2001 AIHL season

March 2020 April 2011 2001 AIHL season Australian Ice Hockey League Ice hockey black white Regular season Premiers Adelaide Avalanche (1st title) Paul Lawson (38 points) (Avalanche) Playoffs Adelaide Avalanche Sydney Bears 2002 2000 AIHL The 2001 AIHL season is the second season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). The Adelaide Avalanche finished first after the regular season and also won the championship final, defeating the Sydney Bears 10–7. Paul Lawson of the Adelaide Avalanche top scored for the regular season with 38 points. Regular season The regular season featured the three teams in the league playing 16 games each.http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/Australie2001.htm Championnat d'Australie 2001 Hockey Archives French 2011-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120401214723/http://hockey365.celeonet.fr/hockeyarchives/Australie2001.htm 1 April 2012 live dmy At the end of the season Adelaide Avalanche finished on top of the regular season standings with 31 points and the Sydney Bears finishing second with 15 points. Both teams advanced to the championship final to compete in a single game playoff. Paul Lawson of the Adelaide Avalanche was the league's top scorer, scoring 16 goals and 22 assists for a total of 38 points. TeamGP Games playedW WinsT TiesL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGDF Goal differencePTS PointsAdelaide Avalanche 16 15 1 0 120 60 +60 31Sydney Bears 16 7 1 8 70 74 –4 15Canberra Knights 16 1 0 15 53 109 –56 2 Qualified for the Goodall Cup finalPremiership winners Goodall Cup Final Following the regular season the Avalanche and the Bears competed in the single game final held on Saturday 1 September 2001 at the Thebarton Snowdome in Adelaide at 4:14pm.http://www.adelaide-avalanche.com/ Home Grand Final! Adelaide Avalanche v Sydney Bears Adelaide Avalanche 26 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20010723205916/http://www.adelaide-avalanche.com/ 23 July 2001 dead Adelaide entered the grand final match as favourites on the back of an undefeated regular season, where the South Australians posted a 17 wins, 1 tie and 0 losses record. The Bears were however confident themselves with the returning leadership team of Tyler Lovering and Vladimir Rubes for the grand final. In the first period the Avalanche opened the scoring through Trevor Walsh. Walsh doubled the home team's score before Paul and Charlie Lawson cemented Adelaide's lead. The Bears pulled a goal back on the power play to end the first period 1–4 down. In the second period, the Avalanche continued to score at will and found themselves 7–1 up before the Bears began their fightback off the back of Adelaide getting into penalty trouble. The Bears punished the Avalanche on the power play with three unanswered power play goals. Sydney then scored a fifth goal before the end of the period and Adelaide's lead was cut to two goals. At the second break the Avalanche led the game 7–5. Adelaide's top goal scorer, Trevor Walsh, succumbed to a shoulder injury early in the third period and missed the remainder of the grand final. Momentum shifted from the home team to the visiting Bears in the third period and while they continued to score goals the Avalanche kept trading goals with them. With two minutes remaining in the game, Ben Thilthorpe sealed the Adelaide victory with the final goal. The Avalanche won the game 10–7, becoming the 2001 AIHL champions and securing back-to-back AIHL championships.http://saiha.hypermart.net/teamnews.htm Avalanche Finish Glory Year as Back-to-Back Champions! Adelaide Avalanche Bill Benedictson 1 September 2001 26 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20011024221043/http://saiha.hypermart.net/teamnews.htm 24 October 2001 dead 1 September 2001 16:14 Adelaide Avalanche Sydney Bears 10–7 (4–1, 3–4, 3–2) Eric Lien https://web.archive.org/web/20011024221043/http://saiha.hypermart.net/teamnews.htm Ben Thilthorpe (2) Trevor Walsh (2) Paul Lawson Charlie Lawson Chris Brlecic Glen Foll Thomas Mikkelsen John Oddy Thebarton Snowdome (Adelaide) Sell out 30 30 54 43 References 2001 Category:2001 in Australian men's sport Category:2001 in ice hockey