 24 – 24 – 3 13:16 – Armstrong20:00 – Webster29:09 – Baclig (Sturrock)Webster (Korthuis) 3:01 – Day (Lawrance)12:59 – Quirk-Orford (Lawrance, Bales)39:16 – Day (Boyer) (PP) Jeff Scott Cory Ross Matthew Taylor Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 1000 10 4 25 32 References 2 External links The Australian Ice Hockey League 2012 Category:2012 in Australian men's sport Category:2012 in ice hockey