2007 AIHL season

February 2020 May 2011 2007 AIHL season Australian Ice Hockey League Ice hockey black white 14 April 2007 – 2 September 2007 Regular season V.I.P. Cup Adelaide Avalanche (4th title) Tommy Powell (Ice) Brad Wanchulak (69 points) (North Stars) Goodall Cup Goodall Cup The Bears Newcastle North Stars Pekka Kankaanranta (The Bears) 2008 2006 AIHL thumb | right | Don Burke (#44) playing for the Brisbane Blue Tongues during the 2007 AIHL season. The 2007 AIHL season was the eighth season of the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It ran from 14 April 2007 until 26 August 2007, with the Goodall Cup finals following on 1 and 2 September 2007. The Adelaide Avalanche won the V.I.P. Cup after finishing the regular season first in the league standings. The Bears won the Goodall Cup for the second time by defeating the Newcastle North Stars in the final. Regular season The regular season began on 14 April 2007 and ran through to 26 August 2007 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 2007 AIHL Schedule theaihl.com 25 September 2018 Standings TeamGP Games playedW WinsSOW Shootout winsSOL Shootout lossesL LossesGF Goals forGA Goals againstGDF Goal differencePTS Points Adelaide Avalanche 28 17 1 3 7 124 99 +25 56 Melbourne Ice 28 14 4 3 7 111 84 +27 53 Newcastle North Stars 28 13 5 4 6 117 96 +21 53 The Bears 28 14 4 2 7 113 87 +26 49 fn1 Brisbane Blue Tongues 28 15 0 4 8 126 111 +15 46 fn1 Western Sydney Ice Dogs 28 10 7 1 9 113 99 +14 42 fn1 Canberra Knights 28 6 0 2 20 87 132 -45 20 Central Coast Rhinos 28 2 0 2 24 80 163 -83 8 Qualified for the Goodall Cup playoffsV.I.P. Cup winners Notes: fn1 The Bears, Western Sydney Ice Dogs and Brisbane Blue Tongues were each penalised 3 competition points. The three teams all iced players that had not been officially cleared to play by the IIHF and IHA. Source Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the ten top skaters sorted by points, then goals. Current as of 2 September 2007 https://theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 2007 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 Wanchulak Brad Wanchulak Newcastle North Stars 23 31 38 69 26 F Amado Matt Amado Brisbane Blue Tongues 20 39 23 62 56 F Landa Tomas Landa The Bears 25 20 42 62 49 F Oddy Greg Oddy Adelaide Avalanche 20 24 19 43 109 F Remillard Ryan Remillard Adelaide Avalanche 23 22 20 42 24 F Rubes Vladimir Rubes The Bears 24 15 26 41 34 F Olsson Håkan Olsson Central Coast Rhinos 22 11 27 38 28 C Ballman Brian Ballman Adelaide Avalanche 21 17 20 37 40 LW Starke Robert Starke Newcastle North Stars 26 7 28 35 67 D Powell Thomas Powell Melbourne Ice 23 16 18 34 4 F Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage with a minimum 40% of the team's ice time. Current as of 2 September 2007 https://theaihl.com/leagues/stats_hockey.cfm?leagueID=11464&clientID=3856 2007 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 992 674 69 3.48 0.898 3 Ramage Lanny Ramage Western Sydney Ice Dogs 681 431 46 3.38 0.893 0 Kankaanrant Pekka Kankaanranta The Bears 1103 584 69 3.13 0.882 2 Martin Olivier Martin Adelaide Avalanche 994 594 70 3.52 0.882 1 Denman Stuart Denman Melbourne Ice 1039 536 66 3.18 0.877 1 Notes The Newcastle North Stars vs Canberra Knights game scheduled for 10 June was postponed by six weeks, due to power cuts caused by wild storms. The Adelaide Avalanche set an impressive record on 1 July against West Sydney, scoring four goals (all even-strength) in just thirty-four seconds; the comparable record in the NHL is eighty seconds, and is over sixty years old. The inaugural MVP award was presented to Tommy Powell of the Melbourne Ice. While Powell ranked only tenth amongst scorers (23 games, 16 goals, 18 assists), he dominated Melbourne's attack during the first half of the season, when they were at their most successful. Goodall Cup playoffs The 2007 playoffs was scheduled for 1 September with the Goodall Cup final held on 2 September 2007. Following the end of the regular season the top four teams advanced to the playoff series which was held at the Penrith Ice Palace in Penrith, 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 The Bears (2nd title) who defeated the Newcastle North Stars 3–2 in overtime after the two teams finished regulation time locked at 2–2. Bear's goaltender, Pekka Kankaanranta, was named the finals most valuable player (MVP). https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1426845 2007 AIHL Grand Final Boxscore theaihl.com 2 September 2007 25 September 2018 Semifinals Final The Bears 4 Adelaide Avalanche 1 Newcastle North Stars 6 Melbourne Ice 3 The Bears 3 Newcastle North Stars 2 All times are UTC+10:00 Semi-finals 1 September 2007 16:00 The Bears Adelaide Avalanche 4–1 (2–0, 0–0, 2–1) https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1426843 Pekka Kankaanranta Olivier Martin 1 – 02 – 02 – 13 – 14 – 1 Schlamp (Lovering, Rubes) Jayawardene (unassisted) Jayawardene (PP) (unassisted) Rubes (Schlamp) Ballman (SH) (Ryan Remillard) Rob Duchemin Tim Bell Gordon Young Penrith Ice Palace 26 37 25 29 1 September 2007 19:00 Newcastle North Stars Melbourne Ice 6–3 (2–0, 2–1, 2–2) https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1426844 Matthew Ezzy Stuart Denman 1 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 04 – 15 – 15 – 26 – 26 – 3 Corcoran (Wanchulak, Starke) Corcoran (SH) (Wanchulak, Starke) Corcoran (Smith, Hawkins) Corcoran (SH) (Wanchulak, Ezzy) Wanchulak (PP) (Corcoran, McKenna) Corcoran (PP) (McKenna, Hawkins) Webster (PP) (Abrams, Matus) V.Hughes (Hardy, Street) Webster (unassisted) David Ast Ivan Manco Tomas Zavisky Penrith Ice Palace 10 33 23 32 #eeffff Final 2 September 2007 16:00 The Bears Newcastle North Stars 3–2 (OT) (0–0, 1–0, 1–2, 1–0) https://theaihl.com/leagues/hockey_boxscores.cfm?clientID=3856&leagueID=11464&gameID=1426845 Pekka Kankaanranta Matthew Ezzy 1 – 02 – 02 – 12 – 23 – 2 Rubes (Schlamp) Jayawardene (Sonter, Nelson-Bond) Pasminka (PP) (Rubes, Schlamp) Wanchulak (Starke, Smith) Corcoran (PP) (Starke, Wanchulak) David Ast Ivan Manco Tomas Zavisky Penrith Ice Palace 14 16 27 17 References External links Official website of the AIHL NHL.com's report of Opening Weekend by Rick WilliamsJuly 2026 medicmedic NHL.com's report on the Bears Goodall Cup win by Peter LambertJuly 2026 medicmedic 2007 Category:2007 in Australian men's sport Category:2007 in ice hockey