2005 AIHL season

February 2020 May 2011 2005 AIHL season Australian Ice Hockey League Ice hockey black white 16 April 2005 – 4 September 2005 Regular season V.I.P. Cup Adelaide Avalanche (3rd title) Francis Walker (54 points) (North Stars) Goodall Cup Goodall Cup Newcastle North Stars Adelaide Avalanche 2006 2004 AIHL The 2005 AIHL season was the sixth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 16 April 2005 until 28 August 2005, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 3 and 4 September 2005. The Adelaide Avalanche won the V.I.P. Cup after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. The Newcastle North Stars won the Goodall Cup for the second time by defeating the Adelaide Avalanche in the final. Regular season The regular season began on 16 April 2005 and ran through to 28 August 2005 before the top four teams advanced to compete in the Goodall Cup playoff series. https://theaihl.com/leagues/print_schedule.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856&teamID=0&mixed=1 2005 AIHL Schedule theaihl.com 25 September 2018 Standings TeamGP Games playedW WinsT TiesOTW Overtime winsOTL Overtime lossesL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGDF Goal differencePTS Points Adelaide Avalanche 26 19 1 0 2 4 133 77 +56 60 Newcastle North Stars 26 14 2 1 4 5 113 77 +36 50 Western Sydney Ice Dogs 26 11 1 2 2 10 102 106 -4 40 Sydney Bears 26 11 0 2 1 12 93 94 -1 38 Canberra Knights 26 11 2 0 0 13 96 102 -6 35 Brisbane Blue Tongues 26 8 1 4 0 13 112 112 0 33 Melbourne Ice 26 9 0 2 2 13 112 116 -4 33 Central Coast Rhinos 26 4 1 2 2 17 69 146 -77 19 Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffsV.I.P. Cup winners Source Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Current as of 4 September 2005 https://theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 2005 AIHL season: League leading players theaihl.com 25 September 2018 Player Team GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes POS Position Walker Francis Walker Newcastle North Stars 24 28 26 54 60 F Nichols Donald Nichols Newcastle North Stars 25 13 36 49 65 D Corcoran Darcy Corcoran Adelaide Avalanche 23 23 24 47 50 F Fairweather Shaun Fairweather Canberra Knights 21 23 23 46 22 F Landry Jordan Landry Newcastle North Stars 24 21 21 42 160 RW Harrow Michael Harrow Canberra Knights 26 10 31 41 50 F Oddy Greg Oddy Adelaide Avalanche 23 16 23 39 50 F Graham Nolan Graham Newcastle North Stars 15 22 22 37 16 LW Webster Lliam Webster Melbourne Ice 21 14 22 36 32 F Starke Robert Starke Newcastle North Stars 26 9 27 36 86 D Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Current as of 4 September 2005 https://theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 2006 AIHL season: League leading goalies theaihl.com 25 September 2018 Player Team MIP Minutes played SOG Shots on goal GA Goals against GAA Goals against average per 60 minutes SVS% Save percentage SO Shutouts Ezzy Matthew Ezzy Newcastle North Stars 1128 747 71 3.15 0.925 2 Lien Eric Lien Adelaide Avalanche 777 449 55 3.54 0.878 1 Wong David Wong Central Coast Rhinos 1084 891 120 5.54 0.865 0 Smart Dylan Smart Canberra Knights 1035 603 84 4.06 0.861 0 Denman Nigel Ward Adelaide Avalanche 425 212 30 3.53 0.858 0 Goodall Cup playoffs The 2005 playoffs was scheduled for 3 September with the Goodall Cup final held on 4 September 2005. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at the Hunter Ice Skating Stadium in Newcastle, New South Wales. The series was a single game elimination with the two winning semi-finalists advancing to the Goodall Cup final. The Goodall Cup was won by Newcastle North Stars (2nd title) who defeated the Adelaide Avalanche 3–1 in the final.Krein Michael 17 June 2014 AIHL ALMANAC 2014 https://books.google.com/books?id=q4jVBgAAQBAJ Grossaffoltern, Switzerland Lulu 179 9781291897173 Newcastle's goaltender Matt Ezzy was awarded the grand final game puck post-game by coaching director Rob Barnes for his display in the final and throughout the season despite having a shoulder injury that would require surgery post-season.http://www.iha.org.au/ Newcastle North Stars 2005 AIHL Champions! Ice Hockey Australia 6 February 2023 Peter Lambert https://web.archive.org/web/20050910131856/http://www.iha.org.au/ 10 September 2005 dead In a first for the league and ice hockey in Australia, the 2005 Finals was broadcast live on the internet via webcam with live instant text play-by-play provided by Peter Lambert. Over 110,000 hits were registered over the Finals weekend with supports watching from as far away as North America. Semifinals Final Sydney Bears 3 Adelaide Avalanche 6 Western Sydney Ice Dogs 2 Newcastle North Stars 5 Newcastle North Stars 3 Adelaide Avalanche 1 All times are UTC+10:00 Semi-finals 3 September 2005 16:30 Sydney Bears Adelaide Avalanche 3–6 (2–1, 1–4, 0–1) https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1425108 Peter Haywood Eric Lien 1 – 01 – 12 – 12 – 22 – 32 – 43 – 43 – 53 – 6 Di Piazza (Stransky, Kinateder) Jayawardene (Di Piazza, Petr) Stransky (Nelson-Bond, Kinateder) Brlecic (Oddy, Martin) Keane (Delsar, Martini) Oddy (PP) (Corcoran, Lien) Thilthorpe (Oddy, McKenna) Corcoran (SH)(Oddy) Oddy (Walsh) Rob Duchemin Chris Mason Jamie Miller Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 800 14 6 19 25 3 September 2005 18:00 Western Sydney Ice Dogs Newcastle North Stars 2–5 (2–0, 2–1, 2–2) https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1425109 Christian Fritz Matthew Ezzy 0 – 11 – 11 – 22 – 22 – 32 – 42 – 5 Haakstad (Wilson, Gailloux) Gailloux (unassisted) Foll (PP) (Byrne, LaJeunesse) Ogilvie (Sheffield, Walker) Sheffield (LaJeunesse, Starke) Nichols (PP) (Starke, Landry) Walker (Nichols, Starke) Jeff Scott Jason Forbes Matthew Taylor Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 42 14 31 29 #eeffff Final 4 September 2005 17:00 Newcastle North Stars Adelaide Avalanche 3–1 (1–0, 2–1, 0–0) https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1425110 Matthew Ezzy Eric Lien 1 – 01 – 12 – 13 – 1 Nichols (LaJeunesse) Ogilvie (Sheffield, Nichols) Landry (Walker, Starke) Shultz (Keane, Delsar) Rob Duchemin Jamie Miller Chris Mason Hunter Ice Skating Stadium 10 37 35 32 References External links Official AIHL website 2005 Category:2005 in Australian men's sport Category:2005 in ice hockey